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Hi all, Finally, my Android app CacheMaid has been converted to the new API. It has undergone a thorough renovation and is now fully compatible with Android 10. The app is free to download but you can make some in app purchases to get more functionality. I have reused the old app name so therefore all old ratings (even the bad ones) remain. If you want to try the new app, check it out at the Google Play Store! Regards Anders alias onspot

Hi, it would be really helpful if the API also could return the two characters long country codes (ISO 3166) because as it is now the spelling of the countries could vary depending on where you are. Especially /v1/countries should do that. The id's that are returned are to my knowledge not following any standard, I guess they are random numbers.

My bad, I have to many mail accounts to check ☹️ but now I'm looking at converting the app.

Wow, this is new info for me as well! I have been busy with other stuff and have completely missed all about the new API! I apparently have to update my CacheMaid app and have to start with oauth2!! Is it the same key and secret for oauth2 as I have used for oauth1?

Hi Andronicus, Do you still have problems? The latest version 5.2 which has just been released is focusing on problems regarding the license verification logic. Regards, Anders alias onspot

Hi, finally CacheMaid 5.0 has been released! It took some time because I have replaced the old development environment with a new one (dumped Eclipse and switched to Android Studio from Google). CacheMaid supports Android 5.0 Lollipop with new color themes. The bug caused by the changes in the API regarding different types of limits has been fixed. You can find CacheMaid here where you also can read about all the new stuff in this version: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cachemaid.cachemaid

Maybe you have switched your Google account since the app was purchased? If so then there is nothing I can do because this is how the Google licensing stuff works. I had this issue with another guy in Sweden who had bought the app using an old Google account, then he forgot the password and created a new Google account and therefore the licensing logic couldn't match his purchase with his new account. This is true for all paid apps that you buy from Google Play, they are tied to the account which was used when the purchases where done. Another possibility would be that you are offline but that doesn't sound likely in your case. The paid version requires that you go online now and then because the app (or the licening stuff in the app) talks to Google and tries to verify that the app is bought by your current account. You can be offline for a rather long time but eventually you have to go online so the license could be verified.

Are you using the Demo version? Offline maps are only available in the paid version!

Hi, I'm currently working on a new version of CacheMaid and there will be big changes internally since I have ditched the whole Eclipse development tool and I'm instead moving to the Android Studio, the new development tool from Google. The map software for offline maps will be upgraded and a lot of other issues will be fixed, for example adoptations to the changes to the API that have happened recently. Groundspeak has decreased the "page size" for different API calls so I have to fix that as well because this API change might cause CacheMaid to throw exceptions like "A maximum of 30 images allowed". I think this fenomena has affected other apps as well the last week. Another thing that is coming is support for Android 5.0 (Lollipop) and I have changed the themes logic so CacheMaid will use the new matherial design stuff, at least here and there. This big change of the whole development environment has taken some time, I have been working with this on my spare time the last couple of months but I hope a new version will be out very soon. I'm currently testing everything now. Regarding your map problems I would recommend you to switch to offline maps! Go to the settings and select the offline maps functionality. You can download maps from almost every place on earth to your device from there and it works pretty well. The maps are downloaded in a vector format and will be drawn locally on your device. The map tiles will be cached so it will be very fast. Regards, Onspot alias Anders in Sweden

Hi, sorry for the late answer! 1) Navigate to the list tab and display a list of caches. From the menu you should now be able to delete all caches shown on the list. There are a lot of options to make the list contain the caches you want. 2) I'm not sure why you want do to that? Anyway, caches are downloaded when you request it so make sure that you don't search from the map, run any queries etc. The safest way to be completly offline is to set the phone in airplane mode. Another option might me be the "General" setting "Wifi is requiered" in CacheMaid, this means that CacheMaid won't access Internet if you don't have a wifi connection. Regards, onsport

I just want to inform you that CacheMaid 4.8 for Android is released. CacheMaid is now also translated to French, Spanish, Slovak, Czech, Norwegian and Danish. If you think the translations are not good enough, please send an email if you want to help to correct them! See https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cachemaid.cachemaid for more info! ☺

CacheMaid for Android also has this feature!

Hi, Version 4.2 has just been released and now it is possible to delete caches from the database. See the upgrade info on Google Play for more info about it!

Sounds great! Since you cannot reproduce the error I assume it is fixed but if the problem occurs again don't hesitate to make a note of it in this forum. I fixed a bug in the previous version of CacheMaid, that was a clear bug causing the error you first reported.

Hi, is it a zip file containing a gpx file or a plain gpx file you are importing? The reason for asking is the strange error message you get. If you try to import a gpx from geocaching.com, do you then get the same error or has it to do with the fact that the gpx comes from gsak?

Hi, Ok, I'll have a look at it! Regarding your question about deleting caches from the database: I'm planning for such a feature.

Hi, sorry for the late answer but your import problem is now solved in the latest version. By the way, the new version 4.0 has support for true offline vektor maps, the app let you easily download wanted countries! Regards Onspot

Hi, this is a limitation for the basic membership dictated by geocaching.com so there is unfortunately nothing CacheMaid can do about it. See Geocaching Live Access and Restrictions for more info.

Hi, What error message do you get? Are any caches imported? After how long time do you get the error? I will have a look at it and see if there is something strange going on in the code. Your gpx file is rather big but it should work anyway because CacheMaid uses a SAX parser to handle the XML.

No, unfortunately I haven't. I'll try to watch this forum, I do also watch the Swedish geocaching.se site and of course I'll answer all mails sent to the email address you can find on Google Play. The app is now also translated to German by a guy in Austria.

Hi! I'm the one who develops CacheMaid. Currently CacheMaid cannot sort the list as you wish. Instead you can filter what to see in the lists. It is possible to filter on difficulty, terrain etc. Look for the filter options on the menu on the list tab. Maybe I can add a better sort option in a future release. Showing the list without a GPS lock should be possible. Maybe the app times out after a while if you select the "nearest" list but if you don't have the time to wait for that, just select another type of list. Or why not go to the map where all the caches (depending on your filtering settings) are visible?

For your information my own CacheMaid app does not do any screen scraping at all so it won't violate any GC rules. It only imports gpx files from the file system or read mails directly from a mailbox, then unzip and import any attached gpx files. The app can also read notification mails so you will be notified when caches are published!

Hello! Maybe you could try my own program CacheMaid? I have released it a couple of days ago. It has offline maps, can import pocket queries and support paperless caching. It would be fun to get some feedback. You can read about the demo version here.