I switched to the Nextcloud Android client from the Owncloud Android client about a month ago when I migrated my server to Nextcloud. This month, I noticed that none of my pics or videos I had taken since I started using the Nexcloud app had uploaded to the Nextcloud server automatically from my phone. I verified that I had the auto upload option selected for both pics and vids and that I had selected “Upload on Wifi only” option selected. I also verified that the path on my Nextcloud server that I had selected for pics and vids existed. Everything looked fine. Took a pic while on Wifi. No upload within a few minutes. Forced closed the app. Tried again. Did not work. Rebooted the phone. Tried again. Did not work. Cleared the app cache. Tried again. Did not work. Uninstalled the app. Reinstalled the app. Setup the options. Tried again. Did not work. So I uninstalled the Nextcloud Android app and installed the Owncloud Android app. Setup the options. Took a pic and BAM! It uploaded it to the Nextcloud server instantly. So something is wrong with the Nextcloud Android app (version 1.3.1).
I think that this might be an issue with Android 7.0. I have a Nexus 5x phone that updated to Android 7.0 around the time that the Nextcloud app stopped working. I can’t verify for sure because I don’t know the exact date that my phone updated to Android 7.0. If this is the case, then there might not have been any cases of people complaining about this issue yet since the number of Android devices with 7.0 is like .000005% of devices at this point.
Looking to hear your opinions.
Brian
PS Just fired up my old Nexus 5 phone running Android 6.0.1, installed the Nextcloud client, configured the settings exactly like the Nexus 5x, took a pic, and voila! the Nextcloud app uploaded the pic instantly. I think that there is an issue with Android 7.0 and the current Nextcloud Android client (1.3.1)
The next beta release with the new Instant Upload feature I mentioned will be available in about 24h +/- some hours. Beware though that this is a completely new implementation of the instant upload so this is truly beta So bug need to be expected and if they occur please report them on our issue tracker https://github.com/nextcloud/android/issues
Thanks for your patience with the instant upload and any help testing this new feature. Hint… It’ll be way more than just “camera”
cc @tobiasKaminsky since you might be the better one to talk to for this matter. The screenshots should work … (tested it on my phone Android 7.1.1 / Nexus5X). Which version of the beta are you running?
11-07 13:32:54.916 I/ActivityManager(3694): Process com.nextcloud.android.beta (pid 1942) has died
11-07 13:32:54.916 W/ActivityManager(3694): Scheduling restart of crashed service com.nextcloud.android.beta/com.owncloud.android.services.observer.SyncedFolderObserverService in 1000ms
11-07 13:32:54.916 W/ActivityManager(3694): Scheduling restart of crashed service com.nextcloud.android.beta/com.owncloud.android.services.observer.FileObserverService in 1000ms
11-07 13:32:55.932 I/ActivityManager(3694): Start proc 21350:com.nextcloud.android.beta/u0a271 for service com.nextcloud.android.beta/com.owncloud.android.services.observer.FileObserverService
11-07 13:32:56.168 D/ThumbnailsCacheManager(21350): create dir: /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.nextcloud.android.beta/cache/thumbnailCache
11-07 13:33:35.030 V/ConnectivityActionReceiver(21350): component: ComponentInfo{com.nextcloud.android.beta/com.owncloud.android.files.services.ConnectivityActionReceiver
@Lars_M Yes, that is likely due to the fact that 1.3.1 uses the “old” mechanism which will not work on Android 7+, while the beta already ships the new mechanism which still has some bugs/quirks that need to be resolved before we ship the next stable/RC or just activate it for Android 7+
I’ve got a similar problem on Cyanogenmod 13 (which I think is not Android 7 yet, right? Pics and vids just won’t upload. The server is normally accessible, no relevant logs on the server side, dunno if the client produces any logs.
@eischmann CM13 is Android 6 afaik, the client should produce logs in case ob the beta app (available on f-droid), logs accessible via the settings screen (at the bottom). We do have some logging issues on different devices but it might be worth a try (+ the beta app can be installed in parallel to the stable release).
cc 