nextcloud / nextcloud/ios

FullText searching via the iphone app

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Description

I am desperate to get fulltext searching working via the iphone app. I understand that if i pledge some funding I might be able to get some attention to this request....

I have installed a NextCloud server. The server has all the updates applied and your fulltext search add-on applied. Using a browser and logged into our NextCloud server I am able to successfully perform fulltext searchs on .txt .docx. .xls and .pdf documents.

To clarify if I was searching for the string 'fox' and it was within the content of the mentioned files types (.txt .docx. .xls and .pdf) I would get a successful search.

If I use a smartphone with the NextCloud app installed and used the search feature. I would not get any successful searches.

Is there a way to get this working? Who can I approach? If there is a cost involved would still be very interested in going forward.

Thanks

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Research direction

No source files or tests are identified in the issue. Start by reproducing a search for “fox” in the Nextcloud iPhone app against a server with the fulltext search add-on, then compare it with the successful browser search. Done means searches return matches from the reported .txt, .docx, .xls, and .pdf content.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
swift
Domain
mobile, search
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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