Android: share feature does not recognise server version

[kerlerm]

App version 2.5.0 does not recognise the 10.x server version. Server is 10.0.3 while app says "min. 8.2 version has to installed on server to share".

Therefore no _additional_ sharing is possible.
Usernames which were added to the share list earlier are listed and can be deleted. Creating a share link works, too.

Can this problem be reproduced with the official owncloud server?
(url: https://demo.owncloud.org, user: test, password: test)
Not possible to test because there are no other local users on this test installation to share with.

Environment data

Android version: 13.0

Device model: maguro

Stock or customized system: lineageos

ownCloud app version: 2.5.0

ownCloud server version: 10.0.3

[michaelstingl]

@kerlerm use admin:admin and create more users: https://demo.owncloud.org/settings/users

[kerlerm]

banging my head
I created several users and it works on demo.owncloud.org

What could cause the app to misinterpret my server version string? Or how can I check which version string is sent by my server manually?

[michaelstingl]

@kerlerm What does your status.php says? (https://demo.owncloud.org/status.php)

Anything suspicious in your config/config.php? Here you can find all parameters: https://doc.owncloud.org/server/latest/admin_manual/configuration/server/config_sample_php_parameters.html

[kerlerm]

Status.php produces exactly the same output as the demo installation.
Config.php does not show anything suspicious as far as I can tell...

[davigonz]

Hi @kerlerm , thank you for your feedback

Status.php produces exactly the same output as the demo installation.
Config.php does not show anything suspicious as far as I can tell...

I guess that you have the proper version in both of them: 10.0.3, don't you?

Do you get the same message with the browser?

[kerlerm]

config.php:
'version' => '10.0.3.3',

status.php:
version: "10.0.3.3"
versionstring: "10.0.3"

The version strings were never manipulated - only regular updates happened (8.x->9.x->10.x).

Sharing with local users works fine when using the browser.

[davigonz]

@kerlerm could you provide us a test account to reproduce the problem? If so, please send it to [email protected] , thanks

[kerlerm]

Done. Please check your mails.

[davigonz]

Done. Please check your mails.

@kerlerm sure! thank you

[kerlerm]

Any news on this? May I close the provided test account?

[kerlerm]

Test account closed. Comment here if you need access again.

[kerlerm]

Problem persists with latest app version 2.7.0 and OC 10.0.7
Edit:
I lied about to version running. It's still OC 10.0.6.

[jesmrec]

yes please. If you can open the test account we will check asap

[kerlerm]

Re-opened account "test" with same password as sent to [email protected] on Jan. 5th 2018 12:59

[davigonz]

@kerlerm I've been debugging your case and noticed an unexpected behaviour with the capability "versioning" which should be true or false and your server is not even retrieving it.

We keep researching a bit, meanwhile have you modified something related to that capability? Thanks

[jesmrec]

your server is

{"installed":true,"maintenance":false,"needsDbUpgrade":false,"version":"10.0.6.1","versionstring":"10.0.6","edition":"Community","productname":"ownCloud"}

and the problem is the lack of versioning capability, that makes crash the capabilities retrieval and set the rest of capabilities with defaults, in case of sharing, with the oldest version supported (8.1).

Your server's response:

"files": {' 
                    "bigfilechunking": true, 
                    "blacklisted_files": [
                        ".htaccess"
                    ], 
                    "privateLinks": true, 
                    "undelete": true
                }, 

and out testing environment with the same version as yours:

"files": {
                    "bigfilechunking": true, 
                    "blacklisted_files": [
                        ".htaccess"
                    ], 
                    "privateLinks": true, 
                    "undelete": true, 
                    "versioning": true
                }, 

i have checked such capability and it is present in earlier 10.x versions and in 9.1 as well.

as @davigonz suggested, any changes in your server? did you notice any problem during any upgrade?

the point is that the mobile app behaves in the proper way. Any clue about the lack of this capability @PVince81?

[kerlerm]

No changes and no upgrade problems I'm aware of. I used the normal upgrade path with "productive" versions.

But I must have missed something. Is this capability tied to some special module? Or module version?

[kerlerm]

So this is a server issue on my side. Should I close the bug report?

[jesmrec]

yes, the problem is not in Android side. Anyway, you can reopen if it is necessary.

You can ask in core repo, or in central.owncloud.org

Thanks for reporting.

[kerlerm]

For the record: While on the server console I noticed that the app "files_versions" was disabled - for whatever reason. After re-enabling the app and updating the DB sharing with other users works again. Thanks to @jesmrec for pushing me into the right direction (missing versioning capability).