Find an app by name within nextcloud #6868
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Maybe the app store can display the categories? @BernhardPosselt
This is about the nextcloud server right?
The request yes, but it would also help, if e.g. https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/admin_notifications would tell you in which category you would find the app on the server
https://github.com/nextcloud/admin_notifications/blob/master/appinfo/info.xml#L11-L12Should be available in the downloaded apps.json, see categories in http://nextcloudappstore.readthedocs.io/en/latest/restapi.html#get-all-apps-and-releases
yeah, but the appstore UI doesnt show it ;)
Ah ok :)
File an issue in the issue tracker please
Absolutely agree, had the same issue recently.
- The search should also search through appstore apps below / after the local results (without blocking the local search of course)
- There should be a sidebar entry "App store" above the categories which lists all apps from the app store, sorted by rating.
Reacted by DJCrashdummyMaybe the app store can display the categories?
eh ok, that would help for the workaround a bit, but the real problem is not the website but the here addressed nextcloud server :)
+1. Also had this issue. Found this nextcloud/appstore#528. It would help to workaroud the problem. But showing a category is generally a good idea.
Another possible solution to this problem:
- If search in one category did not give any results, try to search through "all apps". The same way as it is done for files (e.g. 7 search results in other folders)
Reacted by Simon ZumbrunnenYeah, searching all apps would be a huge help. And perhaps an 'all apps' category, too? Ref https://twitter.com/SisimBiva/status/981547010221314048
Reacted by DJCrashdummyNot being able to search for all has wasted a good amount of my time already. I don't know how the apps are categorised, and often I'll find apps in a section that doesn't make sense to me. Having search all really is needed, otherwise the search is useless IMO.
Fixed with #9565
Reacted by BloodyIron, Bent Alexander Haase and Fazle Rabbi
When Iam searching for an app that has a specific name on page
settings/app, I cant just use the search function because it will only search in the current page. And because there is no page for "all apps", I have to get through each category before I can find the app by name.There needs t be a possibility to find and install an app within nextcloud by simple name search. Even when one finds the app by name on https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps, there is no information in what category its hidden.