Nextcloud custom Server URL Pre-enter on Android App

tj0xin · October 30, 2021, 5:01pm

Hi,
While developing android app for Nextcloud i want to pre enter our Nextcloud Server URL, so the user can directly login into to account without entering the Server URL.

I have done this in iOS app, there is an option in NCBrand.swift

disable_intro
disable_request_login_url
loginBaseURL (this is where we add the server URL)

It works on iOS but not on Android, i searched the forum but didnt find any solution.

stefan-niedermann · October 31, 2021, 6:20pm

If you mean with “developing android app” that you compile the Nextcloud Android app with your company brand, then your solution can be find in this file:

github.com

nextcloud/android/blob/master/src/main/res/values/setup.xml#L24

    
      
          <string name="file_provider_authority">org.nextcloud.files</string>
          <string name="image_cache_provider_authority">org.nextcloud.imageCache.provider</string>
          <string name="db_file">nextcloud.db</string>
          <string name="db_name">nextcloud</string>
          <string name="data_folder">nextcloud</string>
          <string name="default_display_name_for_root_folder">Nextcloud</string>
          <string name="nextcloud_user_agent">Mozilla/5.0 (Android) Nextcloud-android/%1$s</string>
          <string name="only_office_user_agent">Mozilla/5.0 (Android %1$s) Mobile Nextcloud-android/%2$s</string>
          
          
<!-- URLs and flags related -->
          <bool name="show_server_url_input">true</bool>
          <bool name="show_provider_or_own_installation">true</bool>
          <string name="provider_registration_server">https://www.nextcloud.com/register</string>
          
          
<!-- Flags to enable/disable some features -->
          <string name="send_files_to_other_apps">on</string>
          <bool name="share_via_link_feature">true</bool>
          <bool name="share_with_users_feature">true</bool>
          <bool name="show_external_links">true</bool>
          <bool name="show_outdated_server_warning">true</bool>

If you mean that you are developing a 3rd party Android app (like Deck, Notes, News, …), then i’d recommend you to use the Single Sign On:

tj0xin · November 1, 2021, 8:30pm

Hi,
Thanks for the reply, yes i’m looking to develop Nextcloud Android App with custom branding and custom URL.

I already tried what you have mentioned but it still asks me for the Server address.

I want to enter Server URL in the app itself and redirect users to that URL. On iOS it works but on android Nextcloud app it doesn’t work.

Even the setting
“show_server_url_input”>true when changed to false it still shows up when the app is executed on the android device.

In iOS NCBrand.swift i just edited loginBaseURL and changed disable_intro and disable_request_login_url it worked.

I didn’t find this settings in the android App, i have been searching for 5 days.

Maycon_Marchiori · May 23, 2023, 10:59pm

Before this feature, there was even another line in this code, here is the example as it was, but it stopped working after some time, with new versions.

<string name="server_url">https://..../</string>
<bool name="show_server_url_input">false</bool>
<bool name="show_provider_or_own_installation">false</bool>
<string name="provider_registration_server">https://..../</string>

RickeyErickson · August 14, 2023, 1:42pm

Hello

I tried what you mentioned but it still asks me for Server address
I want to enter the server URL in the main application and redirect the user to that Hole House.