I put a photo in the wrong section — how do I move it?

The safe procedure — add first, delete second

Buildsnapper has no drag-to-move for photos between sections. The reliable way to fix a misfiled photo:

1. Find the photo in your phone's gallery. Every photo taken with version 2.0 or later was also saved to your gallery at full resolution with its location embedded — it will be there under the date and time you took it.
2. Import it into the correct section: open the plot, expand the right section, tap the Gallery tile beside the camera, and pick the photo. The import reads the original location and date, so the evidence record is unchanged — same place, same time. (On Android, allow Buildsnapper access to your photos when it asks: without it, Android won't pass on where the photo was taken; see the gallery import article.)
3. Verify the photo now shows under the correct section, with its details right — tap it to check the location and date are populated.
4. Only now delete the misplaced copy: tap the photo in the wrong section, tap Delete Photo, and confirm.

The order matters. If you delete first and something interrupts the re-import — signal drops, the gallery copy turns out to be missing — you have lost the section's evidence. Adding first means there is never a moment without a good copy.

Why the date matters here (and why this works)

Assessors check that photos were taken before closing-up. Because the gallery import preserves the photo's original date taken rather than stamping today's date, a photo moved between sections weeks later still evidences the day it was captured. The report shows the true capture date.

If the gallery copy is missing

If you cannot find the photo in your gallery (gallery copies deleted to save space, or the shot predates the app), or the import says it has no location data, do not delete the misplaced in-app copy — a photo in the wrong section is far better than no photo. Options:

• Leave it where it is and flag it to your assessor with a one-line explanation; many will accept a correctly-evidenced photo filed under the adjacent heading.
• If the detail is still open, retake the shot with the in-app camera directly into the correct section.

Related: a photo on the wrong plot

The same technique fixes a photo added to the wrong plot entirely: import from the gallery into the correct plot and section, verify, then delete from the wrong plot. If the plot's report has already been sent, re-send it after the fix so your assessor has the corrected set.