[Feature request] Export / Import for settings and favorites

[klawdhfzasjhaa]

This would be nice, if you move from one device to another or to make a backup of the current setup.

[vshcherb]

Favorites are exportable just from the screen of Favorites. For settings it is recommended to use Backup programs.

[klawdhfzasjhaa]

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll share for anyone who stumbles across:

Backup: adb backup -f osm.ab net.osmand.plus -apk
Restore: adb restore osm.ab

USB Debbugging and ADB drivers are necessary. This worked perfectly!

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For the favorites only part: Problem is, that I cannot see the floppy disk icon:

I followed the instructions on http://osmand.net/help-online?id=HowToArticles ("export the favorites"). When using the share button, "saving to local sd card" or something similar is not available. I'm using version 2.1.1.

[klawdhfzasjhaa]

Sorry @vshcherb : Could you please give me a hint? Where can I find the option to save the favs in the above screen?

[vshcherb]

Share is saving favorites

[klawdhfzasjhaa]

The menu does not contain a "save to file" option (Bluetooth does not work). Even if it would, there is no (easy) way to import back..

[vshcherb]

There is a share button click it and send by email, then opening that file on a target device will import favorites.

[frankgerhardt]

So, there is no Save icon. The Share button only shows SMS/MMS, Bluetooth, Firefox and a Podcast player. This is a real problem.

I had to find the the favorites.gpx file somewhere in the file system under Android/data/net.osmand.plus/files and copy it manually to my PC.

[vshcherb]

Just send via Email or Dropbox or some File Explorers also support that intent

[frankgerhardt]

Again, neither Dropbox nor Email nor file explorers are offered in the share menu.

[klawdhfzasjhaa]

On my device (Nexus 4 with CM 12.1 / Android 5.1.1) I do have Dropbox and E-Mail (K-9 Mail) in the share menu, but I would like to save it offline as it contains sensitive data.
Frank's problem is a seperate issue it seems.

[tomspur]

Would it be possible to use the Android Backup Service? This way the backup would work automatically, if the Android Backup Service is enabled on the phone.

[skeeve42]

It would be nice if this were easier/automated. I know this is my fault for not properly backing them up, but I've lost my favorites twice now.

[samtuke]

Sharing the file works for me, but I'm not sure how to import it in the second device. Only file managers are suggested as file handlers for the .gpx file.

[vshcherb]

It depends which program do you open from. If you open a file from file manager, OsmAnd will be one of the option.

[mjg]

In case anyone else is wondering:

• Astro File manager does not offer to open a gpx with OsmAnd+ (but others), nor does the Google Drive app.
• ES File Explorer does offer to open a gpx with OsmAnd+ (and others).

I have no idea how an app like OsmAnd+ could be "partially" registered as a consumer for gpx.

[sonora]

Some portions deprecated. No more immediate action planned, I guess.

[im-n1]

Just ran into the same problem. How do I transfer all my places from old phone to the new one?

[sonora]

Your places are contained in .gpx files (favourites.gpx in OsmAnd's data root folder and all other gpx in the tracks subfolder). So you can simply transfer all gpx files to your new phone.

Check out http://osmand.net/help-online?id=faq for file locations and some more hints. Maybe you even want to transfer the entire OsmAnd data folder to avoid having to download all maps again. Or on the old device have OsmAnd use the memory card, which you could then simply continue using in the new device.

[tomspur]

Is it also possible to back the favorites up with your Google account and use it in the other phone?

[sonora]

I guess you could just sync favourites.gpx to any cloud storage, from where it can be re-imported elsewhere...

[im-n1]

maybe for those non technical guys there could be 2 buttons like "export favourites" and "import favourites"

[tomspur]

Sounds like the Android Backup Service might also be a possibility:
https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/data/keyvaluebackup#Files

[doriangrosch]

With Android 11, the location of the OsmAnd folder containing favourites.gpx is no longer easily accessible. So a feature to export / import favourites becomes relevant again. Has anything changed since?