Offline Mode – Android Route Planner App

Route4Me’s Android Route Planner app provides seamless continuity throughout the entire multi-stop route planning, optimization, navigation, and completion process. For your convenience and efficiency, you can seamlessly continue using your Route4Me Android Route Optimization App when you have a bad internet connection or even no internet connection at all.

For example, as a delivery driver, field service technician, or field sales rep, you may go out of the city, into underground facilities, long tunnels, and other places with poor or no internet connection. Route4Me’s Offline Mode enables you to seamlessly continue navigating and completing your routes with no internet connection at all. In this guide, you can learn how to use the Offline Mode, what features are supported offline, how to manually sync the route data collected offline, and more.

Offline mode allows using Route4Me's Mobile Android Multi-Stop Route Planner app with no internet connection.

 

 

Using Offline Mode on Route4Me’s Android Route Planner App

To seamlessly continue navigating and completing a route with an unstable or no internet connection, load the preferred route on your device. To load a route, make sure that you are connected to the internet. Next, go to “Routes” in the app’s main menu and then open the preferred route. Accordingly, the app will automatically load the opened route.

Open and load routes on the mobile Android Route Planner app to navigate and complete routes offline without an internet connection.

 

After loading the route, you can start and navigate the route as usual. When the app detects that you have an unstable or no internet connection, it will show a red warning sign in the top left corner of the screen. Accordingly, when you lose the internet connection, you can seamlessly continue navigating and completing your route.

Use offline navigation and navigate multi-address routes offline on Route4Me's Mobile Android Route Planner app.

 

As you continue navigating your route offline, you can set stop statuses, collect proof of delivery and service, and perform other activities to complete the route. When your internet connection is restored, the app will automatically synchronize all route data and activities completed offline with the servers.

Attach proof of visit, delivery, and service to route stops and complete routes offline without the internet using Android Route Planner app for drivers.

 

Supported Offline Features on Android Route Planner App

Route4Me’s Android Route Planning app enables you to use most of its features in the Offline Mode. Below, you can find the list of the features you can continue using when your Android device has an unstable or no internet connection.

Attach proof of visit, delivery, or service offline to route stops using Android Route Planner app with no internet connection.

Offline FeaturesDescription
RoutesOpen the loaded route and check its start time, stops, route metrics (i.e., distance, number of stops, etc.), and route map.
NavigationNavigate the loaded route using Route4Me’s In-App Voice-Guided Navigation. Additionally, you can navigate Route4Me-optimized routes using other supported third-party navigation apps that work without the internet.
Stop StatusesSet statuses to stops on the loaded route. Additionally, learn more about Stop Statuses on Route4Me’s Android Route Optimization App.
Proof of VisitAttach text notes, images, electronic signatures, and other types of proof of visit to stops on the loaded route. Additionally, learn more about Collecting and Attaching Proof of Visit, Delivery, or Service on Route4Me’s Android Route Planning app.
Barcode ScannerUse Route4Me’s Android Route Planner’s integrated barcode scanner. In detail, attach barcode data to route stops as Custom Data. Additionally, learn more about using Route4Me’s Android Route Planning App-Integrated Barcode Scanner.

 

Synchronize Pending Offline Data on Android Route Planner App

Additionally, you can check what route activities have been completed when your device is still offline. To do so, tap the red warning sign in the top left corner of the opened route’s screen. Accordingly, the “Pending Data” screen shows all unsynchronized events and activities completed offline, which are locally stored on your device.

Once your device has a stable internet connection, the app automatically synchronizes the Pending Data with the servers. Additionally, you can manually push data synchronization by tapping the “Synchronize All” button when your device is online.

Manually synchronize pending data that includes route planner app activities executed offline with no internet connection.

 

Mobile to Web Offline Mode Pending Data Synchronization

Furthermore, Route4Me’s Marketplace Subscriptions support real-time route data synchronization between the Android Route Planner app and Route4Me’s Web Platform. In detail, once your internet connection is restored, all route data and activities completed offline can be instantly synchronized across all connected accounts and devices. Accordingly, stop statuses, collected signatures and photos, and other data will automatically become available on Route4Me’s Web Platform in real-time.

Synchronize mobile route planner app activities executed offline with the Route4Me Web Platform when the internet connection is restored.

 

 

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Route4Me has over 40,000 customers globally. Route4Me's Android and iPhone mobile apps have been downloaded over 2 million times since 2009. Extremely easy-to-use, Route4Me's apps create optimized routes, synchronize routes to mobile devices, enable communication with drivers and customers, offer turn-by-turn directions, delivery confirmation, and more. Behind the scenes, Route4Me's operational optimization platform combines high-performance algorithms with data science, machine learning, and big data to plan, optimize, and analyze routes of almost any size in real-time.