Mobile Version: Nextcloud, ownCloud cardav/caldav

[siaccarino]

Nowadays, local Calendar and Address book servers become more and more popular to get away from US dependencies - especially in Germany. Nextcloud and ownCloud are very popular here.

It is possible to set up the link via cardav / caldav, but this is complicated as you need to specify the full URL to the remote. Unlike Apple ICal, the mobile EM Client is not able to auto-discover the path. In ICal I only need to define the Cloud Host without path, ICal auto-discover the path.

But NextCloud and ownCloud have hardcoded paths (https://host/remote.php/dav/principals/users/userid).

[cyberzork]

@siaccarino

It is possible to set up the link via cardav / caldav, but this is complicated as you need to specify the full URL to the remote. Unlike Apple ICal, the mobile EM Client is not able to auto-discover the path.

You can manually subscribe to CalDAV calendars & CardDAV contacts via the mobile app by pressing the “Menu” (top left) and pressing “Settings”.

Then press “Add New Account” and press “Manual Setup”. Then scroll down to “Calendar or Contacts” and you will see a CalDAV & CardDAV option.

You then just follow the manual setup wizard with your Nextcloud or ownCloud URL’s.

If you don’t know the exact URL’s contact the technical support for those servers.

“Example thread link manual setup for adding a CalDAV Calendar to the Mobile app”

Subscribe to Internet calendar Mobile app

If you already have your email setup in the mobile app and just want to manually add an Internet Calendar in the mobile app , press the Menu (top left) and press “Settings”. Then under accounts press “Add new account”. Then press “Manual setup” and choose your specific Calendar and follow the wizard. Note: If it’s a CalDAV web based calendar, you will need the url provided by the calendar website. [Screenshot_20260116_142623~4_Original] [Screenshot_20260116_142557~3_Original] [Screensh…

[siaccarino]

I know how to set up my NextCloud instance, but I am an IT expert. A noob would fail.
On my IPad with IOS Calendar I only need to enter the host, IOS auto discover the path.

.well-known/caldav and .well-known/carddav (and in addition DNS records) are set up properly (RFC 6764 - Locating Services for Calendaring Extensions to WebDAV (CalDAV) and vCard Extensions to WebDAV (CardDAV)) on my NextCloud instance. Auto discovery is not a NextCloud specific extension so you could consider this as a valid Feature request - “please support RFC 6764”