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| - | ====== Miscellaneous ====== | + | {{ : |
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| - | {{ : | + | ===== 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., for example [[manual: | + | === Set custom sub-directories === |
| + | Some sub-directories can be placed out of the default main directory. For example, if you have the main directory in the internal storage, these subdirectories can be placed in the private folder | ||
| - | //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 | + | |
| - | </ | + | |
| - | {{ : | + | * ///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 | ||
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| + | <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, |
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