Android – FieldLog

Android FieldLog 1.5.3 Release | Drop Rigs

February 20, 2026 By houstin 0 Comments

Release Date: February 19, 2025
Version: 1.5.3

Drop Rig Tracking

The headline feature of this release is support for unattended drop rig recordings. Field recordists can now track equipment deployed in remote locations with specific extra toggles and visual indicators.

Two-Stage Toggle System

Drop rig tracking uses a simple two-toggle approach:

Drop Rig toggle marks a take as associated with drop rig equipment
Currently Dropped toggle (appears when Drop Rig is enabled) indicates the rig is actively deployed in the field

When you mark a rig as “Currently Dropped,” the start time represents deployment, and toggling it off automatically sets the stop time to mark retrieval.… Keep reading

Android FieldLog v1.5.2 – Take Creation Speedups

January 20, 2026 By houstin 0 Comments

Release Date: January 19, 2025
Version: 1.5.2

Take Creation Memory/Speed Ups

It was always the intention to make the number of tracks/sample rate/bit depth save between takes, so the last used one would be the default when creating a new take. This broke somewhere along the line, but I have it fixed now.

There have been a number of dependency and gradle components updated as well.

As always, please reach out if you have feature requests or find bugs!… Keep reading

Android FieldLog v1.5.1 – Map Improvements

December 22, 2025 By houstin 0 Comments

Release Date: December 22, 2025
Version: 1.5.1

Enhanced Map Experience

The maps have been a bit subpar, since I’ve mostly been using them on the web app. So here are a bunch of changes for the android version….

Maps now use the entire screen in landscape orientation, providing significantly more viewable area.
The map preserves your position and zoom level when rotating the device, and all controls adapt automatically to your screen size (buttons resize from 40-48dp, padding adjusts from 8-24dp).

… Keep reading