Hi guys,
there were not too many changes in the Android itself during last years, that affect Locus Map. The big one was of course battery optimizations
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And now, tadá, we have another one as most of you know.
A11+ devices bring a limitation in access to the device file system. Task, which firstly was not looking so complicated, in the end, took more than a month of work for me and half of the Locus team.
I started this topic so I may answer and discuss any changes that the next update brings independently on the main app version topic(s).
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Summary- app can no longer access the root of the internal memory directly, only over very limited so-called "Scoped storage" access. This brings some limitations. Mainly fact that the neesd to move its main directory to the private storage (/android/data/...). Also no support for the custom "srtm" and "mapsVector" directory, no support for custom "geo tagged photos" directory, and no support for "external maps" defined over the app.
- app can't directly detect installed apps, so the content of the function panel may be limited
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Michal is already writing a bigger blog post & manual for a better understanding of these changes and how to solve the most common use-cases.
You may watch the creation process of the main manual page in progress
here.
Feel free to ask here, I'll gladly answer.
I'll also today finally publish the new Beta version where all these changes will be presented.
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