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[G1 Android Development] Brut.all:
Yeah, I remember about that :-)

Sqlite would be great, but I must test its efficiency for BLOB data. GM has its own cache too, and it doesn't use sqlite, but some custom format: /data/data/brut.googlemaps/files/DATA_Tiles* files.

I think best performance solution is one big file with concatenated binary data + index of offsets (sqlite preferably). Then I would be able to even use memory mapping and AFAIR Mobile Atlas Creator supports several such formats.

What device/ROM? I'm just curious :-)

Yeah, as you can see in description: it is for turn symbols. For now you must decide, which of these things (symbols or French language) is more important for you :-)

If anyone has some feature request, then he can ask - I have less and less to do ;-) I had several requests for map caching, I thought it will be wowed by everyone, but seems nearly nobody cares :-) Maybe most of these requests were about navigation, not normal maps. I want to add navigation caching, have even some idea for route caching, but it would be a waste of time, if people wouldn't need these features.
[G1 Android Development] canadiancow:
Brut.all, I experienced an issue yesterday, twice.

I was driving from Waterloo, ON, Canada to Toronto, ON, Canada, and all along the 401, The top green bar showed something like:

Stay on 401 blah blah blah blah 50km [arrow] Take the exit blah blah blah

The text was tiny. The arrow was tiny. It was completely useless, because I could not read it. This was in landscape mode on my Nexus One.

Driving from Toronto to Oakville a bit later, I had the same issue, but it was the 403 or 407 instead of the 401.

The problem here is that this is worse than nothing. Without your street name and arrow enhancement, I could see how far away I was from my text turn. With this issue, the "50km" was so small I couldn't read it.
[G1 Android Development] doggie123:
Brut, great work!

Same here, if I try to download it using my HTC Desire. The download link only works correctly on my PC.

Brut, could you try to find a download service that works with the Android browser? It would be more convenient to download it using the phone, instead of waiting for my PC to boot and then having to copy it manually to the SD card. Which I can only do when I'm at home.

Thanks!
[G1 Android Development] edouard4321:
Thank you Brut for your explanation. I hope in the next version this language/turn issue will be over.
[G1 Android Development] Brut.all:
I have tried many services, but each of them caused some problems: files were removed after some time or cause of copyright reasons. uploaded.to is best that I found, but if you now better, then I will try it :-)

This isn't that easy, I must guess turn symbols somehow. But I have some idea :-)
[G1 Android Development] Maelfus:
Re: [APPMOD][08.05.10] Brut Google Maps 4.1.1.4156-brut10

Rapidshare works if you use skyfire
[G1 Android Development] zszen:
I'm also cm5beta but no buzz.
[G1 Android Development] copy.cat:
I have try that over and over again, and it seems to be okay now.

I do not know what action cause the the MT fail, keep trying to figure it out.
[G1 Android Development] 5m00v3r:
like i always wrote:
[G1 Android Development] pascanu:
[don't know if it's usefull]

Works for me. Using v 4.1.1-brut9 (#4156) on Desire (stock Eclair). I'm also in Romania, english locale.
[G1 Android Development] bjtheone:
I have seen this as well. Also happened on a road that Google considers highway. Perhaps something strange going on with their formating/font resizing code....

I wonder if the official Google Nav directions are shorter/formatted differently so you never get long strings.
[G1 Android Development] zerodude:
Thank you Brut.all for all your hard work! MUCH appreciated! Took on a new role at work and am now based in Malaysia, and I must say your International Navigation is a LIFESAVER.

That aside, yup, the font resizing thing is happening here as well. And if you think your road names are long, check out the road names here, all in Bahasa Malayu (read: Long. REALLY long). And the roads. Gosh. Apparently the design virtues of simplicity and consistency are not what the transport planners are looking for here.
[G1 Android Development] canadiancow:
I saw the issue again.

Stay on Take the exit blah blah blah blah 50km (ARROW) Take the exit blah blah blah

It's definitely something strange.

Yes, the official ones are formatted much better. When Navigation worked in Canada last fall, I used it enough to see how good it was.
[G1 Android Development] doggie123:
Excellent, bookmarked it! :-)
[G1 Android Development] truthlesshero:
i'm just wondeirng a few things...

do we just install the app and that's it? i've tried other mods to get google nav working in canada (i have the milestone) and I had to do some kind of funky things with teh google maps already installed...do i need to uninstall/install anything else other than the apk?

and i saw that the caching the maps on the SD card is something coming up...but will using this with navlauncher cache the maps? (i've seen taht suggested in other forums)

thanks!
[G1 Android Development] Brut.all:
Just install like any other app :-)

If you tried these other mods several months ago, then: yes, it was needed to do some hacking earlier.

NavLauncher just starts Google Maps and has nothing to do with it then. So caching will work normally.

Where did you saw this suggestion?

And I added it to first post. Thanks, 5m00v3r! :-)
[G1 Android Development] truthlesshero:
thanks for the quick reply brut.all!

i saw that suggestion from...i have no clue

i think it was an old post from one the million of android forums out there

so if caching works on the sd card... (i've never used google nav)..do we need to hit an extra option to activate it? the reason i avoided it is because i didn't want it to just eat up my data...so i was just looking for a way to minimize the data use by using google nav

edit: also, does it have voice navigation? hehe

edit: i just got the "application not installed" error when i tried installing it =-\
[G1 Android Development] Brut.all:
Hah, you should know, that I added this caching feature just 2 days ago ;-) And I never heard about anyone else, who makes GM mod.

Yes, you must enable it first and this is written in a FAQ in first post:

It is in early stage. If you are so worried about bills, then you could wait a little and I think you will have possibility to download whole area around you in a home :-)

Voices in navigation are broken. And map is different when navigating (vector, not image) - it is not cached for know. I'm working on it.

Do you have and know, how to use adb? These GUI installers don't give any information. It could be simple "you don't have enough space", but you don't know about it :-/

EDIT:

Don't edit posts again and again, goddamnit! ;-)
[G1 Android Development] truthlesshero:
haha, sorry for the edits...i refreshed before editing to see if there were any replies, hehe

i do have enough space...i can use adb, but i don't have root, just in case i do need it

i just checked my installed programs, and it is there and it does open as [brut] maps...so i'm assuming it's installed?

i just have to go out driving to see how accurate it is and if the gps/nav works
[G1 Android Development] crimsondr:
Turn by turn voice instructions not working?

Hi all,

I'm trying to use this with the car dock. I see the turn by turn instructions on screen. When I plug the phone into dock it doesn't give me voice instructions every time. The voice instructions happen sporadically.

Does anyone get this? I haven't actually tried it without the dock so I don't know if the dock is the issue or not.
[G1 Android Development] Brut.all:
Yes, it is. Modded version has modified icon and name.

What rom do you have? Some custom roms have my mod installed by default. That would explain, why you can't install it.

Just read first post:
[G1 Android Development] crimsondr:
Oops, sorry didn't notice that.

And thanks for the quick reply!

This issue is really irrelevant for me since I always mute the sound anyway. Just annoyed that my new toy didn't work 100% :D
[G1 Android Development] Brut.all:
Really? It's great that it works anyhow - it does something, that shouldn't be possible ;-)

And there are more issues: lack of some turn symbols, too long directions in top bar, directions in English only. Doing miracles has its cost ;-)
[G1 Android Development] crimsondr:
I've noticed some of these. I look forward to your fixes! :D

Great work so far!
[G1 Android Development] truthlesshero:
i don't have any custom mods installed...my phone is not rooted..

i know of the brazilian way to root for my canadian milestone, but i'm going to wait until 2.1 is out so that there might be a more "proper" way to root it

it never gave me the "installation is complete" message...just the non-complete message...but what can i say, the icon is there, the program opens and when i click "navigation" i hve the "navigation [brut]" option...so it seems to have installed successfully, regardless of the message i got...

now to test it, get the maps/route cached and voice working and this will be el perfecto

thanks again for all the work you've done on this mod
[G1 Android Development] bjtheone:
All right Canadiancow.... I am siding with you now... lets just kill them all

Crimsondr, If you read the OP and all the nice information provided you would see that VOICE INSTRUCTIONS DO NOT WORK!!!!! This is clearly spelled out.

If you bothered to read much more than a couple of posts you would see that this question has been already answered more than a few times. You would even find out why it does not work, and due to the reason, that it is rather unlikely to ever work.

I'll go back to giggling in a corner now, having sufficiently refresh my memory of why I never ever want to do user support again.
[G1 Android Development] canadiancow:
A few people are reporting that Google Maps (Brut's version and the official) are having issues "finding satellites". I know how GPS works, so I find this hard to believe, but I was wondering if anyone else has seen this issue recently.
[G1 Android Development] 5m00v3r:
for me here in germany it´s all ok with finding the satelites but sometimes it happens that it takes up to a minute... but only sometimes so it´s really okay
[G1 Android Development] RdKetchup:
No GPS problem with Brut8 and 9. I haven't tried 10 yet.
[G1 Android Development] :No-Frost::
Yesterday it took a little bit to grab the signal... But a couple of minutes and everything was functioning how it suppossed to be... So Actually I belive might be a satellite issue and not an app related issue...
[G1 Android Development] zerodude:
Nope. My guess for those having problems getting the GPS fix. The problem is ROM-related, not Google Maps/Brut.all related. You guys are probably using CM-test2 or something. This issue is fixed in CM-test3 already.
[G1 Android Development] canadiancow:
No one here is having the issue. I'm looking at Market reviews for Google Maps. The people who would leave those reviews there are not the type of people who would know what "rooting" is. It's a widespread issue that people have attributed to GMM 4.1.1, but I want to know what the actual cause is.

I suppose a poor implementation of a LocationListener could cause the issue, but I'm not sure.
[G1 Android Development] Epedemic:
FYI: 4.2 is out on market. Facebook sharing and photos in search results are among the new stuff...
[G1 Android Development] petoulachi:
Yeah I'm in the same case.

Something can be done so we, liquid users, can have MT on maps ? :)
[G1 Android Development] Brut.all:
Try to pull /system/framework/framework.jar file from CM build and push it to your Liquid in the same place. Backup first!
[G1 Android Development] petoulachi:
Where should I find this framework.jar file ?

I'm sorry I'm quite noobish in the android community :o

Edit : ok I guess you were talking about Cyanogen Mod, download it now and test it !
[G1 Android Development] Brut.all:
I'm attaching file pulled from latest CyanogenMod.

1. Make full backup of your Android system!

2. Download and unpack attached file.

3. From the same directory run:

adb remount
adb push framework.jar /system/framework/

4. Reboot.

This is higher-level Java code, so maybe it will work on Liquid as well, but I don't really know. And if not, you may have to restore from backup.
[G1 Android Development] petoulachi:
Ok too bad my liquid does not boot using the framework.jar from CM. Well I guess I'll have to wait for my liquid community to update the framework.jar.

Thanks for your help !
[G1 Android Development] Klyentel:
Im quite sure there are 101 ways to do everything, ADB, terminal codes, Root explorers etc.

but the easiest to me is using Root Manager, it has option to un-install system apps- and reboot control...two clicks and the original GM is gone

Then I used Root Manager to install. Once click to put system in Read/write..another to install apk. Done.

Couldn't of took 4min total. 4 clicks. Simple. For those not into typing commands or plugging in your phone to PC to ADB a simple apk, I'd suggest looking into getting Root access apps like root manager, root explorer, and su file manager(that one is kickass advanced, does it all, probably won't need the other 2:cool:) However none of them are free...but all of em' are cheap.

I'm talking to noobs by the way, I'm sure advanced users are familiar....But you guys will be surprised how many people view these threads daily rooting their phone, downloading stuff and gathering info, that are not even members!
[G1 Android Development] Brut.all:
Nice! :-)

I found it on androlid.com, but don't see it in Market :-/ Is it protected app or what?

If someone knows good free app of that kind, I will add it into instructions in first post.
[G1 Android Development] Klyentel:
don't know of any free ones buddy....sorry:(

I've had it for a while, didn't notice it was no longer in the market, no wonder I haven't gotten any updates lately
[G1 Android Development] paolobonvini:
major works perfectly even in Italy ....... I wanted to know if you can enable multitouch also on nexus!!
[G1 Android Development] Brut.all:
I thought there is MT on Nexus even in original Maps?
[G1 Android Development] :No-Frost::
Would it be possible to make a map without the - and + buttons???
[G1 Android Development] :No-Frost::
I was trying to use the street map view in this version of maps... But I can't found that option...
[G1 Android Development] neok44:
any updates on getting the bugs fixed?
[G1 Android Development] xaueious:
Would this still work on cupcake?
[G1 Android Development] Brut.all:
No, Google Maps >= 3.2.0 (AFAIR) requires Donut.
[G1 Android Development] NeoBlade:
Installed version 4 on OpenEclair 1.2.1 and it works like a charm. Many thanks to the devs and look forward to any other enhancements if and when they come along ^_^
[G1 Android Development] :No-Frost::
Anybody knows how to get the Street View available in version 4???
[G1 Android Development] Brut.all:
Long press somewhere, address will appear, click on it, choose street view. Works for me.
[G1 Android Development] :No-Frost::
Trying it right now... Tell you soon how it goes...

That did it =D... Thanks a lot =D...
[G1 Android Development] Brut.all:
! Thanks for info :-)

Ok, we will see, how hard porting of these mods will be :-)
[G1 Android Development] canadiancow:
Brut.all, 4.2.0 is out. Mod it please :p
[G1 Android Development] :No-Frost::
Go Go Go Brut!!!!!! In Brut we trust :D :D :D :D
[G1 Android Development] truthlesshero:
just a quick note on the "gps" problems canadiancow was mentioning...

I had a little bit of problems with locating GPS satellites (very small town in NB Canada)

i have to go outside or in my car for a minute or two before it latches on...(as with a lot of people, it doesn't catch AT ALL if i'm in or within a few feet of my house)

the biggest problem is after the GPS satellites finds me..but i think it's software-related

sygic is almost spot on with my location (but it doesn't have a nice GUI and the maps are good, but not the best)

however, the more friendly GUI and common copilot live is always off by about 100 feet...which may not seem that bad, but when you're driving, it's about a block off, so it thinks i either passed the turn i was supposed to make or made a turn too early

contacted copilot support about it, they said to reboot the phone (hard reboot)

but it didn't fix it...

i loved copilot if it worked right, but the main reason to get a gps is for navigation...so i've been with sygic, despite a few missing roads and not as aesthetically pleasing

that's why i'm hoping this mod will work and that we will eventually be able to cache maps..('i'll still test it out in areas where I don't need too much data, hehe)

how much data does a trip of...let's say 1 hour take? anyone know?
[G1 Android Development] canadiancow:
What the ****. WHAT THE ****.

They stole Nav Launcher...

What the ****...
[G1 Android Development] Brut.all:
Banned it from the Market?

EDIT:

What do you mean? Who stole it?
[G1 Android Development] 5m00v3r:
wft is going on?!?

no it´s still in the market...
[G1 Android Development] canadiancow:
Look at the changelog for 4.2.0
[G1 Android Development] 5m00v3r:
i really don´t know what you mean...
[G1 Android Development] Brut.all:
He means "Search by voice" ;-P

In 4.3 they will stole "my" maps caching ;-D

EDIT

And that was quite probable they will add it soon.
[G1 Android Development] Brut.all:
@canadiancow

Don't worry. This new icon in Launcher gives me "Google Maps Navigation is not yet available in this location." error and then it closes :-)
[G1 Android Development] canadiancow:
You're both missing it.

http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2010/05/google-maps-for-android-gets-biking.html

Read the bottom half.
[G1 Android Development] 5m00v3r:
:-) ROFL okay now i´m with you

but navlauncher is so much more... i´ve never tested the voice search part

@canadiancow i´m still looking forward to your new ui :D

EDIT:

OH holy crap! Now i´ve seen it!

I hope you will keep going on :-(
[G1 Android Development] canadiancow:
I'm in a lecture right now, but I'm going to look into copyright law when I get home, and possibly send a letter to Google's legal department.

I find it very hard to believe that they weren't inspired by my application.
[G1 Android Development] Brut.all:
@scootley

If you read this, I want to apologize you for my reaction few pages ago. I think you was right.

I criticized your idea, because I was thinking that it isn't fair to modify version of someone's else software, but I simply missed the fact, that versionCode isn't for humans, but for computers. It's not for humans, so shouldn't be treated as "normal version", I shouldn't think about your idea as about "version hijacking". And it's for computers, so it has its responsibilities i.e. Android assumption is that packageName + versionCode identifies something uniquely. It doesn't matter whether there actually are some "weirdnesses" - the fact that I break Android assumptions is enough.

Once again sorry for my closed mind and rudeness, thanks for your idea. I will probably use it in next version of my mod :-)

About GPS: I just ignore these issue reports. It's unbelievable what some people have in their minds. They know Maps were created by Google, but they report normal feature requests and issues to me.

Ahh and I just discovered, that this directions-to-contact-issue, which was discussed long ago, is issue of original Maps :-) Hah, I was WTFing, because I had no idea, why my modifications might break something like that. Now I know: they don't :-)

And I must say I'm disappointed with 4.2 version. I was waiting for this several weeks, because aTrackDog catch someone with it installed: minor version change, about 50 commits ahead, but nothing very new.
[G1 Android Development] canadiancow:
What the ****.

Search the market for "nav launcher". Guess what else shows up now.
[G1 Android Development] 5m00v3r:
Re: [APPMOD][08.05.10] Brut Google Maps 4.1.1.4156-brut10

here in germany only your program shows up

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[G1 Android Development] canadiancow:
Probably due to their English market description.
[G1 Android Development] 5m00v3r:
Re: [APPMOD][08.05.10] Brut Google Maps 4.1.1.4156-brut10

strange they really stole it's hard to belive that they didn't have known your app! but are they so dumb? strange!

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[G1 Android Development] canadiancow:
It surprises you that a huge company would infringe the copyright (note: I have not yet researched copyright, so I'm only speculating for now) of a small company or individual?
[G1 Android Development] 5m00v3r:
Re: [APPMOD][08.05.10] Brut Google Maps 4.1.1.4156-brut10

yes i am and befor about 5 years i would stick into your mind :-)

but today where we have a market in which everyone can see the apps i don't think that they could be so dumb... but i can be wrong... it's just crazy that they call it nav launcher and use an icon that's just like yours is a hard thing

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[G1 Android Development] canadiancow:
They aren't calling it Nav Launcher. They've just worded their description in such a way that searching for my app, by name, shows Google Maps in the results.
[G1 Android Development] 5m00v3r:
okay I understand. So what's bothering you is the symbol and of course the idea!
[G1 Android Development] canadiancow:
I don't care about the symbol. They've had that for months. It's the idea of a launcher that lets you type or speak a destination, select a contact, select a favorite, or select history.

They're even using the "just two taps" that's been my main marketing idea for Nav Launcher.
[G1 Android Development] Sleeepy2:
I didn't have your Nav Launcher before but after reading this. I just installed it to say screw you Google.

Thanks for your hard work canadiancow.
[G1 Android Development] canadiancow:
I appreciate it, but you should use whatever works best for you. I'm going to Google I/O next week, and I'll see if I can find someone to talk to there.
[G1 Android Development] 5m00v3r:
Re: [APPMOD][08.05.10] Brut Google Maps 4.1.1.4156-brut10

just an information: Google, don't be evil! :-) i love the 2 big companies microsoft and google! but things like this (i still hope that this is a mistake) let me worrie about the future of free programing

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[G1 Android Development] :No-Frost::
I will support CanadianCow with NavLauncher... I'm even starting some GUI improvements with a friend to make it more user friendly and attractive...

I love Google, but I don't like the way they implemented their own launcher...
[G1 Android Development] omnikai:
The situation is not dissimilar to Twitter creating their own official Twitter app. All the 3rd-party app creators complained that they'd be pushed out of the market.

Is Google doing something here that any other 3rd-party couldn't have?

Would the creator of Astro complain if Google made an official file manager?

(Please understand I'm not trying to take a stance here, just hoping to understand the opinions here a little clearer)
[G1 Android Development] :No-Frost::
I understand what you are saying... But for me they should have changed the icon at least...
[G1 Android Development] omnikai:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the official Google Navigation icon the upwards blue arrow with an indented bottom with a slight highlight from the upper-left?

True I don't see a Google trademark of this icon anywhere, but it existed in Navigation before this new launcher that Google has released. Was your app released before Google Navigation started using this icon?

(Again, I want to stress that I understand your frustration, this is clearly something you've put a lot of work into. I'm not at all trying to be argumentative, I'm just trying to understand your side of this :)