Direct upload from mobile
Is the a possibilty, that im overseeing, that allows for a direct upload of an image from the mobile app, not just a folder sync? Just like uploading from the web, where I can select individual images.
For example I dont want to add the Discord folder to the backup, because i dont care about uploading all images to immich, which i donwload on discord, only some (same holds true for Downloads, Signal, etc)
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It is either completely automatic uploads or complete manual uploads. You can turn off automatic backup but select the albums in the backups page so that the assets from the albums shows up in the main timeline. You can then manually select those assets from the timeline, and there should be a button in the bottom sheet to manually upload them. Not the most intuitive way, but this should allow you to only manually upload assets from the mobile app
Okay thanks! Is there a technical reason why you could not just add another button in the sidebar to allow for individual uploads or is this just something no one needed so far:D
There is no technical limitation per say. The assets displayed in the timeline is currently coupled with the album selection from the backup. Maybe we can decouple them during the backup refactor that is planned sometime in the future. Then, the library section would display all the local albums from the device and users can upload individual assets as well
Another idea that came to my mind is to just add an option to instantly upload an image by opening the system file browser, where a user can select a file from the file system directly, not the timeline
Wouldnt need any changes to the timeline logic, as it would be seperate
Im far too underquailfied to impl this as I failed to add this kind of option once in an android app in university, so just take this as a form of input for a possible implementation
There are feature requests to add Immich to the system's share menu in github. That would allow one to select images / videos from any different app and share it to immich app, which would then upload it to the server
Yea, that would probably be a cleaner solution!