Android issues

[Dirk Hohndel]

> On Feb 10, 2016, at 2:16 PM, Andreas <westandreas at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I'm testing the app and run into some issues on a Sony tablet.
> >>
> >> - I'm not seeing the import from dive computer option that is mentioned in the text and shown in the manual, just have 2 options, cloud or manually.
> >
> > As is mentioned in a few places, import from dive computer is NOT supported in this version.
> 
> Ok, I've not seen this and it is stated in the text so...
> 

From the Google Play store listing: 
"...Currently Subsurface-mobile does not allow downloading dive data from dive computers. We are working on adding this for a future version..."

From my announcement:
"At this point Subsurface-mobile will be most useful when used together with the existing Subsurface desktop application. Most notably, downloading dives from your dive computer is so far not possible from Subsurface-mobile (but that is on our to-do list for at least some classes of dive computers)."

> > The manual is slightly out of sync with the latest version (and I'm in the process of actually changing the look and flow of that start page quite a bit to make this more obvious).
> > Subsurface-mobile really is only useful if used in combination with the Subsurface desktop application - which is where you can download from your dive computer
> 
> Ok, I often only have a tablet with me when I'm off diving so if I can't import directly into the app it's not as useful for me.
> 

Understood. Many of us feel the same way. We just haven't had the time to implement this feature. 

Out of curiosity: which dive computer(s) do you have? 

Right now we expect that only a select set of dive computers and Android devices will work for direct downloading with Subsurface-mobile
Not all Android devices are designed to be USB hosts - with some phones/tablets you'll be able to get some FTDI based dive computer cables to work (e.g., OSTS, some Suunto dive computers, etc), but a number of Android devices don't support USB OTG at all and for those downloading via USB won't be possible.

> >>
> >> - The ui does not seem to handle the landscape mode on my tablet very well, I've attached 2 screenshots of this, I've started the app and pressed cloud and then add dive manually.
> >
> >
> > The issue is that you didn't actually enter valid cloud credentials - which makes me think that you may not have used our desktop software before?
> 
> Yes I have but I don't have an account so I didn't enter any info. I wanted to test the app first. So you don't consider this an issue that the old view is still there?
> 

Yes, I do - it will be fixed in the next update to the beta version. That version will also make it much clearer that right now Subsurface-mobile isn't useful unless you connect it to the Subsurface cloud storage (which requires that you set it up from the desktop version).

Thanks for giving it a try and providing feedback!

/D
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