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Sync with Anki iOS app #63

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fix "meta" response for iOS client
Mar 4, 2017
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add instructions to sync with Anki iOS app
Mar 4, 2017
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions AnkiServer/apps/sync_app.py
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Expand Up @@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ def meta(self, cv=None):

# Some insanity added in Anki 2.0.13
if (client == 'ankidroid' and version_int[0] >=2 and version_int[1] >= 3) \
or (client == 'ankimobile') \
or (client == 'ankidesktop' and version_int[0] >= 2 and version_int[1] >= 0 and version_int[2] >= 13):
return {
'scm': self.col.scm,
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Expand Up @@ -240,6 +240,14 @@ As of AnkiDroid 2.6 the sync server can be changed in the settings:
At the moment, there isn't any way to get the Anki iOS app to point at
your personal sync server. 😕

But it is possible to sync iOS app with your server by playing a "MITM" attack, don't try to play in this way if you are not an experienced expert:

1. Generate a self-signed CA, import it to your iOS device (warning: this may break the original CA security system, keep your CA key carefuly)
2. Sign a cert with -subj "/CN=sync.ankiweb.net", config your apache/nginx server to proxy anki-sync-server with this cert
3. Change your router's config (hosts), point sync.ankiweb.net to your server
4. Then you should be able to sync with your personal sync server! But it will only be usable under your own wifi, or you can setup a VPN as a workaround
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Editing /etc/hosts on a jailbroken device might work as well, that way it would be per-device, not per-network. Note that I can't test if it actually works, since I don't have an iOS device.

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Theoretically this will work too, this is the best way to implement on the jailbroken device. I don't have the environment to test it ether :(
But there still are some ways to implement on the non-jailbroken device: with new NetworkExtension in iOS 9.
With some custom VPN apps using NE (like Potatso, those apps are actually developped for Chinese to bypass thier firewall...), it is possible to define DNS server and/or hosts on non-jailbroken devices and keep network traffic go through as is.
I personally play in this way, it's very tricky though...... :)

5. Currently it still has some problems in media sync with iOS app, you can disable media sync in settings, import your decks with media in other ways, then sync with your server

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