latest Android test binary

[Willem Ferguson]

On 22/07/2017 21:23, Dirk Hohndel wrote:
> I started testing the new binary and it seems not broken, so that's good
>
>
> Most everything in the changes I really like. The new menu layout makes a
> lot more sense. I miss the easily visible / accessible switch for the
> location service (but that may be just me... this seems like something I
> really want to be able to see at a glance when checking my phone while on
> the dive boat).
>
> What I wonder about is the switch to "switches" (no pun intended). I know
> that they are the Android standard, but I think they provide zero
> incremental value compared to having check boxes - and the round bigger
> switches and the smaller more squared check boxes (for example on the
> settings page) really do look odd together. I don't think this is quite
> right, yet.

Activating the GPS service should  not be under settings. This is not a 
service setting: it is an action just as "Manual sync with cloud" is an 
action. At the very least it should be in the GPS submenu and not in 
Settings. Then again, there is under "Dive Management, the option 
"Enable auto cloud sync". Is this a setting? It turns out these 
distinctions are actually not black and white.

I have two proposals for "Run location service" activation. 1) Move the 
"Run location service"  switch to the GPS submenu and indicate whether 
it is active or inactive by an appropriate icon on the left, indicating 
on or off. I could help with icons but Joakim has been so efficient with 
his icons I would prefer him do this. 2) For the location service to be 
useful at all, the user must be able to easily see whether it is active 
or not, even on the main menu. This is why the previous arrangement with 
a checkbox on the main menu was very useful. Is it possible to have an 
icon in the Android icon bar at the top of the screen?

Kind regards,
willem
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