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[Version 4.35.0.8 (11.9.2026)]

Hi guys,
another list of more or less minor fixes. I hope, the app will be stable and there will be no reason not to start preparing the next big version next week. Enjoy the weekend.

Version 4.35.0.8 (11.9.2026)
   - add: (SILVER) Bosch e-bike support is back, now also with the assist mode and motor power
   - chg: (SILVER) adding a Bluetooth sensor with nothing paired now says where to pair it
   - add: step count is now included in exported GPX and TCX files, and read back on GPX import
   - add: an arrow at the edge of the augmented reality view points the way to turn when the place you are heading to is off screen
   - add: the augmented reality view menu can hide the map's own points or the online LoPoints, so you can see just one or the other
   - chg: points in the augmented reality view glide to each new position instead of jumping, most noticeable when you stand close to one
   - chg: the screen no longer dims while the augmented reality view is open
   - fix: navigation stayed silent the second time a route passed the same roundabout or junction
   - fix: crash when importing or editing a route with many waypoints
   - fix: an interrupted download no longer leaves a notification keeping the device awake
   - fix: (SILVER) automatic zooming switched itself back on every time the app was started
   - fix: coordinates could not be typed in for a point that had none, e.g. a geocache waypoint
   - fix: (SILVER) a geocache logged as not found on the web or in the Geocaching app now shows that way here too
   - fix: maps and coordinates in a national coordinate system are no longer shifted by up to a few hundred metres
   - fix: (SILVER) a WMTS map whose tile grid is described in degrees no longer stays blank


@Cyklo Miro
Please check the app settings > Geocaching > Your (owner's) name option. It still use the old way - manually defined name.

[Version 4.35.0.7 (6.9.2026)]

Thanks. Found a few more issues during yesterday field-test.

Version 4.35.0.7 (6.9.2026)
   - add: any point can now be shown in the augmented reality view - pick it from the point's navigation menu and it stands out there the way a guidance target does
   - chg: points in the augmented reality view shrink more gradually with distance, so distant places no longer all appear the same size
   - chg: navigation and guidance notifications now have their own channel, so their sound and importance can be set separately
   - fix: crash because of removed Bosch bike support
   - fix: the distance to the next turn no longer stretches down the whole navigation panel
   - fix: (GOLD) Android Auto navigation no longer shows two notifications on the phone
   - fix: (GOLD) a paired watch no longer buzzes every second during Android Auto navigation
   - fix: queued downloads and sync now resume when you reopen the app

[Version 4.35.0.6 (4.9.2026)]

Hi guys,
you miss here my answers, sorry. The issue in the route planner parameters is fixed, the rest isn't. Will look at it next week.

Meanwhile, I've tried to finalise some tasks, and here is a little longer result:

Version 4.35.0.6 (4.9.2026)
   - add: (SILVER) step counter — Locus can now count your steps using the phone itself, no extra sensor needed
   - add: step count is now included in exported FIT files
   - chg: Bosch e-bike support is temporarily unavailable — Bosch has since published its data interface, and it needs a different way of connecting than we first built, so we are reworking it
   - add: guidance and navigation panel fields can now show any dashboard value, including remaining elevation gain and loss
   - add: a third value field in the guidance and navigation panel when the screen is wide enough, e.g. in landscape
   - add: augmented reality view now also shows nearby places from the LoPoints service, so summits and landmarks are named even when they are not on the map
   - add: augmented reality view warns when something nearby is bending the compass reading, or when the compass needs calibrating
   - fix: points in the augmented reality view now stay on the place they mark - on some phones they were spread up to a third too wide
   - fix: points in the augmented reality view no longer lag behind the camera image while you turn the phone
   - fix: a nearer point in the augmented reality view is now drawn over a more distant one behind it
   - fix: augmented reality view no longer shows the map behind it for a moment while the screen rotates
   - chg: a route warning now stays visible in the navigation panel after the last direction change, instead of disappearing with it
   - chg: step counts are now labelled "steps" instead of "strides" — the number itself is unchanged
   - chg: speed in the guidance and navigation panel now comes from GPS, not from a paired speed sensor
   - chg: point and track edit attachments panel now shows photos in a full-screen gallery, and flags missing files
   - chg: downloading a file from OneDrive, Google Drive or Dropbox now shows progress and can be cancelled
   - chg: a download started from a link now shows the transferred and total size instead of a percentage
   - fix: arrival time is no longer shown as the current clock time when the remaining time is not known
   - fix: (SILVER) dashboard distance and time to the next point stayed empty while guiding along a track without navigation instructions
   - fix: (SILVER) vertical speed in the dashboard stayed empty while descending
   - fix: a value just below zero showed as "-0,0" in languages that write decimals with a comma
   - fix: (SILVER) track statistics showed the sensor's total count instead of the steps made during the track
   - fix: track statistics could misplace a recording pause when recalculated after editing details or updating elevation
   - fix: (SILVER) track split (interval) distance and time could be wrong for the leg right after a recording pause
   - fix: elevation loss stayed empty in track statistics and in the route planner on tracks descending more than 1000 m
   - fix: FIT export could show course points (navigation cues) at the wrong distance along the route
   - fix: FIT export no longer adds two unwanted start and finish course points to tracks without navigation
   - fix: a pause right at the start of a recording could be drawn as a continuous line instead of a gap
   - fix: automatic pause of track recording did not work on Android 7 to 11
   - fix: automatic pause of track recording could stop working until the app was restarted
   - fix: track editor could crash if you kept extending "Delete all before/after" until it would remove the whole track
   - fix: (SILVER) crash after a Specialized e-bike sensor disconnected
   - fix: (SILVER) Bluetooth sensors could stop connecting until the app was restarted
   - fix: USB GPS receiver connects right after you allow access, instead of after a delay
   - fix: a USB sensor no longer renames itself to an internal device path
   - fix: renaming a sensor now updates the list straight away, without reopening it
   - fix: the local map server's map preview now works without an internet connection
   - fix: the local map server screen now reports when the device has no Wi-Fi or hotspot address, instead of staying on "Starting..."
   - fix: purchased offline maps could show "unknown problem" tiles when the app started without internet
   - fix: a failed download from OneDrive, Google Drive or Dropbox reported only "Whoops!" and left an incomplete file behind
   - fix: a download from OneDrive or Google Drive could fail on a slow connection
   - fix: (SILVER) a download of an elevation file or a geocaching list could fail on a slow connection
   - fix: cancelling the copy of a map item now stops it right away, instead of letting the current file finish in the background
   - fix: copying a map item could show a nonsense progress value
   - fix: (GOLD) LoRouter Offline routing data download could show a negative progress value

Hi, thanks for the screenshots. It is still not clear to me which place we are talking about.

About the main app menu? There is no need for a "remove" option. There is a defined number of positions in the UI, and in each one there needs to be one function. If you want to have fewer options in the main menu, then use app settings > Controlling > Panels & buttons > Num of rows in main menu.

Hi guys,
thanks for the reports. Some of them are already fixed. But unfortunately, I have another small family vacation till the Sunday, and the current code isn't stable enough to publish here. So sorry, new bug-fix version next week, not this one.

Have a nice day, and wish us in Central Europe at least a little rain ...

[Version 4.35.0.4 (8.8.2026)]

Hi,

I hope everyone is alive in these hot days ...

New version has two big refactorings (Point screen & color picker), so I've also left the previous 4.35.0.3 in case of any serious problem.

Version 4.35.0.4 (8.8.2026)
   - add: color picker now offers palettes, a shade grid and exact RGB, HSV or hex values, with opacity and recent colors
   - chg: line style, dashboard and drawing screens now open the same color picker as the rest of the app
   - chg: point detail screen redesigned to match the track screen, with better use of space on large displays
   - chg: improved support for tablet layouts in geocache filter, device info and app updates dialogs
   - fix: geocache logs list could crash in rare cases when a GPX import left multiple logs without an ID
   - fix: map cursor stayed centered instead of the preset's shifted position when navigation started from a track opened above the map
   - fix: guide line, distance and time to target could freeze during guidance and navigation while you kept moving
   - fix: guidance to a point no longer announces arrival at the moment it starts, which also silenced the notification when you really arrived
   - fix: a downloaded item could occasionally fail to open or import right after the download finished
   - fix: (SILVER) live map no longer shows a repeating connection warning while panning the map without an internet connection (e.g. flight mode)
   - fix: track detail no longer shows outdated elevation gain/loss after recalculating a track's elevation
   - fix: (SILVER) crash when opening track detail from a dashboard after stopping recording
   - fix: crash when searching for a place from the live tracking chat
   - fix: hidden import dialog when importing geocaches over search
   - chg: map overlay photo/video folder picker now reopens in the last folder you browsed

Thanks for the report, and sorry for the complications.

This will hopefully be fixed in next Friday's Beta version.

Yes it is, sorry for this.

Fix is already in the recent stable Beta version, so feel free to update it (link to the APK file in my signature).

[Changelog]

I have too many vacations till mid of August, so excuse my slower reactions 

Anyway, Locus Map 4.35.0.3 if anyone is interested.

Changelog
   - fix: navigation and guidance no longer needs all the time location permission
   - fix: app could occasionally lose maps, points and settings after a restart by silently switching to an empty storage folder
   - add: add your own coordinate systems from the full EPSG catalog directly in the coordinate settings, and remove them anytime
   - fix: side panel buttons could not be clicked with an external mouse
   - fix: main menu no longer visibly jumps when opening
   - fix: dashboard did not respect top and bottom screen insets in some layouts
   - chg: map no longer snaps back to your GPS position while a track or point is open above it
   - fix: map no longer shows a blank vertical strip across part of the screen at extreme zoom-in
   - fix: selected track could appear as a solid white or black line at extreme zoom-in
   - chg: (SILVER) geocaches opened from the live map now show their online logs right away, without a manual refresh
   - chg: long geocache logs are now shortened with a "Show more" button, so one long entry no longer fills the screen
   - fix: crash when opening the logs list of a geocache imported without log IDs (e.g. from a GPX file)
   - fix: (SILVER) map overlay panel showed "No map selected" after turning the overlay switch off and back on
   - fix: purchased offline maps (e.g. IGN) no longer stay stuck on an "expired subscription" placeholder while the subscription is still valid
   - chg: a newly purchased Gold/Silver subscription is now recognized automatically, without reopening the Store screen
   - fix: signing out of a Microsoft OneDrive account now properly revokes access and asks you to sign in again
   - fix: crash when importing a very small GPX, KML, TCX or LOC file
   - fix: bike radar sometimes kept beeping with repeated false "medium threat" warnings
   - fix: bike radar no longer raises false close-range alerts for a vehicle that was never really there
   - fix: chart in the track recording panel did not respond to taps and drags
   - fix: side drawer stayed open after opening the track detail from the track recording panel
   - fix: an empty panel could be pulled in from the right edge of the route planner screen
   - fix: e-bike power no longer shows a false 10000 W value when the reading is unavailable
   - add: new "Assist profile" value for Shimano e-bikes — shows the active assist profile name
   - chg: Shimano e-bike fine-tune assist level now shows as a position out of total (e.g. 5/15)
   - add: sensor manager now lists every value a connected sensor reports in an expandable row, each with its live reading (including the device battery)
   - fix: TomTom app now appears in the "Navigate to" chooser
   - chg: updated Text-to-speech translations
   - fix: crash when adding a photo or video to a point if the device rotated as the editor opened
   - fix: crash when opening the augmented reality view
   - chg: various under-the-hood library and toolchain updates

[@Graf Geo]

@Graf Geo
Augmented reality crash > thanks, fixed

@Tapio
white overlay > interesting, I've never noticed it. I've hopefully found a reason for this. Let me know if fix helped also on your side.

Dual return from point/track screen > too unpredictable on me. Use "center" button to get quickly to the main map screen.

@Erelen
track at high zoom level > this is old performance optimisation. Android had trouble with long tracks drawn with symbols at high zoom level, so the symbols are disabled.

@slarti76
Map overlay > give a try in the next version.

@freischneider
map problem > hmm, it seems like a problem of the app loading a certain map. Could you share the map with me? Thanks.

Kouknu jestli s tím ještě nelze něco udělat. Taky jsem se nad tím zobrazením keší z live mapy pozastavoval, ale ... tak to zkusím ještě jednou, snad mě něco napadne.

Díky, log přijat a opraveno.
Zítra bude Beta verze, tak doporučuji updatovat a mělo by to šlapat.

Hallo,
vielen Dank an alle für das Feedback.

Ich weiß nicht, ob wir in diesem Thema noch vorankommen, aber ich habe den Eindruck, dass das nicht mehr der Fall ist. Ich bitte daher alle, die konkrete Probleme haben, diese zu melden, damit wir darüber sprechen können. Falls es bereits Meldungen gibt, auf die ich noch nicht reagiert habe, entschuldige ich mich dafür und bitte um einen Hinweis. Manchmal ist einfach viel los und ich vergesse oder übersehe etwas. Ich bin noch nie darüber böse gewesen, wenn mich jemand wiederholt, weil er mich wiederholt an etwas erinnert hat, also macht euch keine Sorgen, wenn euch die Behebung des Problems wichtig ist.

Vielen Dank und schöne Ferien an alle.

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[@3am]

Hi guys, thanks for the brave testing!

@3am & @Erelen
problem with import > new issue in case, file is smaller than 1kb. Thanks for the samples. It will be fixed in the next version.

"No map selected" > I'll look at it, thanks.

@Andrew Heard
"This option works ..." > warning when selecting "Map shift". I'll try to improve it, thanks.

[Version 4.35.0.2 published]

Version 4.35.0.2 published.

Thanks Andrew, serious issue, fixed.

"Full reload" > only Beta version function (so no translation), but at least should be removed the "T:", agree.