Installing InFlight

DJI Remote Controllers do not have access to the Google Play Store by default, so the InFlight app must be side-loaded by installing the APK file directly.

Note

Access to the InFlight APK is available by support only. Please contact our support desk at support@firemapper.app.

DJI Controllers Setup

The following instructions outline how to install the InFlight APK directly on supported DJI controllers

  1. Open the Firefox app on your DJI Controller.

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  2. Download the InFlight APK file using the provided URL from FireMapper Support

  3. Once the download is complete, tap the Open folder in Firefox.

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  4. If you see a “For your security, your phone is not allowed to install unknown apps from this source’ message, tap the Settings button. This is because you are trying to install an application from outside of the Google Play Store, which can be dangerous if the source is not trusted.

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  5. Enable the option to allow installation from this source for Firefox app. This will allow the Firefox app to install Android apps using APK files.

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  6. Return to the Firefox application and tap Install to install the InFlight APK.

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  7. Open the InFlight app from the home screen. You may need to scroll to the second page on the home screen to find it.

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  8. Tap Allow InFlight to access this device’s location when prompted. This is required for InFlight to access the GPS location.

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  9. Start the InFlight application and make sure you are connected to the internet. InFlight will automatically complete the DJI SDK registration in the background. You must start InFlight at least once with an internet connection for this to complete successfully.

  10. You will now need to Pair with FireMapper in order to connect to FireMapper. More information can be found in the Pairing section of this manual.

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Android Device Setup (DJI N-Series Controllers Only)

The InFlight APK can also be installed on a phone running an Android 7 or later if you are using a DJI N-Series controller without a built-in screen. This setup is only used for the DJI Mini 3, DJI Mini 3 Pro & DJI Mini 4 Pro drones with the DJI RC-N1 controller or DJI RC-N3 controller.

The minimum Android version that is supported by InFlight is Android 7.0 and above. We only support Android devices with arm64-v8a hardware CPU architecture. InFlight will not run on older 32 bit CPUs (due to a limitation from the DJI Mobile SDK v5). Only 64 bit CPUs are supported.

If you try to install InFlight on an unsupported device you will get an error message saying “App not installed”. If you are using a really old version of Android, it may not be possible to install InFlight due to the 32 bit CPU architecture limitation.

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