Change folder path to store notes

[simon-77]

Dear developers

I started using the Nextcloud Notes Android App recently and so far I really like it. I only have an issue / feature request using this App in my personal Nextcloud setup:

• I would like to share my notes with another person. The problem is that one account has the language set to English while the other is set to German. The default folder for Nextcloud Notes in English is Notes and in German it is Notizen. The Nextcloud Notes App has the option to change the folder where the notes are stored in. It seems like the Nextcloud Notes Android App is lacking this feature.

• Additionally I would like to request a new feature where I could switch easily between different "Notes - Folders". For example to have one folder that holds notes which are shared with another person and to have a second folder which holds notes that I use for my own purpose only - each with it's own categories.

Kind regards Simon

[stefan-niedermann]

@korelstar i think this is a general question: Should we make the server settings available via REST-API (this would also affect the .txt vs .md setting).

Design wise this would be a problem, therefore cc @jancborchardt :

• The settings in the Android Notes app are currently all global (affecting each account). This issue would introduce per-account settings. How and where should they displayed in the Android app?

[korelstar]

Personally, I don't see the necessity to be able to change the settings from the mobile app. However, I will not block this. Hence, if you want me to provide the settings over API, I'm open for an implementation.

In the Android app, the best place would be IMO in the manage accounts activity. There is a trash icon on the right, maybe you could put a settings icon besides which opens an activity for account specific settings?

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@simon-77 : Regarding your second point (multiple notes folders in the same account): you can move the shared notes folder as sub-folder into your personal notes folder. You will still be able to use categories, they just move one level down.

[jancborchardt]

In the Android app, the best place would be IMO in the manage accounts activity. There is a trash icon on the right, maybe you could put a settings icon besides which opens an activity for account specific settings?

Yep, agree on the placement there.

However, not sure about the necessity of this. All due respect @simon-77 so far you are the only one to request this, so I would say in the interest to not over-engineer the app, we should wait and see if this would actually be useful to further people.

Lastly, could you split the second feature request into a separate issue? That way we can organize the issues and requests better. Thanks! :)

[stefan-niedermann]

so far you are the only one to request this

This is not true, i remember at least 2 more requests which we denied yet.

I will have a look and if it isn't too complicated, i think we should do it for the sake of feature parity.

[simon-77]

Personally, I don't see the necessity to be able to change the settings from the mobile app. However, I will not block this. Hence, if you want me to provide the settings over API, I'm open for an implementation.

In the Android app, the best place would be IMO in the manage accounts activity. There is a trash icon on the right, maybe you could put a settings icon besides which opens an activity for account specific settings?

@simon-77 : Regarding your second point (multiple notes folders in the same account): you can move the shared notes folder as sub-folder into your personal notes folder. You will still be able to use categories, they just move one level down.

@korelstar Thank's for your advice. I did not know that shared folders could be moved in nextcloud. This approach is a satisfying workaround for me regarding my second feature request

[jancborchardt]

More input regarding the first issue:

Wouldn't this be fixed by the Notes app simply showing Notes from folders in that translated list (Notes, Notizen, etc) if they exist?

That is, if my language is set to English and I have a "Notes" folder but also a "Notizen" folder which got shared to me by someone else, the contents of both could show.

Additionally, inside the Notes app itself there could/should be an indicator on the note that it's shared, e.g. it could show the avatar of the person who shared it with us in the entries of those notes in the AppNavigation.

[simon-77]

I would like to provide my personal opinion to the discussion about my first feature request - the "configurable" nextcloud path for notes:

Like stefan-niedermann said I would appreciate some feature parity between the Nextcloud Notes App and the Nextcloud Notes Andoid App. I think the simplest and most elegant solution (from an user perspective) would be to simply take the Folder to store your notes setting from the Nextcloud Notes App to the Nextcloud Notes Android App (like it is already done with the .txt vs .md setting).

In the end you would have a total of two settings regarding the Nextcloud Notes App and for me it would be sufficient if these parameters could only be changed via the the Nextcloud Notes App web interface and not via the Nextcloud Notes Android App:

• Folder to store your notes
• File extension for new notes

The advantage would be that whatever notes are shown in the Nextcloud Notes App would also be shown in the Nextcloud Notes Android App, totally independent from any language set anywhere.

[stefan-niedermann]

After more and more requests, i would like to implement this feature. @korelstar would you implement the API part for it?

I imagine something like

• GET /config/folder
  • Response: String, for example /MyNotes
• PUT /config/folder
  • Body: String, for example /MyNotes

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• GET /config/extension
  • Response: String, for example Notes
• PUT /config/extension
  • Body: String, either md or txt, (Maybe empty body for "reset to default"?)
  • Statuscode: Can be something like 406 if the extension type is not supported
• GET /config/extension/options (not sure about this one)
  • Response: Array of Strings, for example ['txt', 'md']

[stefan-niedermann]

Starting with Notes Android 3.4.11 it will be possible to change the notes folder and the file suffix from within the app. Notes server 4.1.0 is required for that.

[blacklight]

A quick heads up: the feature is not working (using Android app 3.4.16, server app 4.2.0):

1. When opening the folder settings from the Android app, no keyboard is shown - it's almost like the field is not treated as a text field. The only way I've managed to modify it is by typing the new folder in some other app's text field, copy it and paste it into the app's settings.
2. When you choose a new folder and click "OK" it has no effect. The toast simply says "Notes folder changed to Notes".

[stefan-niedermann]

Indeed, let's reopen this issue as a bug... thanks for the pointer :)

[stefan-niedermann]

Fixed in 3.7.0