Need a way to disable recording of rides

Eugene7

As we will never use the route recording function we need a way to permanently disable it, and remove the record icon.

The continual pop-up asking for permission to use location in the background is very annoying.

Jörgen

@Steve-2 How should a navigation app work without permission to use location? This is essential.
The track recording is only working when you start the recording.

Eugene7

@Jörgen - The app keeps asking for location access when in the background for route recording - we will never use/allow that function, so the app needs to stop asking for background access...

For navigation, location access is only needed when the app is in use, in the foreground.

We are migrating from Sygic, which up until recently has been the best Satnav app for touring. But they have killed the routing with multiple waypoints, so it is now unusable.
But its functionality when it works is presently much better than MyRoute App.

Edwin_M

@Eugene7 i do not agree..sometimes the app is also in background. I can have another in front and the app needs to keep up in location

Eugene7

@Edwin_M - No, the app is considered being in the fg when open, not just because it is covered by something else.

Whatnot keeps asking for is permission to access location all the time.

That is s unnecessary, and if you just if other the annoying pop-up, navigation works.

So just stop the annoying pop-up...

richtea999

As far as I can remember, the recording option is off by default, but this setting is worth checking:

Account -> Navigation settings -> Functional -> Automatically start tracklog for routes
You want it unticked.

In terms of Location popup nags, Jörgen is correct - you can't navigate without location being enabled, and that nag isn't related to the tracklog recording.

Same goes the background access - you can run it in the background, voice only, if I recall correctly - like Google Maps.

Eugene7

No - as stated the nag has no impact on navigation. If you do not allow Location when the app is not in use, you can still navigate when the app is on use.

Corjan Meijerink

If you do not enable tracking - we do not track.
Background permissions are required for a better navigation experience. Voice prompts for example will continue when locking the phone. Als when switching between apps, the navigation doesn’t loose track of where you are

Eugene7

This is the annoying nag...
There is really no need to keep showing this

M. Schrijver

Maybe you know more about Android than me. But if an app is not visible, it is running in the background. In Android only one app can be really active.
When you do not allow MRA to run in the background it losses GPS fix every time another app is coming in front of it.
Some phone brands use a really agressive app killer when an app is pushed to the background. This causes problems for some apps. Like the ones which required a constant GPS fix.

My question to you.
What are you afraid off?
Is it that MRA always could track your position? Even when the app is not running?

richtea999

@M-Schrijver said in Need a way to disable recording of rides:

Maybe you know more about Android than me. But if an app is not visible, it is running in the background. In Android only one app can be really active.

Android is multitasking and many apps can be 'active' at once (i.e. in the foreground / using the screen). Apps with a user interface used to take the whole screen, and for many people that still appears to be true day to day - you use for phone for one thing at a time, right?

However, since 2016 (Android 7) Android has supported multiple windows, but it's an unusual use case since small phones screens aren't conducive to multitasking!

Ref: https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/large-screens/multi-window-support

Edwin_M

i am a heavy multitasking (and swapping between applications) including split screen user..that's why i use android not ios.

Eugene7

Quite simply, we do not want to keep being nagged for something we will never use... And there is often a second pop-up message after the first, if you 'cancel' the first...

Seriously damn annoying.

richtea999

@Eugene7 On opening a route (with location disabled), mine just informs me that 'Location service is not found', rather than nagging, which is accurate, and minimal:

And my settings:

Maybe someone (Corjan?) can describe the differences between what you're experiencing to what I see?

M. Schrijver

@Eugene7
If that is the whole problem.
Enable it and the nagging is gone.

Enable it is not the same as always automatic creating a tracklog. This is a second function.

Eugene7

It is NOT having Location that is the issue.
I have location enabled, so routing works.
The issue is the nags requesting Notification access and background access to location - when the app is closed.

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And

Seriously - stop the nags!

Con Hennekens

@Eugene7, Notifications are used to inform you about the progress of downloading offline maps. Just enable it, and stop nagging about it

Eugene7

On the phones we use for SatNavs we never have any notifications enabled - ever.
Just stop the nags, as they are totally unnecessary, and allow users to make their own choices..

Corjan Meijerink

@Eugene7 said in Need a way to disable recording of rides:

allow users to make their own choices

I must admit that at MRA we are very much allowing users to make their own choices. More so than at any other platform. This results in us focussing entirely on community request while trying to keep the platform / ecosystem comprehensible for all.

In all honestly @Eugene7 you are starting to "get on some tits" as a dear friend of mine uses as expression. Please keep your tone modest and accept that MRA is not sygic. We will take all requests into consideration but you are starting to cross a line where it's simply resulting in more frustration than contribution

Some other people often also use a tone we don't tolerate. Rest assured that those are also informed.

Corjan Meijerink

After my comment above, the thread will be locked. If one has any questions or request personal contact, feel free to message me