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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.
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 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.
Looking forward to see if anyone can give a good answer here! I've tried two or three contenders but no luck so far.
I use Collabora, and afaik it is open source - https://github.com/CollaboraOnline
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).
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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).
#foss
@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.
@lightweight Yes! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-g06abnX9U
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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