MuseScore Songbook (Android): Opening a song from a filemanager duplicates song list entry
Every time I open a file from a file manager (I use TotalCommander) or from a link in a local file, a new entry in Songbook's song list is created. So I end up with multiple entries in the song list for the same song that I have to delete manually.
Apart from that the song is displayed correctly.
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Isn't that normal / standard / usually desirable behavior? I don't see how the app would know you were literally opening the same file, not another one of the same name, or an updated version of the previous one.
In reply to Isn't that normal / standard by Marc Sabatella
If it is the same absolute pathname, it got to be the same file, maybe a different version, but if so, the other version is gone, so no need to keep it in the list?
In reply to If it is the same absolute by Jojo-Schmitz
It's literally the same file and not changed, just opened several times.
In reply to Isn't that normal / standard by Marc Sabatella
It is clearly a bug and it is really annoying. I store my scores locally on the tablet and opening them from a file manager or a link is one of my usual workflows.
Is anybody considering fixing that? Should I post it somewhere else to trigger a bugfix request?
In reply to It is clearly a bug and it is by SqueezeBoxer
I couldn't find it in the issue tracker yet. Please do enter it there, pick "Miscellaneous" as Component, priority as normal and leave it unassigned: https://musescore.org/en/node/add/project-issue/musescore
This will allow the developer to pick up on it.
In reply to I couldn't find it in the by jeetee
Well, AFAIK issues with the Android/iOS apps are not to be reported via the issue tracker but via email to support@musescore.com
In reply to Well, AFAIK issues with the by Jojo-Schmitz
Ah yes, that's the case indeed. Perhaps a feature request then to add a 'project' in the issue tracker for the mobile apps?
Some issues currently do reside under the MuseScore project already though..
@SqueezeBoxer: as Jojo said, send a mail to support@musescore.com with your report (include a link to this topic as well)
In reply to Ah yes, that's the case by jeetee
For the moment, this is the intended behavior and not a bug.
Opening a score from a file explorer in Musescore Songbook will copy it to the MuseScore songbook local storage and add it to the internal database of the songbook. It will do it every time you open a song. We might consider to change this behavior to let the user choose if he wants the song to be saved or not. It's on our roadmap.
In reply to For the moment, this is the by [DELETED] 5
Excuse me, I cannot understand that. Can you explain a single situation where anybody would want such a behaviour and for what reasons.
In reply to For the moment, this is the by [DELETED] 5
Now it's July 2018 and nothing changed. Still I have many and many more double entries in the list. Please be so kind and change the Songbooks behavior. Thank you.
In reply to Now it's July 2018 and… by Concertix
Better go to https://musescore.com/groups/musescore-android/
In reply to Better go to https:/… by Jojo-Schmitz
I have already posted it there (two years ago!):
https://musescore.com/groups/musescore-android/discuss/1706011
In reply to I have already posted it… by SqueezeBoxer
Well done, that's where it belongs :-)