{"id":"6adb87ad9c06c14ca72cf314","title":"2026 10 23 Issue 151","path":"how-to/committee/release-notes/2026-10-23-issue-151","contentMarkdown":"# 23-Oct-2026 — The native walking app is ready for app-store release\n\n## [build 1013](https://github.com/nbarrett/ngx-ramblers/actions/runs/39975710129) — [commit 02fad93](https://github.com/nbarrett/ngx-ramblers/commit/02fad934b8eaa0e7fc5a2f10ec2b3354538c10d6)\n\n_____\n\nNGX-Ramblers' native walking app for **iPhone and Android** is ready for release to the **Apple App Store and Google Play**. It brings your group's routes and upcoming walks together on your phone, with tools to follow a route, import a GPX file and record a walk of your own.\n\nThis announcement marks readiness for app-store release. Store availability and download links will follow when the listings are published.\n\n![Illustration of the native app route library on iPhone](https://ngx-ramblers.org.uk/api/aws/s3/site-content/7a0b6607-695b-41f8-89ff-c612a532a09f.png)\n\n### Your route library\n\nFind a route, filter by creator, or return to a favourite.\n\n![Illustration of upcoming walks in the native app on Android](https://ngx-ramblers.org.uk/api/aws/s3/site-content/f87f871c-d0bf-443f-8ce0-67f5485fd46f.png)\n\n### Your upcoming walks\n\nBrowse the group programme and open the details for your next walk.\n\n## Find your next walk\n\nOpen **Maps** to browse the route library. Search for a place or route, choose a creator, or use **Near me** and **Favourites** to narrow the list. Open a route to see its map and directions; when you go back, the list keeps your place.\n\nChoose **Upcoming** to see your group's published walk programme, including dates, distances and meeting details. Open a walk for the full information.\n\n## Take the route with you\n\nOpen a route and choose **Start** to follow it with your live position and direction pointer on the map. The map controls let you pause or stop without opening the full drawer. You can choose a small, medium or large location pointer in map settings.\n\nOn Android, **Compass calibration help** is available in App settings and on the map if the pointer needs attention. The help screen shows the movement to make and returns you to the screen you came from.\n\n## Bring a route or record your own\n\nUse **Import GPX** to open a route file. To record a new walk, sign in and choose **Record**, then walk as usual and press **Stop** when you finish. You can save with the suggested date-and-time name or give the route a name of your own. Route importing, recording and editing follow the permissions set by your group.\n\nWhen editing a route on a phone, drag the white points to adjust the line. Name and description are under **Additional settings**, leaving more room for the map.\n\n## Make it yours\n\nOpen the navigation menu and choose **App settings** to choose the views you want and your preferred appearance. On a desktop, use the settings button beside Refresh. In the native app, the build number helps identify the installed version when reporting a problem.\n\n## Also in this release\n\n- Upcoming walks with an OS map use the same map-credit strip as the route library. Photos and placeholders keep their own presentation.\n- Album banners fit phone screens more comfortably, with the event date and title on separate lines. Album titles remain visible when used outside a page shell.\n- CMS page headings stay below the site navigation as you scroll, and background albums preserve the page heading.\n- Filled buttons keep their icon and label together, and the phone navigation menu has more balanced spacing.\n\n[Related mobile development](https://github.com/nbarrett/ngx-ramblers/issues/151) · [Related CMS improvements](https://github.com/nbarrett/ngx-ramblers/issues/205)","contentHtml":"

23-Oct-2026 — The native walking app is ready for app-store release

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build 1013 — commit 02fad93

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NGX-Ramblers' native walking app for iPhone and Android is ready for release to the Apple App Store and Google Play. It brings your group's routes and upcoming walks together on your phone, with tools to follow a route, import a GPX file and record a walk of your own.

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This announcement marks readiness for app-store release. Store availability and download links will follow when the listings are published.

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Your route library

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Find a route, filter by creator, or return to a favourite.

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Your upcoming walks

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Browse the group programme and open the details for your next walk.

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Find your next walk

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Open Maps to browse the route library. Search for a place or route, choose a creator, or use Near me and Favourites to narrow the list. Open a route to see its map and directions; when you go back, the list keeps your place.

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Choose Upcoming to see your group's published walk programme, including dates, distances and meeting details. Open a walk for the full information.

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Take the route with you

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Open a route and choose Start to follow it with your live position and direction pointer on the map. The map controls let you pause or stop without opening the full drawer. You can choose a small, medium or large location pointer in map settings.

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On Android, Compass calibration help is available in App settings and on the map if the pointer needs attention. The help screen shows the movement to make and returns you to the screen you came from.

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Bring a route or record your own

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Use Import GPX to open a route file. To record a new walk, sign in and choose Record, then walk as usual and press Stop when you finish. You can save with the suggested date-and-time name or give the route a name of your own. Route importing, recording and editing follow the permissions set by your group.

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When editing a route on a phone, drag the white points to adjust the line. Name and description are under Additional settings, leaving more room for the map.

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Make it yours

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Open the navigation menu and choose App settings to choose the views you want and your preferred appearance. On a desktop, use the settings button beside Refresh. In the native app, the build number helps identify the installed version when reporting a problem.

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Also in this release

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Related mobile development · Related CMS improvements

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