iPhone GPX downloading problem

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BillMiddlebrook wrote:BTW, for this of you having probs, does Safari open when you attempt the gpx download? Safari is what intercepts the download when I download one. It asks me what app to use from there
Yes. That's exactly what I get.
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Even without a GPX app installed, I get this:
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^Yep, same here. And it doesn't actually give me the option to open it with any of my mapping apps.
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AlexeyD wrote:^Yep, same here. And it doesn't actually give me the option to open it with any of my mapping apps.
Any fee apps you have installed? I could try a couple. I only used GPXViewer and Safari did offer that one up with an Open option
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BillMiddlebrook wrote:
AlexeyD wrote:^Yep, same here. And it doesn't actually give me the option to open it with any of my mapping apps.
Any fee apps you have installed? I could try a couple. I only used GPXViewer and Safari did offer that one up with an Open option
The apps I currently have that can read GPX files are: Gaia, Avenza Maps, and HikingProject (yeah I know it sucks, I mostly just use it for trailhead directions). None of these come up as a list of options that Safari offers to open the file.
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Ok, I just installed Gaia and tried to open a 14ers app GPX file and got the following.
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Nope, as soon as I click the "OK" button after the warning pops up, it just immediately opens a Safari browser with a bunch of code on it. I never get the "open with Gaia" option. Sorry, I hadn't actually tried doing it earlier so I was going from memory.
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What does it do if you select the .KmL file in the app, for a route?
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Tap email attachment , then the upload image and select “copy to Gaia gps”
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I made a change to the download program used by the app and I'm hoping it will force Safari to play nice.

Could someone who has been seeing the source gpx file instead of the "open" page test it again? Thanks
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BillMiddlebrook wrote:I made a change to the download program used by the app and I'm hoping it will force Safari to play nice.

Could someone who has been seeing the source gpx file instead of the "open" page test it again? Thanks
From the 14ers.com ios APP, I get xml code up in Safari when I click on a GPX.
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Bill,

I just tried opening both the GPX and KML files from the app, and no change from yesterday with either one. It still goes right to a Safari window with XML code, just like Rob said.

I wonder if deleting and re-installing the app would make any difference?

Thanks for working on this!

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