Server: Show QR code when sharing

[gerroon]

Hi

It would be very helpful the sharing link window also can show QR code for sharing, so the mobile user can scan the QR code and be able to use it on the mobile.

thanks

[nextcloud-bot]

GitMate.io thinks possibly related issues are https://github.com/nextcloud/server/issues/5659 (QR codes for login details), https://github.com/nextcloud/server/issues/429 (Show QR code with new app password and other settings to allow easier client setup), https://github.com/nextcloud/server/issues/5150 (Detail panel only shows 1 share when there are multiple), https://github.com/nextcloud/server/issues/9879 (Sharing with a Circle shows an error), and https://github.com/nextcloud/server/issues/10114 (share dialog doesn't show more then two exact matches?).

[MorrisJobke]

Nice idea - cc @nextcloud/designers

Once this is accepted it should also be integrated into the mobile apps. ;)

[jancborchardt]

We do have the mobile apps already – simply use them for Android or iOS: https://nextcloud.com/clients/

It doesn’t really make sense to include QR code for this flow just to act as copy-paste mechanism.

[gerroon]

@jancborchardt

The issue is not the mobile app, also the mobile app is not used by everyone, noone is going to install a mobile app to share a Qr code.

I think that there is a misunderstanding here. Let me show you the usage case

I have my browser open, I share a file in the browser, then I want to share that link to a friend via some kind of messenger app on my phone. My options are email, using the app etc however all these require addiitonal steps and email being not so secure. Including a simple QR code next to the shared link display will simplify these steps.

[lachmanfrantisek]

I have another use case for that -- printing of the QR code (posters, banners, t-shirts,...).

Now, you have to use some external tool for that. We can also have some nextcloud-branded QR-codes.

Having this in other apps would be also nice -- e.g. contacts, gallery, polls,.. Passwords app has that already.

[J0000]

Just now I was looking for exactly this possibility. Sharing a memo from a meeting could be so easy by displaying a qr-code via beamer or print it out and hang it on the wall for the participants :)