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Critical changes

info.xml requirements

Update info.xml to add Nextcloud 34 to the support range:

<dependencies>
  <nextcloud min-version="34" max-version="34" />
</dependencies>

To allow installation on older versions too, just keep the previous min-version.

Removed front-end APIs and libraries

  • OC.Dialogs.fileexists was deprecated and is now removed. Use the conflict picker from the @nextcloud/dialogs library instead.
  • OC.Notifications was deprecated and is now removed. Use the notification API from the @nextcloud/dialogs library instead.
  • OC.Apps was deprecated and is now removed. Use Vue components from the @nextcloud/vue instead.
  • OC.*menu* methods were deprecated and are now removed. Use Vue components from the @nextcloud/vue instead.
  • Magic handling of .live-relative-timestamp (elements with this class were automatically updated to show relative timestamps) was removed. Use the NcDateTime component from the @nextcloud/vue library instead
  • The global snapper was deprecated and is now removed. For the app navigation please migrate your app to Vue and use the NcAppNavigation component from the @nextcloud/vue library instead.
  • Some deprecated globally shared libraries were removed. If you still rely on them, you need to bundle them with your app:
    • jQuery was deprecated and scheduled for removal since Nextcloud 19.
    • jQuery UI was deprecated and scheduled for removal since Nextcloud 19.
    • Backbone was deprecated and scheduled for removal since Nextcloud 19.
    • OC.Files.Client as it was extending the Backbone.
    • Handlebars was deprecated and scheduled for removal since Nextcloud 19.

Removed back-end APIs

  • \OCP\Share_Backend, \OCP\Share_Backend_Collection, \OCP\Share_Backend_File_Dependent were removed. This old share backend was replaced in Nextcloud 9 with a new backend system based on IShareProvider.
  • All these methods were deprecated since before Nextcloud 20 and were removed:
    • \OCP\AppFramework\Http\EmptyContentSecurityPolicy::allowEvalScript
    • \OCP\AppFramework\Http\EmptyContentSecurityPolicy::addAllowedChildSrcDomain
    • \OCP\AppFramework\Http\EmptyContentSecurityPolicy::disallowChildSrcDomain
    • \OCP\Collaboration\Resources\IManager::registerResourceProvider
    • \OCP\Notification\IManager::registerNotifier
    • \OCP\Util::recursiveArraySearch
  • All these classes were deprecated since before Nextcloud 20 and were removed:
    • \OCP\AppFramework\Http\StrictContentSecurityPolicy
    • \OCP\AppFramework\Http\StrictEvalContentSecurityPolicy
    • \OCP\AppFramework\Http\StrictInlineContentSecurityPolicy
  • Various methods from the legacy OC_Util static class were removed:
    • Instead of \OC_Util::encodePath use \OCP\Util::encodePath.
    • Instead of \OC_Util::sanitizeHTML use \OCP\Util::sanitizeHTML
    • Instead of \OC_Util::redirectToDefaultPage and \OC_Util::getDefaultPageUrl use \OCP\IUrlGenerator::linkToDefaultPageUrl
    • Instead of \OC_Util::checkAdminUser use IGroupManager::class::isAdmin

Unified sharing

.. todo::

    This is work in progress and needs an update when the changes have been finalized.

Changes to sharing APIs and user interface are planned. This includes both a new general API for sharing of entities and updates to the sharing user interface. See nextcloud/server#51803 for details and mockups.

Navigation styling revisions

.. todo::

    This is work in progress and needs an update when the changes have been finalized.

Styling of navigation components will be revised. See nextcloud-libraries/nextcloud-vue#7222 for details.

Sidebar tabs redesign

.. todo::

    This is work in progress and needs an update when the changes have been finalized.

Sidebar tab components will be redesigned. See nextcloud-libraries/nextcloud-vue#7520 for details.

Settings title left-alignment

.. todo::

    This is work in progress and needs an update when the changes have been finalized.

The title alignment of settings pages will be changed to left-aligned. See nextcloud-libraries/nextcloud-vue#7641 for details.