Hi all!
This week, we got a lovely update for MyRoute-app coming your way
A massive shoutout to Joost is well deserved He works in the dark to serve the light! And he definitely brings to light to all MRA users with this update. After a lot of technical coding
we are proud to present this smashing 4.3.0 update: project Sync!
Sync all your routes
Sync? What is sync? According to the oxford dictionary:
in (or out of) sync working well (or badly) together; in (or out of) agreement.
With this update, the app will sync well with the website.
Meaning that all your routes will be magically synced across both platforms
You can sync all your routes or choose an individual route to be synced.
When a route (or all for that matter) is marked as syncable, any changes made to that route in the app, will be uploaded to the website. Or when the route is modified on the website, it will be automatically updated on your phone
By doing so, all your routes will be available in the app all the time and most important of all, they are up to date
Therefore the downloads folder now no longer contains your own routes.
You also can't download your own routes as you were used to. Just sync them and you are ready to go!
Groups / events / friends are not synced or available offline by default. You will still need to download these yourself and yes, they can be found in your downloads.
Conflict handling
What if you made changes in the app and on the website? How do we select the right one to save? We don't! You do
Conflicts are automatically detected and you are forced to resolve these in the app.
Restyling information screen
To facilitate the offline availability of all your routes, the information screen has been modified too!
A cleaner look and besides that the following options have been added:
- Share link to route
- Show QR code for easy access
- Mark route to be synced
- Delete
Map styles navigation
This one will make a lot of people very, very happy!
The HERE map lacked some detail. Sad but true
A weird development how all major map suppliers changed their colour scheme to be less rich in contrast.
Head over to the map styling section and be amazed! We offer 3 different colour themes and 6 editions! Are you oriented on logistical roads, we got your back! Want to use the old colour scheme? Try out "Wong"
Map configuration
We all enjoy styling / customising the map. More settings have been added!
- Allow showing elevation differences in map (only for explore & topographic)
- Change width / opacity of the displayed lines
- Change scaling of POI icons shown on the map
- Larger range of allowed zoom / tilt adjustments
Elevation difference? Is that noticeable?
Oh hell yeah! (old / 3d / 2d). I mean, just look at it
Improvements generated routes
Did you ever generate a nice route? Did you ever want to save / share that? I guess both apply to you but you could never achieve the second
An issue that is no more!
Generate a route and with the touch of a button, you can share the same configuration to your buddy. As this is a QR code, we expect the person that scans it, to be in the same location as you
If not, just save the route! Then you can share the route and it will work too.
Minor changes
- Improved Spanish translations thanks to active MRA user Ramon C.L.
- GPX files can be uploaded to MRA simply by opening them with the app
- You can now switch between imperial and metric directly from the app
- Fixed issue where some users could not use the search
- Fixed issue that caused people from Luxemburg to not be able to save their tracklog
- General textual improvements
- Added information popups to complicated settings
- HERE SDK updated to newest version
Wrapup
If this isn't a great update, I don't know what else we can do!
Hopefully you all enjoy this update. After this update we will do another iteration concerning the app stability. Minor new features will also be added such as automatically starting your route at the nearest marker or locking your screen
Cheers,
Corjan