Open shared links in iOS app
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Description
I really want to draw my organization into the Nextcloud app on their iPhones. But when they send each other links, those links open their browsers. Then they do not get the wonderful experience, which I truly mean, which they would get from the app.
I think you could dramatically increase nextcloud usage, and app usage, if you enabled shared links to open the app. It seems like this isn't just a "feature"...if you're trying to grow usage, it is a critical functionality. I want people to draw other people into the nextcloud universe!
I've seen this opened and closed in other issue reports. Seems like it was sidelined. So important! When someone texts an Instagram link, that opens their Instagram. Same is true for so many apps. The Nextcloud app knows my domain, so seems like it could register itself as the handler for that domain, inside my users' iPhones.
Sorry if this is not an issue. The "Request a Feature" link on the Nextcloud app store leads here, so here I am.
(P.S. I can't find a way to attach an incentive to this - but if there's a way to upvote it with cash, my checkbook is open...)
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First steps
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Research direction
The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Begin by identifying how the iOS app currently handles incoming URLs and how its domain is registered, then review the prior reports referenced by the author. Done means supported Nextcloud shared links open in the app on iPhones; the issue provides no exact URL cases or test plan.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- ios, swift
- Domain
- mobile
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100