bbTracker Version History

development version

• nothing yet

0.5.3.1 (latest)

• Fix exporting tracks with multiple segments (for example with a pause) to KML (#88)

0.5.3

• Fix some minor bugs with marking trackpoints (#83, #84 and #85)

0.5.2

• Support pausing the current track and continuing later on (#82)
• Support adding a name to a recorded track point (#80)
• display number of satellites in details view (#79)
• fix exporting tracks with non-ASCII characters

0.5.1

• Some better recovery for the Bluetooth Location Provider
• Fixed an error in sorting on the Track screen
• some more logging (again)
• better error messages, when connecting to Bluetooth device fails
• some cosmetic changes
• show track length up to the current point (the same way all other displays work)
• fixed wrong speed when using Bluetooth Location Provider (#62)

0.5.0

• Support accessing GPS pucks via the Bluetooth API (#34)
• Check for APIs and don't just crash (#14)
• Font sizes dynamically adapt to small displays
• some more logging
• provide .alx-file for BlackBerrry Desktop Software

0.4.2

• add nautical units (nm/h, nm, feet) (#46)
• add shortcuts to jump to first ('7','s') and last ('9','e') track point
• fix NullPointerException when leaving options screen
• display course alphabetical and numerical on status tile
• display time offset in status tile
• only support three-line layout on status tile
• add option to store exported file in a different directory as the track files (.bbt)
• add menu item to export current track from main view when it's static (not tracking any more)

0.4.1

• display course as "N", "NE", ... on Status tile (from SIB, #40)
• add some statistics to the exported KML files (#23)
• fix loading tracks from encrypted SD card on BlackBerry (#43)
• minor bugfixes

0.4.0

• add Details View (thanks to SIB, #19)
• add optional log file for debugging (#37)
• tweaked menu item order and names
• use date- and time-based default track name (#25)
• add antenna build file (#31)
• include .cod-file for BlackBerry

0.3.2

• make directory browsing more robust
• add '0' as shortcut to "change view" for non-qwerty cell phones
• try shorter filenames, when filename is wrong
• handle slashes in directories/files correctly (fixes saving to BlackBerry device memory)

0.3.1

• save tracks to file system, should fix the issue with unsaved tracks (#17)
• try to reset and re-request the LocationProvider when GPS fails (#10)
• add confirmation when quitting (#20)
• don't hide exceptions when saving a track
• show options when first starting bbTracker (#21)
• check for valid directory when leaving options screen (#12)
• add explicit "Stop Tracking" action
• space button switches between views

0.3.0

• New view: elevation over time (#8)
• New view: speed over time (#8)
• Fixed layout on smaller phones (such as the BlackBerry Pearl)
• Configurable font size for the status text
• Fall back to smaller font if necessary
• Several bug fixes and some refactoring behind the scenes.
• Release everything under the GPL license.

0.2.2

• fixed scale with negative coordinates (#15)

0.2.1

• add option to use imperial units (#13)

0.2.0

• initial public release