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Does anyone know if there is a decent #FOSS solution to editing #LibreOffice documents (particularly spreadsheets) on an #Android device? Bonus points if it works nicely with #NextCloud. I've come across collabora, but it seems proprietary.
#foss #Android #nextcloud #libreoffice
Werwolf :gnu:
it seems like at least for web and mobile Collabora is MPL licensed.
https://github.com/CollaboraOnline/online

GitHub - CollaboraOnline/online: Collabora Online is a collaborative online office suite based on LibreOffice technology. This is also the source for the Collabora Office apps for iOS and Android.

Collabora Online is a collaborative online office suite based on LibreOffice technology. This is also the source for the Collabora Office apps for iOS and Android. - GitHub - CollaboraOnline/onlin...
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Coffee
What would you consider "decent"?

One option is to install UserLAnd and a VNC client so you can install Debian so you can install and run actual LibreOffice.
Dismal Manor Gang
@ilyess https://events.documentfoundation.org/media/libocon2021/submissions/TBAFDJ/resources/nextcloud-edit-files_vKcHX1x.pdf

Have not tried. The Duck 🦆 found this.
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Jonathan Lamothe
@Dismal Manor Gang Yeah. I found it. It gives me an option on the web app that says "Edit with LibreOffice" but does nothing when tapped on Android, unfortunately.
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Dismal Manor Gang
The other things all require Collabra Office Android app. There doesn’t appear to be a Nextcloud app you can drive from Android. Didn’t see a browser solution.

I did see this https://help.nextcloud.com/t/integrate-documents-app-with-libre-office-in-nextcloud/78234 but suspect it is desktop client oriented.

Integrate Documents app with Libre Office in Nextcloud

I am trying to setup the Documents app in my nextcloud instance to be able to open and edit .odt and .csv documents. I installed libreoffice on my server and then, like it is said in the official docs, I added my path to the config.
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Russ O ❤ 🇺🇦
Looking forward to see if anyone can give a good answer here! I've tried two or three contenders but no luck so far.
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I use Collabora, and afaik it is open source - https://github.com/CollaboraOnline

Collabora Online

Home of Collabora Online, the cloud-based office suite with collaborative editing - Collabora Online
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
Collabora Office is #FOSS as far as I know. The option I prefer to edit 'productivity' files (word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, etc.) is #OnlyOffice which integrates nicely with #NextCloud. It can be configured to read and write Open Document Formats (e.g. ODT, ODS, ODP, etc.) but it's very good at reading/writing MSFT's shitty OOXML formats, too, which is sometimes advantageous.It's not hard to run your own (there're lots of good tutorials on setting it up).
#foss #nextcloud #onlyoffice
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
it takes a while to load documents via the NextCloud app but there's also an Android standalone OnlyOffice app (I believe it's #FOSS that only seems available via Google Play, not F-Droid (sadly).
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Steffen Voß
@lightweight AND: You can now edit these files with the local applications! Nextcloud locks them, downloads them, and when you close the editor, the file is reuploaded and unlocked.
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Steffen Voß
@lightweight Yes! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-g06abnX9U

How to use Edit Files with LibreOffice app in Nextcloud

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Jonathan Lamothe
Follow-up question: is there an iPhone solution for this? It's all for naught if I can't get @Katy Lamothe on board.
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@katy

I've only seen viewing on iPhone (Libre Office viewer Lite). Never tried it though because of the data tracking (Identifiers, usage data, and diagnostics).
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