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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...

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.

With today's update 4.27.1_1158 the search in points works again. Very nice.

However, the search in tracks and points only works correctly and reliable when "search also in descriptions" is deactivated. I can search for strings of any length, including individual characters.

If "search also in descriptions" is active, there are problems and incorrect results. Numerous points or tracks are repeatedly found that do not contain the search string at all, neither in the title nor in any existing descriptions. Even those that do not contain any descriptions at all.
There also seems to be a character limit here: For search strings with at least 4 characters it works correctly more often, but with 3 or fewer characters there are usually many false results. But it is not always clearly reproducible. In any case, the search with "search also in descriptions" is often incorrect.

@Tapio and luce:
Ok, you both have a Huawei device according to your profile. Maybe the problem only occurs with them?

Now that Android Auto has been implemented, work on the MyLibrary is to resume at full speed 🙂

I don't know if this has already been mentioned: If I want to save, copy or move a point or track, I have to select the storage location. In the normal version, this can be a bit tedious if you have a lot of groups and folders.

In the MyLib version, you have the option (and that's the whole point) of creating a complex and nested folder structure with any number of subfolders. It then becomes increasingly tedious to select the desired (sub)folder.

Wouldn't it make sense to integrate a search function in the corresponding dialogues? E.g. below the "Choose folder" option. So that I can find the folder I'm looking for more quickly and don't have to rummage through the folder structure, especially if I can't remember which folder contains the desired (sub-)sub-folder?

See Screenshot (position of the "search folder" text input field should be on top of the doalogue):

@Menion and all who have the warning with external themes with large images:

I was able to quickly check and fix this. In the elevate.zip the images (svg) are stored in the subfolder "ele-res". Sorted by size, there are only two images that exceed 20 KB (33 and 21 KB). That's not exactly "huge".

I have reduced the size of both images with an online tool (https://svgomg.net/), saved them and packed them back into the zip.

If other/more themes are affected, you have to do the same.

Then start Locus again and the warnings are gone.

I cannot judge whether the 20 KB limit is set too low.

@luce: You asked that before.
I had answered here.

Perhaps I didn't explain it precisely enough: Long press on one of the function icons at the top and select "Settings" from the list. The function icon will then be replaced by the settings icon.
If you want it at the bottom:
Then long press on the setting icon again and replace it with any other function. "Settings" should then appear at the bottom where you missed it.
At least that's how it worked for me.

Search for tracks (or points) - hmm, I open my Library and the folder "Tracks" . Or "Points" or "root".

Than search - without typing anything into the search field. (Because I only want the points/tracks near my cursor position to be listed).

First all folders and subfolders are listed (and I have a lot). I have to scroll down a long time to find the tracks that can be sorted by distance.

In this case I will see only the tracks and not the folders. Is makes no sense to list the folders.

Same searching for points (in folder "Points").

I know each folder can contain tracks and points, but searching for nearest elements (tracks and/or points) to gps or map center should not list folders.

And I understand the logic of the search, which does not differentiate whether I type something into the search field or not. If I don't type anything, everything is found. Folders, tracks and points.

Maybe there needs to be an option "don't list folders" that you can activate in this case.

Agree. Better not too much amendment. Move/copy: keep old system please. "My library" ist absolutely ok.

Die Frage ist tatsächlich allgemeiner Natur:

Jede Anwendung wird deutlich weniger Akku verbrauchen, wenn sie inaktiv ist und allenfalls im Hintergrund läuft und viel, wenn sie ständig "arbeitet". Der größte Verbraucher ist eh das Display.

Wenn du, wie freischneider schon schrieb, nur ab und zu mal aufs Handy schaust und Locus dann kurz aktivierst, um dich zu orientieren, wird der Akku kaum strapaziert.

Bei meinem älteren und intensiv genutzten S10 ist der Akku naturgemäß nicht mehr der frischeste. Wenn ich es auf einer Tagestour vielleicht 10 oder max. 20 x kurz aus der Tasche hole, um in Locus nach dem Weg zu schauen und sonst nichts damit mache, verbrauche ich über den Tag vielleicht 30 oder 40 % Akku.

Läuft nur die Trackaufzeichnung und das Handy bleibt überwiegend in der Tasche, hält der Akku meistens noch über den Tag durch.

Wenn bei Trackaufzeichnung UND (Track-)Navigation gleichzeitig (mache ich häufig) das Handy überwiegend in der Tasche bleibt, wird es trotzdem schon eng, da muss ich meistens irgendwann die Powerbank rausholen.

Wenn ich dann noch zusätzlich öfter auf die Karte schaue, mal kurz was im Internet nachlese und viele Fotos mache, wäre ohne Powerbank immer nach ein paar Stunden Schluss.

Noch zur Info, weil du  täglich 12 Stunden aufzeichnen willst: meine Erfahrungen basieren auf Touren, die i. d. R. 5 bis max. 9 Stunden dauern, während denen aufgezeichnet und ggfs. navigiert wird.

Ich würde bei einer Fernreisetour nicht auf die vielen Möglichkeiten von Locus verzichten wollen, um möglichst Akku zu sparen, und lieber eine größere Powerbank mitnehmen. Oder zwei kleinere.

In this topic I have already reported problems with the new My Lib database when icons assigned to points or folders are missing.

But there is another problem that affects Locus in general: The created audio coaches can be named individually and you can assign any icons to them.

If you delete or rename the corresponding icon zip folder(s) and then open the audio coach menu, Locus regularly crashes.

You then have no chance of replacing the icons that cannot be found with others. The only way out is to restore the removed/renamed zip folders (you should have backed them up beforehand), only then can you open the menu again and change the icons.

I don't have a strong opinion on export. I actually only use export as an additional backup for important tracks and occasionally to be able to import individual tracks into another app or web application.

If I can export individual folders, then I would like to be able to optionally exclude subfolders.

@Tapio: Then there would be problems with slightly longer folder names and/or smaller displays, and line breaks would occur more quickly. Which also requires space. So I would prefer to leave it as it is:

When I open a folder or subfolder, I can create points, record tracks and plan routes using the plus icon at the bottom left. For a new point, the opened folder is also specified as the storage location.
For a newly created route, however, the root folder. I then have to go through my folder structure to define the desired folder as the storage location. It would be more logical and practical if new tracks/routes could also be saved directly in the previously opened folder.