Unable to use Android upload => due to new google policy

Theo23 · January 25, 2025, 8:28am

I think I just found the issue:

github.com/nextcloud/android

App is missing file permission / only shows media files on upload

opened 10:56AM - 10 Jan 25 UTC

closed 04:58PM - 14 Jan 25 UTC

JL710

bug

### ⚠️ Before posting ⚠️ - [x] This is a **bug**, not a question or an enhancem…ent. - [x] I've [searched for similar issues](https://github.com/nextcloud/android/issues) and didn't find a duplicate. - [x] I've written a clear and descriptive title for this issue, not just "Bug" or "Crash". - [x] I agree to follow Nextcloud's [Code of Conduct](https://nextcloud.com/contribute/code-of-conduct/). ### Steps to reproduce 1. go into the mobile app and click the `+` icon 2. select upload files (translated from german) 3. try to find a file that is not media ### Expected behaviour When selecting an option that is called upload files, I expect to see all files and not just media files. ### Actual behaviour When searching through the files, you wont find any file that is not a media file. ### Android version 14 ### Device brand and model Samsung A 52 5G ### Stock or custom OS? Stock ### Nextcloud android app version 3.30.7 ### Nextcloud server version 30.0.4 ### Using a reverse proxy? Yes ### Additional information When taking a look at the permissions that the app has, I saw that it only has permissions for images and videos and not any kind of files. That might me the cause of my issue. There is a workaround. If you select the option below upload files, you can select any file using the default android file explorer. But the Label "upload content of other apps" (translated from german) is a bit misleading.

github.com/nextcloud/android

GPLAY: Google revoked "all files access" permission

opened 03:17PM - 14 Jan 25 UTC

tobiasKaminsky

overview

Hello, this is a meta ticket to explain current state. Google revoked our "all …files access" permission. This means that - auto upload only works with photos and videos - custom auto upload folder can also only upload media files - a new "location" permission is needed to upload photos with geolocation information We are trying to convince Google to let us use the permission again. With upcoming 3.30.8 (we released RC1 today), we try to make this more easy understandable to users. You can use F-Droid (https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.nextcloud.client/) as there the permission is still working.