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- | ====== Miscellaneous ====== | + | {{ : |
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- | === Global === | + | ===== Global |
- | //Confirm on exit//< | + | ==== Default directories ==== |
- | Displays confirmation dialog on exiting | + | Allows customizing |
+ | === Set the main directory === | ||
+ | <WRAP center round important> | ||
+ | **Android 11+** | ||
- | //Locus Map as a service//< | + | The app is forced to have the main directory in its **private folder** in ///Android/data/// system directory. |
- | Increases system priority of Locus Map and secures it against automatic system task killing. | + | </WRAP> |
- | //Default directories//< | ||
- | Allows customizing Locus Map default working directories, | ||
- | === Various === | + | By default, Locus Map Classic main directory is stored in the private directory of your device' |
+ | * tap the selected option | ||
+ | * tap " | ||
+ | * the app calculates the size of the data for transfer | ||
+ | * app transfers the data to the new location | ||
+ | * app requires **restart** | ||
- | //Enable periodic updates | + | If you want only to select a different location |
- | Locus API for developers enables creating various Locus add-ons for many off-core functions. Most of them need to receive periodical information about map center location, GPS, recorded distance etc. This option | + | === Set custom sub-directories === |
- | <todo # | + | Some sub-directories can be placed out of the default main directory. For example, |
- | //Clear temporary data//< | + | * ///Maps/// - raster maps |
- | Deletes temporary storage folders: | + | * /// |
- | * //Temporary files// - deletes cache directory | + | * /// |
- | * //Cache of online maps// - deletes all cached online map tiles | + | * ///SRTM/// - offline elevation |
- | * //Unneeded geocaching data// - deletes all cached | + | * /// |
- | * //Unused attachments// - deletes all data linked to previously removed points | + | |
- | <WRAP round alert > | + | The only one subdirectory can be placed out of the private directories in the device storage: |
- | **Warning**: after performing this procedure all icons will have to be re-uploaded and new map initialization files will have to be created | + | |
- | </ | + | |
- | //Source of address search//< | + | * ///Backup/// - ZIP files with backup of tracks, routes, points |
- | Enables selecting from various address searching engines: | + | |
- | * //Google// - default search engine. Returns very precise data but is functional only on devices officially supported by Google | + | |
- | * // | + | |
- | * //Bing// - another alternative to Google by Microsoft | + | |
- | //Audio stream//< | + | ---- |
- | Selects audio channel for notifications: | + | |
- | * //Music stream// | + | |
- | *// Notification stream// | + | |
- | //Reset preferences// | + | <wrap info>The three following options deal with the app data transfer. Relevant only for Android 11+ devices only.</wrap> |
- | Resets all settings to default | + | === Load app data === |
+ | It searches the device storage for the app data provided it is not in the default | ||
+ | === Unload app data === | ||
+ | It moves all data of the app out of its main directory to a selected part of the storage. Used above all when reinstalling the app to prevent deleting the data. | ||
+ | === Load Locus Map 4 data === | ||
+ | Triggers the process of transferring data from the sister app's main directory to the current main directory. | ||
- | === Data import === | + | ---- |
- | //Check duplicates//< | + | ==== Run Locus Map as service ==== |
- | Enables checking duplicates of points or geocaches during POI import. Due to this check the import is a little bit slower. | + | Increases system priority of Locus Map and secures it against automatic system task killing (unfortunately, |
- | //Track color and transparency//< | + | ===== Import & export ===== |
- | Sets default color of all recorded, imported or manually created tracks. | + | ==== Wifi-only upload ==== |
+ | Control if you want to spend your mobile data on uploading maps, backups etc. | ||
- | //Track width//< | + | ===== Various ===== |
- | Sets width of all recorded, imported and manually created tracks. | + | |
- | === Data export | + | ==== Connect with add-ons |
+ | [[https:// | ||
+ | ==== Source of online address search ==== | ||
+ | Enables selecting from various address searching engines: | ||
+ | * **Google** - default search engine. Returns very precise data but is functional only on devices officially supported by Google and associated with a Google account. | ||
+ | * **GraphHopper** - returns less precise data than Google in most cases but is functional on all devices | ||
+ | * **Bing** - another alternative to Google by Microsoft | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Audio channel==== | ||
+ | Selects audio channel and its volume setting for notifications: | ||
+ | * **Music stream** | ||
+ | * **Notification stream** | ||
+ | ==== Promo notifications ==== | ||
+ | Here you can switch on or off [[manual: | ||
+ | ==== Clear temporary data ==== | ||
+ | Deletes temporary storage folders: | ||
+ | * **Temporary files** - deletes cache directory | ||
+ | * **Cache of online maps** - deletes all cached online map tiles | ||
+ | * **Unneeded geocaching data** - deletes all cached data of geocache points that have been removed before | ||
+ | * **Unused attachments** - deletes all data linked to previously removed points | ||
+ | |||
+ | <WRAP round alert > | ||
+ | **Warning**: | ||
+ | </ | ||
- | //Overwrite data//< | + | ==== Reset preferences ==== |
- | Allows overwriting already exported | + | Resets all settings to default state after Locus Map installation. **Reset does not delete your data - tracks, |