QOwnNotes Android Updates & Release Notes

[1.1.0] - 2026-10-04

Added

• A search field in the tag-assignment dialog filters tags by name or parent path, ignoring case.
• Editor toolbar buttons to indent the current line or selected lines by four spaces and remove up to four leading spaces, with undo and redo support.
• Pressing Enter before an existing bullet, numbered, or checklist item creates an empty item above it and places the cursor after the new marker, ready to type.

Changed

• The store description and privacy policy now explicitly describe automatic remote-image loading and the SSO account access token stored by the Nextcloud library in private preferences.
• Pressing Enter in the note editor removes a single trailing space from the previous line, while preserving two or more spaces used for Markdown hard line breaks.

Fixed

• Nextcloud SSO account preferences are excluded from Android cloud backups and device transfers.
• Typing with "Find in note" still open after switching from View to Edit no longer jumps the cursor back to a search match or inserts characters in the wrong place.

[1.0.0] - 2026-10-01

Added

• Note tags shared with QOwnNotes desktop through the notes.sqlite file in the Nextcloud notes folder. The note list shows each note's tags and can filter by one or more tags. A note's "Tags" menu adds and removes existing or new tags, including offline. Changes are merged into the newest server version of the file and never overwrite concurrent desktop changes. Tagging stays off, with an explanation, when the notes folder has no notes.sqlite.
• Opening a note while the note list search is active now opens "Find in note" with the same text, highlighting the matches and scrolling to the first one without showing the keyboard.
• An "Ask for name of new notes" setting, off by default, makes the note list's create button ask for the new note's name first. The field starts with the name the note would otherwise get, the dated default or the search text, so accepting it keeps the previous behavior.
• Nextcloud Deck support, as in QOwnNotes desktop. When the account's server has the Deck app, which is detected automatically, the editor toolbar can create a Deck card, using the selected text as its title, with an optional description and due date, in a chosen board and list. A link to the card is inserted into the note. In the note view, tapping a card link of the note's account opens the card in the Nextcloud Deck Android app when it is installed (for #16). …

[0.10.0] - 2026-09-28

Added

• A "Compact note list" setting reduces row spacing and limits previews to one line in the note list and the note-list widgets (for #15).
• Note-list widgets can show all notes, uncategorized notes, or a single category. Their header now shows what is listed in bold with the account name below it (for #15).
• Widgets have an appearance step during configuration: background color and opacity, header color, note-row color, and an optional frame. It applies to the note-list and single-note widgets, and text color adapts to the chosen colors for readability (for #15).
• Settings now include an Appearance section for the note list: an optional two-line header with the listed category and account name, header color, note background color, and highlighted category labels with a configurable color (for #15).
• The note list now shows each note as a bordered card with a small gap between notes, similar to Nextcloud Notes, and the whole card is the tap target. Turn off "Show notes as cards" in Settings → Appearance to return to flat rows (for #15).

Changed …

[0.9.0] - 2026-09-27

Fixed

• Editing medium-large notes with many links and tasks now stays responsive by switching to plain source editing above 32 KiB instead of waiting until 64 KiB.
• An uncertain note creation no longer gets queued for another upload when an editor checkpoint or another local change arrives after the failed request (for #17).
• Nextcloud Files SSO transport failures now ask users to open the Files app and stop automatic retries that could leave dead service bindings behind (for #18).

Added

• Search text can be turned into a new note named after the query in the selected category.
• The Markdown editor toolbar can insert the local date at the cursor.
• The Markdown editor toolbar can insert the local date and time at the cursor.
• The Markdown editor's long-press menu can now turn a clipboard web URL into a Markdown link whose label is fetched from the page title.
• Note view now provides an information dialog with modified time, Markdown size, text statistics, category, account, synchronization, access, favorite, and remote ID details.

Changed

• Note-list widget rows now use their full width as the open-note target without a redundant arrow (for #13).

[0.8.0] - 2026-09-21

Added

• Long notes now show a draggable scrollbar in the note view for position feedback and fast navigation (for #14).
• Added configurable home-screen widgets for an account's note list and for one selected note. Widget actions open cached notes, create a new offline-first note, or capture a photo into a new note (for #13).
• Added an offline bookmark browser for QOwnNotes-style list bookmarks, with text search, tag filters, and an account-specific relative bookmarks file that defaults to Bookmarks.md.
• Images can now be selected while editing a note. JPEG, PNG, and WebP files up to 5 MB are stored under the account's QOwnNotes-compatible top-level media/ folder with unique names, and the relative Markdown image link is inserted at the caret (for #12).

Changed

• Note creation is now available from a floating plus button at the bottom-right of the note list, which hides while scrolling down and returns while scrolling up. This behavior can be disabled in Settings.
• Note-list searches now remain active after opening a note and returning to the list.

Fixed

• Moving a note to the server trash no longer reports a false connectivity error after a successful bodyless response from Nextcloud.

[0.7.0] - 2026-09-17

Added

• Persisted note changes now schedule account-scoped background synchronization through WorkManager, with network constraints and backoff for retryable failures.
• Notes deleted remotely while local changes are pending can now be recreated without losing their local identity or explicitly discarded.
• Local changes to a note that becomes read-only can now be preserved as a new writable note before adopting the server version.
• Settings now provides a durable, bounded synchronization diagnostic report with app and device information. Reports omit exception messages and account, server, and note identifiers, remain available after process restarts, and are copied only through an explicit user action.
• Conflicts now retain the exact server version for offline review alongside the local version and their common base. Independent title, content, category, and favorite changes can be merged automatically; overlapping changes remain unresolved for an explicit choice.

Changed

• Large-note editing now prioritizes responsive, exact text entry: source highlighting is omitted above 64 KiB, while formatting, Find, undo/redo, and persistence remain available.

Fixed

• Note-list items no longer shift horizontally when swipe actions are disabled.
• Late synchronization failures and successful updates can no longer replace a newer local edit or undo deletion intent. …

[0.6.0] - 2026-09-14

Added

• Relative attachments/ and media/ links in note previews can now download the linked file through the authenticated Nextcloud Notes API and open it in an installed Android app.
• Find in note now also searches the Markdown source while editing, highlights every match, and moves through matches without changing the note.

Fixed

• Large Nextcloud accounts now prune stale local notes without exceeding older Android SQLite bind-variable limits, and malformed capabilities envelopes are reported as protocol errors (for #6).
• Malformed Nextcloud update responses can no longer replace a local note's remote identity.

[0.5.0] - 2026-09-13

Added

• The remote trash dialog now has a search field that filters trashed notes by name.

Changed

• Trashed notes in the remote trash dialog now show the deletion timestamp on a separate, smaller, muted line below the note name.

Fixed

• Adding a Nextcloud account no longer crashes when the Nextcloud SSO response is empty or the OCS capabilities envelope is malformed. The app now reports a clear protocol error instead.
• Note list and search queries now load only a lightweight note summary, avoiding the SQLiteBlobTooBigException that could occur when a single note's content exceeded the Android CursorWindow limit while reading many rows.

[0.4.0] - 2026-09-12

Added

• Added a note-search filter for switching between title-and-content search and title-only search.
• Added note-list sorting by latest modification or by title in ascending or descending order.
• Added account management from the profile menu. It lists connected accounts, updates each account's shared Nextcloud Notes folder and new-file extension through the Notes API, and removes an account's local data without deleting its server notes or Nextcloud Files account.
• Added note-list swipe actions with visual markers: swipe right to toggle a note's favorite state and left to move it to trash. The gestures are enabled by default, and the new Settings dialog controls them and the existing note preview and category display preferences.

Changed

• The note-list top bar now places search between the account profile image and an overflow menu. The profile menu contains only account actions; note creation, category filtering, trash, settings, and About are in the overflow menu. Search is more compact, and synchronization status remains visible while the note list scrolls. Focused search expands across the whole top bar and gains a back action that returns to the account and note actions while keeping the typed query.
• Account entries in the switch-account dialog now have clearer spacing around their profile images.
• The rename-note dialog now selects the current file name when opened, so typing replaces it. …

[0.3.0] - 2026-09-07

Added

• Conflicted notes can now load the current server version or preserve their local changes as a new note before loading the server version. Resolution fetches the note directly, so an unavailable server leaves the local conflict untouched.
• A per-account category selector filters the note list locally and offline. It defaults to Undefined, also offers All categories, remembers the selection, creates notes in the selected category, and hides QOwnNotes' internal media and attachments folder trees.
• Notes can be moved to the root, an existing category, or a new nested category from the note view's Change category menu action. Moves are saved offline and synchronized safely.
• Note edits are now checkpointed to local storage every five seconds during continuous typing, so an app crash cannot lose an indefinitely long in-memory editing session.
• An About menu item in the note list account menu shows the version number and short git commit hash. Both values link to the project's GitHub releases and commit page respectively.
• Renaming a note can optionally update the first Markdown heading to match the new file name. The rename dialog includes an Update heading 1 checkbox that is enabled by default. The whole checkbox row is tappable, so the label is part of the target and screen readers announce one checked option instead of a box beside unrelated text.

Changed …

[0.2.1] - 2026-09-04

Fixed

• Stable GitHub releases now build directly with repository signing secrets, independently of the local Vaultwarden and SecretSpec signing workflow.
• Generated GitHub release notes no longer participate in source formatting checks.

[0.2.0] - 2026-09-04

Added

• Synchronized Nextcloud favorites with offline toggling, clickable stars, and favorites-first note and search-result ordering.
• A confirmed Move to trash action in the open note view.
• Automatic continuation for unordered, ordered, and task-list items when Return is pressed, with empty items ending the list.
• On-demand note version history and remote trash browsing through the optional Nextcloud QOwnNotesAPI app, including restoring versions and trashed notes.
• Continuous development APK publishing and versioned, signed GitHub release automation.

Changed

• Switching accounts now opens an account chooser when more than two accounts are configured, while two-account switching remains a direct toggle.
• A newly added Nextcloud account now becomes the active account immediately.
• Unreachable-server errors in the note list and editor now offer a details dialog with local-server troubleshooting, sanitized exception text, and a copy action while confirming that local edits remain saved.
• Horizontal action bars now use recognizable icons with accessible descriptions; list and …

[0.1.0] - 2026-09-03

Added

• Android 9 and newer support with a native Kotlin, Compose Material 3 interface and light and dark themes.
• Nextcloud account import through the Nextcloud Files Android app and Android Single Sign-On, including multiple accounts, account switching, reconnect handling, and local account-data removal.
• Nextcloud Notes API 1.2 or newer support with capability negotiation, incremental and chunked pulls, collection ETags, offline caching, and explicit authentication, permission, protocol, storage, conflict, and retryable error handling.
• Offline-first note creation and editing with stable local identities, debounced Room persistence, ETag-protected updates, canonical server response handling, and protection against stale network responses replacing newer local edits.
• QOwnNotes-compatible dated note names and initial Markdown headings.
• Note renaming with server filename sanitization support.
• Long-press multi-selection in the note list and durable deletion through the Nextcloud trash bin.
• Creation of a new note from text shared by another Android application, including shares received during onboarding or while the application is already open.
• Account-scoped offline search across note titles and content.
• Rendered Markdown with headings, lists, tables, strikethrough, task lists including the QOwnNotes indeterminate state, blockquotes, links, images, inline code, and syntax-highlighted fenced code. …