Iāll open up a topic later on to have a meta discussion on my ideas on how to progress with Android app development in general so we can discuss features, bug and so on in a more structured way than in a forum
@Ben you can find the beta client (and the official one) on f-droid @mikebabb the beta app of ownCloud on f-droid already implements multi select capabilities and an āon deviceā filter
@Andy I think the problem is not the price itself but the fact that most android users donāt have a creditcard. The other possibility is buy a 15ā¬ playstore card for a 80 euro cents application.
I have no problems in spend money for good software, but for end users it could be confusing to offer a free server application and desktop clients but charge something for the android client.
I like the idea of making the android app free. A lot of users doesnāt have a credit card. Also explaining that the app is 100% open-source and free but costs money is hard.
Maybe itās better to ask for donating, flattr, or bountys? This way you donāt loose XX% of the price.
The community as far as I know always worked free of charge anyways but the app has been marked with a price that to have some income for the company. Since I am not a part of Nextcloud GmbH I canāt say anything about their plans, ideas, etc. So we will have to wait for their comments.
The lack of folder sync feature killed the Owncloud app for me. I want to sync folders stored on internal and external SD card. FolderSync app does it for me. I also dislike that the Android app downloads every file on first open, due to this fact I have to cleanup afterwards e.g. photos. Quickpic does this better and even generates previews faster than Owncloud client itself. It was hard to advertise the Owncloud app to friends, because they were not content with the slow preview of photos.
I had a quick chat with some people from the Nextcloud company and @jan told me that we will release the Android app in the Google Play store for free (and obviously on f-droid)
Very good. For the benefit of future readers, there are a lot of countries where the government makes it very difficult for ordinary citizens to transfer funds into an international currency (Euro, $USā¦), get a proper internationally-usable credit or debit cardā¦ I have been living in one of those countries. It is very frustrating to show people some useful app, and then realize that it costs 99c and so there is no way for the people to get it on their smart phone. Open source products need to keep this in mind, as has been done here.
Is it possible to implement background sync in the mobile app? As far as I can tell, the Android client only syncs files āpassivelyā, where one has to actually open the client itself or go into āAccountsā menu in Android to trigger the sync.
I would love to see a feature where files get immediately downloaded to a mobile device as soon as I upload them from a PC.
I didnāt see anyone talking about this feature soā¦ Just a thought.