[Feature] Manual Backup trigger in new (beta) mobile App

[raisinbear]

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The feature

Hey, thanks (and congrats) on the big new release!
I hope I didn’t miss anything while searching docs, issues and discussions. In the new beta mobile app, there’s the toggle to enable backup. I think it’s due to the current beta state that there is still also a setting in the Settings section to enable or disable automatic foreground backup, which is not respected right now. Once the toggle is switched on, the app will start uploading new assets right away when opened.
I’m unsure how these settings will be merged, but the toggle suggests to me that backup is now either set to automatic or off entirely. However, I found the option to disable automatic backup and trigger manual backup whenever I was „ready“ extremely useful. For one, it made it possible to open the app when on cellular data or connected to a hotspot or dodgy WiFi to just browse photos. Or to postpone uploading that huge video to when I knew I’d have time for it. I also usually slightly cleaned up temporary stuff like screenshots and such directly from the timeline before starting the upload.
I know there can never be changes without breaking someone’s workflow 😉 but I’m sure I’ll forget to reset the toggle and so will probably some of my family members who I got to using Immich, which can use a lot of mobile data when timing is wrong.

Anyways, I know the new version of the App is not at feature parity with the old one yet, so I may be jumping ahead of things. 😅

Platform

• Server
• Web
• Mobile