Navionics app for the Nexus 7 released!

Y

Yasawa

New Member
Joined
19 Feb 2012
Messages
9
Visit site
Hip hip hooray. Navionics have now released the Europe HD app for the Google Nexus 7 Tablet. The era of the (almost) disposable chart plotter is upon us! :-)

I had an aged Geonav Sunstar 6 and was unable to get new charts for it. I bought the Nexus as an interim solution and was really miffed that it wouldn't run the app without a fair amount of fiddling around. Now, rather than buying a replacement chart plotter I may well buy another nexus as a back-up and still have change in comparison to a "proper" marine plotter.
 
Built in GPS

CAPTAIN FANTASTIC said:
Just for clarity; do you use an external GPS dongle or the Nexus has an integrated GPS?
Click to expand...

My Nexus has a built in GPS. It will get a fix within about 30 seconds to 1 minute of coming out of suspend mode which works well for me. I tend to stick it inside a plastic bag and then fit the whole thing inside a cheapie case with a magnetic switch. Close the cover and it slips nicely into a pocket. Pull it out and open it up and in seconds you have your chart, in a minute you have your psoition and a heading line.

As you may have gathered I'm a fan :-)
 
Yasawa said:
My Nexus has a built in GPS. It will get a fix within about 30 seconds to 1 minute of coming out of suspend mode which works well for me. I tend to stick it inside a plastic bag and then fit the whole thing inside a cheapie case with a magnetic switch. Close the cover and it slips nicely into a pocket. Pull it out and open it up and in seconds you have your chart, in a minute you have your psoition and a heading line.

As you may have gathered I'm a fan :-)
Click to expand...

I asked this in another thread, sorry, but should I go for the hd version over the standard one? Are there any other useful upgrades in the hd version?
 
causeway said:
I asked this in another thread, sorry, but should I go for the hd version over the standard one? Are there any other useful upgrades in the hd version?
Click to expand...

It's Hobson's choice I'm afraid. Phone = standard version. Tablet = HD. The Nexus is classed as a tablet.
 
why does Europe cost 19 and uk /Holland cost 26 ?
Both work with nexus 7...
If I read this right, Europe excludes Uk and Denmark, but includes Holland...do Navionics have a world atlas on the desk?
 
Last edited:
gjgm said:
why does Europe cost 19 and uk /Holland cost 26 ?
Both work with nexus 7...
If I read this right, Europe excludes Uk and Denmark, but includes Holland...do Navionics have a world atlas on the desk?
Click to expand...

Because the UK (and possibly Holland?) Hydrographics Office charge for the data that the taxpayer paid them to collect unfortunately. Navionics' naming policy is a little obscure (i.e. bloody rubbish) unless they deliberately didn't call it "Europe excluding UK and Holland" to catch a few unwary punters and their money.
 
Shame on you ...!
Anyone recommend a water proof/resistanst case,, the ottersomething or other seems a little expensive unless I was going scuba diving.
 
Yasawa said:
It's Hobson's choice I'm afraid. Phone = standard version. Tablet = HD. The Nexus is classed as a tablet.
Click to expand...

I have the phone version imported onto my Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7in.
Works great except for route edit.
Don,t see the HD on playstore so probably no available to me anyway.
Is the HD version that much better.
 
!
TonyMS said:
I'm showing £48.64 for both, which is at least equal, if not exactly cheap

Tony MS
Click to expand...
b.hell.. they werent yesterday afternoon ...that is some price increase
Edit ahh the pricey one is HD

Not convinced navioics have this all correct on their website, but they say that 7 inch is considered a phone not tablet and so can use the standard version. HD is for 8 inches and above, but they then go on to say check with them...
Maybe the nexus 7 takes both, but havent read that far yet.
If I go to playstore via nexus 7, it only offers the HD version.. the screen must be 7.0001 inches then
 
Last edited:
Because they felt the 7" screen was too small for the tablet interface Google gave the Nexus 7 the phone interface even though it's not a phone. Navionics are really screwing this up though as Android/Google Play doesn't even recognise the difference between a phone and tablet, it just looks at each device and sees what features it has - "telephony" is one of the features I think as is CDMA, GSM etc. Android compatibility is incredibly straightforward. http://developer.android.com/google/play/filters.html Basically a manifest file in the app declares what hardware features are required. For example your app may require NFC (near field communication). If it does you just declare that in the uses-features string in the manifest file. Google Play will then check to see if your device has NFC and only offer it if it does. If a later release of Android removes NFC as a feature then it won't both offered to your device any more though it will remain on your device until you remove it - albeit not working or with reduced functionality. It actually has nothing to do with the level of the OS at all.

There is another filter though that Google Play applies and this is used to allow the publisher to restrict the market it sells (e.g. UK only or not in UK) and such things. Unless Navionics are severely abusing the uses-features in the app manifest file (by saying they need things that they really don't) they must be deliberately apply filters in Google Play. I have Navionics Marine UK & Holland on my S3 phone as well as my TF101 tablet but I can't install it on my Nexus 7. I have Navionics Marine UK Holland on phone and I can't install it on my 10" or my 7" tablet. I have Navionics Europe HD on my Nexus 7 and I can't install install on either my 10" tablet or my phone.

The only way for Navionics to achieve that bizarre state is either by deliberately setting Google Play filters or by severely screwing up the compatible-screens string in the manifest file. Google actually recommend you don't use compatible-screens in the manifest file - it's meant for the few apps, such as some games, that require a very specific screen density, size and cpu to run properly. Normally you would use supports-screen and you would have no problem. If that isn't what's happened then Navionics must be doing this deliberately.
 
grumpy_o_g said:
Because they felt the 7" screen was too small for the tablet interface Google gave the Nexus 7 the phone interface even though it's not a phone. Navionics are really screwing this up though as Android/Google Play doesn't even recognise the difference between a phone and tablet, it just looks at each device and sees what features it has - "telephony" is one of the features I think as is CDMA, GSM etc. Android compatibility is incredibly straightforward. http://developer.android.com/google/play/filters.html Basically a manifest file in the app declares what hardware features are required. For example your app may require NFC (near field communication). If it does you just declare that in the uses-features string in the manifest file. Google Play will then check to see if your device has NFC and only offer it if it does. If a later release of Android removes NFC as a feature then it won't both offered to your device any more though it will remain on your device until you remove it - albeit not working or with reduced functionality. It actually has nothing to do with the level of the OS at all.

There is another filter though that Google Play applies and this is used to allow the publisher to restrict the market it sells (e.g. UK only or not in UK) and such things. Unless Navionics are severely abusing the uses-features in the app manifest file (by saying they need things that they really don't) they must be deliberately apply filters in Google Play. I have Navionics Marine UK & Holland on my S3 phone as well as my TF101 tablet but I can't install it on my Nexus 7. I have Navionics Marine UK Holland on phone and I can't install it on my 10" or my 7" tablet. I have Navionics Europe HD on my Nexus 7 and I can't install install on either my 10" tablet or my phone.

The only way for Navionics to achieve that bizarre state is either by deliberately setting Google Play filters or by severely screwing up the compatible-screens string in the manifest file. Google actually recommend you don't use compatible-screens in the manifest file - it's meant for the few apps, such as some games, that require a very specific screen density, size and cpu to run properly. Normally you would use supports-screen and you would have no problem. If that isn't what's happened then Navionics must be doing this deliberately.
Click to expand...

You are obviously very informed on this topic. Can you just tell us if it works problem free please?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Other threads that may be of interest

Refueler
Navionics Boating gives me river nav coverage .....
Replies
8
Views
288
Refueler
Refueler

Share this page

Top