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[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
I have updated the first post of this thread. It was totally outdated. If you want to help contributing with a better description of the app, please send me an email with your ideas! I'm not the best one describing what it can do. :o

Here are the new pics I updated:
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
New update!

2.19.0

- Now you can take photos directly from the map.

hey guys, if you have any suggestions for new features, don't hesitate about posting them here!
[Android Apps and Games] webvan:
Thanks for a great app, a few questions/suggestions that I'll number for easier reference :

1. could there be a way to start a new track with an SMS command and auto-name it ?

2; a setting to reenable the guide pop-ups once they've been dismissed?

3. For cloud sharing it seems that invitations are :

- session based, i.e. you close TrackMe your friend's position won't appear any more ? I found that if you send yourself the received invitation it works again ;)

- you can only view one invitation at a time, i.e. if you receive a new invitation then you can't see the position of the previous friend if he's invitation based only ?

A way to fix that would be to great "groups" maybe or in the meantime to allow multiple invitations to be viewable ?

4. Could there be an option to send a text message in case "Motion Recording" gets activated ?

5. On top of "Motion Recording" could there be "Distance Recording", i.e. if you move by more than X meters, tracking starts.

Thanks again!
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
webvan,

Thanks for your suggestions.

Yes, I think that should ok to do. I will add it for the next version.

Not a problem.

That must a bug. I'll take a look. Once you have received an invitation, you should always be able to see that person, unless you have reinstalled the app. And you should also

be able to see several people who have sent you an invitation at the same time.

In what cases do you that think that could be useful? That could also send too many text messages.

I like that idea! I will add it to the to-do list.

Thanks again for all your ideas!
[Android Apps and Games] webvan:
Thanks for the quick reply and for showing interest in my suggestion ;)

For the SMS in case of a movement (motion or distance based) it would be a way to alert the person following you that you've started moving and are on your way back for instance. It would probably make sense to be able to activate it with a remote SMS command. You're right though it would only send 1 (or two) messages before stopping to avoid flooding !
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
It makes sense. I will add first the other features you requested and I'll think a way to do this.

By the way, I would like to add geofence in the future , where you can define areas on your map and notify by messages when you get in or out from those areas.

The old TrackMe for WM already had this feature.
[Android Apps and Games] webvan:
I think I remember this from the Windows Mobile version, those were the days ;)

Thanks again !
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Thanks for using the app since then!
[Android Apps and Games] webvan:
Hehe...no one's getting any younger I suppose !

I can confirm that I have to resend the cloudsharing invitation for it to appear on the map again. Would it be possible to show the speed and possibly direction of the "cloud person" ? Even better, a track of the last X positions ? The tracking website is great but it's a bit difficult to use on a smartphone.
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
I still need to test that cloud sharing problem. I'll post here any results.

I think adding the speed and direction is a great idea. I will add it to the to-do list. Showing the last X positions I'm afraid is kind of difficult right now.
[Android Apps and Games] webvan:
Still looking forward to the update ;) Would be happy to help with any beta testing!
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Sorry for the lack of updates. I'm taking a break for the summer, but just yesterday I started doing a few things. Next update will include some of your requests. :good:
[Android Apps and Games] webvan:
Sounds good, thanks !
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
New update!

2.20.0

- You can send text messages to create new routes.

- Text messages can be sent from TrackMe when a recording has started due to motion.

- Display overlays on the map for existing routes.

- POI locations are now displayed with a star icon on the map.

- Nearby markers will be shown at lower levels of zoom.

- Added button to reenable guide pop-ups (About section)

- Fix: Cloud sharing invitations were not being saved correctly.

Enjoy!
[Android Apps and Games] webvan:
Thanks for the update! I think I looked everywhere but couldn't find the first two new features, can you tell me how to access them?

I'd been meaning to ask about the sharing options too, where you mention shortening, is that for the one-time location sharing from the main menu? At one I thought it would create a direct link on your server,so the route could be shared with someone at home on a PC, would that be possible?
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
1. Settings->SMS tracking Settings->Create new route (keep in mind that you may need to scroll to see this option)

2. Settings->Motion recording->Start Recording->Send Text message

It's every time that share your location, so instead of sending something like this in the text http://maps.google.com/maps?t=h&q=loc:36.218590,-76.137381&z=17 ,

it will send something like http://tinyurl.com/H423GJK

However I just tested it and tinyurl.com seems to fail now. Maybe I should try to use a different provider.
[Android Apps and Games] webvan:
Thanks for the tips, found them !

Maybe for a future version an option in "SMS tracking settings" to activate/deactivate sending an SMS on motion ?
[Android Apps and Games] yanyan0505:
This is quite cool. I will try it out.
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
It's still on my to-do list. It's a little bit more complicated so that's why I haven't implemented it yet.
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Thanks! Don't hesitate about asking if you have any questions about the app!
[Android Apps and Games] ndenny:
Trial version expired

Hi Lem

About 10 days ago, the app stopped running saying trial version expired.

I went in about > unlimited recording, but it says I already have this option.

Which should be correct as I had paid $4.99 recently.

So I uninstalled and reinstalled and all seems ok now. However the option for unlimited recording is no longer there.

Have I been scammed in some way?

Hopefully you have received the payment and not some scammer.

Thanks

Nick
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Hi Nick,

I checked and I found your payment so it should be fine. I need to check, but I think the option disappears once you have bought it (I think after you restart the app).

I don't think you will have a problem, but if for any reason one day you see the popup saying that it has expired, let me know.

Regards
[Android Apps and Games] webvan:
New version working well so far, cloud invitations are persistent now. One problem I'm having is that after clicking on an old recording to see it on the map but now I can't hide it and each time I open the map it zooms on that route?
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
If you have a route selected and you click on the globe icon, it will zoom on that route.

If you dont' want that, you can either add a new route name, or enable the option inside the map "Center on current location" on the top right.

I haven't changed how it used to work. It should be the same way.
[Android Apps and Games] webvan:
Thanks, starting a new route does the trick.
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
New update

2.21.0

- Now you can select your own background image (Settings->Look and Feel)
[Android Apps and Games] webvan:
Thanks for the update, must admit that in some cases the texte messages were a bit hard to read with the default background ;)
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
I agree. And I have to admit that I'm still not convinced with the main screen... In the future I would like to redesign it to show a more modern display like the apps you find nowadays.
[Android Apps and Games] CaLiRiUs:
Hi guys,

I love it, as it works perfectly. I was just wondering if the sms send position - function also can work when the gps-phone ( the phone that has the app, and needs to be located) is turned off, but with battery charged.

As the phone i am using only stays on for 2 days and i wanted to use it, as a gps tracker in my luggage, just in case they loose it longer than 2 days (which happened before), it might work longer, if the phone is turned off.

Hope there is some kind of auto-gps/sms function while off, or is this just impossible?

Cheers,

CaLiRiUs
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Hi CaLiRiUs,

I'm glad you like the app.

I'm not sure if I understand your question completely. Do you mean that if the tracked phone is off when if receives the sms message, should it return the position as soon as it's turn back on? If so, it should, but I think on some phones this doesn't work. I need to do more testing.
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
New update

2.21.1

- TrackMe will restart and continue recording automatically if OS kills the app because of low memory.
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
2.22.0

- Added option to search for routes by name or comments.
[Android Apps and Games] webvan:
Thanks, nice to have all these updates ;)

On the cloud sharing, could a tap/long press show the Lat/Long position in DD.ddddd with an option to add a marker? Also maybe showing the speed and if there has been any movement for X minutes.
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Do you mean when you click on a person's icon?

Something I plan to do is to add speed and direction for persons on the map. Speed is easy, but I haven't found a nice way to show the direction yet.
[Android Apps and Games] webvan:
Yes when you click on the icon of the person. For direction maybe you could show a track of X minutes? Recent positions are already saved on the server?
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Only the last position is stored on the server, but the client maybe could keep track of that instead. Let's see what I can do.
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
New Update

2.24.0

New: Backup and restore local database (Under Debugging & Backup settings)

Fixed: Choosing a SD card to select or save files could crash TrackMe.

Other fixes.
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
New update

2.25.0

- Backup and restore settings.

- Disable hints ('About' window)

- Zoom in and out using the volume buttons on the map.

- Exporting a route to the TrackMe server will not fail if a position times out.

- Weather fixes.
[Android Apps and Games] rgiturria:
GPS Tracker

I want to get data from a SMS chip located in the GPS Tracker of my car. I think the way is through Stealth mode, but I can not get info. Some experience?
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
New update

2.26.0

- Add an image or marker by long pressing volume buttons.

- Zoom works better now by pressing volume buttons.

- Fixed: Speed in Live stats would not update if positions were not valid.

- Fixed: Taking a picture in landscape mode could cause the camera to restart.
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
New Update

3.0

-TrackMe has been updated to Nougat. This will let the app to use newer features.

- Map dragging has been improved and it's more intuitive.

- Fixed weird error about positions not displayed accurately on the map.

- Other bug fixes.

If you notice something that has stopped working and it used to, please let me know.

It's possible that because of the Nougat update something could have stopped working properly.
[Android Apps and Games] Yom:
TrackMe server under Windows IIS?

Hi _LEM_,

Awesome sauce app!

Thank you for it! Is there a way to run the private TrackMe server under IIS on WIndows server 2012?

Gracias!
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Thanks for your comments!

I remember that long time ago somebody wrote something to support IIS with ASP pages but I don't know if it was ever completed.

Unfortunately I've been trying to find the post but I couldn't. I had the impression it was located here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=477394 but I can't find it. Sorry about that.
[Android Apps and Games] donthateme702:
_LEM_ the mobiletrackme.com site isn't working? Just tried 5 minutes ago.

Sent from my Z987 using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
donthateme702,

I'm not related to that site. At some point, TrackMe was acquired by them and helped with the development but that was many years ago.

The only site I maintain is http://luisespinosa.com/trackme
[Android Apps and Games] nikosssss:
hello to all! can anyone tell me how the server can turn to privet mode.??thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
You can modify this setting in the Config.php file

// Public Page Access (yes or no)

$public_page = "no";
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
NEW UPDATE!!

3.1

New:

- Altitude and max altitude are now shown under Realtime Stats.

- Speed is now included when clicking on a marker on the map.

- Minimum Distance and Minimum Time intervals have been increased.

- Added option in the settings menu to check the current weather conditions at any time.

Fixed:

- When recording via a SMS message, on some phones messages could be ignored.

- GPX Overlays. Error when selecting an existing route if you are recording.
[Android Apps and Games] webvan:
Thanks for the update !
[Android Apps and Games] ndenny:
Hi Lem

Thanks again for awesome app.

I'm still getting advertising even after donating, and when I try "remove adverts" I get the error saying item is already owned.

Also, battery usage on the app has risen hugely over the last week or so. Track me is using nearly 50%.

I'm using v3.00.0 on a Samsung Galaxy S6.

Thanks again

Nick
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
What's the minimum distance that you have in your settings?

The icon will disappear to save battery. That's in completely handled by the OS.

Actually the SDK doesn't recommend to have a minimum time less than 60s.

However it should work when using 10 seconds, but you will not receive anything unless you move the minimum distance you have specified in your settings.
[Android Apps and Games] lemassykoi:
shame on me :D

I didn't take care of minimal distance... I set it up on 50 meters, but during my test, i was static... will try on a real trip, thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Not a problem. Hope everything works ok when you test it outside.
[Android Apps and Games] khaytsus:
LEM,

Awesome, glad to see this come to Android now. I've been running my (customized) server uploading data from my BT Bluetooth tracklogger for a few years now, but it'll be nice to be able to do realtime tracking again as needed. Been doing it with Tasker but it doesn't do that well for constant uploads.

Will give you some more feedback once I run it a bit, but one suggestion.. While it's tracking, you might (optionally) put up a notification. Maybe make it update every so often, maybe show when it started, maybe something like distance travelled or something might be useful but not a big deal. Launch TrackMe when tapped, etc.

It'd also be very nice in the future to be able to control TrackMe from Tasker, which really just listening for some intents.. Start, Stop tracking.. maybe set/get track name?
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
khaytsus,

Glad to see you back!

I like your suggestions and I will add them to the to-do list.

I will contact you when I start working on that so you can give me more details.
[Android Apps and Games] PuppeJuputti:
Now I got some issues with stopped tracking. I'll send you some description and log later today.

One suggestion: how about implementing exit -button to program --> service would run until exiting? Just like Endomondo does.

I have to say, that is great to be Trackme -user again!
[Android Apps and Games] martinr63:
Hi LEM,

the timeout for uploading is very short. I testet today a trip and 37 of 78 Points where stored offline. I got then a TimeoutException after 3 seconds.

An other problem seems to be, when I got for a longer time no valid GPS Position, the service was killed.

Can we see your to-do list somewhere?

Martin
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Thanks for the suggestion. I will take a look to Endomondo to see how it does it.
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Ok, I will increase it to maybe 10 seconds or I will make it customizable.

Regarding the second problem, are you sure you were tracking? I have tried TrackMe indoors with no GPS reception and doing all kind of things with my phone and it never got killed. If you tell me what you do exactly to have it killed I can try on mine.

I will post the to-do list once I have it completed. Right now I only have the items that you guys are suggesting by email or in the forums. The whole to-do list should include the functionality that the old TrackMe has.
[Android Apps and Games] khaytsus:
408595 entries in my trackme database.. Just me in it. :D Have a a few live KML's that let me view data on the fly in Google Earth, a few accessory scripts, etc.. Tasker uploads into it and my GPS track logger uploads into it (via a script). Use it to geotag every photo I take, etc.

So I've been making great use of the database, even after dumping WM 20 months ago or so. :)

BTW, one thing I noticed last night... It almost always ditches the first GPS datapoint then it's a minute or two before it grabs a new one. But what I've noticed is almost as soon as the GPS comes on (the notification for it shows up) TrackMe tries to grab a datapoint. Normally I see in other apps the GPS come on and the app waits for a few seconds. Not sure if it's an artificial wait, or some different call? Although the API for getting GPS data is pretty straightforward. Just seems like it's acting different.

I'll give it a go on the way to work today to see if it ever dies... I run Waze and GasBuddy on top of the normal stuff I run, and often most other stuff gets kiilled.. Be interesting to see if TrackMe survives, resumes, etc.
[Android Apps and Games] martinr63:
I was tracking, leaved my car and went in my office. After ca. 2 hours I took the phone and would start uploading the offline positions. The GPS-symbol was not there and a new track was startet after activating the app (autotrack enabled).

P.S. if you need a german translator, I would like to do it
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
In my case it takes a while before getting a fix from the GPS. However if you have checked 'WiFi and Cell network' under Source, you will get a position right away. I cannot really control that. Basically as soon as I get an event with a new location I will process it.

Thanks for that. It seems some users are having issues with this. So far I haven't been able to reproduce it with my phone (Samsung Galaxy S) If you have also this problem and find a way to reproduce it please let me know.
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Thanks for the feedback. In my case I have left it tracking overnight inside my house and the OS didn't kill it. Do you know of any other GPS apps that don't get killed under those circumstances? I will keep doing some testing here.

And thanks for offering to do the German translation. I will definitely contact you about this when I start supporting multiple languages.
[Android Apps and Games] khaytsus:
If I stop/start again, it gets it. But never gets the first try. Although I am inside, so it's probably just timing out...

No problems on the way into work today, stuff that'd normally send some apps home crying it stayed running. I'll keep giving it a workout, but so far so good. :)
[Android Apps and Games] martinr63:
Hi LEM,

I've tried it today again:

startet tracking at 05:59:27

The last Position stored was 06:35:01

It seems, this happens indoor and outdoor.

[2011-11-15 05:59:27] onCreate
[2011-11-15 05:59:27] onStart
[2011-11-15 05:59:27] onRestoreInstanceState
[2011-11-15 05:59:27] onResume
[2011-11-15 06:00:09] onSaveInstanceState
[2011-11-15 06:00:09] onPause
[2011-11-15 06:00:09] onStop
[2011-11-15 06:00:09] Session saved.
[2011-11-15 07:39:58] onCreate

You asked about a GPS apps that don't get killed. I'am using Open GPSTracker. This seems to have a restart method, I see sometimes the message "Logging started" while it is running

Martin

P.S. my phone is a Samsung Galaxy S2 with latest Samsung Firmware and root
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Last night I worked on this and instead of using a background service I switched it to a foreground service which is not supposed to get killed by the OS in normal circumstances.

Do you think you guys can give it a try? Check the attached file.

martinr63,

That log may not mean that the service got killed. It shows that the activity was killed but the service could still be running. However if you were tracking and getting positions and suddenly stopped then it could be the case.

This new version that I'm posting should also log the GPS fixes.
[Android Apps and Games] khaytsus:
BTW, not sure if you changed certs or what, but this won't install without uninstalling the market version. failure: [INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_INCONSISTENT_CERTIFICATE] is the error. Could also happen on the flip side, if this is installed, market version will fail to install.
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
oh yes... It's the first time that I do this. I guess I have to sign the apk file.

I'll post it in a second.
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
ok, try the attached file again.
[Android Apps and Games] PuppeJuputti:
That version installed just fine and with short testing it seems that there's no that crash/kill issue anymore. Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
That's strange. I would try to uninstall it and install it again (you can do a backup of your settings and routes first)

Regarding the battery usage it really depends on what you are doing. How often you are recording, sources used... If it was working before it should be something

has changed on your phone or TrackMe settings. You should double check that it's really TrackMe who is doing that.

By the way, TrackMe 3.1 went out a couple of weeks ago. You should try to update first.
[Android Apps and Games] flisterd:
is cloud sharing intended to work like

glympse.com

i can no longer fully use glympse since they switched from mapquest to google maps requiring Google apps
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
I have never used glympse so I don't know. With cloud sharing on TrackMe you share your position publicly or privately. Your position will be displayed

on the map in realtime for other TrackMe users to see. You can also enable this feature by sending a text message from another phone.
[Android Apps and Games] btauch:
Can not read distance/time

With a recent upgrade, I am not able to see current time and distance. The bottom menu on the realtime stats page covers the distance and total time numbers. Using LGL44VL running android 5.1.1.
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
You're right. If your phone has a smaller screen, it won't show up. I spent a long time trying to make it scrollable, but I couldn't make it to work. I'll keep trying. Thanks for letting me know. Sorry about that.
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
UPDATE

Bug fixes:

- Checking weather could cause the app to crash.

- When showing certain fields (e.g. Speed) decimals could overlap on images.
[Android Apps and Games] chezandrei:
Sourcecode

Is there a way that we can get the source code files for the Android app? Thanks in advance!
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Sorry the TrackMe app is not open source. You can get the source of the Web Viewer though. It was written by the community.