[Therion] BlueStacks 4 to run Android Cave Survey Apps

[Bruce Mutton]

At the risk of digressing from direct relevance to Therion...

And of exposing my ignorance and incompetence…

 

Looks like SexyTopo works fine in Windows 10 in BlueStacks, subject to the proviso that Bluetooth is not accessible.

 

And files in Windows ThisPC Documents and Pictures and \ProgramData\BlueStacks\Engine\UserData map automatically and directly to

BlueStacks sdcard/windows/Documents, Pictures and BstSharedFolder

 

Not quite as documented, but very nice and seamless.  I suspect it depends on the particular setup you choose - I accepted the default of Samsung S8+.

 

But I have not made complete friends with the BlueStacks Media Manager yet.

I cannot delete unwanted folders (can only delete files), although SexyTopo provides a survey deletion function, so that is an acceptable workaround wher

Using the Import from Windows script I find I can only import files.  It will not import folders or file structures.  Found some info in a general search that suggests that BlueStacks Media Manager cannot generally select folders.

 

Following Tarquin’s guidance below, I get tripped up at the lines marked **.

The screenshot below shows what I see after importing from windows a set of files and then selecting them.

I would like to now copy them or preferably move them to sdcard/Documents/SexyTopo/Surveys/…

But all the Media Manager presents me with is an option to Export to Windows (from whence they were just imported!), to delete them or select all.



(These ‘Imported Files’ happen to be stored in Explore sdcard/DCIM/SharedFolder by the way, but accessing from there also does not allow the files to be moved)

So I’m stuck, I cannot move files to a location that SexyTopo can access.

 

How to copy/paste/move folders and files within BlueStacks?

How to delete folders within BlueStacks?

 

Seems like basic functionality, but only found two questions on this with a general search, both of which unanswered.

The BlueStacks help and the many search other results all seem to skirt around these particular questions.

It really feels like I must be missing something very obvious.

 

Do I need to install a third-party file manager?

 

Bruce

 

-----Original Message-----

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BlueStacks 4 (not available on version 3).

Start it, log in to Play Store.

"Home" tab - Library - Google Play Store, install SexyTopo.

"Home" tab - Library - System apps - Media Manager.

Import From Windows, select all the files in a SexyTopo data folder (whatever you imported into Windows from your Android device Documents\SexyTopo\Surveys\somesurvey).

Imported files. Tap and hold on the first file to select it. Tap on the next one etc. until all are selected.

** Click the Save icon.

** Save it to Internal shared storage\Documents\SexyTopo\Surveys\somesurvey

(make sure you name the folder correctly or it won't work).

You can now access your survey from the SexyTopo app.

 

Hope this is useful to you Bruce.

 

I am guessing the same approach probably works for TopoDroid, but I do not use it, so have not tested it.

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