View HEIC picture

[dkeso]

Expected behaviour

Show a HEIC image, even when is not cached on device, when is opened with Nextcloud iOS app. (Also, maybe preview the image, but I imagine that preview would require server compatibility).
It works if the file is in cache, so if you press "picture menu -> open in.." you can preview the image as it will be downloaded first.

Actual behaviour

After touching a HEIC image, a blank screen with the nextcloud blue header with the message "Loading..." is showed.

Steps to reproduce

1. Upload a HEIC image from computer to Nextcloud files.
2. Go to the nextcloud folder with the Nextcloud iOS app.
3. Open the HEIC image.

iOS version

iPhone 8 up to date (iOS 12.1)

App version

2.22.5.10

Server configuration

Operating system:
Debian testing

Web server:
Apache 2.4.37-1

Database:
MySQL 5.6.30-1

PHP version:
7.2

Nextcloud version: (see Nextcloud admin page)
14.0.4

Thank you very much for your AWESOME work!

[marinofaggiana]

Hi @dkeso try the new version in TestFlight (soon on App Store) 2.22.6

[dkeso]

It works! Thank you very much!

Just one question, I'm testing with a HEIC picture that was taken as a "live" picture, but after downloading it from Nextcloud it is no longer "live".
Why this happens?

Thank you!

EDIT: I'. not expecting in-app live photos, I'm just curios why the file uploaded to Nextcloud is not live once downloaded again to the iPhone! :)

[marinofaggiana]

@dkeso the live photo is a photo + internal full hd H.264 video: we use only the photo

[dkeso]

Hi, @marinofaggiana Thank you for your reply. That means that the file uploaded by the photos/videos autoupload desn't contain the internal FHD H.264 video? Because it is very important to me to keep the live version of my pictures. I'm ok if I have to download it to camera roll first, but I think that photo+internal_video are really needed.

Thank you very much!

P.S.: any "tip button" for nx ios? I really love this project.

[marinofaggiana]

@dkeso this is in TODO list but, for now, is not a priority.

[marinofaggiana]

sorry, re-open.

[thibaultamartin]

Hey @marinofaggiana thanks for your work on the app, it's truly great!

I'm considering migrating completely out of iCloud, but I want to make sure I won't lose any data, and that the process can be reversed. I have two questions then.

About data loss : If I take a Live Photo on my phone and have the auto-upload activated on the Nextcloud app, will it upload the photo + video as this issue suggests? Will it automatically create a new folder, upload the photo and the video, and not lose any metadata they carry?

About reversibility : If I upload a Live Photo from my phone to the Gallery, wipe the phone, and download back what was uploaded to my instance, will I have a Live Photo or a photo+video on my phone?

Thanks a lot!

[Itja]

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems, that at the moment, Nextcloud converts all HEIC to JPG before uploading, so you'll lose the video in the process @thibaultamartin .