NavForge Beta — v1.0.0

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Android only. Requires Android 7+. Approximately 57 MB.

Download navforge-beta.apk →

Settings → Security → allow Install unknown apps for your browser, then open the downloaded file.

What’s in this build

• ✓ Infra: Group ride and region request API migrated to ride.navforge.app — properly branded endpoint, same functionality
• ✓ Fixed: Search now ranks local results first — searching “Liverpool” in NSW now returns Liverpool NSW, not Liverpool England; search is biased to your GPS location
• ✓ Fixed: GPS position now used immediately as route start — previously if GPS hadn’t fixed yet on app launch the auto-origin was skipped; now seeds from Android’s cached last-known position instantly
• ✓ Fixed: Search now tries your downloaded map data even when the online search returns no results; empty state tells you to download a map region if nothing is found offline
• ✓ New: Round Trip now has Export GPX and Save to Calendar buttons — same as A→B route planning; generate a loop, save it to any date or share it as GPX
• ✓ Fixed: Ride Calendar now shows the full year ahead — planned trips saved to future dates were invisible because the calendar was limited to 1 day in the future; now shows 12 months forward
• ✓ Fixed: Explore Roads — tapping orange road lines now works on mobile; previously only worked on desktop mouse (thin 3px lines had no touch target); wider invisible hit layer added
• ✓ New: Planned trips in Ride Calendar — plan a route, save it to any future date; appears as a blue dot in the calendar; tap to navigate to the destination or delete; separate from actual recorded rides
• ✓ Fixed: Export GPX no longer saves to My Rides as a side effect — export now shares to email/WhatsApp/Files only; use “Save to Calendar” to explicitly keep a route
• ✓ New: “Save to Calendar” button in route planning — after previewing any route, save it to a chosen date; green dots = rides you rode, blue dots = trips you planned
• ✓ New: “Navigate here” button on POI detail sheet — tap any fuel station, campsite, attraction, or hotel pin on the map to navigate directly to it; auto-sets GPS position as start
• ✓ Fixed: Day mode toggle now works correctly — switch ON = day mode active; subtitle confirms current state; no more confusing label swap
• ✓ Fixed: Orientation lock now shows Portrait/Landscape chips after locking so you can switch without unlocking; chips update immediately
• ✓ New: navigation voice selection in Ride Settings — choose from all TTS voices on your device (all languages), with friendly display names and a search bar; selection persists across restarts
• ✓ New: live hard braking indicator — while recording, a banner shows each detected braking event with peak deceleration (g) and duration (ms) for 2.5 seconds
• ✓ Fixed: setting a destination now zooms the map to show both your position and the destination so you can immediately see the route context
• ✓ Fixed: long-pressing the map no longer snaps the camera back to your GPS position — the view stays exactly where you placed it
• ✓ Fixed: dismissing any sheet with a previewed route now always shows a “Route ready — Start navigation” bar on the map so you can start without reopening the sheet
• ✓ Fixed: Round Trip now collapses to a compact card after generating — route is visible on the map behind the sheet; tap Regenerate to return to controls
• ✓ Fixed: Round Trip distance now accurately matches the slider — previous geometry placed waypoints in a line (not a loop), causing an “80km” trip to route 150-180km; now uses triangular waypoint placement calibrated to the target
• ✓ Fixed: planning sheet drag handle and close button no longer appear in the same visual row
• ✓ Fixed: “Set as Start” now works correctly from search results and long-press — tapping it inserts the location as the route start without affecting the destination
• ✓ Fixed: all 7 routing sliders now fully connected to the routing engine — Hills & elevation and Road surface were wired correctly in our Valhalla fork but disconnected by a bad code change; now restored
• ✓ New: route planning now shows distance and estimated travel time after every Preview Route — numbers update instantly when switching between Road and Adventure modes
• ✓ Fixed: routing presets correctly differentiated — Road uses minimal curvature (0.1), Adventure uses maximum curvature (1.0); all 7 costing params flow through to Valhalla
• ✓ Fixed: “Navigate here” from a saved marker now auto-sets your GPS position as the start — Preview Route is immediately available without manually setting an origin
• ✓ Fixed: deleting a marker from My Markers list now removes the pin from the map immediately
• ✓ Fixed: marker pins now appear on map immediately after saving
• ✓ Marker system — markers persist across restarts; tap a pin to navigate, edit, or delete; menu → My Markers for full list; swipe to delete
• ✓ Fixed: long-press and route destination labels now show correct suburb/town
• ✓ Fixed: altitude gauge now shows accurate reading
• ✓ Fixed: destination search now finds places reliably
• ✓ Fixed: speed and altitude gauges now self-recover after granting GPS permission
• ✓ Fixed: release verification script works correctly after phone reboots

What beta testers get

• ✓ Full Premium access — all routing sliders, unlimited regions
• ✓ Direct APK install — no Play Store needed
• ✓ Direct line to the developer for feedback
• ✓ Free Premium subscription at launch
• ✓ Your name in the credits (if you want it)

Getting started

1. Download the APK above and install it
2. On first launch, tap Allow when asked for location permission
3. Open the menu (☰) → Download Maps → pick your region
4. Long-press the map to set a destination and preview a route