"Folders on top" option seems to have vanished and can no longer be disabled

[unikitty37]

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Steps to reproduce

1. Install a version of the Nextcloud app prior to 6.5.0
2. Turn "folders on top" off and verify that folders and files are now mixed
3. Upgrade to 6.5.0

Expected behaviour

The "folders on top" menu item should still be available. The folders and files should still be mixed.

Actual behaviour

There does not seem to be a menu option for disabling "folders on top". Nextcloud now defaults to the (incorrect, Windows-like) behaviour of forcing folders to always be above files.

If there is to be no option in the iOS app, it should at least follow the configured behaviour from the web interface.

(However, having to go into the web UI to configure the behaviour of the iOS app is far too much hassle; it would be best to use this as the default on first run, but to return to allowing the user to configure it in the app.)

Menu:

File list (these are supposed to be sorted by date, but instead the folders are sorted by date, and then the files are sorted by date, meaning you have to scroll past all the folders to get to the file you just updated):

Logs

If applicable, you can post the iOS app or server logs (removing any sensitive information).

Reasoning or why should it be changed/implemented?

This is a regression. The option was previously available, and I had configured it to not show all folders above the files, but now I am forced to have my list of files and folders in an illogical and confusing order. The behaviour is configurable in the web UI, and the web interface still behaves correctly, but this is not particularly helpful on iOS.

(On an Apple device, should it really be defaulting to doing things the Windows way? 🙂)

Environment data

iOS version: iOS 18.3.2

Nextcloud iOS app version: 6.5.0.5

Server operating system: Nextcloud Server 31.0.2 running under Docker on unRAID 6.12.14

Web server: nginx

Database: mysql

PHP version: 8.3.18

Nextcloud version: 31.0.2

[unikitty37]

Updated to 6.6.0.4 (server 31.0.2) and the issue remains.