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Nextcloud Photo Widget

Home screen widget showing random photos from your Nextcloud
New in version 1.1
Smaller app through code shrinking. The picture interval now starts at 15 minutes, and a new "Only manually" option changes the picture only on tap.
Shows a random picture from a folder on your Nextcloud server as a home screen widget, without syncing your photo library to the phone. Only one downscaled preview is stored at a time.

Features

  • Random photo from one or more Nextcloud folders, subfolders included

  • Picture changes automatically every 15 minutes to 24 hours, or only on tap

  • Configurable photo list refresh, with photo count, last sync time and sync duration

  • Tap the left edge for the previous picture, the right edge for the next one

  • Tap the center to open the picture in the official Nextcloud app

  • Light, dark or system theme



Privacy
The app only talks to the Nextcloud server you configure. Login uses Nextcloud Login Flow v2, so a revocable app password is stored on the device and never your real password. There is no tracking and no analytics.

Requires Android 8.0 or newer and a Nextcloud server reachable over HTTPS. This is an unofficial app and is not affiliated with Nextcloud GmbH.
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Versions

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  • Version 1.1 (2) suggested Added on Oct 22, 2026

    This version requires Android 8.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by the original developer, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • view network connections
      Allows the app to view information about network connections such as which networks exist and are connected.
    • run foreground service
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services.
    • have full network access
      Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
    • run at startup
      Allows the app to have itself started as soon as the system has finished booting. This can make it take longer to start the phone and allow the app to slow down the overall phone by always running.
    • prevent phone from sleeping
      Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep.
    • io.github.an_dr_eas_k.ncphotowidget.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

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