feat: Add support for separate react permission (Talk 24+)

NextcloudTalk/Chat/BaseChatViewController.swift

@@ -2803,6 +2803,11 @@ import SwiftUI
     // MARK: - Reactions
 
     func addReaction(reaction: String, to message: NCChatMessage) {
+        if !self.room.canReact {
+            NotificationPresenter.shared().present(text: NSLocalizedString("You are not allowed to add or remove reactions in this conversation", comment: ""), dismissAfterDelay: 5.0, includedStyle: .error)
+            return
+        }
+
         if message.reactionsArray().contains(where: { $0.reaction == reaction && $0.userReacted }) {
             // We can't add reaction twice
             return
@@ -2825,6 +2830,11 @@ import SwiftUI
     }
 
     func removeReaction(reaction: String, from message: NCChatMessage) {
+        if !self.room.canReact {
+            NotificationPresenter.shared().present(text: NSLocalizedString("You are not allowed to add or remove reactions in this conversation", comment: ""), dismissAfterDelay: 5.0, includedStyle: .error)
+            return
+        }
+
         self.setTemporaryReaction(reaction: reaction, withState: .removing, toMessage: message)
 
         NCAPIController.sharedInstance().removeReaction(reaction, fromMessage: message.messageId, inRoom: self.room.token, for: self.account) { _, error, _ in

NextcloudTalk/Chat/ChatViewController.swift

@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ import SwiftUI
 
             // Disable call buttons
             self.callOptionsButton.isEnabled = false
-        } else if NCDatabaseManager.sharedInstance().roomHasTalkCapability(kCapabilityChatPermission, for: room), !room.permissions.contains(.chat) {
+        } else if !room.canChat {
             // Hide text input
             self.setTextInputbarHidden(true, animated: isVisible)
         } else if self.isTextInputbarHidden {
@@ -2311,9 +2311,7 @@ import SwiftUI
     }
 
     override func getContextMenuAccessoryView(forMessage message: NCChatMessage, forIndexPath indexPath: IndexPath, withCellHeight cellHeight: CGFloat) -> UIView? {
-        let hasChatPermissions = !NCDatabaseManager.sharedInstance().roomHasTalkCapability(kCapabilityChatPermission, for: room) || self.room.permissions.contains(.chat)
-
-        guard hasChatPermissions && self.isMessageReactable(message: message) else { return nil }
+        guard self.room.canReact && self.isMessageReactable(message: message) else { return nil }
 
         let reactionViewPadding = 10
         let emojiButtonPadding = 10
@@ -2432,7 +2430,6 @@ import SwiftUI
 
         var actions: [UIMenuElement] = []
         var informationalActions: [UIMenuElement] = []
-        let hasChatPermissions = !NCDatabaseManager.sharedInstance().roomHasTalkCapability(kCapabilityChatPermission, for: room) || self.room.permissions.contains(.chat)
 
         // Show edit information
         if let lastEditActorDisplayName = message.lastEditActorDisplayName, message.lastEditTimestamp > 0 {
@@ -2457,14 +2454,14 @@ import SwiftUI
         }
 
         // Reply option
-        if self.isMessageReplyable(message: message), hasChatPermissions, !self.textInputbar.isEditing {
+        if self.isMessageReplyable(message: message), self.room.canChat, !self.textInputbar.isEditing {
             actions.append(UIAction(title: NSLocalizedString("Reply", comment: ""), image: .init(systemName: "arrowshape.turn.up.left")) { _ in
                 self.didPressReply(for: message)
             })
         }
 
         // Show "Add reaction" when running on MacOS because we don't have an accessory view
-        if self.isMessageReactable(message: message), hasChatPermissions, NCUtils.isiOSAppOnMac() {
+        if self.isMessageReactable(message: message), self.room.canReact, NCUtils.isiOSAppOnMac() {
             actions.append(UIAction(title: NSLocalizedString("Add reaction", comment: ""), image: .init(systemName: "face.smiling")) { _ in
                 self.didPressAddReaction(for: message, at: indexPath)
             })
@@ -2538,7 +2535,7 @@ import SwiftUI
         }
 
         // Re-send option
-        if (message.sendingFailed || message.isOfflineMessage) && hasChatPermissions {
+        if (message.sendingFailed || message.isOfflineMessage) && self.room.canChat {
             actions.append(UIAction(title: NSLocalizedString("Resend", comment: ""), image: .init(systemName: "arrow.clockwise")) { _ in
                 self.didPressResend(for: message)
             })
@@ -2609,14 +2606,14 @@ import SwiftUI
         var destructiveMenuActions: [UIMenuElement] = []
 
         // Edit option
-        if message.isEditable(for: self.account, in: self.room) && hasChatPermissions {
+        if message.isEditable(for: self.account, in: self.room) && self.room.canChat {
             destructiveMenuActions.append(UIAction(title: NSLocalizedString("Edit", comment: "Edit a message or room participants"), image: .init(systemName: "pencil")) { _ in
                 self.didPressEdit(for: message)
             })
         }
 
         // Delete option
-        if message.sendingFailed || message.isOfflineMessage || (message.isDeletable(for: self.account, in: self.room) && hasChatPermissions) {
+        if message.sendingFailed || message.isOfflineMessage || (message.isDeletable(for: self.account, in: self.room) && self.room.canChat) {
             destructiveMenuActions.append(UIAction(title: NSLocalizedString("Delete", comment: ""), image: .init(systemName: "trash"), attributes: .destructive) { _ in
                 self.didPressDelete(for: message)
             })

NextcloudTalk/Database/NCDatabaseManager.h

@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ extern NSString * const kCapabilitySensitiveConversations;
 extern NSString * const kCapabilityThreads;
 extern NSString * const kCapabilityPinnedMessages;
 extern NSString * const kCapabilityScheduleMessages;
+extern NSString * const kCapabilityReactPermission;
 
 extern NSString * const kNotificationsCapabilityExists;
 extern NSString * const kNotificationsCapabilityTestPush;

NextcloudTalk/Database/NCDatabaseManager.m

@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
 NSString * const kCapabilityThreads                 = @"threads";
 NSString * const kCapabilityPinnedMessages          = @"pinned-messages";
 NSString * const kCapabilityScheduleMessages        = @"scheduled-messages";
+NSString * const kCapabilityReactPermission         = @"react-permission";
 
 NSString * const kNotificationsCapabilityExists     = @"exists";
 NSString * const kNotificationsCapabilityTestPush   = @"test-push";

NextcloudTalk/NCTypes.h

@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ typedef NS_OPTIONS(NSInteger, NCPermission) {
     NCPermissionCanPublishVideo = 32,
     NCPermissionCanPublishScreen = 64,
     NCPermissionChat = 128,
+    NCPermissionReact = 256,
 };
 
 typedef NS_ENUM(NSInteger, NCMessageExpiration) {

NextcloudTalk/Rooms/NCRoom.swift

@@ -348,5 +348,19 @@ import SwiftyAttributes
         return self.permissions.contains(.canPublishScreen) || !supportsConversationPermissions
     }
 
+    public var canChat: Bool {
+        // For very old servers without chat-permission capability, allow chat
+        return !NCDatabaseManager.sharedInstance().roomHasTalkCapability(kCapabilityChatPermission, for: self) || self.permissions.contains(.chat)
+    }
+
+    public var canReact: Bool {
+        // Check if server supports separate react permission (Talk 24+)
+        if NCDatabaseManager.sharedInstance().roomHasTalkCapability(kCapabilityReactPermission, for: self) {
+            return self.permissions.contains(.react)
+        }
+
+        // Fallback for older servers: reactions were tied to chat permission
+        return self.canChat
+    }
 
 }

NextcloudTalk/en.lproj/Localizable.strings

@@ -2438,6 +2438,9 @@
 /* No comment provided by engineer. */
 "You are currently waiting in the lobby" = "You are currently waiting in the lobby";
 
+/* No comment provided by engineer. */
+"You are not allowed to add or remove reactions in this conversation" = "You are not allowed to add or remove reactions in this conversation";
+
 /* No comment provided by engineer. */
 "You are not part of any conversation" = "You are not part of any conversation";
 

NextcloudTalkTests/UI/UIRoomTest.swift

@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@
 
         textView.typeText(" Edited")
 
         // TODO: Should change the lib to have a proper identifier here
         // Save the edit
         toolbar.buttons["selected"].tap()
 
@@ -284,4 +284,43 @@
         let textView = toolbar.textViews["Write message, @ to mention someone …"]
         XCTAssert(!textView.exists)
     }
+
+    func testReactOnlyPermission() throws {
+        let app = launchAndLogin()
+
+        // ReactOnlyTest room is only created for Talk 24+ (main branch)
+        let reactOnlyCell = app.tables.cells.staticTexts["ReactOnlyTest"]
+
+        // Skip test if the room doesn't exist (older server versions)
+        try XCTSkipUnless(reactOnlyCell.waitForExistence(timeout: TestConstants.timeoutShort),
+                         "ReactOnlyTest room not found - skipping (requires Talk 24+)")
+
+        reactOnlyCell.tap()
+
+        let chatNavBar = app.navigationBars["NextcloudTalk.ChatView"]
+        XCTAssert(chatNavBar.waitForExistence(timeout: TestConstants.timeoutLong))
+
+        // Find the message from alice that we should react to
+        let messageText = app.tables.textViews["React to this message!"].firstMatch
+        XCTAssert(messageText.waitForExistence(timeout: TestConstants.timeoutShort))
+
+        // Open context menu by long-pressing on the message
+        messageText.press(forDuration: 2.0)
+
+        // Tap the thumbs up reaction from the context menu (same pattern as testDeallocation)
+        let thumbsUpReaction = app.staticTexts["👍"]
+        XCTAssert(thumbsUpReaction.waitForExistence(timeout: TestConstants.timeoutShort))
+        thumbsUpReaction.tap()
+
+        // Verify the reaction was added - the reaction label shows "emoji count" format
+        let reactionLabel = app.staticTexts["👍 1"]
+        XCTAssert(reactionLabel.waitForExistence(timeout: TestConstants.timeoutShort),
+                 "Reaction should be visible after adding it")
+
+        // Verify that we cannot send messages (no chat permission)
+        // The toolbar/text input should not be present when user cannot chat
+        let toolbar = app.toolbars["Toolbar"]
+        let textView = toolbar.textViews["Write message, @ to mention someone …"]
+        XCTAssertFalse(textView.exists, "Text input should not exist when user cannot chat")
+    }
 }

ShareExtension/ShareViewController.m

@@ -509,9 +509,7 @@ - (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath
         return;
     }
 
-    BOOL hasChatPermission = ![[NCDatabaseManager sharedInstance] serverHasTalkCapability:kCapabilityChatPermission] || (room.permissions & NCPermissionChat) != 0;
-
-    if (!hasChatPermission || room.readOnlyState == NCRoomReadOnlyStateReadOnly) {
+    if (!room.canChat || room.readOnlyState == NCRoomReadOnlyStateReadOnly) {
         [self showChatPermissionAlert];
         return;
     }

ci-setup-rooms.sh

@@ -5,8 +5,20 @@
 
 # This script is intended to setup specific rooms that we want to test
 
+SERVER_URL="http://localhost:8080"
+
+# Check if a Talk capability is available
+# Usage: has_capability "capability-name"
+has_capability() {
+    local capability="$1"
+    curl -s -u admin:admin "$SERVER_URL/ocs/v2.php/cloud/capabilities" \
+        -H "OCS-APIRequest: true" \
+        -H 'accept: application/json, text/plain, */*' \
+        | jq -e ".ocs.data.capabilities.spreed.features | any(. == \"$capability\")" > /dev/null 2>&1
+}
+
 # Setup a room with lobby enabled and add admin as a normal participant
-response=$(curl -u alice:alice 'http://localhost:8080/ocs/v2.php/apps/spreed/api/v4/room' \
+response=$(curl -u alice:alice "$SERVER_URL/ocs/v2.php/apps/spreed/api/v4/room" \
     -H "OCS-APIRequest: true" \
     -H 'content-type: application/json' \
     -H 'accept: application/json, text/plain, */*' \
@@ -18,15 +30,60 @@ token=$(echo $response | jq -r .ocs.data.token)
 
 echo $token
 
-curl -u alice:alice "http://localhost:8080/ocs/v2.php/apps/spreed/api/v4/room/$token/webinar/lobby" \
+curl -u alice:alice "$SERVER_URL/ocs/v2.php/apps/spreed/api/v4/room/$token/webinar/lobby" \
     -X 'PUT' \
     -H "OCS-APIRequest: true" \
     -H 'content-type: application/json' \
     -H 'accept: application/json, text/plain, */*' \
     --data-raw '{"state":1}'
 
-curl -u alice:alice "http://localhost:8080/ocs/v2.php/apps/spreed/api/v4/room/$token/participants" \
+curl -u alice:alice "$SERVER_URL/ocs/v2.php/apps/spreed/api/v4/room/$token/participants" \
     -H "OCS-APIRequest: true" \
     -H 'content-type: application/json' \
     -H 'accept: application/json, text/plain, */*' \
     --data-raw '{"newParticipant":"admin","source":"users"}'
+
+# Setup a room with react-only permission (can react but cannot chat)
+# Only available when server supports react-permission capability (Talk 24+)
+if has_capability "react-permission"; then
+    echo "Setting up ReactOnlyTest room (react-permission capability detected)"
+
+    # Permission values: CustomPermissions=1 (auto-added), JoinCall=4, React=256
+    # Total: 260 (4 + 256, custom flag auto-added when non-zero)
+    response=$(curl -u alice:alice "$SERVER_URL/ocs/v2.php/apps/spreed/api/v4/room" \
+        -H "OCS-APIRequest: true" \
+        -H 'content-type: application/json' \
+        -H 'accept: application/json, text/plain, */*' \
+        --data-raw '{"roomType":2,"roomName":"ReactOnlyTest"}')
+
+    echo $response
+
+    token=$(echo $response | jq -r .ocs.data.token)
+
+    echo "ReactOnlyTest token: $token"
+
+    # Set default permissions to react-only (no chat permission)
+    # 260 = JoinCall(4) + React(256)
+    curl -u alice:alice "$SERVER_URL/ocs/v2.php/apps/spreed/api/v4/room/$token/permissions/default" \
+        -X 'PUT' \
+        -H "OCS-APIRequest: true" \
+        -H 'content-type: application/json' \
+        -H 'accept: application/json, text/plain, */*' \
+        --data-raw '{"permissions":260}'
+
+    # Add admin as a participant (will get the default react-only permissions)
+    curl -u alice:alice "$SERVER_URL/ocs/v2.php/apps/spreed/api/v4/room/$token/participants" \
+        -H "OCS-APIRequest: true" \
+        -H 'content-type: application/json' \
+        -H 'accept: application/json, text/plain, */*' \
+        --data-raw '{"newParticipant":"admin","source":"users"}'
+
+    # Send a message from alice (moderator) so there's something to react to
+    curl -X POST -u alice:alice "$SERVER_URL/ocs/v2.php/apps/spreed/api/v1/chat/$token" \
+        -H "OCS-APIRequest: true" \
+        -H 'content-type: application/json' \
+        -H 'accept: application/json' \
+        --data-raw '{"message":"React to this message!"}'
+else
+    echo "Skipping ReactOnlyTest room setup (react-permission capability not available)"
+fi