[HOWTO] Use the Notes App

[Manoj]

Note: Documentation in this section is Work in progress. Help us update it. Help us make /e/ better !!

Icon	Notes Main Screen

Features

• Forked from the Nextcloud Notes App.
• List, create, edit, share, search and delete notes
• Share text and links as new note into the app
• Mark notes as favorite
• Bulk delete
• Render MarkDown (using RxMarkdown)
• Translated in many languages on Transifex

Planned Features

• In-note search (#106)
• Toggle checkboxes in view mode (#451)
• Context based formatting (#363)
• Trashbin (#238)

Requirements for Notes

• Nextcloud instance running
• Nextcloud Notes app enabled

How to use the Notes app

Options available through the Notes menu

• Notes View
  • All Notes
    • All Notes you created will show up in this view
  • Favourites
    • Notes marked as Favourites will show up here
  • Uncategorized
    • Notes which have not been marked Favourites will show up here
  • Deleted Notes
    • This will lead to the ecloud location for the notes deleted from the app…this is a safety measure in case you have accidentally deleted a Note you can retrieve it from the ecloud bin.
  • Settings
    • For details on options available under Settings please scroll below
  • About Notes
    • Details on the Notes app developer will show up in this views

Options available through Setting screen

• Change Account

  • Add other nextcloud accounts for Notes to access

• Display mode for Notes

  • Options available for display of notes

  • Open in edit mode

  • Open in Preview mode

  • Remember my last selection

• Theme

  • Themes for Notes
    • Light
    • Dark

• Manage Certifications

  • Set / unset Trusted system Certificates for notes

About the Project

Project Source Code
This project is licensed under the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE.

Readme Location

[buzzzz]

The app crashes at the start!
Error:
Version: 1.0.1

java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{foundation.e.notes/foundation.e.cert4android.TrustCertificateActivity}: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #28: Binary XML file line #28: Error inflating class com.google.android.material.card.MaterialCardView
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2951)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3086)
at android.app.servertransaction.LaunchActivityItem.execute(LaunchActivityItem.java:78)
at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeCallbacks(TransactionExecutor.java:108)
at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute(TransactionExecutor.java:68)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1816)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:193)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6718)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:491)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:858)
Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #28: Binary XML file line #28: Error inflating class com.google.android.material.card.MaterialCardView
Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #28: Error inflating class com.google.android.material.card.MaterialCardView
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance0(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:343)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:647)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:790)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:730)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:863)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflateChildren(LayoutInflater.java:824)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:866)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflateChildren(LayoutInflater.java:824)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:515)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:423)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:374)
at androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatDelegateImpl.setContentView(AppCompatDelegateImpl.java:555)
at androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity.setContentView(AppCompatActivity.java:161)
at androidx.databinding.DataBindingUtil.setContentView(DataBindingUtil.java:303)
at androidx.databinding.DataBindingUtil.setContentView(DataBindingUtil.java:284)
at foundation.e.cert4android.TrustCertificateActivity.onCreate(TrustCertificateActivity.kt:46)
at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:7144)
at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:7135)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1271)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2931)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3086)
at android.app.servertransaction.LaunchActivityItem.execute(LaunchActivityItem.java:78)
at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeCallbacks(TransactionExecutor.java:108)
at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute(TransactionExecutor.java:68)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1816)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:193)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6718)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:491)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:858)
Caused by: java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: Failed to resolve attribute at index 2: TypedValue{t=0x2/d=0x7f0400b2 a=3}
at android.content.res.TypedArray.getColorStateList(TypedArray.java:546)
at androidx.cardview.widget.CardView.(CardView.java:127)
at com.google.android.material.card.MaterialCardView.(MaterialCardView.java:116)
at com.google.android.material.card.MaterialCardView.(MaterialCardView.java:112)
… 32 more

[buzzzz]

E notes got version 1.01. Notes is on version 2.11. I had never problems with notes on other Roms!

[codevictory]

When using Notes with e-account remember to check the server address setting (in menu behind profile icon). It should be https://ecloud.global in order to make cloud sync work.

For me it defaulted into https://e.email when I signed in with e-account and gave me java.io.FileNotFoundException everytime it tried to syncronize with the cloud. It really took me a while to figure out what’s the cause…

[nottolino]

The solution proposed by @codevictory did not work for Samsung s8 0.10-2020080666687.

My workaround was to “change server”, and then insert https://ecloud.global/ there.

It id not work if I changed the URL in the main menu, which resulted in an endless waiting for the server response

[heavenfrog]

Thanks a lot @codevictory.
I had this problem too and I guess I would never have found the solution by myself.

[Autodidax]

Why am I forced to have an account? I just want to save some notes on my phone

I cannot use the app without and I cannot uninstall/remove it… Not convenient

[Anonyme]

Because it’s the Nextcloud Note app so it uses Nextcloud and doesn’t have any offline feature.

You can install the note app of your choice though.

[Solau]

Great, many thanks! I had the same problem and have been looking for the solution for a couple of weeks. Couldn’t have found it alone, I guess.

[O2Pripri]

Thank you @codevictory for the solution you offer. I have my own Nextcloud server and have the same message as @buzzzz
Do you have any idea what would be the solution in my case?

[Lelon]

I don’t know if this question is still relevant but I just made a post on how to ‘Create an OpenSSL certificate for your local Nextcloud instance that you can install on your phone’.
This fixes the the error message of the Notes app and the bug where you can’t accept the certificate and the app crashes.

[HOWTO] Create an OpenSSL certificate for your local Nextcloud instance that you can install on your phone

You can add the ssl certificate from your Nextcloud instance to your trusted credentials on your phone. By doing this you will not be asked to verify the certificate anymore. This also fixes the bug of the Notes app where you can’t accept the certificate and the app crashes. If you haven’t set up an ssl certificate for your Nextcloud I recommend doing that for security reasons. I will briefly explain how to redirect your requests to https and use ssl (with Apache2) at the end of this post. To g…

[chaimdemulder]

(Not sure if this is the place for a suggestion, if not, feel free to refer me to the correct place.)

When using the Notes app, I find it a bit confusing that there is an ‘uncategorised’ category, implying that it would be possible to create categories and structure your notes according to these. So I guess this is kind of feedback and a suggestion in one, I think it would be great to have the option to create such categories. Is there a plan for this in the future, or am I maybe missing something and is this already possible?

[aibd]

Open a Note; 3 dot menu, top right > Category > Create category.

[chaimdemulder]

Great, thank you for the help! I guess I didn’t find that a logical place to look then

[Webaschtl]

What is the difference of this fork to the original app?

[coton]

Hi, someones knows if it’s possible to use two notes accounts ?
I got one perso and one for work, on two different nextclouds. It seems to works with only one account.

[petefoth]

I don’t know if it possible with the built-in NOtes app, but it is certainly possible using the NextCloud Notes app from F-Droid:

F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

[coton]

Yes ! it works perfectly with nextcloud app ! with a nice switch-button to go easily from one account to the other one !

[aiwo]

Thank you very much, after 5 months of using /e/OS I have finally managed to set up notes syncing using this solution.

[Arnaud]

I tried to make a note with a picture into the web app with success. When I try to see it into the web app, no problem.
When I try to see it with the notes app I only see the text and the picture appears to be broken

Any suggestion ?