Delete existing database upon import

[edwin-2023]

I'm sharing the database between me and my wife. I'm the guy who adds cards and then export. Share export via WhatsApp and import with phone of my wife.
Everytime I get double entries. So now I'm delete cards first, one by one (no multi select possible).
So multiselect would be nice but it would also be solvable if I got an option to select clear database upon using the import function.

[TheLastProject]

I'm not sure why you would re-import all entries all the time given you can just click the "Share" button on a card to share a copy (though sadly without images) to her over WhatsApp, but I do see the value in being able to delete everything before importing. Right now, when I do this for testing I just clear the Catima app data in Android app settings, but this has the added downside of also removing all preferences.

The failure to deduplicate is a bug, (see #2349), so you shouldn't see duplicates in the first place, but that doesn't mean this request isn't still useful.

I'm a bit confused about your comment on multiselect. You can long-press multiple cards on the home screen to select them and either hit share or hit "Delete" under the 3 dots in the top right.

[edwin-2023]

My bet on multiselect, it does work. Has this been working for quite some time? If that's the case I must have done something wrong.

The rest, would be awesome if I could clear the database during import!

[TheLastProject]

Been taking a quick look into this. It's not too hard, it just needs to be sent like 6 functions deep because the importer is kind of a mess (see #513). I also can't help but notice that the current UI flow is very much not designed for an extra checkbox to delete existing data or not.

I think it would probably be good to take a second to think about what the UI for this should look like :) If it doesn't have to happen right at import, it also simplifies everything a lot, as the messy importer code wouldn't need touching.

[edwin-2023]

Ai. Perhaps an option in the settings section? New settings subsection with;
Clear database now (with a warning)
But to be honest. Still nice to have but now I found the multiselect I can live with it. It's only 30sh card I have to delete before import.

Another nice one for that subsection. Backup database upon new entry on selectable location

Regards, edwin