MyTrails 2.0 is not fully compatible with Android Nougat (7.0), and in the Track Manager I have disabled long-tapping to select a track, so the ability to perform actions on tracks is not longer available.
MyTrails 2.1, a major rewrite of important parts of the app to make it compatible with the latest Android versions, is now available in the beta track. To get the beta release, please opt-in here.
MyTrails mostly works well on Blackberry 10 devices, but because Blackberry doesn’t include the same sets of security certificates that other modern OSes do, it’s not able to connect to my server for things like creating an account or purchasing maps.
Two solutions:
Here’s a checklist of things you should do to move all your data when you change devices:
export global waypoints hidden optionglobal_waypoints.gpx; unfortunately the waypoints will no longer be global, but will remain associated with that track, which you should leave checked)2.0.14 fixes a startup crash on Android 2.x devices and problems with the German translation.
When MyTrails tries to connect to an account, the server checks whether the device MyTrails is running on has previously been associated with a different account.
This is to try and make it less likely users will create multiple accounts, and to reduce the support burden of having to reconcile accounts when they do.
When it happens to you, MyTrails will display an error message, and in the background, the server will send an email to the address associated with the account previously used on the device.
MyTrails store the GPX files for tracks you have recorded in /sdcard/MyTrails/gpx (you can change this in MyTrails > Preferences > Other).
Here are a few methods you can use to transfer track files:
In order to make it easier to manage offline maps, I usually recommend creating separate offline maps for separate geographical areas.
However, this makes it necessary to switch maps when looking at different parts of the map. Unless you chain maps together using the fallback map feature.
Picking a fallback map
Most maps, and particularly offline maps, support setting a fallback map. To do so, tap the name of the map in the Map manager, and then the Select… button in the Fallback map section. You can then pick the fallback map, which will be used where the main map does not provide a tile.
Using this system, you can chain maps together:
A, B and C do not need to all be offline maps. in fact, it may be useful to select an online map as the last map in the chain, so that there is always something to display. This is what MyTrails does when you create an offline map and check the Let MyTrails download missing tiles option.
Create offline map with fallback
Sorry about that, maps.frogsparks.com, the main authorization server, is unavailable since about 9am French time. I will post updates as soon as I have an ETA for restoration.
Update: I had to install a new server, but it’s back online as of 18:25pm French time. Thank you for your patience!