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It's a very big feature to implement but if you happen to have enough time and energy, making a self-hostable server part that would sync contact lists between devices would be pretty useful.
Actually an even simpler approach would be to add an option to have the DB file in a regular directory on internal or external storage (not in the special Android app data folder) and then Syncthing would do the rest.
Import and Export features are already planned. You would choose your preferred backup/export directory because I know that android data directory cannot be accessed by many especially on newer android versions.
I usually add some Nextcloud integration instead of custom server. Implementing WebDAV is easy. I let the user choose in they want to export/import from/to cloud or local file.
Haven't used WebDAV services. I'll focus on local import/export for now since it's on early development stage. I'll be listing features suggested though for tracking.
I don't really think it's needed here. I'm just saying WebDAV is easier than writing dedicated server for self-hosting in case you decide to add some external import/export.
Orrrr, maybe just let it sync with an ldap server.