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====== c:geo Settings ====== | ====== c:geo Settings ====== | ||
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The following pages describe the functions of the setting menu in c:geo.\\ \\ \\ | The following pages describe the functions of the setting menu in c:geo.\\ \\ \\ | ||
- | You can access the settings by clicking | + | You can access the settings by tapping |
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In this menu you will find the following categories of settings which will be described below in detail: | In this menu you will find the following categories of settings which will be described below in detail: | ||
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===== Services ===== | ===== Services ===== | ||
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In the first section of the service settings you can configure the connection to the different supported geocaching platforms. | In the first section of the service settings you can configure the connection to the different supported geocaching platforms. | ||
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- | Furthermore you can use the service menu to configure the connection to the following additional services, which are available in c:geo afterwards:: | + | Furthermore you can use the service menu to configure the connection to the following additional services, which are available in c:geo afterwards: |
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^ Service ^ Description ^ | ^ Service ^ Description ^ | ||
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- | You can authorize c:geo to post on [[https:// | + | You can authorize c:geo to post on [[https:// |
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- | To authorize to Twitter activate the service and click on '' | + | To authorize to Twitter activate the service and tap on '' |
Below the authorization buttons you can modify the templates which are used to post a message on Twitter. This template uses the same [[settings# | Below the authorization buttons you can modify the templates which are used to post a message on Twitter. This template uses the same [[settings# | ||
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- | On the following page, click on '' | + | On the following page, tap on '' |
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+ | c:geo does only support Twitter as a social network. As the development team has limited resources and is focusing on new geocaching features we currently do not have plans to implement a Facebook connection. | ||
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+ | However if you are Twitter user already and/or you are looking for a way to post your findings to Facebook, please note that there is a possibility to link Twitter to Facebook. Doing so all your tweets will also be posted on Facebook (including the c:geo tweets). | ||
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+ | You can find more info on the [[https:// | ||
+ | </ | ||
==== Other settings ==== | ==== Other settings ==== | ||
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^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ||
- | |Android browser|For | + | |Android browser|For |
===== Appearance ===== | ===== Appearance ===== | ||
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In this menu you can configure some basic user interface settings of c:geo. | In this menu you can configure some basic user interface settings of c:geo. | ||
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^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ||
- | |Light Skin|When activated | + | |Theme|You can choose to use c:geo with a light or dark theme or let the theme follow your system setting.//(Default: Dark)//| |
+ | |Wallpaper|You can choose to use your device wallpaper also as background on the c:geo home screen | ||
|Show Address|When activated c:geo will use a reverse geocoding service to show the current location name instead of the location coordinates at the bottom of the main screen. //(Default: Activated)// | |Show Address|When activated c:geo will use a reverse geocoding service to show the current location name instead of the location coordinates at the bottom of the main screen. //(Default: Activated)// | ||
|Plain Logs|Activating this setting will show all log entries without the custom colors for enhanced readability. //(Default: Deactivated)// | |Plain Logs|Activating this setting will show all log entries without the custom colors for enhanced readability. //(Default: Deactivated)// | ||
- | |Use English|This will force c:geo to use the english user interface instead using your individual phone language. This might be helpful in case you have problems with wrong translations in your language. A restart of c:geo is required after you modified this setting. // | + | |Select language|This setting allows you to manually set the used language for c:geo. This might be helpful in case you have problems with wrong translations in your language. A restart of c:geo is required after you modified this setting. // |
|Use Imperial Units|Activating this option will make c:geo use imperial units (miles/ | |Use Imperial Units|Activating this option will make c:geo use imperial units (miles/ | ||
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^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ||
| Show Friends'/ | | Show Friends'/ | ||
- | |Last Details Page|When deactivated the cache details will always open with the page '' | + | |Last Details Page|When deactivated the cache details will always open with the page '' |
- | |Show Direction|This function will show small directional arrows in all cache lists, providing coarse information about the direction of a cache relative to your device.\\ While this may help to figure out if a cache is e.g. in front or behind you, it is not designed to replace the other navigation methods in c:geo. //(Default: Activated)// | + | |Show Direction|This function will show small directional arrows in all cache lists, providing coarse information about the direction of a cache relative to your device.\\ While this may help to figure out if a cache is e.g. in front or behind you, it is not designed to replace the other navigation methods in c:geo. //(Default: Activated)// |
- | |Exclude Own and Found|Activating | + | |Disable waypoint extraction|Enabling |
- | |Exclude Disabled|This will hide temporaryly disabled caches | + | |Overwrite personal cache note|Activating this setting |
+ | |Use Chrome Webview|External website | ||
===== Map ===== | ===== Map ===== | ||
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^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ||
- | |Select Map Source|This allows you to define the map, which shall be used in all map functions of c:geo. The menu will contain all available online maps as well as the offline map files found in your offline map directory. \\ You can change this setting also directly from the live map by clicking | + | |Select Map Source|This allows you to define the map, which shall be used in all map functions of c:geo. The menu will contain all available online maps as well as the offline map files found in your offline map directory. \\ You can change this setting also directly from the live map by tapping |
- | |Info on Offline Maps|This info item will provide you more detailed information about supported offline map formats and a link to our [[http://faq.cgeo.org|FAQ]].| | + | |Info on Offline Maps|This info item will provide you more detailed information about supported |
- | |Directory with offline maps|Here you can configure the directory, which contains your Mapsforge offline map files.\\ \\ :!: The automatic scan might not be able to search in all directories/ | + | |Download offline map|This will open the c:geo map downloader, where you can download new offline maps from various sources or update already installed maps. Details are described in [[..: |
- | |Info on Map Themes|This info item will provide you more detailed information about supported offline map themes and a link to our [[http:// | + | |Directory with offline maps|Here you can configure the directory, which contains your Mapsforge |
+ | |Info on Map Themes|This info item will provide you more detailed information about supported offline map themes and some more hints for best practice.| | ||
|Map Themes Directory|Here you can configure the directory, which contains your offline map themes.| | |Map Themes Directory|Here you can configure the directory, which contains your offline map themes.| | ||
- | |Scale Map Text|This option allows scaling | + | |Synchronize themes|In case you experience a slow performance when opening |
+ | |Map rotation (Google Maps)|You can switch rotation of the map according to device heading off/on or enable manual rotation.\\ \\ :!: This function is currently only available for Google Maps.| | ||
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- | Learn more about the c:geo offline maps by reading the chapter about [[..offlinemaps|Offline | + | Learn more about the c:geo offline maps by reading the chapter about [[..offline|Offline |
</ | </ | ||
+ | ==== Waypoints ==== | ||
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+ | ^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ||
+ | | Show Waypoints |Here you can set the limit for showing waypoints of (saved) caches on the map.\\ If less than the selected amount of caches are displayed on the visible map area, their waypoints are shown additionally. You can either use the slider to set the value or tap on the number to set a new value. //(Default: 10)//| | ||
+ | | Hide Waypoints |These sub items allow to hide certain waypoint types on the map:\\ 1. Hide original waypoints: If a cache has modified listing coordinates assigned and thus a waypoint automatically created, which contains the original listing coordinates, | ||
+ | | Zoom includes waypoints |If this setting is enabled the zoom level will include all waypoints of a cache, if you open a map for a single cache. //(Default: Off)//| | ||
==== Map Content ==== | ==== Map Content ==== | ||
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^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ||
- | | Show Waypoints | + | |Show history track|With this option |
- | |Show direction|Activating this option | + | |History track max. length| Allows to raise the amount of track points available for the history track. Once the limit is reached the oldest recorded points will be removed if new points |
- | |Show trail|With this option | + | |Big icons for logged caches|If enabled the map will show big emoticons for logged caches instead of the cache type icon. A restart is required after changing this setting. //(Default: Deactivated)//| |
+ | |D/T rating | ||
+ | ==== Map behavior ==== | ||
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+ | ^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ||
+ | |Long tap on map|If enabled you can long tap on the map for two purposes:\\ 1. Long tap on a cache or waypoint will add this cache/ | ||
+ | ==== Proximity Notification ==== | ||
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+ | ^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ||
+ | |Far distance|Defines the far distance for the proximity notification. | ||
+ | |Near distance|Defines the near distance | ||
+ | |General proximity notification on map|When enabled | ||
+ | |Specific waypoint proximity notification|When enabled a repeated notification beep is issued if the currently selected | ||
+ | |Type of notification|With this menu item you can choose whether you would like to receive an audio notification, | ||
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+ | Depending on Android version and power saving settings on your device it might happen, that the proximity notification stops working if you switch off the display of your device. Please consult your device settings to solve this. We are also investigating how the behavior can be improved in general to allow background notification. | ||
+ | </ | ||
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+ | ==== Map lines customization ==== | ||
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+ | These menu items allow to customize the appearance of the different types of lines and circles shown on the map. You can change their color and opaqueness | ||
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+ | Within each color selection you can reset color and opaqueness to their default values in case you misconfigured something. The default width is 10 pixels. | ||
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+ | The following table briefly describes | ||
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+ | ^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ||
+ | |History track|If the history track is activated in [[.settings# | ||
+ | |Direction line|The direction line is a straight | ||
+ | |Individual route|An individual route is a collection of caches or waypoints | ||
+ | |GPX track/ | ||
+ | |Circle|If activated in the [[.livemap# | ||
+ | |Accuracy circles|This is a small circle drawn around your current position. It represents the uncertainty of your GPS position.| | ||
- | ==== Mapsforge API ==== | + | ==== Other map settings |
- | {{anchor:mapsforge_api:}} | + | {{anchor:other:}} |
- | {{ :en:settings_maps_mapsforgeapi.png? | + | {{ :en:settings_maps_other.png? |
^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ||
- | |Old Mapsforge V3|Since June 2018 c:geo supports a newer version of the mapsforge libraries. As some functions of these new libraries are still under development, | + | |Multi-threaded (OSM)|When activated |
===== Logging ===== | ===== Logging ===== | ||
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^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ||
- | |Signature|Clicking | + | |Signature|Tapping |
|Insert automatically|Activating this item will automatically insert the custom signature into your log text when you start logging a cache with c:geo.\\ If this option is deactivated you can still insert your signature manually on demand by selecting '' | |Insert automatically|Activating this item will automatically insert the custom signature into your log text when you start logging a cache with c:geo.\\ If this option is deactivated you can still insert your signature manually on demand by selecting '' | ||
+ | |Log template|In this section you can add/ | ||
=== Placeholder Templates === | === Placeholder Templates === | ||
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|[DATETIME]|Combination of [DATE] and [TIME] as described above.|June 4, 2018 14:50| | |[DATETIME]|Combination of [DATE] and [TIME] as described above.|June 4, 2018 14:50| | ||
|[USER]|Your geocaching username for the respective geocaching platform where the cache you are logging belongs to.|My username| | |[USER]|Your geocaching username for the respective geocaching platform where the cache you are logging belongs to.|My username| | ||
- | |[NUMBER]|Your current find count for the respective geocaching platform, where the cache you are logging belongs to, incremented by 1, thus providing the find count for the cache you are logging.\\ \\ :!: Be aware, that this placeholder | + | |[NUMBER]|Your current find count for the respective geocaching platform, where the cache you are logging belongs to, incremented by 1, thus providing the find count for the cache you are logging. |
+ | |[ONLINENUM]|Same as [NUMBER] but will not consider offline logged caches.|4853| | ||
|[OWNER]|The geocaching username of the owner of the cache you are about to log|SuperOwner| | |[OWNER]|The geocaching username of the owner of the cache you are about to log|SuperOwner| | ||
|[NAME]|Title of the cache you are about to log|My first hide| | |[NAME]|Title of the cache you are about to log|My first hide| | ||
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|[URL]|The URL of the cache page of the cache you are logging|http:// | |[URL]|The URL of the cache page of the cache you are logging|http:// | ||
|[LOG]|This placeholder inserts the whole log text, which obviously makes no sense when using it in the logging template. It makes however sense to be used in the [[settings# | |[LOG]|This placeholder inserts the whole log text, which obviously makes no sense when using it in the logging template. It makes however sense to be used in the [[settings# | ||
+ | |[TYPE]|The cache type you are currently logging.|Traditional Cache| | ||
==== Other logging options ==== | ==== Other logging options ==== | ||
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^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ||
|Visit TBs|Enabling this option will automatically set all Trackables in your inventory as '' | |Visit TBs|Enabling this option will automatically set all Trackables in your inventory as '' | ||
- | |Offline Logging|Using this function will activate a '' | + | |Offline Logging|Using this function will activate a '' |
+ | |Show offline logs|An offline log counter (e.g. " | ||
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===== Offline Data ===== | ===== Offline Data ===== | ||
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+ | You can find more details regarding the offline usage of c:geo on the page [[..: | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | ==== Generic ==== | ||
+ | {{anchor: | ||
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^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ||
- | |Static Maps|This function will download Google maps images of the area around each saved cache both as street map and satellite view (total of 5 images). It is a helpful feature if you plan to go caching without internet access (and maybe even without an offline map.\\ The basic street map will be shown at the bottom of the cache details page, the remaining maps are accessible by selecting '' | ||
- | |Static Maps (WP)|This will load the static maps (as described above) additionally also for all waypoints of all saved caches. //(Default: Deactivated)// | ||
|Save images|If this option is activated c:geo will save all images contained in the caches logbooks onto your device for offline availability. You need to refresh already stored caches after activating this function to make their images available offline.\\ If this option is deselected log images will be loaded on demand only (when opening them or accessing the caches image tab) but still be saved permanent afterwards until you delete the cache from your device. //(Default: Deactivated)// | |Save images|If this option is activated c:geo will save all images contained in the caches logbooks onto your device for offline availability. You need to refresh already stored caches after activating this function to make their images available offline.\\ If this option is deselected log images will be loaded on demand only (when opening them or accessing the caches image tab) but still be saved permanent afterwards until you delete the cache from your device. //(Default: Deactivated)// | ||
|Ask for List|When activated you will be asked in which list the cache shall be saved if you store a cache in c:geo. If it is deactivated all caches will be stored to the default list. //(Default: Activated)// | |Ask for List|When activated you will be asked in which list the cache shall be saved if you store a cache in c:geo. If it is deactivated all caches will be stored to the default list. //(Default: Activated)// | ||
+ | |Additional lists|If this option is activated c:geo will show all additional lists, on which a certain cache is stored in c:geo, on your cache lists. //(Default: Deactivated)// | ||
+ | |List load limit|You can use this function if you handle rather huge lists of offline stored caches. It will limit the amount of caches initially loaded from the c:geo internal database in order to increase performance. More caches can then be loaded by tapping on "Load more caches" | ||
- | ===== Navigation ===== | + | ==== GPX ==== |
- | {{anchor:navigation:}} | + | {{anchor:gpx:}} |
- | {{ :en:settings_navigation.png? | + | {{ :en:settings_system_gpx.png? |
^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ||
- | |Default navigation|You can select your default navigation tool here, which provides you easy and fast access to your preferred navigation method. The selected tool will be started with a **short** click on the compass rose icon at the top of the cache details as well as the map popup window. //(Default: Compass)// | + | |GPX Folder|Select |
- | |Secondary navigation|You can select your secondary preferred navigation tool here, which provides you easy and fast access to this navigation method. The selected tool will be started with a **long** click on the compass rose icon at the top of the cache details as well as the map popup window. // | + | |
- | |Navigation menu|This section provides the possibility to activate or deactivate some of the installed and available navigation methods detected by c:geo. You may use it to clean up the cache navigation menu by e.g. disabling navigation methods you are never using. //(Default: All available are activated)//| | + | |
- | <WRAP center round tip 100%> | + | ==== Database and Geocache data ==== |
- | Please refer to the [[..navigation|supported navigation methods]] for detailed information about the navigation tools. | + | {{anchor: |
- | </ | + | |
+ | {{ : | ||
- | ===== System ===== | + | ^ Menu item ^ Description ^ |
- | {{anchor:system:}} | + | |Database location - On user storage|The geocache database mainly contains basically the list of your saved caches. You may store this database either system internally or in a directory on your user storage. Having it on the user storage may free some memory, but you may lose a bit of performance and c:geo will not work if the storage is not accessible or you remove the database file.\\ As the database availability is critical for using c:geo and the typical size is only some megabyte, we decided to forbid moving it to the external SD card. If you enable the option '' |
+ | |Geocache Data Directory - Select Geocache Data Directory|The additional data can be much larger than the geocache database mentioned above as it contains the images of the cache description and (optionally) the images retrieved from logs and (optionally) static maps. By default this data is stored on the internal user storage in ''/ | ||
- | ==== GPX ==== | + | ==== Maintenance |
- | {{anchor:gpx:}} | + | {{anchor:maintenance}} |
- | {{ :en:settings_system_gpx.png? | + | {{ :en:settings_offlinedata_maintenance.png? |
^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ||
- | |GPX Export Directory|Select the directory where GPX file exported from c:geo will be stored. //(Default:/ | + | |Delete orphaned files|c: |
- | |GPX Import Directory|Select the directory where c:geo will search for GPX file to be imported into c:geo.| | + | |
- | ==== Backup ==== | ||
- | {{anchor: | ||
- | {{ :en:settings_system_backup.png? | + | ===== Navigation ===== |
+ | {{anchor: | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Offline Routing ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{ :en:settings_navigation_routing1.png? | ||
^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ||
- | |Backup|Selecting | + | |Calculate route|With this setting you can select the maximum distance up to which a route is calculated and shown on the map between |
- | |Restore|This function | + | |Show straight distance|If the setting |
+ | |Use internal routing|Activating this menu option | ||
- | ==== Database and Geocache data ==== | + | {{ :en: |
- | {{anchor:database_and_geocache_data}} | + | |
- | {{ :en:settings_system_database_cachedata.png? | + | ^ Menu item ^ Description ^ |
+ | |Folder with BRouter routing data|If you use the internal routing engine, this defines the folder where routing tile data will be stored. You can either manually store/move the data into this folder or use the c:geo internal (automatic) downloader to download the needed routing tiles //(Default: Subfolder routing/ | ||
+ | |Automatic download|Once activated c:geo will inform you, in case routing tile data for routing request (if you create an individual route or set a waypoint as target) is missing and offer to download it automatically into the folder defined above.// | ||
+ | |Update interval|If the automatic download is activated c:geo can also check periodically whether new routing tile data is available on the BRouter server and remind you to perform an update. You can set the update reminder interval here. You can set it to 0 to deactivate the update reminder //(Default: 30)//| | ||
+ | |" | ||
+ | |" | ||
+ | |" | ||
+ | ==== Navigation Tools ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{ :en:settings_navigation.png? | ||
^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ||
- | |Database location - On user storage|The geocache database mainly contains basically the list of your saved caches. | + | |Default navigation|You can select |
- | |Geocache Data Directory - Select Geocache Data Directory|The additional data can be much larger than the geocache database mentioned above as it contains | + | |Secondary navigation|You can select |
+ | |Navigation | ||
- | ==== Various other system settings | + | <WRAP center round tip 100%> |
+ | Please refer to the [[..navigation|supported navigation methods]] for detailed information about the navigation tools. | ||
+ | </ | ||
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+ | ===== System | ||
+ | {{anchor: | ||
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- | {{: | + | ==== Base folder, Geolocation |
+ | {{anchor:base_folder_geolocation_orientation}} | ||
+ | {{ : | ||
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+ | ^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ||
+ | |Base folder for public local data|Here you can modify the base folder c:geo uses to store all its user accessible data (e.g. GPX-exports, | ||
+ | |Use Google Play Services|On devices equipped with Google Play Services, c:geo can automatically use a better geo location provider to get better location results and reduce the battery consumption.\\ \\ :!: If you want to use an external Bluetooth GPS receiver you have to disable this option!\\ :!: On some devices Google Play Services are available but not working reliable. If you experience localization problems or no GPS reception at all, try disabling this option.| | ||
+ | |Active low-power mode|The low power mode avoids using GPS and the gyroscope sensor in situations where a highly accurate location is not strictly necessary (e.g. on cache lists) at the cost of longer fixing times once high accuracy is needed again. It can help to enhance battery life in some situations.\\ We however recommend to keep this option switched off to have the highest possible accuracy which is desirable for Geocaching in general. :-)| | ||
+ | |Force use of orientation sensor|On some devices the regular rotation vector sensor behaves erratically, | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Debugging ==== | ||
+ | {{ : | ||
^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ||
- | |Delete orphaned files|c:geo stores cache images, log images and other filed related to a cache in a seperate directory (refer to [[settings# | ||
- | |Use Google Play Services|On devices equipped with Google Play Services, c:geo can automatically use a better geolocation provider to get better location results and reduce the battery consumption.\\ \\ :!: If you want to use an external bluetooth GPS receiver you have to disable this option!\\ :!: On some devices Google Play Services are available but not working reliable. If you experience localization problems or no GPS receiption at all, try disabling this option.| | ||
- | |Active low-power mode|The low power mode avoids using GPS and the gyroscope sensor in situations where a highly accurate location is not strictly necessary (e.g. on cache lists) at the cost of longer fixing times once high accuracy is needed again. It can help to enhance battery life in some situations.\\ We however recommend to keep this option switched off to have the highest possible accuracy which is desireable for Geocaching in general. :-)| | ||
- | |Force use of orientation sensor|On some devices the regular rotation vector sensor behaves erratically, | ||
- | |Enable hardware acceleration|Hardware acceleration renders graphical elements faster on the screen and thus provides a better experience while using c:geo. However on some devices the operating system contains bugs which can make some text appear blurred (notably bold characters). Disable this option only if this happens to you.| | ||
|Activate debug log|c:geo can generate a lot of debugging information needed for development purposes. Please use this feature only in case you are asked to send a log to the c:geo developers or you know what you are doing.\\ \\ :!: Activating this setting will affect the stability of c:geo. Please keep debug logging disabled during normal usage of c:geo!| | |Activate debug log|c:geo can generate a lot of debugging information needed for development purposes. Please use this feature only in case you are asked to send a log to the c:geo developers or you know what you are doing.\\ \\ :!: Activating this setting will affect the stability of c:geo. Please keep debug logging disabled during normal usage of c:geo!| | ||
+ | |Generate logfile|Using this option will generate a system logfile to be send to the c:geo support in case of failures or crashes. Use as advised by c:geo support team (useful in combination with activation of debug log).| | ||
|Create memory dump|This is a development function, which can help to debug special problems in the c:geo memory handling. Using this function is nothing helpful for you, but will only spam your internal storage with a rather huge dump file. So better not use it. :-)| | |Create memory dump|This is a development function, which can help to debug special problems in the c:geo memory handling. Using this function is nothing helpful for you, but will only spam your internal storage with a rather huge dump file. So better not use it. :-)| | ||
+ | |View downloads|Shows all pending background download processes.| | ||
+ | |View settings|This debug feature opens a view where all c:geo settings can be viewed and edited in a raw format.\\ \\ :!: Changing anything here might result in unwanted behavior or c:geo no longer working. So only use this after explicit request by c:geo support!| | ||
+ | ===== Backup / Restore ===== | ||
+ | {{anchor: | ||
+ | ==== Create Backup ==== | ||
+ | {{ : | ||
+ | |||
+ | ^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ||
+ | |Maximum stored backup|Using this slider you can select how many older backups are kept. When the limit is reached, the oldest ones will be deleted automatically. //(Default: 5)//| | ||
+ | |Include account data| If activated the created backups will also contain your login credentials.\\ :!: **Please be aware, that backup files , thus also the login credentials contained, might be read by other applications on your device.**| | ||
+ | |Start backup|Selecting this function will create a backup ('' | ||
+ | ==== Restore ==== | ||
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+ | ^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ||
+ | |Restore|This function will restore the newest available backup. The date/time of the newest backup available will be shown here. In a next step during the restore process you can choose, whether you want to restore the caches and/or the program settings. \\ \\ :!: Restoring a backup will **replace** | ||
+ | |Restore different backup|With this menu item you can select another available backup but the newest one to be selected for restoring. After tapping here a directory selector will be shown listing the existing backup directories named with date and time below ''/ | ||