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Drafts list is empty

How do I get the #Drafts list to fill in?

I was out doing a bunch of caching yesterday, and after creating a few drafts, I tried looking at the #Drafts list and it was empty. I also noticed there was no indication on the live map that a given cache had a draft associated with it. Then today I was out again, and noticed a cache I had just created a draft for, did in fact have a ! icon, and the drafts list was filled. Now I'm home to ask about it, and the list is empty again, yet my drafts on geocaching.com are still there. How can I get the list to work again?

Re: Drafts list is empty

Reply #2 –
This was in the city. Network connection was excellent the entire time. I had drafts online before I started. I submitted more drafts during my outing. They were sent online, not queued.

As I said, at first none showed. Then for a time during the day they did show. Then later at home they were gone again. No change to anything on the server. They are still online, but not showing in the app.

A screenshot would only show a blank screen that says (empty list). But if I go online with my browser, there are about a dozen drafts from a couple of days in there.
 

Re: Drafts list is empty

Reply #3 –
A screenshot goes a long way in showing exactly what you are seeing so I know where in the app you are. There are two ways to display drafts in Geooh... Geocaches and Profile.

The app simply uses the API to send a request for a list of drafts available at the time the request is sent... they are not stored in the app. Possibly, Groundspeak was having server issues. It's hard to say since I haven't gotten any other reports and in testing it all works as expected.

Another thing to try is close/reopen the app. The API sends draft numbers as part of the user stats so updating via restarting the app refreshes those stats. Also, clicking the smiley on the Home Screen also refreshes the stats.

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Reply #4 –
I'm posting here with my computer. To post screenshots means I would have to somehow transfer the screenshot to my computer.

But you just helped when you said
>  There are two ways to display drafts in Geooh... Geocaches and Profile.

I was only looking at the #Drafts list, which was empty.

So I poked around in the profile, and found lots of stuff, but I could not find where to view drafts.

But then when I went back to the geocaches section, there was now a number next to #Drafts!! I clicked on that list, and it actually downloaded the drafts and is now showing them.

So by viewing my profile, it somehow triggered Geooh to actually look to see if I have any drafts.

Re: Drafts list is empty

Reply #5 –
Yes, as in the previous post tried to indicate the app gets draft info whenever the user info is refreshed so whenever the app is started, or when logging, or updating stats from the home smiley is performed the app will know there are drafts to show. In version 15 the process will be altered to be more robust.

Re: Drafts list is empty

Reply #6 –
I have the same or similar problem:

I have 22 draft logs on geocaching.com
In the draft list in the geocaches ection I have 0 drafts shown
In the profile section the Drats list is not shown at all!

I have force stopped the app and started again, but the Drafts-section is still missing
Screenshot attached

/Picht