latest Android test binary

[Joakim Bygdell]

On 23 July 2017 at 16:19, Dirk Hohndel <dirk at hohndel.org> wrote:

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> On Jul 22, 2017, at 10:39 PM, Joakim Bygdell <j.bygdell at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>
>> 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.
>>
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> No they are not and we should define where the ambiguous parts should
> belong.
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> I really liked having the GPS service at the top level - to make sure it's
> visible that it's on (it drains the battery - not a lot, but some).
>
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>>
>> 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?
>>
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> 1) Moving it to the GPS menu is no problem, the icon on the other hand...
> If we add a icon to show that the GPS is off, that would be the default
> view for most people, see picture.
>
> what we really should do is to interact with the OS backend and display
> the GPS icon in the top bar just like Google Maps does when active.
>
>
> That's totally non-obvious to me. I always thought that was a poor choice
> on Google's part.
>
> Or we could apply an color the the GPS icon in the drawer when the service
> is active, that way it will be REALLY clear when it is active or not.
>
>
> THAT I like. Make the icon gray like all the other ones when not active,
> and accent color when active.
>

Looks like Kirigami prevent us from doing that, can't assign color to a
Action element.
And since all images are of type svg, whatever color they are initially
doesn't matter.


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> /D
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>


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Jocke
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