Offline maps are now broken

[oliverlockwood]

Seemingly, at least - from this review:

Version 3.7/1567 Had to uninstall and reinstall to make it work. Also had to uninstall map pack. Now no offline map and no obvious way to get it. Pity, I used this a lot before.

I'm not sure what's broken this - maybe the osmdroid / mapsforge updates; maybe something else. I never set up offline maps myself. @jezhiggins does this issue reproduce for you?

Looks like we should either try to patch this, or expedite the full rework of the offline maps integration.

[jezhiggins]

Offline maps all seem ok to me, so it's not immediately apparent no.

[oliverlockwood]

Another review:

Nice routing, but realtime navigation absolutely missing. Complains about incompatibility of map pack installed from Play Store.

I've responded about the "missing" realtime navigation (though I have occasionally wondered if we could make this more obvious to new users). But it's another data point about map pack issues 😑

[jezhiggins]

(I've been thinking about making liveride more prominent too ...)

I'll see if I can investigate further.

[oliverlockwood]

Another one

Why can't I use offline maps anymore? The new app fails in this regard. It'll be of limited use until this is fixed

Maybe the osmdroid & maps forge upgrade is at the bottom of this?

[oliverlockwood]

Or.... maybe it's this:

if it works for you because you've got the beta release of the map pack, maybe we need to promote the beta release to production?

[mvl22]

Another request:

"Can you please update the UK map pack do that it can be used as I use the offline map more and this is no longer readable since the update?"

[oliverlockwood]

Alright, I've gone executive and promoted the beta release of the map pack to production.

I think this should fix things. I'll notify when it's up in the Play store and then we can start responding to the feedback.

[oliverlockwood]

@mvl22 if you've had direct feedback / questions from people about this, would you please ask them to try downloading the latest map pack (now available in the Play store)?

[oliverlockwood]

I've now responded to all the Play Store reviews which had raised this. Let's see if any of them download the new version; if so whether it fixes the issue; and if so whether they tell us 😄

[jezhiggins]

I've just got a new phone and guess what? The map pack is broken.

[oliverlockwood]

On the plus side we have a repro scenario, now...

[jezhiggins]

Dog walk diagnostic - obb file is missing, although the directory structure exists. Tried reinstalling. It downloads the obb, and then the installation fails right the end. Consequently this may not be the same problem as other people are seeing, although it is still a problem.

Some clues possibly here https://stackoverflow.com/questions/60147351/cannot-reach-obb-expansion-file-on-android-10-device-if-apk-and-obb-is-downloade

[oliverlockwood]

@jezhiggins do you think there's anything you can do about this for now (in 3.8) or do we just need to prioritise a fuller rework of this stuff (via in-app downloads, as discussed on other tickets)?