Making icons for todo checklist text files on the go using Windows & Android peer to peer file transfer

There is an Android app made exactly for syncing text files with Windows.

Beside writing of traditional notes, you can also create to-do lists to keep track of your pending tasks.

Write the notes in an easily operated WYSIWYG editor. Create To-Do lists to keep an overview of your pending tasks. Protect selected notes with a user defined password. Organize and filter the notes with a tagging system. Quickly find the right note with the full-text search, just by typing a few letters. Store the notes to an online-storage of your choice (self hosting), this allows to synchronize them between devices and offers an easy backup. Currently supported are the FTP protocol, the WebDav protocol, Dropbox, Google-Drive and One-Drive. The notes never leave the device unencrypted, they are end-to-end encrypted and can only be read on your devices. A dark theme is available for more comfortable working in dark environment. Use basic formatting to structure your notes and make them more readable. Get a note back from the recycle-bin if it was deleted by accident. SilentNotes does not collect user information and requires no unnecessary privileges, thus the name silent notes. SilentNotes is an open source project, its source code can be verified on GitHub.

SilentNotes is a note taking app which respects your privacy.

SilentNotes doesn't collect personal data, runs free of ads and is an open source (FOSS) software. Write your notes in a comfortable WYSIWYG editor with basic formatting like headers or lists, and synchronize them end-to-end encrypted between Android and Windows devices.

Additionally the notes can be password protected with your own password, and quickly found with a full-text search.

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OneNote is an even better option. It comes with Windows 10, and there's an Android version. One page per store - bigger font for use when shopping, etc, etc. I've formed the habit of triggering a sync to the cloud manually, after once finding myself in store with an out-of-date list (until I stepped out and synched via cellular signal).

(I have to say I'm a big fan of OneNote - it's become the "index" to everything I do.)

I use OneNote both on my Windows desktp and Android smartphone. It's free for both platforms. However, the OP doesn't want a cloud solution where clients sync to an account on a server. He wants a local network (intranetwork) solution.

Philip Herlihy wrote on 1/16/2024 8:29 AM:

Thanks for the info. I am sure many people will find OneNote helpful if they don't mind uploading their data in their computers and cellphones to Microsoft's "cloud" database.

I have an innate aversion to allowing Google, Microsoft, or any tech company to silently sync the content of my computer and cellphone to their database.

I use a notepad type of app in my cellphone to organize what I am supposed to buy from each store. I always bring my cellphone with me when I leave home, so there is no need to leave a copy in my home computer or the "cloud". I don't have important data in my phone, but there are a lot of important data in my computer that I don't want to store in some Big Tech's database. I use a portable backup hard drive (5 TB) for my computers at home instead of the convenience of the "cloud".

I do use Google Drive as cloud storage mainly for sharing large files with friends, but I don't log into Google Drive when I am not uploading to or downloading from it.

Ronald wrote on 1/16/2024 12:10 AM:

This "SilentNotes" looks like a good app. Thanks. Maybe I will try this on my Android phone. I don't care about the syncing part. I'll just use it strictly on my phone.

I checked out the website. I like the feature of checkbox beside the item instead of having to delete the item when done, because some items like groceries are repetitive so that you have to buy again in a few weeks.

Ronald wrote on 1/16/2024 12:10 AM:

I've downloaded "SilentNotes" from Google Store. I like it. I think this is a perfect app for making "to-do" lists

Thanks for recommending this app. There are so many apps out there that I simply cannot spend hours to download and try them out to find a gem. I think I will use this one from now on.

Duh. I forgot to list all the steps I did. I need help. Sorry about that. I think I'm almost there with setting up the local server. But not quite.

The Silent Notes app says it handles encryption & online servers. It also says it syncs with Windows but it doesn't say how to do it.

Here's what I tried, and I know it's long, but it's something someone else can try too if they want to set up a WebDAV server on Windows at home.

1. I installed that open source Silent Notes app to test it out on Windows.
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2. I created a few checklists in that Silent Notes app to test it out. {amazon,costco,homedepot}
3. I realized I needed a WebDAV server on Windows so I watched this video. How to Setup WebDAV Server On Windows 10 / 11 and Map WebDAV drive
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   The video glosses over a few steps, so I clarify those steps below.
4. Win+R | control.exe View by: Category | Programs | Turn Windows features on or off Expand "Internet Information Services" Expand "World Wide Web Services" Expand "Common HTTP Features" Set the checkbox for "WebDAV Publishing" Control Panel | Programs | Turn Windows features on or off | Expand "Internet Information Services" Expand "World Wide Web Services" Expand "Security" Set the checkbox for "Basic Authentication" OK
5. Start "Windows Administrative Tools" "Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager" C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools\Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.lnk Win+R | %windir%\system32\inetsrv\InetMgr.exe
6. Navigate to the "Default Web Site" IIS | Connections | Sites | Default Web Site Under "Default Web Site Home" doubleclick on "WebDav Authoring Rules" Under "Actions" make sure "Enable WebDAV" is turned on Rightclick in the "WebDAV Authoring Rules" window Select "Add Authoring Rule" from the context menu that pops up Allow access to: All content Allow access to this content to: All users Permissions: Read, Source, Write OK
7. IIS | Connections | Sites | Default Web Site Under "Default Web Site Home" doubleclick on "Authentication" Select "Anonymous Authentication" & under "Actions" set it to "Disabled" Select "ASP .NET Impersonation" & under "Actions" set it to "Disabled" Select "Basic Authentication" & under "Actions" set it to "Enabled" Select "Digest Authentication" & under "Actions" set it to "Disabled"
8. IIS | Connections | Your computer name Doubleclick "Server Certificates" Rightclick in the windows & select "Create self-signed certificate" Specify a friendly name for the certificate: My self-signed certificate Select a certificate store for the new certificate: Personal OK
9. IIS | Connections | Sites | (Rightclick on "Default Web Site") Select "Edit Bindings" from the context menu that pops up In the "Site Bindings" form that pops up, click the "Add" button Set Type to "https" (Port 443) Under "SSL certificate" select the certificate you had created OK | Close
10. Fabricate a test domain by first checking it doesn't exist Win+R | cmd | ping myserver.com That ping should report that the server couldn't be found. Find your local IP address to add into hosts as that domain Win+R | cmd | ipconfig | look for "IPv4 Address" For example: IPv4 Address... 192.168.0.2 Edit C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts 192.168.0.2 myserver.com # my local webdav test server Win+R | cmd | ping myserver.com That ping should now report that the server was found.
11. Create a subfolder under C:\inetpub\wwwroot named "android" Set that subfolder to full access by rightclicking on the subfolder and selecting "Properties | Security | Edit } CREATOR OWNER | Press the "Add" button & then the "Advanced" button Press the "Find Now" button & scroll down the list of users I selected "Guest" but I wasn't sure what user to select here. MachineName\Guest | OK
12. In the "Permissions for android" form, select "Guest", click to "Allow" all permissions & then click "Apply" And then click "OK" & "OK" to close the folder permission form.
13. I think the instructions missed the "Sharing" step of the folder C:\inetpub\wwwroot\android
14. To map a WebDAV drive and to populate it with files as a user, rightclick on "My PC" & in the context menu that pops up, select "Map network drive" and in the "Folder" field enter \MYPC\inetpub\wwwroot\android & click "Finish" You should now have a new "Z:" drive labeled something like "android (\MYPC\inetpub\wwwroot)"

You can also map that network drive from the Windows command line. net use Y: \\MYPC\inetpub\wwwroot\android net use X: \\192.168.0.2\inetpub\wwwroot\android net use U: \\192.168.0.2\inetpub\wwwroot\android /USER:guest net use W: \\myserver.com\inetpub\wwwroot\android Enter the username for 'myserver.com' = guest Enter the password for 'myserver.com' = <blank>

1. On Android, start the Silent Notes app & click the "cloud" icon. A Silent Notes activity will ask "Set up the online storage" to which you click "Continue" & then you select your cloud provider out of {FTP,WebDAV,Dropbox,Google Driver,OneDrive,Nextcloud,GMX}. I selected "WebDAV" out of that list. A form labeled "Online storage credentials" popped up. Server directory URL: https://192.168.0.2/inetpub/wwwroot/android User name = guest Password = <blank>

This is where I'm stuck as I keep trying things but I must have something wrong with the form of the Windows WebDAV server URL in Silent Notes. https://192.168.0.2/DavWWWRoot https://192.168.0.2/inetpub/wwwroot/android I need a way to test the Windows WebDAV server to make sure it's alive. (Although the "net use" command worked without error so I think it is.)

I do note that Silent Notes says it only does encryption so I had to use the "http(s)" instead of "http" but neither works for me yet.

Maybe my self-signed certificate isn't being specified on Windows? I don't know. I've never done half this stuff. Have you ever done it?

Can someone who wants to set up their own WebDAV server on Windows with Silent Notes test out the steps I did above - as it should take you only a few minutes (whereas it took me many hours to get here).

Any help is happily appreciated, although I probably should have made this a separate post without the home repair folks as their heads (understandably so) are probably spinning in circles by now.

Sorry for the multiple posts. I re-asked the question over here instead, as I do not wish to hijack the original poster's thread on making icons.

???     Google apps cannot run on Windows. I don't understand what you are doing.

I have found a YouTube video that might help you with WebDAV:

How to Setup WebDAV Server On Windows 10 / 11 and Map WebDAV drive - Step-by-step guide

If you already have an account at someone's WebDAV server then, yeah, setup is easy. Probably the "easy" part is using SilentNotes with its support of the Google Drive, OneDrive, and Dropbox APIs to be a client to those existing cloud services. You can add access to those cloud services as apps on Windows and Android to do the synchronization between devices, but presumably SilentNotes doesn't need those since it will use the APIs to those cloud services while it acts as a client.

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What's interesting is Silent Notes is also a Windows application too.

The Windows problem (more so than Android) is how to set up the WebDAV server on Windows and how to test it so that everything is working BEFORE you start to try to sync Android Silent Notes with Windows Silent Notes.

Maybe this ghacks article has how to do it?

SilentNotes is an open source note-taking tool, to-do list app that can sync the content between your Windows 10 and Android devices

El 14/1/24 a las 22:32, Oscar Mayer escribió:

Have you considered Syncthing (

You can keep a directory/folder sync'ed between a PC and an Android phone, and doesn't *need* an internet connection: as long as both devices are on same LAN, they should connect directly; failing that, they connect via relay on internet.

I have a todo.txt file shared. I edit it by text editor on PC and use the Simpletask app on Android (although you can use any Android editor too).