Sharing of GPX files

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Currently a user needs to download GPX tracks manually from the SD card in 
order to start working with them.

Sharing a track through the "share" menu in Android would allow users to get 
GPX files off the device via multiple channels (email, dropbox, etc.), without 
mounting the device at another computer.

Some ideas:

* Dropbox integration with the option to export GPX files to a Dropbox folder.
* GPX upload to OpenStreetMap

Original issue reported on code.google.com by CSpanr...@gmail.com on 15 Apr 2011 at 2:29

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that is what i have said if all the information from sd card is send through 
gprs to the server database and would be of great use.
sanjay

Original comment by sdha...@gmail.com on 21 Apr 2011 at 2:41

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Hi,

I'm not very familiar with the 'share' menu on android devices. Can you 
describe how it works on other android applications? Issue #98 has some 
discussion on an enhanced export feature which would include upload to OSM. 

Sanjay, In relation to your suggestion of sending data to 'the server 
database', what 'server database' do you have in mind OpenStreetMap's database?

- Paul

Original comment by oshea.p...@gmail.com on 23 Apr 2011 at 5:03

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The "share" menu item (in most apps it's a menu item) opens a list of other 
applications where you can send or post the resource that you're currently 
viewing to. E.g. if you're viewing a website on android's browser, the "share 
page" menu item opens up a list of applications like gmail, facebook, twitter, 
dropbox, email where you can send or post the link (the resource in question) 
to.

I did a quick google search and the best screenshot I found was at 
http://blog.kwyps.com/2011/04/android-sharing-text-to-facebook.html

Christian

Original comment by CSpanr...@gmail.com on 24 Apr 2011 at 5:11

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Hi Christian,

Thanks for the link. I'll take a look into that 'ACTION_SEND' intent.

- Paul.

Original comment by oshea.p...@gmail.com on 24 Apr 2011 at 5:48

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Hi - This is the developer @ blog.kwyps.com that Christian linked. I think you 
can use ACTION_SEND with the MIME type "application/gpx+xml".

I did a Google search and found a program that does just that: 
https://code.google.com/p/mytracks/issues/detail?id=419

I'm not sure if this fits what you're looking for in sharing GPX files, as 
email and other apps you want to share to are probably not set up to receive 
that MIME type, but it's nice to know there's a specific MIME type for you to 
use if you wish.

Original comment by nitros...@gmail.com on 25 Apr 2011 at 5:20