— I would love the ability to import/export function on mobile devices.
HOW COULD IT BE DONE
— Self explanatory.
REAL WORLD USE CASES
— It would be helpful for local syncing without the need for an outside internet connection.
RECOMMENDED ALTERNATIVES
— Does not apply here.
ADDITIONAL CONTEXT
— I travel a lot and don’t like the online dependence. I would like the ability to sync my notes from my laptop without the need for an internet connection via the local synchronization.
What would your use case be for this? How often do you need to export a note to PDF from your smartphone? For what do you use this?
If you could answer some of these, it could helps us in deciding if we should prioritize implementing this feature more.
Essentially, it is currently impossible to get any information within Anytype out to clients, friends, other apps etc. It’s totally locked in UNLESS you copy/paste (which loses formatting)
Many people are mobile first, or at least carry an ipad to work on for ease. Being able to work on notes on the move is great, but then sharing areas in a collaborative sense requires a way to get the info out. PDF is universally used, Word would be harder I guess, text would need further conversion
There’s too much friction with the iOS app currently - a greater sense of how people use their notes etc would be useful
@Filip - A possible use case would be if AnyType was being used to collect tech support data with a technician at a customers business that they then wanted to print out with a mobile printer to provide a copy of the details to the customer for a signature. I used to do something similiar to this as a computer tech several years ago. Work orders often need to have a customer signature when completed.
Precisely this. Every other current knowledge / data app on iOS i know of has the ability to share at least something - would urge the Anytype team to think about how they might work on the move without a laptop.
A real life use case:
If computer breaks down, syncing to mobile is not complete and mobile/iPad is my only available device. There would be a way for me to work with the most updated data (manual export), because it is currently not possible to change data location on mobile..
Lack of mobile export is a huge pain, I can’t use anytype as my knowledge base and place to store all my notes if I cannot share things with people via export to text or PDF easily. Even copy/paste is a huge pain because you cannot “select all” with anytype. So I have to individually select blocks. This is a huge annoyance if I want to share an essay or a poem I wrote in Anytype with anyone I know.
