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Re:The Rise and Fall of 3M's Floppy Disk by dylan604 on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @11:25AM (#39918708)
To me, this seems like a feature the app you're using with the GPX should add to its social settings with a Share With Friend(s) button. Specifically knowing that being in an environment where cell coverage might not be available, it can form adhoc wifi, and push across. Of course, they will want you to allow access to Contacts to know who your friends are. But you've probably already been requested for any of the permissions needed for this feature, because $REASONS
Re:The Rise and Fall of 3M's Floppy Disk by francescovv on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @12:15PM (#39919313)
App in question is OsmAnd. It might have "share" thing buried inside app's "cloud" section, but I doubt it works without the, well, cloud. Also, different apps having their unique and quirky share mechanisms sounds like too much for user to keep track of. Or do you mean android's local, i.e. inter-app file-share mechanism?

https://developer.android.com/training/secure-file-sharing/s...

This one is there, and that's exactly how I was handing over the file between osmand and BT/WA.