iOS app no .txt creating/editing

[WernerBleisteiner]

Expected behaviour

create/edit .txt files iOS

Actual behaviour

no button to create/edit text

Steps to reproduce

Reasoning or why should it be changed/implemented?

iOS version

13.5.1

App version

3.0.2.16

Server configuration

Operating system:
shared hosting

Web server:
shared hosting

Database:

PHP version:

Nextcloud version: (see Nextcloud admin page)
17.0.8

[marinofaggiana]

Thanks @WernerBleisteiner , for try it: https://testflight.apple.com/join/GjNbfo2a

[WernerBleisteiner]

Nope. No change with this version :(
But more observations:
Also my old iPhone 7 (iOS 13.3, Client 3.0.1) has no more text create/edit function, as well an IPad (iOS 13.3.1 Client 3.0.1. 18)
But my very old iPad Mini (iOS 12.4.7 Client 2.25.9.) ist -still- doing fine!

[marinofaggiana]

Verify the capabilities in settings / advanced

[WernerBleisteiner]

It states „Text - not available“ w Mistypings? Sorry. iPhone! www.bleisaetze.de twitter.com/bleisaetze

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[marinofaggiana]

Can you send me your capabilities in iOS at nextcloud dot com (use share in the view )

[WernerBleisteiner]

This doesn‘t work either. E-mail creates no attachment. Export to other destinations show but ineffective. Copying from screen doesn‘t allow „select all“. Trying to copy step-by-step doesn‘t work as entries change every few second and lines jump.... w Mistypings? Sorry. iPhone! www.bleisaetze.de twitter.com/bleisaetze

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Am 02.08.2020 um 18:02 schrieb Marino Faggiana ***@***.***>:  Can you send me your capabilities in iOS at nextcloud dot com (use share in the view ) — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.

[hanzukun]

I am also willing to beta test since I experience same problem.
Nextcloud 17.0.8, ios 3.0.2.16.

[marinofaggiana]

oh true, the procedure was yet incomplete, try with the last build (6)

thanks

[WernerBleisteiner]

Keep on trying the latest Testflight versions of the NC app - but still no possibility to edit or create text files with it.🤨
Found out, however, that the legacy OwnCloud app iOS 3.8.2 can!
(whereas the new OC 11.4 even refuses to connect to my NC server)
Has simple text editing become so little important over new feature implementation?

[jasondaigo]

Maybe its just limited ressources. I decided to try nc19 now with php7.4 because the issue wont go away by itself. Since that works i will migrate soon. It s not a business deployment. I can live with that.

[WernerBleisteiner]

I've tried before to update to NC18 with the web updater on a 'stable' channel. This resulted corrupted and could inly be resolved by recovering backup from the provider (nextcloud/server#22160).
As a private user, I'm tired of being forced to build up new instances of NC from scratch once a year and migrate some 50+ GB manually.
Interesting point to claim that losing such a very basic functionality like simple text editing on a non commercial installation is regarded as OK 🤔

[blocktastic]

I've got the same issue on the iOS Nextcloud v3.0.6.8 client, cannot create plain text file in the "+" menu (no option there), can only read-only view of existing .txt files, can't edit them. I ran the iOS Nextcloud v2.25.9 client using XCode and Simulator with my NextCloud 19.0.2 server and that one can create, view, and edit plain text files fine.

My setup is:
iOS client 3.0.6.8
NC 19.0.2
with Plain text editor v2.11.0
Centos 8
PHP 7.4.10

[arthurldp]

I have the same issue here (iPhone SE).

The Nextcloud server is hosted by my university.

Before upgrading the iOS app, I could create and edit any .txt file. This feature was one the main reason I used Nextcloud.

Now .txt file does not appear in my main menu.

I tried the Beta through TestFlight, and its the same.

Any idea if it's a bug or an intentional removal ?

Thank you for your work.

Arthur

[blocktastic]

I'm not familiar with iOS programming and Swift, and even less so with the NextCloud iOS codebase, so this is what I saw when I ran v2.25.9 in XCode and Simulator compared to v3.0.6, based on my novice experience:

In the v2.25.9 client, text files are edited through a screen/class called NCText, which provides the editing and saving functionalities. In the v3.0.6 client, it looks like text files are opened by NCViewerQuickLook, which is a read-only view, no text editing capabilities.

The NCText class/screen doesn't exist any more in v3.0.6, so it was a design decision to remove text editing capability provided by NCText, replacing it with view only NCViewQuickLook.

[arthurldp]

Thank you.

Any idea on how to officially ask for a come back of the NCText in the upcoming version ?

It was very useful for quick creation/editing of .txt files as (+/- markdown) note-taking or todo list..