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Support => Troubles & Questions => Topic started by: Keksbande on November 03, 2022, 19:49:03

Title: "Import lists" no longer works - endless circle instead
Post by: Keksbande on November 03, 2022, 19:49:03
I call the 3rd party feature "Geocaching/Import Lists".

Instead of the overview of all lists, which I could import, I get an endless waiting circle. See screenshot.

I have reduced the number of lists in my account, just to be on the safe side, but this did not change anything.

I cannot say for sure when it worked last, but I would say that about 2 weeks ago I could still use it successfully.

Could the problem be somehow connected to the changes in the pocket query API, which were published recently?

Locus Version 4.12.1
UserID 106d6ebd7


Title: Re: "Import lists" no longer works - endless circle instead
Post by: Menion on November 04, 2022, 08:25:42
Hello, this is a question for the add-on author Arcao. Probably best to post it on add-on web repository here (https://github.com/arcao/Geocaching4Locus/issues).
Title: Re: "Import lists" no longer works - endless circle instead
Post by: c.s.g. on November 04, 2022, 08:50:34
Hello,

yes, it seems to be an issue of the Locus addon "Geocaching4Locus".

Can confirm behaviour.
Logout and login in the addon to geoacaching.com does not solve the problem.

c.s.g.
Title: Re: "Import lists" no longer works - endless circle instead
Post by: balloni55 on November 04, 2022, 09:00:08
@c.s.g.
what GC4L version do you use?
Version 3.0.8 ?
Title: Re: "Import lists" no longer works - endless circle instead
Post by: c.s.g. on November 04, 2022, 09:17:12
@balloni55:
Yes. Version 3.0.8 (9a027583)
Title: Re: "Import lists" no longer works - endless circle instead
Post by: c.s.g. on November 04, 2022, 09:32:17
Hello,

just checked the settings at groundspeak.
GC4L has access to the groundspeak api.
Title: Re: "Import lists" no longer works - endless circle instead
Post by: Keksbande on November 04, 2022, 16:40:05
I created https://github.com/arcao/Geocaching4Locus/issues/136

I have no real hope that this will be solved by Arcao as Menion said in the thread for the other (now finally solved) problem, that Arcao is no longer active.

So probably another of these problems which will in the long run make Locus unusable for us geocachers :(
Title: Re: "Import lists" no longer works - endless circle instead
Post by: Die Batzen on November 04, 2022, 19:19:42
The very same happens to me, too.
It's caused by the latest GC4L update to version 3.0.8.

Until (or if) Arcao provides a fix, the solution is to go back to the previous GC4L version 3.0.7:
Title: Re: "Import lists" no longer works - endless circle instead
Post by: balloni55 on November 04, 2022, 19:30:26
until there is a solution to the problem, the user can decide which function is more important to him

update geocache folders
or
import lists

https://forum.locusmap.eu/index.php?topic=7965.msg69535#msg69535
Title: Re: "Import lists" no longer works - endless circle instead
Post by: Keksbande on November 06, 2022, 07:45:25
@balloni55

Unfortunatly the decision you talk about does not really help.

Yes, we can see the overview of possible lists to be imported with the old APK.

But with the old APK the "update problem" was also reproducible when importing lists.
See my post from the September 16, 2022, 14:09:05 in your linked topic: "The problem is getting worse and worse. At first it concernced only mysteries, but these days I can neither update more than about 50 to 100 geocaches together nor import lists which contain more than a few caches."


So going back to the old APK does not help at all.

But at least I found a kind of workaround yesterday. The good old pocket queries still seem to work. And this allowed me to import some stuff.
Title: Re: "Import lists" no longer works - endless circle instead
Post by: Menion on November 10, 2022, 10:57:23
Wait for the next Locus Map 4 (Beta) version, lists, pocket queries, or direct search&import are implemented now natively in the app.
Title: Re: "Import lists" no longer works - endless circle instead
Post by: Keksbande on November 11, 2022, 18:54:41
Wow! You are my hero  :) I love Locus and I am glad that I will be able to keep it.
Title: Re: "Import lists" no longer works - endless circle instead
Post by: Daigers on November 14, 2022, 09:30:24
Quote from: Menion on November 10, 2022, 10:57:23Wait for the next Locus Map 4 (Beta) version, lists, pocket queries, or direct search&import are implemented now natively in the app.

Hello menion,

I think that, like me, many people still use Locus Map Classic (formerly Locus Map Pro). I currently have installed Version 3.63.1. Will be also implemented these functions you mentioned in Locus Map Classic or are they only reserved for version 4?

Greetings
Daigers
Title: Re: "Import lists" no longer works - endless circle instead
Post by: Menion on November 14, 2022, 10:34:35
Hello Daigers,
sorry, but no major changes are implemented into Locus Classic, sorry. So only download of Pocket Queries download will be available.
Title: Re: "Import lists" no longer works - endless circle instead
Post by: Daigers on November 15, 2022, 10:05:37
Hello Menion,

it's a pity that support for LM classic is gradually being reduced. But when will the geocaching functions be in the productive version of LM4 and not just in the beta?

Greetings
Daigers
Title: Re: "Import lists" no longer works - endless circle instead
Post by: freischneider on November 15, 2022, 10:41:44
Quote from: Daigers on November 15, 2022, 10:05:37Hello Menion,

it's a pity that support for LM classic is gradually being reduced. But when will the geocaching functions be in the productive version of LM4 and not just in the beta?

Greetings
Daigers
Support for LM classic will not be reduced. This function has never existed before. You can always use the old version. GC4L is still supported by Locus (this is part of the support for LM classic). And for an external app the manufacturer has to give support. You just have to reach Arcao and get their
Title: Re: "Import lists" no longer works - endless circle instead
Post by: Daigers on November 15, 2022, 13:53:36
Hello freischneider,

what I mean is that it is pity, that these new functions only integrated in LM4 and not in classic.

I am still very satisfied with LM classic. But the GC4L addon is unfortunately less and less supported by Arcao and bugs are only fixed sporadically (and new ones are added). As you have already read in this or another post, you can unfortunately no longer rely on Arcao's support.

So if the GC4L addon is no longer developed by Arcao and bugs keep piling up, LM4 is an alternative for me. However, it would be interesting to know when the functions from GC4L will be integrated into LM4. Is there an approximate time?

Greetings
Daigers
Title: Re: "Import lists" no longer works - endless circle instead
Post by: freischneider on November 15, 2022, 16:13:55
LM3 does not get any new features anymore. IN the beta of LM4 it is already included. You can test it.
New version comes normally every 4-6 weeks. I think the last one was 2-3 weeks ago. So max. 3 weeks left. Unless there are complications. Then only when they are solved. But so far it looks good. You can follow it here: https://forum.locusmap.eu/index.php?topic=8129.0
Title: Re: "Import lists" no longer works - endless circle instead
Post by: Menion on November 15, 2022, 17:00:51
I would not be so strict with "does not get any new features anymore"  :). As visible in the changelog of every version, I still do a lot of modifications also in the Classic version. But to be true, by intent I try not to add bigger new functions to the Classic.

The new version will be published probably at the start of December. Google forces us to do a big update in internal libraries so I need a little more time to test the app and fix a few more problems that appeared (mainly on Android 13).

Thanks for understanding guys.
Title: Re: "Import lists" no longer works - endless circle instead
Post by: Keksbande on November 15, 2022, 19:01:52
The ticket I had opened for this problem in Github (for GC4L) was closed half an hour ago as fixed. So Arcao seems to do changes from time to time.