Geolocation not saved for notes in shared notebooks (Android)

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1

Operating system

Android

Joplin version

3.5.8

Desktop version info

Joplin Mobile 3.5.8 (prod, android)

Gerät: android
Client-ID: 6abe4bdd8f4b4528b790d7ad7b7585d3
Sync-Version: 3
Profil-Version: 49
Unterstützter Schlüsselbund: Nein
Alternative Instanz ID: -

Revision: e75875c1b (release-3.5)

Easy Backlinks: 1.3.1
Extra Markdown editor settings: 1.11.0
Inline TODO: 2.0.5
Journal: 2.0.0
Life Calendar: 1.5.1
Math Mode: 0.8.3
Note Tabs: 1.4.0
Quick Links: 1.3.2
Quick Note: 1.1.6
Rich Markdown: 0.16.4
Rich Tables: 1.7.11
Simple Image Resize: 1.5.17
Templates: 3.0.0

Android-API-Level: 35
WebView-Version: 139.0.7258.143
WebView-Paket: com.android.webview
FTS aktiviert: 1
Hermes aktiviert: 1

Sync target

Joplin Server

Editor

Markdown Editor

What issue do you have?

When creating a new note in a shared notebook on Android, the geolocation (GPS coordinates) is not saved in the note properties. The same note created in a non-shared notebook correctly stores the geolocation.
This is relevant for anyone using Joplin as a travel journal, where the automatic location tagging of notes is an important feature.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Share a notebook with another user via Joplin Server
  2. On Android, create a new note in the shared notebook
  3. Open note properties -> Location field is empty
  4. Create a new note in a non-shared notebook
  5. Open note properties -> Location is correctly populated

Expected behaviour

Geolocation should be saved regardless of whether the notebook is shared or not, as long as the user has write permissions and location access is granted to the app.

Actual behaviour

Geolocation is only saved for notes in non-shared notebooks. Notes created in shared notebooks have no location data.

BTW

  • It would be nice to see the Coordinates in settings and not only the link to a map
  • Sometimes android has no location. In this case it would be nice to get a feedback at creating a new note. Though you are aware that your travel journal is missing this location.

Regards, Helge

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Hello,

apparently no one else has this problem or isn't using the feature.

Could someone still try to reproduce this on their Android phone? It might just be an issue on my end. Or maybe not, in which case it would be a bug that should be investigated.

Another thing I've noticed is that when I create a new note in a shared notebook, the first few words of the note aren't inserted as a heading. Could this be a timing issue? Like, is a note being saved in a shared notebook before all the processes have finished?

Best regards, Helge