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- | ====== Where does the application store its data? ====== | + | ====== Data storage and access ====== |
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+ | ===== Where does the application store its data? ===== | ||
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The application folder is the unique folder used by the application to store all its data on the user device, including: | The application folder is the unique folder used by the application to store all its data on the user device, including: | ||
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This folder is automatically chosen during the first application start, and is usually located on the external SD card (if available) for devices running Android lower than 4.4, or on the device memory for Android 4.4 and after (SD card storage behavior has considerably changed since then). | This folder is automatically chosen during the first application start, and is usually located on the external SD card (if available) for devices running Android lower than 4.4, or on the device memory for Android 4.4 and after (SD card storage behavior has considerably changed since then). | ||
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+ | Inside the application folder, you'll find the following sub-folders: | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
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- | ===== How to locate the application folder? | + | ==== How to locate the application folder? ==== |
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To display the application folder: | To display the application folder: | ||
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* Click on "'' | * Click on "'' | ||
* Scroll the list and select "'' | * Scroll the list and select "'' | ||
- | * Locate the ''" | + | * Locate the ''" |
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- | ===== How to change the application folder? | + | ==== How to change the application folder? ==== |
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To modify the storage location: | To modify the storage location: | ||
* Click on the main menu icon {{: | * Click on the main menu icon {{: | ||
- | * Click on the "'' | + | * Click on "'' |
- | * Select | + | * Scroll |
- | * Choose | + | * Choose |
- | * Click on the "'' | + | * Click on "'' |
* Restart the application. | * Restart the application. | ||
- | {{ :en:help:1.4: | + | {{:icon_help.png? |
+ | {{: | ||
- | ===== Storage on the external SD card for Android 4.4 and more ===== | + | {{ : |
- | As of Android 4.4, the memory management has been modified: | + | \\ |
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+ | ==== Application folder on the external SD card troubleshooting ==== | ||
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+ | **Android 4.4** | ||
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+ | In Android 4.4 and above, the memory management has been modified: | ||
* The device internal memory is called "// | * The device internal memory is called "// | ||
- | * The SD card external memory (available on some devices only) is called "// | + | * The SD card external memory (available on some devices only) is called "// |
+ | **Android 6.0** | ||
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+ | In Android 6.0 and above, you can now grant the application the right to write on the external SD card from the Android settings (" | ||
+ | If no storage location choices at all are available on the external SD card: | ||
+ | * Be sure that your device is not currently plugged to a computer using an USB cable; | ||
+ | * Be sure that the SD card is not currently being checked for errors (usually happens after starting the device or removing the USB cable); | ||
+ | * If you have Android 6.0 or above, you must grant the application to write on the external memory from the Android settings (" | ||
+ | * Try to restart the device; | ||
+ | * Try to un-install and re-install the application (be careful if you have stored data you want to keep); | ||
+ | * In the Android settings (" | ||
- | ==== Set up storage | + | **Re-using data stored before Android upgrade** |
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+ | If you stored data with the application | ||
+ | Here is the solution to retrieve it: | ||
+ | * Configure the storage to use the new location on the external SD card as explained above; | ||
+ | * Quit the application, | ||
+ | * Using your computer' | ||
+ | * Disconnect your device, wait for the SD card to be checked (if needed), and restart the application. You should then be able to use your previously stored maps, and store new ones. | ||
- | As explained above, only a particular folder is editable by the application. This folder is: | + | \\ |
- | * **''/ | + | |
- | * **''/ | + | |
- | {{: | + | ===== How to access data stored outside of the application folder |
+ | \\ | ||
+ | Starting with Android 11, drastic changes have been made by Google regarding how applications can access | ||
- | To set up the storage on this folder: | + | {{:icon_help.png? |
- | * Click on the main menu icon {{:icon_01.png? | + | |
- | * Click on the "'' | + | |
- | * Select | + | |
- | * Choose the device that matches both your SD card {{:icon_04.png? | + | |
- | * Click on the "'' | + | |
- | * Restart the application. | + | |
- | {{: | + | However, applications still keep a total access on their application specific folders (read and write everything). There is one application specific folder on the internal device memory, and one application |
+ | For AlpineQuest Pro, the path of this folder is "'' | ||
+ | For AlpineQuest Lite, the path of this folder is "'' | ||
- | {{ :en: | + | Until better solutions are found, here are some workarounds: |
+ | **Placemarks** | ||
+ | * Move your placemarks inside an application specific folder, inside the "'' | ||
+ | * Open your placemarks from your file manager, the application will be listed in the possible choices for handling this file. | ||
- | ==== Re-using data stored before | + | **Maps** |
+ | * Move your maps inside an application specific folder, inside the "'' | ||
+ | * Add the file extension " | ||
- | If you stored data with the application on the external SD card before upgrading to Android 4.4, this data is now read-only and cannot be used any-more. | + | \\ |
- | Here is the solution | + | ==== How to move your files? ==== |
- | * Configure the storage | + | \\ |
- | * Quit the application, | + | In order to move your files from or into into an application specific folder, you can either: |
- | * Using your computer' | + | * Plug your device |
- | * Disconnect your device, wait for the SD card to be checked (if needed), and restart the application. You should then be able to use your previously stored maps, and store new ones. | + | * Use an Android 11 compatible |
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- | {{: | + | |
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