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The notification categories can be selected in the app notifications under App info. The news can also be switched off there.
Under Android 12: Settings -> Apps -> Locus Map -> Notifications -> Notification categories

Even more unwanted search results:

The search in descriptions also finds the addresses/street names that are automatically added to the shaping points (and via points) for planned routes.

I don't know whether this makes sense. These are not consciously entered and so you have no control over what is being searched for... Many planned tracks are found just because the search string is contained in some street name of some shaping point.

The search should be limited to the name of the point/track and (if the option is activated) your own description. Anything else will only lead to unwanted search results.

(Or offer another deactivatable checkbox: "Search also in shaping and via points".)

Another suggestion for improving the new MyLib database functionality:

Breadcrumbs are perfect.

But when I select individual points or tracks in a folder and want to move them to another folder, the breadcrumbs are unfortunately not displayed and I have to click through the entire folder structure again to select the target folder.

This is annoying as I often want to move individual tracks/points to new subfolders of the current folder.

Couldn't the breadcrumbs also be displayed in selection mode?

Another small visual imperfection:

In the left panel, next to the German entry "Meine Bibliothek", the number of displayed elements is positioned very close to the text at 6 digits around the "/", which looks a bit unattractive to me. (Screenshot 1)
At 7 digits there is a text wrap = better. (Screenshot 2)

Perhaps this could also be done at 6 digits?

BTW: since there is only one entry under the blue heading "My library" (again "My library"), this is somehow duplicated. But I can't think of an ideal solution either. Perhaps you could combine Library and Points as a heading and place the "My Library" entry with a vertical space between them (screenshot 3).

Small issue, no idea if this has already been reported:

When I place the "my library" icon in the side panel and press and hold it, the handy "Hide all" function is not available. See screenshot.

Omlouvám se, ale v mých "Expert settings" odborných nastaveních se položka nezobrazuje.

Zde je můj snímek obrazovky s posledními položkami:

Hello Menion,

I've always wondered why the search in points sometimes returns results that have nothing to do with the search word or search string.

I just took a closer look and realised that this only happens if an attached photo was used as an icon for the point. If I replace the photo icon with a symbol, the corresponding point is no longer found.

I then exported such a point as a gpx file and looked at it with an editor. And indeed: The photo icon generated by Locus is coded with an exorbitantly inflated cryptic character salad (over 10,000 characters!!!). This even appears twice in the code, once between the tags <sym>...</sym> and again between the tags <locus:icon>...</locus:icon>.

Example:

<sym>image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAEAAAABLCAYAAADAroEdAAAAAXNSR0IArs4c6QAAAARzQklUCAgICHwIZIgAACAASURBVHic5Zt5jGXZfdc/v3POXd5S79XaVdU93T09S0+7x54x9owdj23i4CWON0jk ... (further >10000 characters)</sym>

<locus:icon>data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAEAAAABLCAYAAADAroEdAAAAAXNSR0IArs4c6QAAAARzQklUCAgICHwIZIgAACAASURBVHic5Zt5jGXZfdc/v3POXd5S79XaVdU93T09S0+7x54x9owdj23i4CWON0jk ... (further >10000 characters)</locus:icon>.

Even if the string of characters is cryptic and only rarely corresponds to a search string, it makes no sense for the search to include this code. If I search for "heu", for example, the point is found because the code contains hEU (see red font).

Is it even necessary to generate such a long code for the photo icons? And can't it be excluded from the search?

Supplement: This happens both in the official Locus version and in the new My Library version.

Happy New Year!

Back from a short trip, I was only now able to install RC17.

Option to deactivate search of folders: great!

Search now remembers settings: perfect!

Many thanks! 

To be honest, this is probably a matter of taste or habit. I find the current breadcrumb display in MyLib good and the one in Solid Explorer too pale.
As I also want to be able to clearly read the parent folders to navigate in the folder structure, they should not be as pale grey as in SE.

BTW: Merry Christmas! 🎄

Sync: you can dare it without any risk, Andrew Heard. You will get a error message that sync system is not yet enabled...

Two additions to the search in My Library (see my last post):

1. the search does not remember that I also want to search in the descriptions. I have to check this box every time. It would be nice if the last state was retained.

2. if I select the first X items in the search result, at least no folders are marked (which are always listed first). Unfortunately, the smallest X is 50, which is usually way too much for me. It would be nice if you could select smaller values like 5, 10 and 20 or even better if you could enter the number freely.

... What about opening the folder (second screenshot) and then tapping on the top "(Red rect) Punkte" button in the top panel > Delete?

Hello Menion, I didn't even know about this option and therefore didn't try it. It's too late now, I've already deleted the duplicate folders by other means. 🙂

A few comments on the search in the My Library version:

The search in my library - I click on the search icon (magnifying glass) and the search immediately starts in the entire database before I can enter a search term. This is annoying and I have to click on the arrow on the right again to be able to set further options such as "also search in descriptions".

This is better solved in the old version: I click on search (magnifying glass), then the menu opens where I can select options and enter the search term and only when I click on the magnifying glass icon again does the search start.

I also very much hope that I will soon be able to deactivate the display of folders when searching for tracks and points near my cursor position. I have already suggested this. At the moment I have to scroll laboriously until I finally get the first tracks and points listed by distance from the cursor.

Otherwise the search works well!

Ok, I tried something and it worked: I created a new tracks and points folder and then moved the entire contents of the two old folders (filled with my files) into the new folders.

I then selected and deleted the two old "linked" tracks and points folders. Now all seems to be fine.

Still strange what happened.

I accidentally downloaded the normal current beta version (apk) on my old test device with the My Library version and used it to update my My Library version. As a result, I had the previous structure with "My points" and "My tracks" again. Both empty, of course.

I then downloaded the correct apk (my library RC 16) and updated it again. Everything is ok, all tracks and points are back.

But: I now have two folders under root, points and tracks, with different icons. See screenshot. The first one contains the data, the second one is empty.

If I want to delete the empty folder, this is not possible because both folders can only be selected together. If I tick one, the other is also selected.

However, I can copy, move or save a point or track in the empty folder. It is then also displayed in the folder.

Nevertheless, the same information is displayed in front of both points and tracks folders regarding the number shown and the number available.

How can I get rid of the two duplicates without having to uninstall and reinstall the app?

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