[APP] - version 4.28.+ ( 2/2025 )

[Menion]

New Locus Map (4) version

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Versions
24. 2. 2025 - Locus Map 4.28.0 (1% of users)
27. 2. 2025 - Locus Map 4.28.1 (33% of users)

[Andrew Heard]

Huge release. Congratulations to all the LM team. BTW LM4.0 was released in 2021. Surprised 4.28 != 5.0.

[T-mo]

reg. https://forum.locusmap.eu/index.php?topic=9137.120 #125:
see PM for db.
I had to use a db-Viewer to get a better idea of tracks.db and to understand your comment.
I assume tracks gained statistics and times firstly somewhere in mid 2016?
db-cells of earlier tracks are completely empty here.
Probably alternative values of track-points have been used so far to deal with given null-values, to not display nothing?

Would be OK to me if db gets reprocessed once to exchange such null-entries, as it might be with single track-modification.
At least RC2 (4.28.0.2_1166) showed different and strange values, 1970-dates, etc.


For nostalgic reasons I'll take some screenies of now (MyLibV1) and charge 4.28.0 

[T-mo]

OK, see pics, 4.28.0 still with 1970-date, but track-copy shows populating the db-cells only need yo be triggered.

I will identify those 18 tracks by 1970-date and edit and eg. set activity, this will trigger re-populating statistics (incl. evelation-profile), times etc. with 4.28.0 (incl. MyLibV2).

There we go.

[jonny.blue]

I have just installed the new version of locus.
I had observed and read about the new features with the new library in the forum, but trying it out is something completely different.
after installation everything was converted smoothly and then I started to re-sort and create my directories... and then I realized the really huge potential.

how could you live without it...

thank you for this great app

[freischneider]

Crash during search
I have opened the search. Everything still worked. Then I went to the menu and selected Contacts. Now I was asked to assign the authorization for contacts. I selected during Ap usage.
After that, the app was gone and the keyboard was open.
Restarted the app. Now when I try to open the search, the app crashes every time.
Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro, Android 13

[Cyklo Miro]

I confirm, same behavior for me
Samsung A52, A14

[Menion]

@jonny.blue
funny, thanks

@freischneider & @Cyklo Miro
thanks. You stay stuck on this crash, damn. I'll generate a fixed version today and ask you for a quick test before it goes public.

[Menion]

So in public releases is new version 4.28.1_1169, may you give it a try? Thanks!

[freischneider]

So in public releases is new version 4.28.1_1169, may you give it a try? Thanks!

Now it works. Several attempts were positive. 👍

[Menion]

Perfect, thanks a lot.

There have to be some problematic contact probably without a name, is it possible? At least in the list of contacts in the Locus Map, there should be missing the main contact name ...

[freischneider]

Perfect, thanks a lot.

There have to be some problematic contact probably without a name, is it possible? At least in the list of contacts in the Locus Map, there should be missing the main contact name ...

Yes, there are contacts where the name is missing. There is only a first name.

[balloni55]

Hello menion
maybe you missed it
https://forum.locusmap.eu/index.php?msg=77697
first screenshot, with a four-digit number of points displayed, the number of available points is not displayed

in the second screenshot, the error message still appears when updating the caches via GC4L

[Graf Geo]

With version 4.28.1, the Map Centering button does not work again if GPS is off or there is no signal.

When clicking on the button, nothing happens or the orange-coloured message appears.

There was an excellent solution in 4.28.0 and now the error is back...

[Menion]

Did you noticed how fast work on the planner goes now? It is a pleasure to read a changelog ... finally 

@balloni55
missing numbers > ah, I've read it and forgot. Thanks, will look at it.

G4L > sorry, but this it not my problem, but G4L. And really ... is there any reason to use G4L? Should not be.

@Graf Geo
There was no change between 4.28.0 and 4.28.1 regarding the centering button. It still behaves a little differently compared to the older version, but should be reliable (at least for me). What error message do you see? Anyway, if there exists any location from the GPS in history, no matter how old, it should center on it.