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[Frans Schreuder <fransschreuder@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Gareth,

The limitations are only true for apps in the app store. As of today
OSMScout has also been published in the open appstore
(https://open.uappexplorer.com/app/osmscout.fransschreuder) with the
following extras:
*Allow access to <SD_Card>/Maps and $HOME/Documents/Maps
*Keeps the screen always on.
I still wonder why reviewers of the Ubuntu store can't just review the
code and press the manual review accepted button, at least for open
source apps like OSMScout, but the open app store is a workaround, at
least for people who are willing to type those commands to install the
openappstore.

Frans

On 06/21/2015 10:16 PM, Gareth France wrote:
> So we now have a number of apps available which require the ability to
> hold the screen in a fully illuminated, unlocked state. Some of them
> are killer feature apps which are crucial to acceptance of the OS, at
> least one of these has this feature implemented within the code but
> cannot do so as Ubuntu does not yet support it.
>
> I am able to use these apps at present by disabling the auto screen
> lock. But because the screen still dims after a few moments they are
> effectively unusable during the day. How do we go about adding weight
> to the request for this feature? I really feel everyone needs to do so
> as one of the major functions I require of a phone is missing, this is
> selling us short as we all know this OS has the ability to really
> impress.
>

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