A Concepts Tutorial for Android
How to Use Syncthing to Sync Your Drawings
Learn how to use Syncthing to sync your drawings and create a seamless experience across Android devices.
At the moment, there’s no way to sync Concepts files natively across Android devices, but you can use third-party software to synchronize folders on multiple devices. In this tutorial, you will learn how to sync Concepts folders across devices with the help of Syncthing.
First, you'll need to allow Concepts to access your Internal Storage. Click the "Enable Permissions" for the Internal Storage.
Click "OK" to request access permission. You will be taken to your device Settings.
Slide the toggle for Concepts to allow permission to access local storage.
Open Syncthing and grant permission to your local storage.
Allow permission for Syncthing in the settings.
Go to the "Devices" tab in Syncthing and tap "+ Add Device".
Either add the Device ID of your secondary device or tap the QR code icon to scan the QR code on your secondary device.
On your secondary device, tap the hamburger icon in the top left corner and tap the "Show device ID". Ince successfully scanned, tap "Add" to add device pairing.
Again on your secondary device, navigate to the hamburger menu and tap the Web GUI to accept the device pairing.
On your primary device tap the "+ Add Folder" button to add the Concepts drawing folder you want to synchronize.
Name the folder. Choose the Concepts drawing folder you want to sync as your directory.
On your secondary device, navigate to the Web GUI and Add the folder you're being shared.
Set your folder path to your Concepts drawing folder you want to sync with.
Your drawings will now sync between the devices. Note that Syncthing only syncs your folders when both of them are online. Syncing folders with Syncthing does not allow simultaneous collaboration.
Please note that drawings created with newer versions of Concepts will not open on older versions.
If you have any questions about syncing your work, please let us know by tapping Help > Ask Us Anything in app, or email us at support@concepts.app and we'll be happy to help.
By Annelise Sandberg
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