Upgrade to Nextcloud 34

Deprecations

  • \OCP\Util::setChannel is now deprecated and you need to use \OCP\ServerVersion::setChannel instead.

  • \OCP\Util::linkToAbsolute is now deprecated and you need to use \OCP\IUrlGenerator::getAbsoluteUrl and \OCP\IUrlGenerator::linkTo instead.

  • \OCP\Util::linkToRemove is now deprecated and you need to use \OCP\IUrlGenerator::linkToRemote instead.

  • \OCP\Util::isPublicLinkPasswordRequired is now deprecated and you need to use \OCP\Share\IManager::shareApiLinkEnforcePassword instead.

  • \OCP\Util::isDefaultExpireDateEnforced is now deprecated and you need to use \OCP\Share\IManager::shareApiLinkDefaultExpireDateEnforced instead.

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.

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.