XCSoar JET

About XCSoar JET Android App

For original XCSoar fan; you might wondering where is the original XCSoar app is. The answer is it's gone forever as the previous author took down the app.
The good news is a new author is taking over XCSoar future but there's still a lot of work to start publishing the original XCSoar again. (You can follow the progress at https://github.com/XCSoar/XCSoar/issues/1370)

In the meantime, XCSoar JET is the alternative to original XCSoar. XCSoar JET strategy is a soft fork, meaning we'll always have 100% of original XCSoar development/feature plus my features tailored to my personal needs.

FAQ:
# I cannot access app files anymore in Android 14
Unfortunately in Android 14, they locked down a way to access *any* application data directly. It's not possible to developer to enable this on our end. (see discussion in https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/173lsrc/android_14_storage_access_framework_no_longer/)
Fortunately, there's still workaround from the community.
- If you have access to adb command on your laptop, you still can use it to access application data
- If you don't have access to laptop you can use "Shizuku" solution to access application data on the go (instruction in https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/185d7ba/access_androiddata_and_androidobb_on_android_14/)

# What's the difference from original XCSoar
XCSoar JET will always include 100% of original XCSoar development/feature, plus additional features that are tailored to my needs, example as follows:
- Unlock minimal zoom level down to 100m
- Fix XCTracer GPS from return null island position (0,0)
- Reduce trail length from 60min/5min to 10min/2min
- Android: show status bar while in full screen, disable all screen immersion feature
- CrossSection view: fix scaling for feet unit, remove unit text padding
- New Infobox V GND and TAS in the same Infobox
- New Infobox Baro and GPS altitude in the same Infobox
- New Infobox H AGL and H T/O in the same Infobox
- Update Wind infobox to include wind_estimation data age
- Initial goto task will always be a takeoff site instead of nearest landable
- JETProvider support. Receive traffic info from OGN via internet without additional hardware
- Fuel burn calculation for PPG (Fuel burn time widget and task range estimation)
- Audio task bearing: speed-command-like sound that will scream at you when deviated of course
- Skysight.io overlay integration
- Show waypoint shortcode on task editor and infobox
- Increase cylinder waypoint circle interpolation to make large cylinder tasks more optimal
- Update SnailTrail Vario#2 color contrast
- NextArrowInfoBox show bearing different instead of distance
- GRInstantInfoBox show average GR on comment label
- Add scan QR task guidance
- New experimental Infobox NetworkWidget
- New Infobox Barogram with meter height

Update v1.23 [16 Jun 2024]:
- Rebase to XCSoar 7.43-rc0