Oziexplorer and Android Kitkat ??

Wicket,
read the OziExplorer help (install) files and all will become clear


website

Click on the link, click on Ozi Android page, scroll down the page and click on "installation help (must read)" and you will get the following...

Method 1 (recommended)
•Download the OziExplorer apk file and put it on the SD card of your device in the top level folder of the SD Card.
•Many later Android devices come with a File Manager (may be called Files), the file manager can be used to select the .apk file and install it. If there is no File Manager one can be downloaded from the Android Market.
•OziExplorer can now be run from your device.

Maps can be loaded into the maps folder of your SD card as well

regards

Fred
While I appreciate your reply I would like to hear from someone who has actually done it and has it working satisfactorily .
thanks

I am use an Asus Memo Pad running 4.2.2. I tried a few methods of installing Apps on the SD card without success.I eventually settled for installing the app internally and putting the maps on the SD card using an app called LINK2SD.I had to partition the SD card to get this to work.

I can help you on this . I been playing with ozi Ce and Andriod since it was first released . I would advise to run the program from the flash memory as it will run a lot smoother and the it will only use 9mb of your memory . Using your Android device go to the ozi android site and download it .The button is small so pinch out to click it . After downloading it drag down notification and click the apk to install it, Or go to your file explorer and direct to downloads and click on the coloured Ozi apk file . During install enter rego if you have it . 2 best to run maps from external SD
Create a folder on the root of you external SD and name it Ozi Maps ,ect and place your maps in it in the correct format OZF2 each map has 2 files to make them work ,ozf2 and dot map file . Maps can be place in folder eg HEMA MAP ,AUST 250K ect inside the Ozi Map folder and ozi will read them
However as Ozi is set to default to read maps form flash memory you need to change the map path so ozi can find them. Go main menu/ configuration/general setting and change Map file path to /mnt/external sdcard/Ozi Maps (could be different or dif branded devices) Ozi Maps been exactly same name as map folder name on sd card or it wont work , changing path is done my click the file path line , when its correct maps will auto index and that it. You can leave the DATA file path as is ,this is where track log ,route,w/points ect are stored .Hope this helps

wicket, you have done your homework and on the right track.

In version 4.4 ( Kit Kat), Google introduced a new security feature which restricted access to SD folders.

It threw a lot of app writers into a spin until it was understood, and new versions had to come out to cope with the change, this included Ozi ( and Memory Map which i prefer).

Previously you could create a folder on the SD card and reference that in Ozi. Now you can still have maps, but you must put them in the folder ( on the SD card) that Ozi makes.

Basically the change was that only the app that creates the particular folder can write to it.

I tried it about 6 months ago. You can put the maps in the folder that Ozi creates using your PC. They will be deleted if you delete Ozi however. My new phone is Version 5 so haven't tried it lately, though it should be the same. Exactly the same issue came up with memory map but once you are aware of it it is ok.

Right then, after looking around at some of the Android forums it seems definitive that apps cannot be loaded directly onto the external sd card on a device that is running kitkat v4.4 (fixed in V5 lollipop though)
So that nice little Tab S i was looking at is out of the question. Tab S2 is ok but the screen is actually smaller :(

Hi wicket,

I am running Ozi on a 8inch Samsung 16GB tablet on kitkat platform for last 10 months

My observations are:
-I needed to load the Ozi software onto the flashdrive (inbuilt in tablet)
-Software works well when loaded onto flashdrive
-I had lots of problems when running maps on SD card.......often the tablet would not read the card
-Loaded maps onto flashdrive
-All works fine with this setup

Hope this helps

Boobok wrote this;

" Previously you could create a folder on the SD card and reference that in Ozi. Now you can still have maps, but you must put them in the folder ( on the SD card) that Ozi makes."

So if I load ozi onto the internal drive and then put (drag) those 2 folders Data and Maps that Ozi has created onto the external sd card then all will work ??

Thanks to all those who helped, I think I have managed to join the dots now, maurice, hope it wasn't too much like pulling teeth :)