GPX Import into SA - How To Guide (Android)

[stromdiddily]

~ @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos @suzzlo - I was not sure where to put this, please move if necessary~

Hi all,

Figured out a pretty easy way to import web based Movescount routes into SA.

• Step 1 - Create route on desired web platform (I have only used Movescount created routes, YMMV using other sources)

• Step 2 - Export GPX file, saving to cloud storage (Microsoft OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, etc). Cloud storage folder must be available on your mobile.

• Step 3 - On mobile, navigate to GPX file and open

• Step 4 - Upon download completion, SA will open showing route preview.

• Step 5 - Save, add to watch, and get outside

Some additional notes…

• I’m using Pixel 2 on Android 9 w SA 3.51.0

• I have no other mapping apps that may try to act as a default for GPX file types

* Doesn’t seem to work with larger routes. Have a 45 mile race route that SA won’t import.

Edited: large file was user error

[Dimitrios Kanellopoulos]

@stromdiddily can I have the GPX of the large route?

[Dimitrios Kanellopoulos]

ha! now I can open it with the app

[stromdiddily]

@Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos said in GPX Import into SA - How To Guide:

@stromdiddily can I have the GPX of the large route?

0_1542738001197_BigFoot40.gpx

[Dimitrios Kanellopoulos]

@stromdiddily said in GPX Import into SA - How To Guide:

0_1542738001197_BigFoot40.gpx

this looks like a gpx that does not have a track file and the points are too few for this distance

[stromdiddily]

@Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos said in GPX Import into SA - How To Guide:

@stromdiddily said in GPX Import into SA - How To Guide:

0_1542738001197_BigFoot40.gpx

this looks like a gpx that does not have a track file and the points are too few for this distance

Hmmm yeah I imported that file into Movescount map and it didn’t look right. Perhaps that one was left over from my Garmin days.

Anyways, quickly recreated the 40 mile route in Movescount and it imported perfectly.

[Dimitrios Kanellopoulos]

@stromdiddily bam! lets take that out! Great stuff pal!

[surfboomerang]

How did you manage to open the file with the Suunto App on Android? If I click it in Google Drive it opens an editor and shows me the XML format. If I download it to my phone and try to open it, it gives me the choice to open it with a bunch of apps, but not the Suunto App

[stromdiddily]

@surfboomerang said in GPX Import into SA - How To Guide:

How did you manage to open the file with the Suunto App on Android? If I click it in Google Drive it opens an editor and shows me the XML format. If I download it to my phone and try to open it, it gives me the choice to open it with a bunch of apps, but not the Suunto App

Hmmm looks like Google Drive converts the file to XML format whereas OneDrive leaves it in original GPX format. I’m not super familiar with Google Drive but if you can force it back into GPX file type, it should work.

On your mobile, if you click on the file I attached above does it download and open SA (it won’t show you the route because the file itself is bad but it should still open Suunto App)? If this works, you might be able to email yourself the file and download to your device from your mail client…

[sartoric]

@surfboomerang
Do you have drive app installed?
I’ve just tried to upload the gpx to drive, and opening it via drive app and it seems to work

[plopes73]

YAY!! \o/
Follow the instructions but instead of using any cloud storage I just sent the GPX file as an attachment on email.
Open the email on the phone;
Save file it to a folder;
Use File Explorer to get to the file, and when click on it, Android just ask the app to open it, and Suunto was on the list.

[sartoric]

I just tried another (maybe faster) way.

• Opened MC site on mobile (using browser desktop mode)
• Saved the route locally
• Double click on downloaded file

That’s it

[surfboomerang]

Yes, got the Drive app installed.
It seems that it opens the gpx file in an internal viewer/editor in the Drive App. If I choose Open With, it opens a HTML viewer instead of the Suunto app.

The e-mail trick doesn’t work unfortunately. Same issue as when I download the file and try to open it

[Dimitrios Kanellopoulos]

NOTICE:

Use a file explorer that recognizes apps to open with. Some natives dont offer for any.

I use Gaia GPX , SA and only some file explorers such as solid file explorer, ES explorer, Fies go do work

[sartoric]

@surfboomerang said in GPX Import into SA - How To Guide:

Yes, got the Drive app installed.
It seems that it opens the gpx file in an internal viewer/editor in the Drive App. If I choose Open With, it opens a HTML viewer instead of the Suunto app.

The e-mail trick doesn’t work unfortunately. Same issue as when I download the file and try to open it

Try with instructions from my last post.

It could be an issue with gpx file association.
Do you have any other “navigation” app (not waze or gmap) installed ?

[Dimitrios Kanellopoulos]

So some file explores and the native ones do not recognize apps to open with .gpx files.
We are adding a button to help and over come that

[Dimitrios Kanellopoulos]

@sartoric use solid explorer. Download the file and then use that app for example.

[Dimitrios Kanellopoulos]

BTW that is the only reason why we did not expose this yet. As some file browsers do not offer

[sartoric]

@Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos
I’m using default samsung explorer and it works like a charm

[Dimitrios Kanellopoulos]

@sartoric ok that is great to hear sorry for the confusion