Loading Configurations
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What is a .mapeosettings file?
A .mapeosettings
file is a tar file, similar to a zip file. You can see the contents of the file by changing the file extension to .tar
and using any application that can extract tar files.
Testing
Before loading your preset configuration file into the phone, use mapeo-settings lint
to test your files to make sure they will compile on the phone.
Run the following command if you are using the default template.
Mapeo Mobile
Now, you are ready to load your settings to Mapeo Mobile.
Using manual file transfer
Rename the
.mapeosettings
file to .tarThen expand .tar file by double clicking to open it
Copy that folder onto the phone
See https://github.com/digidem/mapeo-mobile#usage for latest published documentation
Using Terminal adb
adb
Plug in the device to your computer using a USB cable.
Set the mode for USB debugging on the phone to 'Transfer Files'.
In the terminal, typing
adb devices
should give you the following output:
Now, you'll need to place the presets folder in the appropriate directory on the Android device using adb push
Did it work? Test that the files are available on the device by using the shell.
If it worked correctly, you should see the following output
Mapeo Desktop
Automated import
Mapeo Desktop supports importing .mapeosettings
files in the user interface.
After you've created your settings file, you can import it by navigating to File->Import Configuration....
Manual import
You can also extract the .mapeosettings
file as a tar file into the following directory:
USERDATA is the per-user application data directory, which by default points to:
%APPDATA%
on Windows$XDG_CONFIG_HOME
or ~/.config on Linux~/Library/Application Support
on macOS
This folder (default
) expects these files directly in under this default folder (i.e. no sub-folder with a different name):
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