Showing posts with label KDEConnect on Android 10. Show all posts
Showing posts with label KDEConnect on Android 10. Show all posts

Monday, July 27, 2020

KDEConnect on Android 10

After an upgrade to Android 10, KDEConnect features have been impacted. The following issues are workarounds are documented here:

Clipboard share
Sharing the clipboard from Linux > Android works unhindered.
However, Android does not allow KDEConnect to monitor the clipboard.
Work around: selected text can be shared (you may need to copy to a note take, like in the case of WhatsApp) when highlighted. It will be pasted into a new text document on Linux.

File share
Android > Linux: open KDEConnect settings in Linux > Select paired device > Share and Receive > Configure : set path to store received files

Linux > Android: open KDEConnect in Android > Plugin settings > Share and Receive > Configure:
1. Customise destination directory = ticked
2. Press on "Destination Directory", from top right menu select "Show internal storage"
3. From left menu browse to destination folder and select "Allow Access To ..."