Android Beta 18th September 2014

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Android Beta 18th September 2014

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srayne	srayne posted 9/19/2014 1:36:36 PM Topic Details Share Topic
Group: Forum Members Posts: 388, Visits: 8.3K	What's new in this latest beta?
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Tim Dawson	Tim Dawson posted 9/19/2014 3:21:02 PM ANSWER Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 8.1K, Visits: 9.4K	Alpine forecast routes (GAFOR) are now integrated within SkyDemon (iOS, Android, PC) There is now an option in the mapping screen to turn user waypoints on and off (iOS, Android, PC) Airspace classification is now shown in the image in the map inspection menu (iOS, Android) A helpful hint is now displayed when searching for a UK postcode without the necessary file installed (iOS, Android, PC) The position instrument now respects the user preference regarding inclusion of ICAO identifiers in airfield names (iOS, Android, PC) FIX: An Android bug was preventing entry of a comma as a decimal separator in European locales on certain devices (Android)
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srayne	srayne posted 9/20/2014 8:36:29 AM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 388, Visits: 8.3K	Thanks Tim, I have played with all but the last new feature and can confirm that they all work well on a Nexus 7 (Android).
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Mike@EDTG	Mike@EDTG posted 9/20/2014 1:42:52 PM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 164, Visits: 757	Thumbs up Tim You forgot to mention the ICAO identifiers for DEP & LDG location in the logfile startupscreen. Everything else is working on my TabPro 8.4 too. mike@edtg SD 3.1.1 - 4.4.2 - Samsung Tab Pro 8.4
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Europa XS	Europa XS posted 9/23/2014 12:54:06 PM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 22, Visits: 215	My first experiences with the new Beta! In my last posts I was mainly focused on the functionality of georeferenced maps (plates) from the Austrian AIP. There is a significant improvement in this new beta. Some of the maps like LOIH, LOWZ, LOLW are working perfectly now. Also the loading time is acceptable. But there is the map of LOAN which makes still problems. After loading it the map is displayed in a strange colour like a negaitv photo. The red button on the left side of the plate seems not operating and very often the beta crashes completely without any error message. This is the same behaviour on a NEXUS 7 (2012) with 4.4.4 and on a NEXUS 7 (2013) with 4.4.3. A great idea are the GAFOR routes - well done! Please I am still waiting for the PLOG for Android! Thank you in advance!
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ckurz7000	ckurz7000 posted 9/23/2014 1:33:51 PM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 538, Visits: 2.2K	When will you release the update including these features for iOS? The Appstore isn't giving me the option to update yet. -- Chris.
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Tim Dawson	Tim Dawson posted 9/23/2014 2:35:41 PM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 8.1K, Visits: 9.4K	This is a beta release. There is no release date for the forthcoming version as yet. You can't do public beta programmes with iOS.
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Tim Dawson	Tim Dawson posted 9/23/2014 2:44:58 PM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 8.1K, Visits: 9.4K	That LOAN PDF is awful. Sadly it clocks in at almost 14mb which is ludicrous, and even my PC with Acrobat Reader takes its time. I'm afraid it's just too much for a PDF rendering component inside SkyDemon on some Android devices to cope with.
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