AlpineQuest & OfflineMaps

Hello,
I have my AQ data (custom map cache files, landmarks, tracks, etc) stored on a removable micro SD card on phone running Android 7. I got a second micro SD card to use in an Android 7 tablet and figured that the easiest way to set up the new card to be exactly like the card I use in the phone was to simply "clone" the card - copy the entire data-filled card over to the new empty card.

This worked great for everything except the favorite sets I had created on the phone (i.e. on original card). Using the second (cloned) card, AQ displays the "buttons" for all of the favorite sets I had created, but tapping any of the favorite set buttons gives an error message "Favorite item: an error occurred".

I can't find any file in the AQ folders on the SD card which would seem to hold these settings, which may be why I get the error message. It would be nice if I didn't have to re-create all of my favorite map sets on the new SD card as there are a lot of them and each one has multiple layers with different opacity.

So my questions:
- Where are the settings for favorite maps and sets stored?
- If they are stored on the phone's internal memory instead of the SD card, is there a way for me to find them and copy them over to the tablet's internal memory?

Regardless of the answer, thank you for this amazing app - it has all of the features I could have dreamed of (and more) for my primary use of navigation out of cell coverage in the middle of nowhere.

Hi and thanks for feedback and support!

Favorite maps and sets are stored in a file called ".ws-favorite-maps" (it's an hidden file for Android and Linux OS) inside the "[app folder]/cache/" folder.

All maps (except built-in maps) are saved using their absolute path, so you may get an error because both devices don't have the same sd card path... If you find a common folder on both devices, you may use it as the storage folder of a workspace to have a common path, but I'm not sure you'll find that...

Let me know if you think it's not this...

Thank you for your quick reply!

I did the "cloning" on a Mac which is set to show hidden files, so on I can see the ".ws-favorite-maps" file, and it did in fact get copied over from the original source SD card to the new destination card during the "cloning". But I think your suggestion is correct that the problem is the absolute path.

The path to the original source card is "storage/F5D9-13ED/..." but for the new card it is "storage/7FE9-19FE/...".

When I open the ".ws-favorite-maps" file with a good text editor on my Mac I can see that the expected path is for the original source card ("storage/F5D9-13ED/...") so that would explain why AQ gives an error when I use the new card.

Might it work for me simply to find & replace in the ".ws-favorite-maps" all instances of the path info for the new card, i.e. find "storage/F5D9-13ED/..." and replace with "storage/7FE9-19FE/..."? I may just give that a try and see if it works. If it does not work I can always re-create the favorite sets using the new card.

Update: doing that find & replace worked! There were 47 instances in my ".ws-favorite-maps" file that got changed and now all my favorite map sets work as they should on the new card. Thank you for your help on this question.

Ok great.
You got lucky in your misfortune, since the "find & replace" could only work with same-length paths, which was your case...
Best regards

How is the ".ws-favorite-maps" file encoded? I cannot open it.
Or is there an easier way to transfer my "favorite maps & sets" to another phone/card?

This file is simply stored in binary (no encoding).
If your favorite map sets have been created with a recent version, you'll be able to copy the file from a device to another.
Starting with the next version, you'll be able to copy it from a workspace to another.