Pocketbook Nextcloud Client

A basic client to access an existing nextcloud instance via Pocketbook.

Features

• Display and navigate nextcloud file structure
• Download files to local storage system
• Sync folders to local storage system (long click on folders to open context menu for sync)
• Remove files from local storage system
• Show local files that are saved but no longer available in the cloud
• Open epub, pdf, text, html, word and mobi with default ebook reader application
• Offline Modus
• Navigaten via keys and touch

Installation

1. Download and Unzip:

   • Download the desired release from the repository's releases section.
   • Unzip the downloaded file.

2. Placement:

   • Locate the nextcloud.app file from the unzipped folder.

3. Transfer to Pocketbook:

   • Connect your Pocketbook device to your PC.
   • Navigate to the "applications" folder on your Pocketbook.

4. Move the App and Add cacert.pem:

   • Transfer the nextcloud.app file into the "applications" folder of your Pocketbook device.
   • Additionally, download cacert.pem from here and add it to the "applications" folder to ensure secure communication within the application.

5. Disconnect and Launch:

   • Safely disconnect your Pocketbook from the PC.
   • The application should now be visible in the application launcher of your Pocketbook.

Tested on

• PocketBook Toch HD
• PocketBook Touch HD 2 (PB631)
• PocketBook Touch HD 3 (PB623)
• PocketBook Touch Lux 3 (PB626)
• PocketBook Touch Lux 5 (PB628)
• PocketBook Aqua 2 (PB641)
• PocketBook InkPad 3 Pro (PB740)
• Pocketbook Era (PB700)
• Pocketbook Inkpad Color 2 (PB743)

Usage

To log in, follow these steps:

1. Enter the server name (e.g., https://domainname) or the WebDAV URL (e.g., https://domainname/remote.php/dav/files/UUID). You can find the WebDAV URL in the Files app under settings.

2. Provide your username and password. If you have 2FA (Two-Factor Authentication) enabled, you need to set up an App-specific password. You can learn more about this process here.

After logging in, you'll be prompted to select a location to save the Nextcloud files.

• To download a file, simply click on it.

• To sync a folder, click on it until a menu appears. Then, select "sync" from the menu. The folder sync feature will only synchronize files that are "newer" on the server side, ignoring .sdr files.

How to build

Currently there are multiple methods to build the application. It is recommended to use the Dockerimage.

Development enviroments

Dockerimage

The easiest way to build applications as of now to use the Dockerimage. (https://github.com/JuanJakobo/Pocketbook-dev-docker)

Setup Toolchain

First you need to install conan and the basic build tools for linux.

Then you have to download the Pocketbook SDK (https://github.com/pocketbook/SDK_6.3.0/tree/5.19).

In the CMakeLists.txt of this project you have to set the root of the TOOLCHAIN_PATH to the location where you saved the SDK.

First you have to create the default profile by: conan profile detect Furthmore you have to add an conan profile for pocketbook to the profiles directory:

[settings]
arch=armv7
build_type=Release
compiler=clang
compiler.cppstd=gnu17
compiler.version=7.0
os=Linux

[buildenv]
CXX=arm-obreey-linux-gnueabi-clang++
CC=arm-obreey-linux-gnueabi-clang
LD=arm-obreey-linux-gnueabi-ld
STRIP=arm-obreey-linux-gnueabi-strip
AR=arm-obreey-linux-gnueabi-ar
AS=arm-obreey-linux-gnueabi-as
NM=arm-obreey-linux-gnueabi-nm
RANLIB=arm-obreey-linux-gnueabi-ranlib

Build the code

On the first run you have to setup conan by:

conan install . --build=missing -pr=pocketbook

cmake --preset conan-release

After this to rebuild the application you have to run:

cmake --build build/Release

Disclamer

Use as your own risk! Even though the possibility is really low, the application could harm your device or even break it.