Make it possible to upload photos directly from the app

[Akruidenberg]

In the upcoming photo app 25, nextcloud get an option to upload photos from the photo app.
It would be nice to have such option in memories also.

[meichthys]

Along with this, It would also be good to have a way to upload directly to an album like we can do in the default Photos app.

[meichthys]

We may also need to re-index after uploading in order to get the photo to show in the timeline right away(?)

[pulsejet]

That happens through a hook anyway; for example if you upload through files or Photos, then it'll index it right away. So the only missing thing is the UI.

[meichthys]

Ok, Nice! Looking forward to it 👍

[major-mayer]

Does this feature request also cover the case that a shared album does currently not allow uploading new images, even when the mode is set to "editable" ?

[johnSamilin]

Hi everyone, is this feature request still actual?

[meichthys]

Hi @johnSamilin what do you mean "actual"?
It is still relevant if that's what you mean since it has not yet been implemented.

[johnSamilin]

Yep, "relevant" is the word I should have used.
Am I gettings it right? There should be a button somewhere in the interface that opens modal window that allows user to select one or several photos from the device and upload it to nextcloud (and optionally add to one or more albums)?

[meichthys]

Yes, that's correct. This is one of the few features that NextCloud photos has that NextCloud memories does not have yet.

[johnSamilin]

Feel free to assign this issue to me, I'm planning to start working on it

[johnSamilin]

Where should photos be uploaded to? If I use nextcloud client on android, I may specify whether photos should be uploaded to /year/month folder, should memories also have such setting?

[major-mayer]

I would say if the user is already in the folders view in Memories, the new photos should be uploaded to the current folder.
This would also work for folders shared with Memories (and maybe even albums, although I have never used them and don't know how they work).
An option to automatically create new subfolders based on year and month would be nice to have, but not a priority for me at least.

Not sure if it would be feasible to add an upload option to the timeline view, since i wouldn't intuitively know where to put the new photos.

[Havouza15]

Because the upload directly is missing I use Photosync instead on my phone to autotransfer all photos. I have it set to upload it directly when the photo is taken but there is many different options. I really hope this will come also on the Memories app

[johnSamilin]

Hey guys, I'm having troubles with my local nextcloud server and could use some help. Could someone try to build this branch https://github.com/johnSamilin/memories/tree/issue-69.uploading-button and upload a photo (to nextcloud, not here)? I have implemented UI and added integration with backend but seems like I'm stuck with improper server setup.

[major-mayer]

Maybe @pulsejet could take a look?

[ChildLearningClub]

Great work @johnSamilin and @pulsejet!

[gymnae]

That is a great feature. Could that also be enable for publically shared folders and albums on a per share basis?

[ChildLearningClub]

That is a great feature. Could that also be enable for publically shared folders and albums on a per share basis?

Just asked this same question earlier today #1073

[Joeviocoe]

I thought this issue was for the mobile app. Guess not. I'm glad to see the direct upload feature working on the web app, but that was already pretty simple to tab over to the Files or Photo apps to upload something.
On the Android app, I have to maintain a completely separate phone app to upload. So I'm patiently waiting for the Android update to include the feature. Hoping soon maybe since the hard part of creating the function server side is done.

[pulsejet]

On the Android app, I have to maintain a completely separate phone app to upload.

This is by design and will always be the case; more related to the philosophy of not reinventing the wheel. Auto upload is hard enough that Nextcloud's implementation isn't particularly fantastic. The whole point of using Nextcloud as a base / framework is to not reinvent things like auto upload.

[Joeviocoe]

Auto upload is hard enough that Nextcloud's implementation isn't particularly fantastic. The whole point of using Nextcloud as a base / framework is to not reinvent things like auto upload.

I'm still confused about what this issue was created for. "Auto upload" refers to watching local folders on your phone and automatically uploading changes (new, modified, deleted files) to Next Cloud, right? Essentially an automatic SYNC feature.
Not the MANUAL OPTION "upload button" that is now available on the web app?

I agree that the local folder "sync" feature should not be included with Memories. But the direct "manual upload" is now a part of Memories at least for desktop browsers. So it should not be too much to have the Android app (which is a wrapper for the web app IIRC) just render that same button and bring up the iOS or Android native file picker using the API.

[pulsejet]

Ah yes, I (incorrectly) assumed you misunderstood the issue (haha).

Yes, the android app should also get the manual upload button hopefully soon.

On the Android app, I have to maintain a completely separate phone app to upload.

This is the part that confused me to think you're confused (lmao). You'd still need a separate app anyway for the sync upload.

[Joeviocoe]

Ah, okay glad that's cleared up. I look forward to the next Android app update for Memories.

You'd still need a separate app anyway for the sync upload.

Not really a feature I need myself, I am fine manually uploading and not syncing.