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2011-11-03
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#892
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Originally Posted by MartinK
Great, please disable persistent connection for google map. I would rather put up with slower but automatic downloads than scroll around for hours downloading it manually
As for some tileservers not supporting this - should be easy to solve by adding a few variables that enable/disable persistent automatic/batch download for a given layer to the map layer configuration file.
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2011-11-03
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#893
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Request: to search poi saved to the phone offline. when I travel I normally saved alot of poi in the phone but sometimes having hard time to remember which category I put it. thanks
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2011-11-04
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#894
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Hi all:
Anybody using modRana on Android?
Just got a Droid 3 phone, so that I can run GNU/Linux via chroot on it, running debian unstable, quite snappy, better/faster than the N900, the keyboard is also better.
Don't really want to mess with the Android spyware system too much... But would like to run modRana on it.
Basically, there are two options:
1. Run modRana in the Android system, for this I just ran a quick search, and it seems to me there is no python for Android, I was quite stumped. Is this really the case, or just bad searching on my part?
2. Run it within the debian chroot. Anyone tried this? Just so that I don't waste time hacking with it, can it use the Android hardware, most notable the GPS module? It seems to me, Android uses some non-standard, from a GNU point of view, device files etc. so modRana might not be able to use the GPS...
Anyone have any info on this?
EDIT: OK, seems there is http://code.google.com/p/python-for-android/ so will investigate that. Would probably prefer to run modRana within the debian chroot anyway, so as not to mess with all the Android stuff...
EDIT1: Ohoh, modrana depends on liblocation0 to manage GPS functions, this is a non-free Nokia binary right? WTF, meaning it cannot connect to GPS outside of Nokia?
It runs smooth on the Droid 3, much faster than the N900, but obviously no GPS functions, so not very useable. Is there a way around this Martin?
Not worth messing with python-for-android, as modrana is not gonna be able to connect to GPS without liblocation0 there either...
Last edited by 白い熊; 2011-11-04 at 12:13.
Anybody using modRana on Android?
Just got a Droid 3 phone, so that I can run GNU/Linux via chroot on it, running debian unstable, quite snappy, better/faster than the N900, the keyboard is also better.
Don't really want to mess with the Android spyware system too much... But would like to run modRana on it.
Basically, there are two options:
1. Run modRana in the Android system, for this I just ran a quick search, and it seems to me there is no python for Android, I was quite stumped. Is this really the case, or just bad searching on my part?
2. Run it within the debian chroot. Anyone tried this? Just so that I don't waste time hacking with it, can it use the Android hardware, most notable the GPS module? It seems to me, Android uses some non-standard, from a GNU point of view, device files etc. so modRana might not be able to use the GPS...
Anyone have any info on this?
EDIT: OK, seems there is http://code.google.com/p/python-for-android/ so will investigate that. Would probably prefer to run modRana within the debian chroot anyway, so as not to mess with all the Android stuff...
EDIT1: Ohoh, modrana depends on liblocation0 to manage GPS functions, this is a non-free Nokia binary right? WTF, meaning it cannot connect to GPS outside of Nokia?
It runs smooth on the Droid 3, much faster than the N900, but obviously no GPS functions, so not very useable. Is there a way around this Martin?
Not worth messing with python-for-android, as modrana is not gonna be able to connect to GPS without liblocation0 there either...
Last edited by 白い熊; 2011-11-04 at 12:13.
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2011-11-04
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#895
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Originally Posted by 白い熊
ModRana only uses liblocation when running on Maemo 5, on other platforms it uses gpsd. I'd guess as the chroot is based on regular Debian, gpsd should be available - if it can get data from the actual GPS hardware, well, thats another question.
EDIT1: Ohoh, modrana depends on liblocation0 to manage GPS functions, this is a non-free Nokia binary right? WTF, meaning it cannot connect to GPS outside of Nokia?
It runs smooth on the Droid 3, much faster than the N900, but obviously no GPS functions, so not very useable. Is there a way around this Martin?
Not worth messing with python-for-android, as modrana is not gonna be able to connect to GPS without liblocation0 there either...
To make modRana use gpsd, run the modrana.py with the argument of neo or q7.
So for example, like this:
Code:
python modrana.py neo
EDIT:
Provided modRana gets no GPS data from the gpsd in chroot, there might be another possibility.
If you can find a way of getting the position data somehow iside the chroot (like some app outside from chroot writing it to a file and then reading it from inside the chroot, etc.), I can write a special "android_chroot" device module to handle this and possible other quirks of running of the Android chroot.
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modRana: a flexible GPS navigation system
Mieru: a flexible manga and comic book reader
Universal Components - a solution for native looking yet component set independent QML appliactions (QtQuick Controls 2 & Silica supported as backends)
Last edited by MartinK; 2011-11-04 at 13:51.
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2011-11-04
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#896
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Originally Posted by MartinK
Oh, what a relief, I'll investigate this further.
ModRana only uses liblocation when running on Maemo 5, on other platforms it uses gpsd. I'd guess as the chroot is based on regular Debian, gpsd should be available - if it can get data from the actual GPS hardware, well, thats another question.
To make modRana use gpsd, run the modrana.py with the argument of neo or q7.
So for example, like this:
Code:python modrana.py neo
BTW, can you provide some photos ? Would look nice to have on the modRana project website.
EDIT:
Provided modRana gets no GPS data from the gpsd in chroot, there might be another possibility.
If you can find a way of getting the position data somehow iside the chroot (like some app outside from chroot writing it to a file and then reading it from inside the chroot, etc.), I can write a special "android_chroot" device module to handle this and possible other quirks of running of the Android chroot.
If not, I'll work with you on this, so we can get a workaround like you mention, for that I'd have to first figure out how GPS services are interfaced in Android etc. but should be doable...
I'll be back later with the results of my interim tests.
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2011-11-04
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#897
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Originally Posted by 白い熊
Hi.
Hi all:
Anybody using modRana on Android?
Just got a Droid 3 phone, so that I can run GNU/Linux via chroot on it, running debian unstable, quite snappy, better/faster than the N900, the keyboard is also better.
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Glad you got GNU/Linux to run on Droid 3 via chroot. Would you please explain how you got that to work as I would like run Debian on android. Perhaps point to instruction on web if that is the case.
Thanks.
EDIT: Sorry if the question was off topic. But I am quite interested in this.
Last edited by mscion; 2011-11-04 at 18:43.
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2011-11-05
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#899
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Originally Posted by 白い熊
I have done a good deal with python for android lately, and the biggest shortcoming is that there is no UI toolkit - you can't use GTK or anything. I ended up using a HTML page with Javascript to talk to the Python, not an ideal configuration.
EDIT: OK, seems there is http://code.google.com/p/python-for-android/ so will investigate that. Would probably prefer to run modRana within the debian chroot anyway, so as not to mess with all the Android stuff...
That said - the drawing syntax for the HTML <canvas> element is nearly identical to that for a Cairo context, so it might not be too hard to port.
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BTW, there actually should be no toolbox icon in the per mode state list just for this reason.
Now for the older questions:
I might also enable this for automatic tile download, provided it brings some improvements, like faster tile loading.
As for some tileservers not supporting this - should be easy to solve by adding a few variables that enable/disable persistent automatic/batch download for a given layer to the map layer configuration file.
The current module used by modRana for loding GPX seems to also support KML.
Thus to current plan is to use Qt with QML due to better availability on Fremantle, Harmattan and elsewhere.
Architecture
This should bring better performance, enable things like fake a 3D, sprite markers, fluent rotation and zooming, etc.
What about finally having some kinetic scrolling, button feedback, etc. ?
As for the current GTK based UI, it should stay as an alternative for devices that don't have (recent) Qt libraries, like the Neo FreeRunner.
Implementation
The first thing to do is separate the GUI code from the modRana core (currently represented by the modrana.py file) and enable GUI switching and thus also serious alternative GUI development.
Anyway, might be quite a challenge but IMHO worth it due all the potential performance and usability gains.
modRana: a flexible GPS navigation system
Mieru: a flexible manga and comic book reader
Universal Components - a solution for native looking yet component set independent QML appliactions (QtQuick Controls 2 & Silica supported as backends)