Settings | ArxSilex MapTools

Settings

Expand branches with the arrow. Names and action chips are direct links to the detailed explanations.

Map presets4

Active setup
A map preset saves all four map slots, their order and active slot, including map sources, styles, layers, terrain, overlays, routing preferences and map-object visibility. UI profile, coordinates, colors, icon favorites and menu order remain global settings.
Map styles
Standard · Map source and offline maps are managed in the map browser.
Custom map preset
Save · Duplicate · Delete
Reset app settings
Menu order, colors, icon favorites, map slots and important app settings will be reset to their defaults. Your UI profile, projects, objects, imported maps and POI data remain unchanged.

Display and operation10

App profile
Changes the arrangement of controls, but not maps, layers, projects or recorded data. · Standard · Hiking
Language
System default · Deutsch · English · Français · Español · Italiano · Português · Nederlands · Polski · Čeština · Türkçe · Українська · 日本語 · 한국어 · 简体中文 · Русский · Română · Svenska
Darkmode
Force dark UI theme.
Red night mode
Uses a dark red palette to preserve night vision in the field.
Text size: 50–160%
Adjusts text in menus, settings, and dialogs. Map object labels are configured separately.
Object label size: 50–160%
Adjusts labels for markers, circles, distances, areas, routes, and other objects on the map.
High contrast mode
Uses stronger foreground and accent colors for sunlight and accessibility.
Outdoor brightness
Keeps the app window at maximum brightness for outdoor use.
Glove mode
Enlarges important map controls for safer use with gloves and cold hands.
Live status strip
Shows the compact AS MapTools status strip below the system status bar and adapts to device insets automatically.

Connections and offline operation5

Current MapTools status
Online · Offline mode · Radio silence
Offline mode
Blocks every internet request started by MapTools, including online map services and external web links. Local projects, offline maps, POIs, terrain, tracking and offline routing remain available.
Radio silence
Additionally pauses MapTools Wi-Fi scans, Wi-Fi Aware, BLE reception, BLE advertising, Remote ID and group mode.
Block Google connections
Pauses Google Maps, Play Store update checks, Play Billing licence checks and Google location APIs. Custom WMS, WMTS and OGC servers remain available.
Block OpenStreetMap online service
Blocks requests by the built-in OSM online map. Imported OpenAndroMaps and other offline maps as well as custom servers remain available.

Background activities & storage5

Track recording
Track recording · BLE group mode · Route navigation · Position measurement · Remote ID reception · Object alarms · Import & POI indexing · Backup & restore
Android background status
An empty status bar does not prove that every MapTools activity has stopped. Android may display a foreground service silently or only under Active apps.
Notification channels
App notifications allowed · Background use restricted · Excluded from battery optimization
Resources at this moment
RAM is an Android process estimate. Storage values cover MapTools app directories; linked user folders are not scanned. · MapTools checks these values only while you open this overview or tap Refresh. No resource history is recorded.
Manage
Notification settings · App settings

Colors and symbols6

Object color favorites
Tap a slot to select it, long-press to edit its ARGB/HTML color code.
Surface and ViewRange color favorites
Tap a slot to select it, long-press to edit its ARGB/HTML color code.
Default route and area style
Area line width: … px · Area point size: … · Route line width: … px · Route point size: …
Crosshair color (LiveBearing)
Light · Dark
Search grid colors
Open · Visited · Line
Default marker icon
Tap to set the default icon. Long press a slot to replace one of the 12 favorites.

Help and info6

Repeat short introduction
Thank you for using MapTools. On the next few pages, I’ll introduce the most important parts of the app and show you how to place a marker and record a track.
Open feature overview
Open tutorial
Reset one-time tips
One-time tips have been reset.
Check for app updates
Automatically check for updates · Checks Google Play at most once every 24 hours.
More information on the website
https://www.arxsilex.de/app/maptools/
Exit app
The app window will close. Current data is saved before closing. · Show this confirmation next time

Find your way around the app

Menu tree and icon guide

The tree follows the default order of the map workspace. Open a branch, recognise the icon and jump straight to the relevant guide. Sub-actions show what appears after a tool has been started.

Open the complete menu tree

Settings

Background activities & storage

MapTools checks these values only while you open this overview or tap Refresh. No resource history is recorded.

Track recording

Track recording · BLE group mode · Route navigation · Position measurement · Remote ID reception · Object alarms · Import & POI indexing · Backup & restore

Android background status

An empty status bar does not prove that every MapTools activity has stopped. Android may display a foreground service silently or only under Active apps.

On recent Android versions, also check Quick settings → Active apps for foreground services.

Resources at this moment

RAM is an Android process estimate. Storage values cover MapTools app directories; linked user folders are not scanned.

MapTools checks these values only while you open this overview or tap Refresh. No resource history is recorded.

Text size: 50–160%

Adjusts text in menus, settings, and dialogs. Map object labels are configured separately.

Adjusts labels for markers, circles, distances, areas, routes, and other objects on the map.

Repeat short introduction

Open feature overview

Reset one-time tips

MapTools checks these values only while you open this overview or tap Refresh. No resource history is recorded.