Oruxmaps: install the new Themes “now” for the new Themeswitcher

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Oruxmaps update is available from playstore with the long awaited themeswitcher for vectormaps like the openandromaps.
This Themeswitcher need a complete different installation of the themes and once Oruxmaps is updated it will switch back to the minimum-theme (osmarender.xml).
To be prepared for this situation I strongly recommend to install the new Themes for Oruxmaps RIGHT NOW, even the old Version of Oruxmaps is still installed.

HOW TO:
Download the new Themes
Right within the folder ./oruxmaps create the subfolders /mapstyles/OAM/ .
Unzip the themes and copy them to ../oruxmaps/mapstyles/OAM/.
The folder structure now should look like this:
../oruxmaps/mapstyles/OAM/symbols/*.png
../oruxmaps/mapstyles/OAM/patterns/*.png
../oruxmaps/mapstyles/OAM/andromaps_hc.xml
../oruxmaps/mapstyles/OAM/andromaps_mtb.xml
../oruxmaps/mapstyles/OAM/andromaps_light.xml

Once the new version of Oruxmaps with the themeswitcher is installed (updated) aktivate one of the themes for the openandromaps by calling the themeswitcher in Oruxmaps, switch to the folder /OAM and tap on the theme you want to be displayed (eg. andromaps_hc.xml).

Why install the openandromaps in a subdirectory /OAM ? (it is perfect possible to install theme right in ../oruxmaps/mapstyles):
Once the oruxmaps with the themeswitcher is out there will be a lot of custom themes (maybe your own ones), probably with different symbols/patterns. So you can install them in a different subfolder like:
../oruxmaps/mapstyles/MYTHEME/
../oruxmaps/mapstyles/MYTHEME/symbols/*.png
../oruxmaps/mapstyles/MYTHEME/patterns/*.png
../oruxmaps/mapstyles/MYTHEME/andromaps_modified.xml

Again: I strongly recommend to install the new themes right now or you maybe run into the situation where you are on a mountain_hut with wlan – Oruxmaps is updating in the background and you loose contourlines, routes and all goodies of the openandromaps

Switching Themes in Oruxmaps:


From orux map viewer, press the android menu button->tweaks->mapsforge style-> select the xml you want.

Best regards, Christian

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