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#1

Locus Map / Re: Re: [APP] - version 4.32.+...

Last post by Andrew Heard - Yesterday at 22:05:21

What to do with it here?

leave it "as is"

4.32.0.4 - all good now
 

#2

[DE] - deutschsprachiger Forumsbereich / Re: Fehler Richtung bei Start ...

Last post by Mips - Yesterday at 17:50:17

Wie auch immer, Locus Classic wird sicher noch einige Zeit so wie es ist funktionieren.

Bei mir wird es, solange es OAM gibt, voraussichtlich auch noch sehr viel länger funktionieren.
Denn ich brauche
a.) erst ein neues, dann aber auch ein schon längst wieder altes, Telefon, wenn meines kaputt ist
und
b.) weil bei mir, und das schon schon seit Jahren, ein uralt S5 mit V3.x als reines Offline-Navigationsgerät im Einsatz ist.

Wir dachten, wir könnten Anfang 2026 noch eine weitere Version herausbringen, aber nein. Keine Chance (im Google Play Store. APK wird möglich sein)

Wenn es Anfang 2026 eine neue .apk gäbe, fände ich das große Klasse!
Ich umgehe den Play Store wo ich nur kann. Alles was möglich ist, VLC, TC, Öffi, BRouter, K9..., kommt bei mir nur als *.apk, entweder von der Entwicklerseite oder von github, aufs Telefon.
 

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#3

[DE] - deutschsprachiger Forumsbereich / Re: Fehler Richtung bei Start ...

Last post by Menion - Yesterday at 15:37:15

[DE translation]
Seit fast zwei Jahren gibt es keine aktive Entwicklung mehr für Locus Classic.
Die neuesten Anforderungen von Google haben die Möglichkeit, eine neue Version im Google Play Store zu veröffentlichen, vollständig blockiert. Wir dachten, wir könnten Anfang 2026 noch eine weitere Version herausbringen, aber nein. Keine Chance (im Google Play Store. APK wird möglich sein).

Was wollte ich sagen? Ohne kontinuierliche Arbeit überlebt keine komplexe App auf Android länger als +- 2 Jahre ohne Updates. Leider zwingt Google aufgrund vieler Änderungen unter der Haube die Entwickler ständig dazu, verschiedene Anforderungen zu erfüllen. Und das bringt viele Änderungen am Code mit sich. Und wieder > kleines Team > riesige Liste von Änderungen > großes Risiko.

Wie auch immer, Locus Classic wird sicher noch einige Zeit so wie es ist funktionieren.

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[EN]
There has been no active development in the Locus Classic for almost two years.
The latest requirements of Google completely blocked the option to publish a new version on the Google Play. We thought we would be able to do one more version at the start of 2026, but no. No chance (on the Google Play. APK will be possible).

What I wanted to say? Without continuous work, no complex app on Android survives more than +- 2 years without updates. Unfortunately, because of many changes under the hood, Google constantly push devs to satisfy various requirements. And this brings many changes to the code. And again > small team > huge list of changes > big risk.

Anyway, Locus Classic will work as is for some time for sure.

[4.32.0.4 published]

#4

Locus Map / Re: Re: [APP] - version 4.32.+...

Last post by Menion - Yesterday at 15:28:29

Thanks for the tests ... 4.32.0.4 published!

@Erelen
Presets UI > indeed there is something wrong when returning back from "Select settings" page. Hmm, can't find the real reason of this ...

Dashboard problem > in the "Dashboard over full screen" mode, this is starting to be more complicated . What to do with it here? Offset it by the status bar? But what if you want to draw dashboard panel also below the status bar? 

#5

Locus Map / Re: [APP] - version 4.32.+ ( 1...

Last post by Erelen - Yesterday at 13:03:38

4.32.03

Crash on open "Online map downloader" (tiles downloader).

And after downgrading to 4.32.0-1198 (to use MapItems and offline LoRouter with my own profile) - it crashes in 1-2 seconds after start. So, I'm really looking forward to the next build :)

#6

[DE] - deutschsprachiger Forumsbereich / Re: Fehler Richtung bei Start ...

Last post by Mips - Yesterday at 11:42:16

Also ich kann hier als ehemals aktiver Teilnehmer, jetzt Zaungast, nur noch staunen:
Seit Wochen, besser seit Monaten, dreht es sich im Forum zu gefühlten 90% nur noch um Fehler, Bugs, Helpdesk und "probiere es doch so, und wenn das nicht funktioniert, könntest Du auch noch mal jenes  probieren".
Jeder dieser Posts bestätigt mir, dass es für mich eine sehr gute Entscheidung war, weiterhin auf das "veraltetet" aber weitestgehend fehlerbereinigte Locus 3.x zu setzen.

#7

Themes - Vector maps / Re: [Theme] Map-Themes OUTDOOR...

Last post by T-mo - Yesterday at 07:58:29

all fine here, theme, legend and validation.
must have been a lot of work, my respect.

LM 4.32.0.3_1198 alpha (version of beta-testing, only meant for testing)
OAM 2025-12 (map)
theme as zip in Mapsvector/_themes

#8

Themes - Vector maps / Re: [Theme] Map-Themes OUTDOOR...

Last post by Andrew Heard - December 21, 2025, 21:47:54

Desert > Validate: error message below, but the theme still works

Both files you state in the error are not any more used in my themes. Maybe, it is a cache problem. Did you remove all temporary data in Locus (settings, various, remove temporary data or something like this)?

This is just validation within Locus. I simply copied the ZIP file to the _themes folder. The error doesn't concern me as the theme works fine.

#9

Themes - Vector maps / Re: [Theme] Map-Themes OUTDOOR...

Last post by bm.ffb - December 21, 2025, 18:04:28

Please test and give feedback.

Does not work for me as it is not a valid Mapsforge render theme:

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xmllint --schema renderTheme.xsd OUTDOOR.xml

OUTDOOR.xml:1546: Schemas validity error : Element '{http://mapsforge.org/renderTheme}lineSymbol';, attribute 'align-center': The attribute 'align-center' is not allowed.
OUTDOOR.xml:1547: Schemas validity error : Element '{http://mapsforge.org/renderTheme}lineSymbol';, attribute 'align-center': The attribute 'align-center' is not allowed.
OUTDOOR.xml:2003: Schemas validity error : Element '{http://mapsforge.org/renderTheme}circle';, attribute 'r': The attribute 'r' is not allowed.
OUTDOOR.xml:2003: Schemas validity error : Element '{http://mapsforge.org/renderTheme}circle';: The attribute 'radius' is required but missing.
OUTDOOR.xml:2004: Schemas validity error : Element '{http://mapsforge.org/renderTheme}circle';, attribute 'r': The attribute 'r' is not allowed.
OUTDOOR.xml:2004: Schemas validity error : Element '{http://mapsforge.org/renderTheme}circle';: The attribute 'radius' is required but missing.
OUTDOOR.xml:2007: Schemas validity error : Element '{http://mapsforge.org/renderTheme}circle';, attribute 'r': The attribute 'r' is not allowed.
OUTDOOR.xml:2007: Schemas validity error : Element '{http://mapsforge.org/renderTheme}circle';: The attribute 'radius' is required but missing.
OUTDOOR.xml:2269: Schemas validity error : Element '{http://mapsforge.org/renderTheme}circle';, attribute 'r': The attribute 'r' is not allowed.
OUTDOOR.xml:2269: Schemas validity error : Element '{http://mapsforge.org/renderTheme}circle';: The attribute 'radius' is required but missing.
OUTDOOR.xml:2270: Schemas validity error : Element '{http://mapsforge.org/renderTheme}circle';, attribute 'r': The attribute 'r' is not allowed.
OUTDOOR.xml:2270: Schemas validity error : Element '{http://mapsforge.org/renderTheme}circle';: The attribute 'radius' is required but missing.
OUTDOOR.xml:2271: Schemas validity error : Element '{http://mapsforge.org/renderTheme}circle';, attribute 'r': The attribute 'r' is not allowed.
OUTDOOR.xml:2271: Schemas validity error : Element '{http://mapsforge.org/renderTheme}circle';: The attribute 'radius' is required but missing.
OUTDOOR.xml:2275: Schemas validity error : Element '{http://mapsforge.org/renderTheme}circle';, attribute 'r': The attribute 'r' is not allowed.
OUTDOOR.xml:2275: Schemas validity error : Element '{http://mapsforge.org/renderTheme}circle';: The attribute 'radius' is required but missing.
OUTDOOR.xml:2284: Schemas validity error : Element '{http://mapsforge.org/renderTheme}circle';, attribute 'r': The attribute 'r' is not allowed.
OUTDOOR.xml:2284: Schemas validity error : Element '{http://mapsforge.org/renderTheme}circle';: The attribute 'radius' is required but missing.
OUTDOOR.xml:2287: Schemas validity error : Element '{http://mapsforge.org/renderTheme}circle';, attribute 'r': The attribute 'r' is not allowed.
OUTDOOR.xml:2287: Schemas validity error : Element '{http://mapsforge.org/renderTheme}circle';: The attribute 'radius' is required but missing.
OUTDOOR.xml:2291: Schemas validity error : Element '{http://mapsforge.org/renderTheme}circle';, attribute 'r': The attribute 'r' is not allowed.
OUTDOOR.xml:2291: Schemas validity error : Element '{http://mapsforge.org/renderTheme}circle';: The attribute 'radius' is required but missing.
OUTDOOR.xml:2292: Schemas validity error : Element '{http://mapsforge.org/renderTheme}circle';, attribute 'r': The attribute 'r' is not allowed.
OUTDOOR.xml:2292: Schemas validity error : Element '{http://mapsforge.org/renderTheme}circle';: The attribute 'radius' is required but missing.
OUTDOOR.xml:2295: Schemas validity error : Element '{http://mapsforge.org/renderTheme}circle';, attribute 'r': The attribute 'r' is not allowed.
OUTDOOR.xml:2295: Schemas validity error : Element '{http://mapsforge.org/renderTheme}circle';: The attribute 'radius' is required but missing.
OUTDOOR.xml fails to validate

Could you please elaborate a bit more on the checks you did? I use "circle" and "radius" as described in the renderTheme reference.
What kind of checks did you perform? Did you check something just in the .xml file? On which machine?
For me, both themes run without problems.

#10

Themes - Vector maps / Re: [Theme] Map-Themes OUTDOOR...

Last post by bm.ffb - December 21, 2025, 18:02:23

Desert > Validate: error message below, but the theme still works

Both files you state in the error are not any more used in my themes. Maybe, it is a cache problem. Did you remove all temporary data in Locus (settings, various, remove temporary data or something like this)?