QField Feature Requests

We are considering sharing a self-hosted QFieldCloud instance with several French National Parks (a similar project is under consideration on the side of the regional parks). On this instance, there would be several project administrators (one per fleet). We would like to be able to segment the administration and the view of projects by organization (or by team, I don't know which is more appropriate). We can offer a PR if you are interested in this topic. Thanks!

It would be useful, especially if navigating to a location by car, if the map was rotated according to the travel direction instead being fixed to north-up or the device/compass orientation. So for example in the attached GIF the canvas would rotate according to the direction of movement.

In the layer panel in QGIS there is a button to collapse all layer groups/styles. It would be useful to have the same functionality in QField.

As a user (fieldworker), I want to be able to turn on the option to smooth the line I have drawn using the freehand option, so that it looks better on maps to be shared with others. When using the freehand digitisation option, I often find that the result is too erratic, possibly due to an oversensitive implementation. I regularly unintentionally digitise a tiny line going in the opposite direction to the rest of the line when lifting my stylus off of the touchscreen. When zoomed out enough it isn't noticeable, but if symbology is used to add an arrow to the end of the line then this ends up facing the wrong way than what was intended (see attached screenshots showing the same line, one is zoomed in closer). I can use the 'minus' button to remove points until the unintended section is removed, but this is time consuming due to the number of points added when using freehand digitisation. Could you add an option to smooth the freehand input (perhaps by selecting the resolution of points in freehand lines, i.e. the distance between points), or an option to apply a smoothing process to lines within a layer?

It would be nice to have the option to view the images stored as child objects in some sort of gallery view. Right now the images get shown as their file path in a list view. For people using the images to reference something and not adding new ones, the gallery would be much more useful. Below I drew a quick mock-up what it might look like. Button in the top bar to switch between list and galaery view current image and and total number of images in the top left corner edit button (maybe would be better in top right) arrows (or swipe) to switch between images --> also helps indicate that there are more than one image

As a QField user working with Forest Land Use maps, I want the ability to filter entities on a layer so that I can display only those entities that meet specific criteria, such as representing forests older than 20 years.

Aa a QField project creator, it would provide a huge increase in functionality to be able to perform actions based on when a specific field is updated at time of initial collection (before the feature is saved) and/or on updating an already saved feature. For example: perform/update a calculation when another field is changed. I understand virtual fields and default values, etc exist, however, QField does not seem to trigger field updates the same way QGIS does. Having access to events at form level: on_form_open, before_form_close, etc and at field/attribute level: on_value_change, etc would provide much more granular control over data collection without the need of going to a full custom form UI via python Qt Designer.

It would be very useful to have some basic annotation drawing tools for quickly annotate over map and share markups and notes to others. We currently need to make a screenshot and have to use another application to annotate before sharing to collaborators.

If you don't have "Automatically open form for single feature identification" enabled in settings and you click on feature(s) on the map canvas, the feature selection window covers a lot of the map view, even when only one/a few features are listed. Could the selection window be adjusted so if only a few features are listed it is smaller?

I would like to use “Open Camera” for the shots, and unfortunately my Samsung Galaxy phone (SM-A166B/DS/Galaxy A16) with Android 15 does not allow me to change the default application for taking photos. It forces me to use Samsung's “Camera.” So in QField if I activate the “Use native camera” option, “Camera” is always used. Android never displays the “Always/Once” dialog to select another app. Based on an AI search, QField triggers the Android ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE intent, which uses Samsung's non-adjustable setting. ⚠️ Consequence On these devices, users have no way of choosing their preferred photo taking application for use with QField. 💡 Feature request Add an option in QField to explicitly select which camera application to use when the “Use native camera” option is enabled, for example: either via an application selector in the QField parameters (list of apps capable of managing ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE) or by allowing you to manually enter the name of the package of a third-party camera application (e.g. org.opencamera). ✅ Benefits Allow users on Samsung/One UI (and other manufacturers that lock photo intent) to use QField with the application of their choice. Beyond the problem that concerns me, it would allow me to configure a “fleet” of QField projects with an environment of well-defined applications without forcing the various users to change the default settings of their phones.