Re: [APP] - version 4.33.+ ( 03/2026 )

[slarti76]

@wollewolle & @balloni55
ah,so the edit of coordinates > this is a big change in recent Beta versions. We completely removed the old "Grid" screen and integrated all into the search screen. No functionality should be lost, and all features are directly in the top row. So the edit of coordinates, projection etc., is all at the top row.

@menion
the old function was great. All in one view no scrolling that was fine. The most important for me "clipboard" and then "guide too" I didn't find yet.

Puh this change I don't understand from UI side. Maybe it has technical reasons but this is not helpful and I really don't like it. Sorry for saying that.

Wolfgang

+1

[Gerhard57]

old bug in LM 4.25 seems to be back.
I have all 3 Route warnings off, but I still get warning icons in planed and saved track. 

[Graf Geo]

I have to agree with the others on this one. The decision to integrate the options that used to be listed in the grid into the search as a narrow scroll bar is unfortunate.

When I want to set a waypoint or reposition one, I practically never search for a town. Yet the most recent search results take up 90% of the screen and I have to scroll in the narrow bar at the top...  Sure, I can sort the most frequently used options to the left, i.e. at the front, but only two or at most three options are visible without scrolling.

When I want to navigate, the cities or towns I'm looking for may well be relevant, but they don't necessarily take 90% priority. Locus is primarily an app for outdoor activities and less of a car navigation system.

Perhaps the screen could be split 50:50. In the top half, the options could remain as before in a grid or as a vertical list, so that as many options as possible are immediately visible, and in the bottom half, the search results. 

Incidentally, search results can only be deleted one at a time, and the next one from the history then appears, so that I always see 5 entries... Can't they all be deleted completely at once?

[Menion]

Locus Map 4.33.0.12
The headline change is a much friendlier handling of background services — every long-running task (guidance, local map server, ...) now lives in its own notification with its own Stop button.
On top of that, a fresh ads-consent flow, a couple of navigation correctness fixes, and the usual round of stability work.

New & changed:

• Per-service notifications — guidance, the local HTTP map server and other background workers each get their own notification with a dedicated Stop action. No more guessing which task the single notification belongs to.
  
• Track editor — explicit save — edits are now kept in memory until you confirm them, so you can experiment freely and bail out without touching the original track.
  
• Ads & consent — reworked ads handling with the required consent dialog and proper lifecycle behaviour.
  

Navigation fixes:

• BRouter (external app) — roundabout voice hints are no longer announced as u-turns, and navigation icons now show up correctly on freshly planned (unsaved) routes.
  
• LoRouter — corrected "keep left / keep right" commands on highways.
  
• Stability — fixed a rare crash at navigation start (and a deeper PROJ / OOM cascade that was behind a handful of recent reports).
  

Other fixes & tweaks:

• locus-actions downloads — no longer fail with timeout (12569) on slow or fluctuating connections. (topic)
  
• QStarz GNSS — restored visibility of QStarz receivers in the sensors options.
  
• Expert settings — every text validated and tidied up.
  
• Internal cleanups around Dashboard variables, locusActions, compressed-file handling, plus the usual long tail of optimizations.

I'll look at the comments at the start of next week, thanks for it!

Regards search > this is not a new week's work. We've planned it and worked on it for more than a year. I'll push my colleague to give a full explanation here, if needed. Anyway, suggest testing it and thinking about what situations it complicates and if there is an option to keep the new system as is and provide some kind of shortcuts. I can imagine, for example, editing coordinates directly in the "Edit point screen" etc.

[Ulrich Kiermayr]

Regards search > this is not a new week's work. We've planned it and worked on it for more than a year. I'll push my colleague to give a full explanation here, if needed. Anyway, suggest testing it and thinking about what situations it complicates and if there is an option to keep the new system as is and provide some kind of shortcuts. I can imagine, for example, editing coordinates directly in the "Edit point screen" etc.

For my Usecase it would be an option to populate the search result list (before the search is done) with a list of "prefered Locations" instead of some (arbitrary looking) search results.

lG uk

[Menion]

@Ulrich Kiermayr
this is already in progress 

[Graf Geo]

Thanks for 4.33.0.12. 

A minor visual issue: Locus as a Service – I now have a white square in the notification bar instead of the Locus icon. The same applies to the notification itself. It doesn't look great. See screenshots.

But first, have a lovely long weekend!

[balloni55]

I now have a white square in the notification bar instead of the Locus icon.

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[Graf Geo]

Note: When I'm recording a track, the Locus icon appears correctly (black and white) in the notification bar. But only then.
During navigation, it remains a white square.

When I'm recording and navigating at the same time, the icon is displayed correctly. If I stop recording and navigation continues, the white square reappears.

The notifications themselves (three are displayed for navigation, recording and service) show that it is always the service that causes the white square:

[WildWortWechsel]

Hi Menion,

since the last Beta everytime I take a photo for a POI there is this anoying "ping" noise. Sometimes it's like "ping","ping""ping","ping". It is repeating every minute or so. It is soooo bad. I'm on a beautyful Tour, nature everywhere around me - and the "ping". 😂 Can It be disabled?

Edit: it stops after the photos are uploaded.

[Ulrich Kiermayr]

Serious Bug in 4.33.0.12: Route recalculation during navigation is broken:

• At first everything is fine. Track shown on the map, instructions
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• If I take a wrong turn, It still looks ok. ? in the top left corner
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• Now it starts getting weired: New Instructions appear in the top left corner, but the (new) track is gone on the map. Also the Dashboard Stats for the navigation have disappeared (time left, distance left, etc.)
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• And after the next turn, navigation has disappeared and stopped all together
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This is pretty bad, since it makes navigation rather unusable.
Using LoRouter, Profile Roadbike

Greetings, Ulrich

[wollewolle]

I'll look at the comments at the start of next week, thanks for it!

Regards search > this is not a new week's work. We've planned it and worked on it for more than a year. I'll push my colleague to give a full explanation here, if needed. Anyway, suggest testing it and thinking about what situations it complicates and if there is an option to keep the new system as is and provide some kind of shortcuts. I can imagine, for example, editing coordinates directly in the "Edit point screen" etc.

I am still not happy with it. Small buttons and then you need to scroll around to get the right one. The grid was much more better.

Btw I use more of the half times the clipboard to add or edit a waypoint. This is totally missing now. It was earlier a choice to add a new waypoint and also on the grid. This makes it currently not usable for me why I switched back to the last regular build on my main device.

Wolfgang

[slarti76]

Hi Menion
I got some minor annoyances with the Track Editor which are very hard to describe thoroughly, so I made a video. Would appreciate if you could take a look:
https://web.tresorit.com/l/SvrIG#AjkDUw7Vq7sIwq3xCnbgAA
Additionally, some observations of the new chart view:
https://web.tresorit.com/l/Dqe6z#qEvCVEB2bnJgQxL1AC6WQg

Thx!

[Menion]

This is the second week in row, we have a free Friday in Czech. And I really miss one work day  . So sorry, still some unfinished tasks from the previous and this ( @slarti76 ) week.

*Version 4.33.0.13 (7.5.2026)*
   - add: clipboard coordinates visible as first item in the search
   - chg: custom locations visible in the list of suggested item in the search
   - chg: improved visibility of selected track on map - highlighted track now shows a contrasting color halo
   - chg: improved rendering of circle map items - outline and fill now draw correctly
   - fix: rare crash on app start when the system rejected early connectivity-monitor registration (Samsung / Android 11)
   - add: "Search on Booking.com" integration for accommodation LoPoints
   - add: APRS receiver — pick a custom waypoint icon per sensor in "Sensors manager > sensor > Settings", default rendering is now a discreet Locus dot (no more Garmin red flag)
   - chg: all running services correctly post a black/white icon
   - fix: APRS receiver — Kenwood-radio waypoints (`$PKWDWPL`) plotted on the wrong continent due to a lat/lon swap; timestamps now use the message's own date instead of the phone's wall clock
   - fix: notification on every uploaded LoMedia photo
   - fix: problem with switch of Silver and Gold pages in "My premium" screen
   - fix: incorrect information when using 'Split' option in track editor
   - chg: minor UI changes in Sensors manager (caused by unification with system used in Locus GIS)
   - chg: removed special GIS-based parameters available for external GNSS devices
   - fix: another attempt to fix sometimes not handled parameters passed to app during start
   - fix: stuck navigation after recalculation
   - chg: major speed-up in loading of Geo-tagged photos

[Tapio]

Oh, Geotagged photos loading is impressive now, very few seconds and all my 10000s poi are displayed