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I'd automate the shit out of this one if I were to write an app.
thinking of something like this one
Another option is You could use an NFC tag placed inside the car instead. Scan to toggle recording.
Yeah, I would just use Connected to Car BT?
I have so many ideas but so little time to properly look into Kotlin and Android dev :/
Some other ideas I had:
you can give Flutter a try. It'd be perfect for such an app.
Use an automation app like Automate, Macrodroid, Tasker.
I have a few scripts that respond to geolocations, but it wouldn't be hard to add some other features.
Currently these scripts save output to a text file (CSV) that is synced to my file server using Syncthing.
You could use various triggering mechanisms, such as BT connect in the car, or an NFC tag, disconnecting, from wifi (that's a good indicator you're traveling), etc.
There's also a location tracking app you can self host, let me find a link.
Hm using Tasker for this is actually a really good idea, thanks!
I tried setting up own tracks and it looked like SO much more trouble than it’s worth.
What about Traccar? I see a section in there for "drives", although I just leave mine on all the time
Imo it looks to be very bloated for what I want. I don't need (or necessarily want) a GPS track for the whole journey, but rather just start and endpoint. I intend to tell the distance from my cars odometer.
Also I already started making my own app by now anyway and I'm far too committed to consider other options lol