Thread: Great tool for Geocaching for smartphones and tablets (cgeo)

2025.01.18 Feature Release (Android 5 and above):

New: Integrated Wherigo player (beta) - see menu entry on home screen.

(You may want to configure a quick launch item or customize bottom navigation for easier access, need to enable extended settings first.)


Map

New: Store map theme per tile provider (UnifiedMap)
New: Highlight selected cache/waypoint (UnifiedMap)
New: Add separator between offline and online map sources
New: Support Mapsforge as alternative to VTM in UnifiedMap, see Settings => Map Sources => Unified Map
Change: 'Show elevation chart' moved to long tap menu (UnifiedMap)
Change: Use new hillshading algorithm for Mapsforge offline maps
New: Hillshading support for UnifiedMap Mapsforge offline maps
New: Hillshading support for UnifiedMap VTM maps (requires online connection)
Fix: Address search not considering live mode (UnifiedMap)
Change: "follow my location" moved to the map, giving more space for "live mode" button
Change: Make long-press pin more c:geo-like
Change: Offline data management functions (download maps, check for missing routing / hillshading data) moved to map selection menu => "Manage offline data"
Fix: Map not updating changed caches

Cache details

New: Not yet existing variables used in projection get created in variable list
New: Allow large integers in formulas
New: Support more constellations for variables in formulas
Fix: Multiple images in personal note not added to images tab
Fix: Handling of projections in waypoints and personal notes
New: Long tap on date in logging retrieves previous log date
Fix: Resetting cache to original coordinates does not remove "changed coordinates" flag
New: Confirm overwriting log on quick offline log
New: Update cache status on sending a log
New: Colored HTML source view of cache details
Fix: checksum(0) returning wrong value
Fix: Editing logs removes "friends" status

General

Change: Use elevation above mean sea level (if available, Android 14+ only)
New: Allow multiple hierarchy levels in cache lists
New: Dedicated icons for geocaching.com blockparty and HQ event types
New: Set preferred image size for images loaded from geocaching.com caches and trackables
Fix: "Open in browser" not working for trackable logs
New: Option to manage downloaded files (maps, themes, routing and hillshading data)
New: Option to remove a cache from all lists (= mark it as to be deleted)
Fix: Reset coordinates not detected by c:geo for unsaved caches
New: Allow clearing filter if no named filter is stored
Fix: "Empty list" confirmation popping up when starting a pocket query download in newly created list
Change: Owned caches with offline logs show offline log marker
New: Configurable date format (eg.: cache logs), see Settings => Appearance => Date format
New: Point connector info on home screen to connector-specific preference screen
New: Additional emojis for cache icons
Change: Cache type filter "Specials" includes events of types mega, giga, community celebration, HQ celebration, block party and maze
Change: Cache type filter "Other" includes GCHQ, APE and unknown types
Fix: History length and proximity settings sharing slider values
Fix: Trackable log page showing time/coordinate input fields for trackables not supporting this
Fix: Some crashes
Fix: Some sliders in settings having problems with uninitialized values

Spoiler: 2025.01.18Release(Android 5 and above)

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Our team members speak English, German and Slovenian. Please try to write your mail in one of these languages to make it easier for us to reply to you.

We are always trying to answer all of your mails, but sometimes we receive a high amount of requests thus our team might need some time to answer.

Send your email to support @ cgeo .org

Spoiler: Beta Testing Program

You can also help us by becoming a beta tester for the release candidate versions of c:geo.

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After you enabled the beta testing mode you will receive beta versions (release candidates of c:geo) via Google Play update on the same way you receive the normal c:geo updates (it might take a few hours after enabling the beta testing mode). Additionally you can send us your feedback and problem reports via a dedicated Google Play feedback form.

Please be aware that beta releases might be unstable or not all functions are working as expected. However before we bring a version into beta testing we do our very best to make sure, that all basic functions are working properly. You will not receive any possibly unstable alpha versions or nightly builds (see next chapter) via this beta channel.

If you wish to discontinue beta testing just use the link above and deselect the beta testing mode. Afterwards you might need to uninstall the beta version from your device and reinstall the normal version from Google Play.

Spoiler: Nightly Builds

You can use our nightly builds to test new features of upcoming versions. They are not for normal usage, as they contain code that is not well tested yet. Only install these versions if you know what you’re doing.

Nightly builds can cause all kinds of crashes and malfunction. Please report such bugs, but don’t expect us to deliver a fix right afterwards. If you need stable functionality, use the normal build.

The version without JIT is necessary for some devices with a MediaTek CPU. If you observe strange behavior in the live map or jumping distances, try the build without JIT.

Please be aware:

Direct downgrading from a nightly version to a production (or beta) version is not possible due to Android versioning restrictions. You need to manually deinstall the nightly and afterwards install the production (or beta) version.

Furthermore also a data backup you made in a nightly version might not be compatible to be restored into the production (or beta) version as the underlying database might have been changed in the meantime.

Please consider this, when using our nightly builds.

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