Article Comment: ExplorOz Traveller App

Thanks for your reply David : till i get a chance to do some more testing .....
i have tested logging on the home page :(
I have tried on 2 separate devices
Asus tablet andriods 4.2.1 ~wifi only ~
Telstra etz t83 (dave) phone version 4.1.2
Note the phone has no sim ( previous phone ) when testing ....
I have tested it with viewranger in the same condition & tracks log with no problems .
& have done similar the with tablet .....
Note : I was able to track a log with the tablet using OEtrackme .....
Regards updates you wld need to tell me how to check update ~ tablet update only recently & phone has update some time ago .
Q This would have nothing to do with the way I have installed / set up the apps ?? strange that no one else has had the same problem ....
I hope i'm not wasting your time.....
Regards nick

Nick,
No problems at all one of the interesting things to note in terms of other users - there are only about 6-10 devices in total using < Android 5 at this stage with the app loaded and I am not sure how many are using Track Logging so you may be one of a select few also considering that in the 6-10 older Android device you appear to be 2 units. So it is not a waste of time I have some possible suspicions with the GPS drivers.

The original EOTrackMe program uses totally different technology to the new app. Within Traveller we have implemented a smart auto movement detection driver that should intelligently disable the GPS when you are stopped and start it again when you move - this is all done so that you can in fact leave the app running in the background at all times without significant battery loss.
I need to continue to look into this for these older Android versions so would really welcome any testing time or details you can provide.

You can run the original EOTrackMe and the new one at the same time also so we can see any differences in the traces.
In terms of Android update - you would normally be prompted for such an upgrade on the device automatically - do you have a model on the ASUS?
David

Nick,

I did an edit above as we have over 200 apps installed not 6-10 I was trying to say 6-10 users with Android < 5.

I am monitoring the uptake on this Android version and will plan a course of action as I can implement a work around for older Android to force the track logging to record but it is not super ideal to have a chuck of code sitting there to support one older OS version. Do not stress we will sort out something and I am still yet to fully identify if this is the problem.

David