> On Jul 22, 2017, at 10:39 PM, Joakim Bygdell <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. > > No they are not and we should define where the ambiguous parts should belong.
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). > > > 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? > > 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. /D
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