Cruiser 5.6.2

[devemux86]

Cruiser 5.6.2 is on Google Play:

• Set different colors in panels #584 (comment)
  (Settings | Application | Appearance)

• Turn on / off screen in navigation #61 (comment)
  (Settings | Application | Screen | Turn on screen)
  (see the link for instructions)

• Small shaping points option #825 (comment)
  (Settings | Routing | Appearance)

• Swipe right to activate a profile #836

• New route and track width settings
  (Settings | Routing | Appearance)
  (Settings | GPS recording | Appearance)

• Export route as CSV #832

• Updated map themes

• Various improvements

[FishEy3]

Thanks , I'm waiting for it to become available (from Google Play) for the update, it always takes a variable amount of time.

[Leeb64]

Ist Normal.

[WolfgangZ42]

Playing around with 5.6.0 on my tablet (out of curiosity).
In .../routing/export I miss the selection of gpx details and the possibility to export navigatable routes as in 5.4.2.
. . .

[devemux86]

@WolfgangZ42

If you check the exported GPX file, you'll see that it contains all the needed route data:

• trk contains the navigation track (for offline use)

• rte contains the ordered list of waypoints

  • With Garmin extension, which is probably not necessary

Note: wpt is not designed to store route waypoints, but an unordered list of favorite points.

[0709wiwiwi]

@WolfgangZ42

The track in the simplified (less items to select for novices users) gpx export is now inclusive the TBT plus via and shaping trackpoints. (So is by default now exported as a navigable track)

If you anyway want to remove already exising integrated TBT /Via/Shaping points later, you can still can .
Remove the extra at import by putting the waypoint slider completely to the left = "Without route calculation".
What remains (start and finish indication) allows you to display the track than as a route(line).
And this way still be able to use the out of track or out of route alert.
Or allows to add shaping points on this virgin (nav)track as desired.

When displayed as an overlay it shows as any normal standard track.
For foreign external apps it still displays like a default simple track too.

[WolfgangZ42]

Okay - I see: now it's "all inclusive" ...

[MotoUKRider]

In 5.6.0, despite having "mi/ft" set as the units, I still have "km" on the Map Scale.
If I go into the Settings and re-confirm the "mi/ft" option, I still have "km" when exiting back to the map.

Only if I change it to "km/m", exit back to the map and then put it back to "mi/ft" does it change the label, but the number scale is the same(?). Reloading Cruiser reverts me back to "km" in the Map Scale, but Settings remains "mi/ft".

Some kind of initialization/conversion shenanigans afoot?!

[devemux86]

@MotoUKRider If I understand correctly your reported steps,
it's only about the scale bar that reverts to m/km after restart?

[devemux86]

@MotoUKRider This will work correctly in the next update.

[MotoUKRider]

@devemux86 Yes, the width of the bar is OK for the select unit, but the text label is wrong.
It took some closer observations to actually realize that the bar length was changing correctly between Mi and Km 😄

[devemux86]

Cruiser 5.6.1 is on Google Play:

• Swipe right to activate a profile #836

• Larger route width in navigation and follow location

• Various improvements

[umpfmpf]

Is it no longer possible to display the kilometers of the GPS recording without navigating?
I often do multi-day tours and then load all the saved recordings together and have an overview of the entire route with a display of the route driven.
The kilometers are still displayed in the panel, but when I'm not in navigation mode this panel is hidden.
Now only the height is displayed.

Can you display this permanently again like it was before?

[bios4]

...or make it again selectable, which panel is displayed in which app state (browse, navigation, follow)!?

I have to admit I don't remember what the reason was to remove this flexibility at all!?

Now only the height is displayed.

This depends on which panels are activated - e.g. with my setup the current time, the height and the battery level are displayed when browsing...

[devemux86]

@umpfmpf There is also the main menu "GPS recording" with all options in all modes.

Does it meet your needs?

[umpfmpf]

This is how it looks now:

This is how it looks earlier this Year:

[bios4]

Some observations, ideas & suggestions related to current Cruiser version 5.6.1 in order of occurance:

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Long-press Route > Save route > Keep "Name" empty > confirm: window is simply closed w/o saving the route, but also w/o any error message.

Suggestion: display something like "Please enter a name or cancel the operation".

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Suggestion - long-press on map menu: move the "What's here?", "Show address" and "Measure distance" menu items to the "More..." submenu.

By doing this, it could result in a map menu which requires no scrolling in portrait mode on most modern smartphones (because their displays are big enough for the resulting menu items list).

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Scenario: be in a location w/o available routing options (e.g. on a private camp site with a non-official driveway to the nearest public road).

When creating a route with "Set end", Cruiser implicitly uses the current location as starting point, which results in a BRouter error message "No track found at pass=0". There are no route options then ofc, so no options "Extend route (start) " or "Extend route (end)", no possibilities to add shaping points etc.

Is it possible to let Cruiser still generate a "route" in this case, but

• automatically select the "Beeline" routing option from the current location to the set end point,
• display a toast message to create a starting point manually on the nearby road network, and finally
• switch to the default routing profile for the new route right after this manual starting point is created?

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Suggestion - route menu item order:

• Set via point
• Set shaping point
• Section profile
• Waypoints
• Recalculate route
• Reverse route
• Add shaping points
• Save route
• Delete route
• Search along route
• Place waypoints on street
• Options

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Request for improvement: increase the touch area of shaping/via points a bit.

Quite often when long-pressing not EXACTLY ON a SP/VP, the route menu opens instead of the menu for SP/VP options.

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What do you think @devemux86?

[devemux86]

@bios4 Thanks for the suggestions.

Have you changed the icon size for the markers in the map / appearance settings?

[bios4]

No, everything is set to 100%

[devemux86]

Cruiser 5.6.2 is on Google Play:

• New, more flexible panel display options

• Various improvements

[bios4]

New, more flexible panel display options

👍 thanks for that feature to return!

I also just learned that setting the "Navigation" option also applies to follow mode... nice!

[Leeb64]

kleine Übersetzungs Verbesserung(Deutsch):
-->>: Meine Sammlung/Tracks/"Importieren"
besser:
-->>:Meine Sammlung/Tracks/"Importiert" (oder "importierte Tracks")

[bios4]

I also adressed this already here...

[devemux86]

@bios4 @Leeb64

We can name this group "Imported tracks" in the next update.

[bios4]

Nice, please do it like this! 👍

[umpfmpf]

Would it be possible to exclude the labeling of rivers and streets in 3D view, similar to city names?

[devemux86]

@umpfmpf 3D view does not have special labeling.

Map has the same rendering in all view modes.

[umpfmpf]

Only the road and river labelings go to 3d, all others stay in 2d.

[FishEy3]

@devemux86
I'd like to point out a possible correction for some terms used in the Italian translation.

Tag amenity=bar (in English DRINK) translated as BEVANDA, preferable AMERICAN BAR to avoid confusion with tag=cafe
The icon on the map is correct, but it's different from the icon in the Navigation/Widget/Points of Interest selection.

Tag amenity=Restaurant (in English FOOD) translated as ALIMENTARI, preferable RISTORANTE to avoid confusion with MARKET

The option to display along the route (if selected) is fantastic...

It would also be possible to add the
tag Tourism=picnic_site
tag Leisure=picnic_table

A technical question: how far from the route you're navigating are the points/nodes detected? I ask because some gas stations aren't highlighted, for example, on the highway or at fuel stations with very large areas.

Thanks

[devemux86]

@FishEy3 Thanks for the translations.

POI categories include several tags, they are mentioned here:

• Offline search POI categories #195 (comment)

tag Tourism=picnic_site
tag Leisure=picnic_table

In which POI category?

how far from the route you're navigating are the points/nodes detected?

You can select it in "Settings | Search | Advanced | Distance from route" for POI and favorites.

[FishEy3]

@devemux86

POI categories include several tags, they are mentioned here:

• Offline search POI categories #195 (comment)

Thanks, very helpful, I hadn't found this post

In which POI category?
Honestly, I don't think they fit into the existing POI categories.

The description "A locality that is suitable for outdoor eating, with picnic facilities such as tables and benches"

A new category would be useful (it could be "Pic Nic"). If it were included in "Accommodation," there would be much more mentions of the other subcategories.
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:leisure%3Dpicnic_table
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:tourism%3Dpicnic_site

You can select it in "Settings | Search | Advanced | Distance from route" for POI and favorites.

Perfect, Cruiser's options and flexibility are truly remarkable, highly customizable to everyone's different needs, and quick support.
Thanks

[MotoUKRider]

Kind of related, but I found a duplicate of picnic_site in the themes under "Misc" and "Attraction", so I've removed it from "Misc" for the next update. I'm going to skim through in more detail over the weekend to make sure that there are no useful "lost" (or duplicated) objects between each map engine.

I know we "sandboxed" some content (like benches/seats) a while ago, so the "Misc" category may have some useful items, possibly when zoom is high (like >15). I expect there would be some things more useful to a hiker/walker than a vehicle user!

[FishEy3]

@MotoUKRider

I expect there would be some things more useful to a hiker/walker than a vehicle user!

Generally speaking, yes, but not exclusively.
At least in Italy, many towns (especially in the mountains) have equipped dedicated areas to provide suitable spaces.
I'm a biker/hiker/walker and an OSM mapper; many are also accessible by motorcycle or vehicle in areas without restrictions.
I've been using them on Osmand for years.

I appreciate the quality of the map themes you develop; they're useful regardless, not just for certain purposes ;-)

Rather than viewing them on the map at high zoom, I wanted to be able to include them in the categories to be highlighted along the route, implementing this in Cruiser without having to resort to other software.

[devemux86]

@FishEy3 A new POI category "Picnic" will be available for search and navigation in the next Cruiser.

[0709wiwiwi]

BRouter .geojson file import failure in Cruiser v_5.6.2 (desktop)
Sovet 1km-Brouter.geojson.txt

• Import in Cruiser v_5.2.1 (desktop) is fine.

[devemux86]

@0709wiwiwi Thanks for the report, it will work properly in the next update.

[bios4]

Did a quick after-work-ride yesterday.

Started navigation and GPS recording as usual but found out soon that my phone was quite low on battery.
Because I knew where to go but wanted to record the GPS track during the ride, I switched off the display/locked the phone manually.

After my return home I unlocked the phone/switched on my screen to end my ride and store the GPS track.
Unfortunately I found out that Cruiser was not recording my ride further starting from the point where I switched off the display.

Did I miss a setting to enable GPS recording during screen off/phone locked?
Is this a bug?

[devemux86]

@bios4 Thanks for the test and the details.

Android states that apps wanting location working in background or screen off,
should use a foreground service and display a permanent notification to users.

Cruiser already does this, following the official Android guidelines for years
without problems.

What Android version and device do you use?

Maybe we need to examine more cases...

[bios4]

What Android version and device do you use?

Android 14, One-UI 6.1 running on a Samsung Galaxy A52.

All battery optimizations are off for Cruiser (set to "Unrestricted").
Thus it is also excluded from the apps going to standby autmatically...

[devemux86]

@bios4 Maybe Samsung has more settings somewhere else.

I know other devices that have such settings in multiple places.

It is not enough to only exclude the app, need to turn off all the optimizations.

[bios4]

It seems there is no "overall toggle" anymore to disable battery optimization globally in Android 14.
Only on a per-app basis.

Additionally I just found that e.g. the Kurviger app supports this "Allow all the time" permission for location data, while Cruiser is listed in the "Allow only while using the app" section only.

[devemux86]

@bios4 That's because the official Android instructions state to not include the "Allow all the time" permission,
as apps must ask special permission by Google! But use the foreground notification that Cruiser already does.

I will see this special permission.

[devemux86]

Has any user noticed problems with GPS recording or navigation in the background or with the screen turned off?

@0709wiwiwi @WolfgangZ42

It looks like you have used the beep notifications with the screen turned off?
Is the location working properly there?

[devemux86]

I can add the "Allow all the time" permission and we can test it in the next Beta version.

However, Google has a very strict app review process for this permission,
as it considers it as a dangerous permission for the users,
so the publish on Google Play may be rejected if they consider it unnecessary!

[devemux86]

So @bios4 with Samsung and Android 14 does not work.

But @MotoUKRider with Samsung and Android 13 works.

[WolfgangZ42]

Screensaving and beep wofks like a charm. No problems with GPS recording.

[0709wiwiwi]

• The above tested Samsung Galaxy A52 display is an Amoled display ?

Track record with display off by the Motorola G42 A13 phone also was fine.
Track_20250913_170758.gpx.txt

Note.
I turned off the display by using the power on/off button. However, since this is an OLED screen, I am not sure if this has the same effect as with an LCD display, where you turn off both the backlight PLUS the touchscreen.
A test by someone with A13 or higher and LCD screen phone is therefore still very much desired.

[0709wiwiwi]

Started navigation and GPS recording as usual but found out soon that my phone was quite low on battery.
Because I knew where to go but wanted to record the GPS track during the ride, I switched off the display/locked the phone manually.

@bios4
How exactly do you turn off the display?
Using the power on/off button? Result: display off and phone locked.
But you're using an AMOLED phone, correct ?
To save energy, you want screen off most of the time, while the navigation and track record do continue to run.

Did you already try next ?
Use the Cruiser screen saver and full screen with a short (10s) timeout. Your phone quickly will show a black screen and should so not consume energy. All other functions, as navigation and track record, should remain active as normal.
And a tap onto the black screen display shows so the map for the set delay of (10s).

[Maverikk65]

Hello, I have cancelled my Kurviger subscription now and I will try to plan and drive with Cruiser only from now on. This means of course also that the yearly fees will get to the developer of this app (I will open a new comment on this.).

I encountered some problems but I will make screenshots in future to be sure that the problem is not in front of the screen... 😏

One question: In the panel I get the next gas station. I don't need this (normally), can I disable this icon? I did not find the switch/entry to do so 🤷‍♂️🙈.

Ah, as I did not use the app for some months: You might remember that the zoom function is of utmost importance for me when driving... And also the reason why I never used Kurviger app for driving, as it totally useless on this. The Cruiser is really working VERY well now on the zoom function! I use 12-20 with mode "distance". In former releases I had always trouble with the zoom, mixing distance and speed and so on. But now: very good! One little point however is still in my wishes: I would like to have an ever lower setting that 12 --- maybe I may ask for "9"?! 👀 Don't ask me why --- I am just used to this since maaaaany years and I just like it, to see the surrounding landscape when driving... 🚗🏁

Danke, VG, NG.

[devemux86]

@Maverikk65 Thanks for the support!

In the panel I get the next gas station. I don't need this (normally), can I disable this icon?

You can select the visible POI panels in "Settings | Navigation | Widgets | Points of interest".

Or use the search function in the settings and search for "fuel".

I would like to have an ever lower setting that 12 --- maybe I may ask for "9"?!

We can set a smaller limit in the min auto zoom setting in the next version.

[Maverikk65]

@Maverikk65 Thanks for the support!

In the panel I get the next gas station. I don't need this (normally), can I disable this icon?

You can select the visible POI panels in "Settings | Navigation | Widgets | Points of interest".
Thank you! I would have never found this on my own 👀🙈🤷‍♂️

I would like to have an ever lower setting that 12 --- maybe I may ask for "9"?!
We can set a smaller limit in the min auto zoom setting in the next version.
So many thanks! I used my tablet yesterday for navigation and it is sooo fine now! (Of course, driving with car). 🚗🏁