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[APP] Shift Schedule Android™ app

Shift Schedule with alarm clock and handy month scroller for shift workers.
Sorry, but I have not permissions to post links yet
You can find it on Google Play by "Shift Schedule" name.
Main Program Features:
Unlimited count of schedules;
Shift color markup;
Independent shift alarm clock;
Easy switch between teams;
Easy schedule files sharing;
Day view (NEW);
Edit color for shift types;
Payment day indicators.
This is an application for Android™ which helps to organize a shift pattern for people who work in rotating shift as well as for their friends, as well as for all their friends, acquaintances and relatives.
Приложение позволяет создавать и отслеживать периодические посменные графики работы.
Shift Schedule allows to create and to trace periodical rotating shift schedules.
Analysing users’ experience of using such applications I learnt what main trouble for users is creating and adjusting own shift pattern. In Shift Schedule setup your patterns is made even more than easy. But if you have any ideas about making this process more easily, please email me or to technical support email.
Rotating shift work implies what on the same working place toil several teams which change each other.
Shift Schedule is the one among few applications, which consider this fact. Schedule concept is inextricably linked with team which works on it. Shifts and their order is the same for all teams but they are shifted in time. So when you will create your schedule, list all your shifts and go to “teams” tab. Here you can set team’s first shift date. Now you have your schedule adjusted!
Consider what you can not only type for each shift (Day shift, Swing shift and so on), but also its name for example as “1-st A”, “3-st B”.
Shift Schedule has built-in alarm clock. You can set alarm for each shift independently, and alarm settings do not depend from shift type. When you have alarms added, do not forget enable it in settings by enabling appropriate check box and select your schedule and team. When you will moved to another team, just specify new team in settings.
For coordinate your shifts with the ones from another schedule, application has Day Viewer feature. Make long press on calendar cell, and you will see screen where you will find shifts for all your teams from all your schedules. Scroll them horizontally to move to another date.
More information about another Shift Schedule features read on Google Play.
My future development plans:
Shift begin-end time and shift duration, work time statistic.
Add a couple widgets.
Setting the days (holidays, for example) which will not be counted in schedule
Function which you can suggest.
Application is absolutely free and without ads. The main motivation factor is your appreciation.

Shift Schedule 2.0.b
Hello again. There is new pre-release 2.0.b version available for final testing on Shift Schedule official site.
New features:
New main screen scroll engine;
New interface with ICS-like action bar;
Color markup is always anabled;
Go to date menu item;
4x4, 4x2 and 1x1 widgets;
Scrolling of your schedules back to last periods;
Creating four additional schedule templates on phone default language during clean installation.
Get it on shapp.16mb.com
Welcome to testing and wait on Goolge Play soon!

hello,
first of all very nice app, i have searched / tried a lot since i need one and yours liked the most,
i have played with the settings but i couldn't set up a 4-day shift pattern
can you please help ?

4-day pattern
i2gh0st said:
hello,
first of all very nice app, i have searched / tried a lot since i need one and yours liked the most,
i have played with the settings but i couldn't set up a 4-day shift pattern
can you please help ?
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Thanks for using Shift Schedule
Speaking about 4-day shift pattern, I think it is something like in attachment. Unzip it to /sdcard/Android/com.ochkarik.shiftschedule/schedules where Shift Schedule can find it.
Also you can watch video about creating own schedule on application site.

ochkarik05 said:
Thanks for using Shift Schedule
Speaking about 4-day shift pattern, I think it is something like in attachment. Unzip it to /sdcard/Android/com.ochkarik.shiftschedule/schedules where Shift Schedule can find it.
Also you can watch video about creating own schedule on application site.
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Thanks, After a lot of testing, in the end i understood the logic
but i did make a mistake, i had set up the day off from 8am until 8am next day and everything gone wrong,
i had in the stat window 8 day shifts + 8 night shifts and 576 of total hours
so your reply i welcomed
A little request can you make a option in the appearance to have it look like shift calendar,
i like that i can view the teams first letter is the day shift second is the night, and if are more teams
something like ABC / second idea: in the square A up, B down

i2gh0st said:
A little request can you make a option in the appearance to have it look like shift calendar,
i like that i can view the teams first letter is the day shift second is the night, and if are more teams
something like ABC / second idea: in the square A up, B down
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Thanks for good idea and many thanks for donation
I'm thinking a lot about ability to show all teams for one day, shift calendar makes it by original way, but you need get used a little... It is no problem to do so if you have no more than 3 shifts per day - day, swing and night. But users asked me (and I did yet ) to add some other shift types. Version 3.8 will have additional shift types - Diurnal shift Type (or All Day Shift, I don't know how will be right in English), Morning Shift Type, and three user shift types. Also I have plans to add dialog for select additional indication type - user can select what to show - shift start time, alarm clock time or shift short name on the bottom of cell in calendar(Short name field will be added to shift editor). I can add something like "teams list" to this dialog, and user can select indication type you ask, but what logic I need to realize to get right indication string? (I understand if day will have morning, day, swing, night shifts, but what about rest types?)

ochkarik05 said:
Thanks for good idea and many thanks for donation
I'm thinking a lot about ability to show all teams for one day, shift calendar makes it by original way, but you need get used a little... It is no problem to do so if you have no more than 3 shifts per day - day, swing and night. But users asked me (and I did yet ) to add some other shift types. Version 3.8 will have additional shift types - Diurnal shift Type (or All Day Shift, I don't know how will be right in English), Morning Shift Type, and three user shift types. Also I have plans to add dialog for select additional indication type - user can select what to show - shift start time, alarm clock time or shift short name on the bottom of cell in calendar(Short name field will be added to shift editor). I can add something like "teams list" to this dialog, and user can select indication type you ask, but what logic I need to realize to get right indication string? (I understand if day will have morning, day, swing, night shifts, but what about rest types?)
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you locked me i got nothing
waiting for the next version.

i2gh0st said:
you locked me i got nothing
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It is because my poor English ((
Download link on application site now lead to 3.8. (I will update information on site a bit later). You can try it - make long press on calendar cell and select "Working teams" as indication type. For now it is on number format only (1234 instead ABCD). Is it what you want?
PS: Can somebody add links please (I have not permissions yet )

ochkarik05 said:
It is because my poor English ((
Download link on application site now lead to 3.8. (I will update information on site a bit later). You can try it - make long press on calendar cell and select "Working teams" as indication type. For now it is on number format only (1234 instead ABCD). Is it what you want?
PS: Can somebody add links please (I have not permissions yet )
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The Number format is not important, my teams are 1 2 3 and 4. There is a little bug in classic decoration mode where the team numbers are under the decoration, if you combine the working start time and above team numbers, It will look ok? Maybe the pop up widow will be composed of check boxes, with the condition of only to to be selected, because I don't think more info will enter in that box. eventually moving them (check box) up and down depending on user preferences.
About the team number's it think you should put a field somewhere in the team tab in settings, basically where user ca pot a initial for the team
PS: somewhere in the forum there ware 2 topics where you could post a few messages and pass that restriction of 10 posts or something, when I was registered there was none.
http://shapp.16mb.com/files/ShiftSchedule.apk

Updated to 3.9
Shift Schedule has been updated to 3.9
Classic decoration mode bug fixed
Additional indication selection moved from context to main menu.
"About shift" dialog calls by long tap on calendar cell.
Shift list in schedule settings is colored now.

4.0
4.0 released.
Now with JazzyViewPager - sliding animation effects of your choice!
ACRA (Application Crash Reports for Android) library injected.
Long press on Calendar cell bug (for Android 2.x) fixed.
I have plans to add feature for using external alarm clocks with my application. There are a lot of Alarm Clock applications with many clever features and some people want to use them with Shift Schedule. Now I'm looking for an Alarm Clock applications which support ACTION_SET_ALARM action. One of them is XTreme alarm clock. Also, of course, system alarm clock supports whis action. Does anybody want to have this feature?

It will be a cool feature but not necessary, I for example have a lot of alarm clocks, I get bored, every morning seeing the same screen.
Not that this will be a problem anymore since I got a shift job now. The idea is that there are many alarm clocks out there and you will create a problem for yourself supporting them, I'm not sure how it's done but If you need to support them individually you better not
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i2gh0st said:
If you need to support them individually you better not
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Oh, no :0) It's a bit easier. Instead turning on internal alarm clock I can just ask Android to do that for me. It will set system alarm clock or another one (if you have it, of course), which have support for broadcast message ACTION_SET_ALARM. Usually first time you will have dialog like on screenshot, and if you will check "Always", this application will be used default for all next actions.
System Alarm Clock has that advantage, what it works always (instead almost always as all other ones do on some devices) .

Okay then, Since I'm you're only fan from xda right now, I like it
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And, at last, I can post link to my application on Google Play.
By the way, it has very good positions in Russia - very close to first hundred of "Top Free in Productivity". I hope people here would help me to understand what is wrong with the application for English speaking users

Shift Schedule Translation
Hello again to all.
I have one review on Google Play for my app:
Very complicated with poor to little instructions This app looks good and has potential, but what let's it down is the translation. There are no obvious ways of adding a shift on a day by day basis and as a result, the app is not helpful me. However I can imagine the app being helpful if understood.
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It is true, and I need to do something with that situation.
Shift Schedule Home Site was updated and filled with a lot of information last weeks. Now I have started to translate it to English.
I know I'm not very good in English, so maybe somebody can point me to my mistakes and to places in manual what are not clear for understand.
After loading site is on Russian, but there are "eng" button in header, press on it to switch language.
Now only description of homepage, and part of page about creation own schedule are translated to English. Do you think I can continue or maybe I need to looking for somebody who make this job better?
Thanks.

Shift Schedule 5.0
Shift Schedule app has been updated to version 5.0
New features:
* Now with ads - Sorry but it is only the way to continue development
* External alarm clock support
* Backup/restore settings on sd-card
* Backup/restore schedules sd-card
* New widget 4x1 for only one schedule
* Markup of Weekends in "Show All Schedules" view
* "Disable labels" ability for widget 4x1 (2 teams)
* "Working teams ABC" indication mode added
You can read about using external alarm here: http://shapp.16mb.com/enable_alarm.php

The app is wonderful, once you understand it (it took me some time and still wasn't ok, until you helped me)
I'll take a look at the site, on my next shift
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium

Creating a Schedule Walk-through
One lady from US gave me some help and created this document to help users understand how to get start with "shift schedule".
I'm grateful to her very much, and I think, many of you will be grateful to her too.

Testing new versions
If somebody wants to test new versions of ShiftSchedule, here is the way to do so:
1) Join to the Shift Schedule community
2) Go to the link: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.ochkarik.shiftschedule
For now new version 5.1 is available to final beta testing. New features:
* Moving to sd-card ability added(beta)
* More shift patterns added
* "Select template" feature during the new schedule creation.
* Online help menu item.
* Some improvements in 4х1 (1 team) widget.
* The notification behavior for external alarm corrected.
* Some bugs fixed.
For now it supports a lot of schedule patterns from start, select the closest and correct it as you want.
New online step-by-step manual is available here: http://shapp.16mb.com/walkthrough/en/

Want to find organizer / to-do / project management / etc.

So I've been wanting to find something to help me organize my life through the use of my phone for quite a while and have always come up short, mostly because of the oh-so-limited search functionality of the Android market (even on sites like Androlib etc.). Part of the problem seems to be the set of features I want to be included in the app, or at least in interlocking apps (ie one can be opened from within the other and data from one is seamlessly shared to the other), which up until now I have yet to find. So I've come here hoping that our community of tinkerers has found something that might fit the bill. Here is a list of the features I need / want:
Need:
- Calendar integration with alerts, preferably with Google calendar
- Appointments with alerts
- Tasks with multiple levels and with alerts
- Contexts
- Checklists that can be recycled and which can have alerts attached to both the list and individual items
- Contacts integration
- Multi-platform integration (ie can sync with online service and with my desktop)
- Easy to use and easy to keep using (read: doesn't require an hour of my time each day to make sure everything is set for the next)
- Useful widgets
- No monthly fee
- 100% functional (minus sync of course) without a data connection so it can be used when in poor coverage areas or on a plane
Want:
- Much prefer a "Getting Things Done" (GTD) style application
- Location specific alerts (ie upon getting home, a reminder to take the trash out... and yes, I do need this sometimes )
- 100% free (I'm willing to pay for the app, though not a monthly service, but I prefer not to if I don't have to)
- Integration with Email, Text, Phone, and Contacts (ie ability to set a callback appointment from within contacts or us an incoming email to generate a task)
- Persistent alerts (read: I'm going to dismiss something important at some point and I want to be reminded of it again automatically)
Anyway, I know this is a hefty list of demands, but if any of you have suggestions that can actually fit some or all of these, I'd really love to hear them so I can give them a try. I've been looking for this for a while and just can't seem to find something I that fits enough of my important criteria to make it useful to me.
Thanks.

You can try the following :-
Any.Do (free) - A basic to do app without the location feature, it has alarms, different levels of priority and also syncs with your browser.
Remember The Milk (free) - though some features which you are looking for such as location based reminders come with the pro version, which requires a monthly fee that adds up to 25 USD a year and is a bit too expensive in my opinion.
Astrid To do (free) - You can get extra features such as location based based reminders and widgets for about 4 GBP total.
Hope I helped!

Thanks a lot, I'll have a look at those to see if they fit the bill. Do any of them have calendar integration?

treblesum81 said:
Thanks a lot, I'll have a look at those to see if they fit the bill. Do any of them have calendar integration?
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As far as I'm aware, I think Astrid does. I've only ever used Astrid and Any.Do. But you should be able to see the feature list on the Play Store. If you're looking exclusively for calendar integration, I think you should check out Gtasks

madgooner2810 said:
As far as I'm aware, I think Astrid does. I've only ever used Astrid and Any.Do. But you should be able to see the feature list on the Play Store. If you're looking exclusively for calendar integration, I think you should check out Gtasks
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I guess that's another one I'll have a look at, but the thing is that I'm looking for a daily planner, which is also a task manager so I can build to-do lists into my schedule, while also having a good schedule app, if that makes any sense. Kind of an all-in-one type of thing with as much versatility / features as can be packed in.

treblesum81 said:
I guess that's another one I'll have a look at, but the thing is that I'm looking for a daily planner, which is also a task manager so I can build to-do lists into my schedule, while also having a good schedule app, if that makes any sense. Kind of an all-in-one type of thing with as much versatility / features as can be packed in.
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Then, in my opinion, your best bet would be Astrid with the paid locale add on.

madgooner2810 said:
Then, in my opinion, your best bet would be Astrid with the paid locale add on.
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I've spent the last few hours messing around with Astrid today (not the locale plug in though) and found that it lacks the ability to make a reoccuring checklist or at least subordinate lists (ie a task with a list of tasks contained within it) which is one of the most important features that I'm looking for. Unless I just haven't found the right way to do it, if I wanted to make a recurring checklist for cleaning the house, for example, I'd have to enter in each separate cleaning item as its own task which would be cumbersome and also would start filling up my inbox with old tasks pretty quickly if I decide to defer some items off a week or two.
I guess now the question is what would be your second recommendation, if any, while keeping in mind the need for checklists / subordinate tasks? Do any of the other apps like Doit.im, Shuffle, or DGT GTD (all of which have subordinate lists, but not checklists a la remember the milk, and all of which I've tried, but not been able to use successfully for one reason or another) have locale-type add-ons?
Thanks again

treblesum81 said:
I've spent the last few hours messing around with Astrid today (not the locale plug in though) and found that it lacks the ability to make a reoccuring checklist or at least subordinate lists (ie a task with a list of tasks contained within it) which is one of the most important features that I'm looking for. Unless I just haven't found the right way to do it, if I wanted to make a recurring checklist for cleaning the house, for example, I'd have to enter in each separate cleaning item as its own task which would be cumbersome and also would start filling up my inbox with old tasks pretty quickly if I decide to defer some items off a week or two.
I guess now the question is what would be your second recommendation, if any, while keeping in mind the need for checklists / subordinate tasks? Do any of the other apps like Doit.im, Shuffle, or DGT GTD (all of which have subordinate lists, but not checklists a la remember the milk, and all of which I've tried, but not been able to use successfully for one reason or another) have locale-type add-ons?
Thanks again
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You talk about a requirement for a multi-level checklist, unless I'm mistaken, is it the same as the one in the first screenshot of Astrid's Google Play page? Doit.im, Shufle and DGT GTD do not seem to have location add ons, but I did come across another app which might interest you :- "2Do: To do List | Task List" It's for about 6.99 USD and it does seem to have all features EXCEPT location based notifications. My advice would be to fully explore/understand Astrid and then buy the add on if you're interested. I still think it has the necessary feature (sublists) , I am downloading the app and figuring out how to do the same, if I find a way, I'll post it here.
EDIT: To make subtasks, create the two seperate taks (for example let the main one be clean room and the subtask be make the bed), then longpress make the bed and drag it to the the faint grey divider you can see between every task, when you drag it there, you may notice that make the bed got indented to the right and that should make your subtask list! You can verify if your subtask has been included by checking the main task, in this case, clean the room, and if both clean the room and make the bed get checked out you should have understood the whole process. Similarly, you can add more subtasks, say vaccuum the floor, by longpressing and dragging it to the divider just below the main task. Hope I Helped!
alternatively you can check this website out for more help: blog.astrid.com/how-do-i-create-subtasks/

madgooner2810 said:
You talk about a requirement for a multi-level checklist, unless I'm mistaken, is it the same as the one in the first screenshot of Astrid's Google Play page? Doit.im, Shufle and DGT GTD do not seem to have location add ons, but I did come across another app which might interest you :- "2Do: To do List | Task List" It's for about 6.99 USD and it does seem to have all features EXCEPT location based notifications. My advice would be to fully explore/understand Astrid and then buy the add on if you're interested. I still think it has the necessary feature (sublists) , I am downloading the app and figuring out how to do the same, if I find a way, I'll post it here.
EDIT: To make subtasks, create the two seperate taks (for example let the main one be clean room and the subtask be make the bed), then longpress make the bed and drag it to the the faint grey divider you can see between every task, when you drag it there, you may notice that make the bed got indented to the right and that should make your subtask list! You can verify if your subtask has been included by checking the main task, in this case, clean the room, and if both clean the room and make the bed get checked out you should have understood the whole process. Similarly, you can add more subtasks, say vaccuum the floor, by longpressing and dragging it to the divider just below the main task. Hope I Helped!
alternatively you can check this website out for more help: blog.astrid.com/how-do-i-create-subtasks/
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I appreciate the help so far. I'm once again moving away from Astrid because I can't seem to get the subtasks to reoccur as subtasks on a daily / weekly schedule. I'm a manager at a restaurant, so I tried to put together a store closing checklist, which worked fine the first day, but when I set it to repeat for the second day, it did not retain the subtasks as subordinate to the main task and mixed them all in with other tasks I'd created. In addition to this problem, I've been unable to get any tasks that I create to sync with my calendar, even when enabling the GTasks sync and then having GTasks sync with my calendar, which again means that a primary function is not working as needed, or at least I have not been able to figure it out.
I'm going to have a look at 2Do to see what its got going for it, but I'm starting to feel like a lot of the apps that we've discussed so far, while still decent apps which are well written, are not going to present me with the catch-all I was hoping for.

On a side note, I have found that more apps are starting to include location based reminders, but they often come with fatal flaws for my desired use. MyLifeOrganized has location based reminders, but the only way to sync it to my calendar is to use either the cloud based sync or the desktop program both of which cost extra money and, from what I've read, create a system where getting tasks to appear in your calendar is hit or miss at best.
I've also noticed a distinct lack of proper calendar integration in everything I've tried. Some are able to put a task on the calendar, but if I want to be able to attach a to-do list to an appointment or time block, which is possible from what I understand about the calendar code, there just isn't any kind of option beyond making the appointment and then making a task which is due at the same time. Maybe I'm asking too much of these apps?

treblesum81 said:
On a side note, I have found that more apps are starting to include location based reminders, but they often come with fatal flaws for my desired use. MyLifeOrganized has location based reminders, but the only way to sync it to my calendar is to use either the cloud based sync or the desktop program both of which cost extra money and, from what I've read, create a system where getting tasks to appear in your calendar is hit or miss at best.
I've also noticed a distinct lack of proper calendar integration in everything I've tried. Some are able to put a task on the calendar, but if I want to be able to attach a to-do list to an appointment or time block, which is possible from what I understand about the calendar code, there just isn't any kind of option beyond making the appointment and then making a task which is due at the same time. Maybe I'm asking too much of these apps?
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You ARE asking for a for a really feature heavy app. I guess what you require isn't just available in one single app right now. Maybe if you would be willing to combine 2 or 3 apps to get the job done you could achieve what you need. I'm sure app devs will add more features, but as of now I guess all apps I can suggest are insufficient for your needs. If you want, I can tinker around a bit and see what apps you can use as a combination?

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You ARE asking for a for a really feature heavy app. I guess what you require isn't just available in one single app right now. Maybe if you would be willing to combine 2 or 3 apps to get the job done you could achieve what you need. I'm sure app devs will add more features, but as of now I guess all apps I can suggest are insufficient for your needs. If you want, I can tinker around a bit and see what apps you can use as a combination?
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I am willing to combine apps, but only if they are interlocking, or at least very easy to use together. Trying to juggle 2-3 different sets of tasks / appointments / calendars just seems like it would be too cumbersome for me to stick with it, which is ultimately going to be the deciding factor about how successful the app(s) are for my needs. If I have to re-enter a new set of checklists, or even re-subordinate each subtask every time I want a checklist to repeat, I'm not going to use it very long. Just like if I have to do triple-entry bookkeeping to have an appointment or project deadline, plus have that project have a to-do list associated with it, and also have trouble integrating everything into a single calendar, I'm not going to use it very long. If any of that makes sense?

Screen Usage Application

Screen Usage Application
I want to share an app i wrote for myself for free with the xda-community.
ScreenUsage is an app that simply tracks when you were using your screen, meaning
that it tracks when it gets turned off and on. It then stores an entry of that
and displays it.
There is four tabs that can be accessed by swiping to the right and left, "today", "since unplugged",
"since boot" and "all".
The case why i wrote this app, that i usually go to bed at weekend without looking on the clock, and i
quite often want to know when this was. With this app, this is possible. It is also very efficient compared
to all other sensors, and the accuracy is well enough if you use your phone often enough. It of course won't
work if you put the phone away, but then no app will work. One further improvement idea was to add the
proximitysensor, which might be added later, but won't work for everyone (including my phone model).
Further the app can show how long the display has been turned on, and to which overall time-consumption this sums up.
You can also merge very similar entries, limit the number of recent entries, and choose to display the oldest
entries at the top. (This makes it most useful to me: When the heck did i get home last night, starting from
midnight on from "today" ).
If you want translations added, PM me.
Best regards,
calav3ra_de
Required Android Version: 4.0
Translations: English, German
Changelog v1.02:
- added option to hide all entries created before the year 2013, which is needed
in case your phone boots up after a crash/freeze/battery empty, which results that
the system has to use the default system date until it can receive the actual date over
the cellular network. until today the app then displayed very old entry from 2007 on my phone,
on some very recent phonemodels we might even need a more recent date than 1.1/2013.
Changelog v1.01:
- added warning dialog to ask if entries should be cleared or not
- merging entries now is more correctly.
Changelog v1.0:
- base app

This is a nice idea.
Would be nice to see the history. The best would be to see the first time of usage after 4 AM and last time of usage before 4 AM. Then this could be shown by date.

Very cool, thank you!
Sent from my Nexus 6

Since there seems to be currently interest, i may update this app with a little better organisation of items and of course: Material Design

Ok, accepting any name recommendations for the app.
The restructuring will remove the "since boot/unplugged" tabs and introduce tabs per day.
I will also add options to define hours per day "when you will probably go to bed" (4am), and optionally (if possible) direct linking to
the systems alarmclock, so the app relatively well estimates when you went to sleep.
In the final stage, i will introduce a calendar view, where a simple tap will bring you to this exact day.

[APP]Sfen (profile management app) [updated: 26.08.2014]

ABOUT
I know there's a huge list of profile management apps released already; This is my first project; It's open source and you can freely check the code on https://code.google.com/p/sfen/. Android version requirement: 4.0.* (Ice Cream Sandwich aka ICS).
sfen is not a abbreviation of any kind.
sfen is swen but with f.
sfen is sheep, like you and me.
sfen is cool.
sfen gets chicks and other sheep.
...actually, sfen is profile management app
WHAT SFEN CAN DO RIGHT NOW
more events can be active at the same moment
profile settings have sound & display options and run specified actions. Actions include toggling wifi, data (root required), vibrate, show dialog window, play sfen sound, run specified application OR shortcut and more
events can be enabled/disabled
it can trigger event actions by geolocation (google play services is required!): leaving and entering specific location will be triggered, wifi status, gps status, time range, single time, current day, screen on/off, cell connection, other event running/not running, battery level and battery status
more conditions can be added to single event and used to match ALL or ANY condition
it can set the priorities of events so if more events are active at the same time, it will take the priority set in advanced options of event into consideration
it can record cell history
using call allow & deny list, you can allow or deny specific 1) contact, 2) group or 3) phone number or part of it to not ring or ring in silent profile!
you can call sfen events or profiles directly using actions/widgets from your favorite launcher!
WHAT SFEN WILL BE AVAILABLE TO DO IN THE NEAR FUTURE (aka TODO list)
Localization (completed: Slovenian, Spanish, Serbian, Russian, Dutch, Swedish).
Implementation for 3rd party apps (Locale)
Localization support (moving hardcoded strings to string xml and start finding translators!)
Bugfixing!
WHAT DOES SFEN LOOK LIKE?
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
DOWNLOAD & INSTRUCTIONS
Please, when testing new version, ALWAYS do this:
Open app > press menu > pick Exit (to clean all timers, geofaces and close background services)
Uninstall previous Application
(if, for any reason, you think some background services are still kept after uninstall, just reboot application; currently it doesn't start on boot)
Download:
Google Play Store
Previous versions:
Here: View attachment sfen-230820142245-signed.apk
Here: View attachment sfen-150820142031-signed.apk
Here: View attachment sfen-080820142344-signed.apk
Here: View attachment sfen-310720142210-signed.apk
Here: View attachment sfen-280720142051-signed.apk
Here: View attachment sfen-220720141727-signed.apk
Q & A
What permissions does sfen currently need?
Wifi state, Network state, Fine location (current user location only if you select to use conditions on Geolocation), Internet, External Storage and more. At the end, it's more or less condition>action application. If you're interested in knowing more about where does Sfen use any permission and what for, just ask!
Does the name of app have anything to do with Sven Bomwollen?
Maybe. Click.
Why can't I find sfen on Google Play store?
As soon as we finish beta2 milestone, we're going live (aka. google play store)!
DEVELOPMENT INFO
Sfen is located on GitHub repository or as backup at https://code.google.com/p/sfen/.
To get local Git copy, use the command: git clone https://github.com/lordgreg/Sfen.git
Current Issues can be found here.
DONATIONS
If you like my work and would like to support my future development, please donate :good:
UPDATES
All changes (including editing and bugfixing can be found on GitHub)
23. august 2014 Lambadaaa!!!! (Woa, woa, woa, woa,.... woa!)
about page added
bluetooth conditions added and still testing (ty @ron_e)
added conditons: event condition true/false
fixed exception when adding Location
added run script command
fixed bug: Alarms don't duplicate anymore.
History of cells sorted
When cell location changed triggers, if cellid is in the list already, update its time
Updated battery levels (condition) with seekbars
Fixed rotation exception
#22 fixed!
Log interface done
Preferences don't have time picker and use 24hr - Sfen takes this info from system settings (ty @gerhardol)
Sfen will always ask you before going back from Event/Profile if you want to save changes (if any)
THANK YOU
Thank you everyone that will contribute to the app in any kind. I will listen to all of your suggestions and try to reply to all of your messages. Oh, one last thing, If you want instant reply, just tweet me on @gpapez.
Regards,
Gregor :cyclops:

Will definitely check this out when I get a chance.

Record feature
Hey man haven't tested your app yet coz I ain't got an android device right now.....
But I'd like to request a feature......
RECORD FEATURE.....
Sort of when I press record it goes to home and then keeps noticing whatever I do...
Eg: I open settings and remove developer options....
And then stop recording when I press a specific key combination and then show whatever it understood....
And then there should be two kinds of record...
1 that records gestures and touches....like if I press home button,touch the chrome icon and save it next time if I replays the chrome icon with hangount icon and then play it it should launch hangounts.....bcoz its just following my recorded trial....
2 that records activities and ignores gestures...eg if I launch chrome and open XDA and save it next time I play it should launch chrome and open XDA......
I know those are big requests but u say ur collecting ideas......
I'll be testing it soon.....

Testing
Hi, I'm testing it but there is no action besides the notification. Can you add at least wifi on off option in actions? It will be nice to test the application having at least one action working. Nice app!

tanqueta207 said:
Hi, I'm testing it but there is no action besides the notification. Can you add at least wifi on off option in actions? It will be nice to test the application having at least one action working. Nice app!
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Thank you for testing. I will add an action to Enable / disable Wifi for the next release. :good:
shredmatix said:
Hey man haven't tested your app yet coz I ain't got an android device right now.....
But I'd like to request a feature......
RECORD FEATURE.....
Sort of when I press record it goes to home and then keeps noticing whatever I do...
Eg: I open settings and remove developer options....
And then stop recording when I press a specific key combination and then show whatever it understood....
And then there should be two kinds of record...
1 that records gestures and touches....like if I press home button,touch the chrome icon and save it next time if I replays the chrome icon with hangount icon and then play it it should launch hangounts.....bcoz its just following my recorded trial....
2 that records activities and ignores gestures...eg if I launch chrome and open XDA and save it next time I play it should launch chrome and open XDA......
I know those are big requests but u say ur collecting ideas......
I'll be testing it soon.....
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Hi and thank you for your reply! As you explained, you need an app like macro recorder is (FRep or HiroMacro). Don't know how else macro recording would fit in profile management app?
ForSquirel said:
Will definitely check this out when I get a chance.
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Thank you!

Hey nice application but there are no options for actions other than show notifications. Can you make this work with CM Profiles, to enable / disable them at my chosen time / location? Thanks!

UI lift
Just like to offer my help on UI lift for Sfen. I already have an idea in my mind for a profile management app. Let me know if you need a designer! Sample: http://www.abtevrythng.com/2014/03/android-xposed-framework-ui-reimagined.html

auggie2k said:
Hey nice application but there are no options for actions other than show notifications. Can you make this work with CM Profiles, to enable / disable them at my chosen time / location? Thanks!
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Hi and thank you for your comment
I will try to contact CM devs to ask if CM profile access and management is possible from other (in this case Sfen) app. I'll keep you updated on their reply.

heartrobber18 said:
Just like to offer my help on UI lift for Sfen. I already have an idea in my mind for a profile management app. Let me know if you need a designer! Sample: http://www.abtevrythng.com/2014/03/android-xposed-framework-ui-reimagined.html
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Thank you heartrobber18!
I'd be more than glad to get any suggestion on UI (your samples look great- very playstore-ish, meaning trending!). Will try to focus more to that kind of design. Let me know if you have more ideas!

What about if the screen is on then the notification sound will be turned off. And if the screen is off, the notiffication sound will be turned on again

DusBekas said:
What about if the screen is on then the notification sound will be turned off. And if the screen is off, the notiffication sound will be turned on again
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Hello-
this will be achieved in the near future:
Event:
- condition: screen off/on
- action: run profile: "notification off"
where "Notification off" profile would be:
- notification sound: silent.
:good:

Thanks, I hope you can add more actions and conditions soon!
Edit:
You can add features for rooted devices!

Multiple conditions
First of all, thanks for the app, I think that it could be very interesting to have a open source framework like this.
About the app, I have seen that you added a checkbox with "match all conditions?" option, this is for having conditions as:
X and Y and Z
X or Y or Z
But you can not make conditions like:
(X or Y) and B
Did you think on adding that kind of conditions? For me, the most difficult thing would be creating an UI to manage it :silly:
P.S.: If you like being "trendy" you can try implementing th "material" design, showing the events like "cards".
P.S.2: I also think that could be more visual having different background color for disabled events.
P.S. 3: It would be very interesting if this app had an API for other people to add conditions or actions. this way, even if you leave the development, people could add functionalities
Good luck with this app!

Hey dude,i love this sneaky cute sheep so much
Have some idea for u
1.an event for gsm antena network
2.ability to triggers application 's widget
3.make a simple ui for noobs and a way to transform to advanced menu for experts
4.reduce the wakelock to save more battery
Good luck

I like! But it's just me, or there are no actions but notification icon?

Hi! I'm about to install it and start using/testing the app. However, could you do the testing through the play store, it's much much easier to track the updates and stuff than here where we have to manually check for new versions and stuff. It can be done with a G+ group.
Thanks!

Hi everyone ... you will find additional info at the bottom of this message
josuearisty said:
Thanks, I hope you can add more actions and conditions soon!
Edit:
You can add features for rooted devices!
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- More actions and conditions are coming later today :good:
- Options for rooted devices (at least disabling and enabling mobile data for start) is coming today too!
alaintxu said:
First of all, thanks for the app, I think that it could be very interesting to have a open source framework like this.
About the app, I have seen that you added a checkbox with "match all conditions?" option, this is for having conditions as:
X and Y and Z
X or Y or Z
But you can not make conditions like:
(X or Y) and B
Did you think on adding that kind of conditions? For me, the most difficult thing would be creating an UI to manage it :silly:
P.S.: If you like being "trendy" you can try implementing th "material" design, showing the events like "cards".
P.S.2: I also think that could be more visual having different background color for disabled events.
P.S. 3: It would be very interesting if this app had an API for other people to add conditions or actions. this way, even if you leave the development, people could add functionalities
Good luck with this app!
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Thank you for your post,
- I will try to integrate logical AND and OR conditions later in development. This is one of my things on todo list. As you concluded, it is one of more difficult things to implement to "look nice" and make sense
- I will try to use my sheep senses to see, how it looks if disabled events have different background. Will post results later
- trendy cards will get some loving too, Sfen said he likes the idea too :victory:
- API for different broadcasts would be great and will be implemented AFTER all main things get done, okay?
jing000l said:
Hey dude,i love this sneaky cute sheep so much
Have some idea for u
1.an event for gsm antena network
2.ability to triggers application 's widget
3.make a simple ui for noobs and a way to transform to advanced menu for experts
4.reduce the wakelock to save more battery
Good luck
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Click to collapse
Hello and replies to your ideas:
1. actions to enable/disable mobile data is getting implemented as I'm writing this message. Sadly, beginning with 4.2, this isn't possible without root anymore. Is that what you meant?
2. widgets will get implemented after proceeding to next step! hooray
3. I'm hoping I can hit that sweet spot between simple & advanced ui in one UI alone. If we find out users will have difficulties adopting to interface, then its time to split simple/advanced interface.
4. currently, wakelocks aren't starting to check conditions by themselves. Sfen is only listening to system broadcasts and waking up on START and END times where TIMERANGE is used.
Hope I've replied and answered on all your ideas!
gpvecchi said:
I like! But it's just me, or there are no actions but notification icon?
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Its not just you . More actions are coming soon (today)!
leo.benveniste said:
Hi! I'm about to install it and start using/testing the app. However, could you do the testing through the play store, it's much much easier to track the updates and stuff than here where we have to manually check for new versions and stuff. It can be done with a G+ group.
Thanks!
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Hi Leo,
thank you for suggestion. One of my main objectives is to put Sfen to Google Play. Believe me, I'll do my best to put Sfen between other virgin sheeps (wat!) as soon as possible. As this is early Alpha stage, I'll try to put out as little as different versions as possible and, let's hope, Sfen is going live (to Play Store) with his first beta release.
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Additional info:
Waking up and seeing app thread going live brought smile to my face. Sfen started to hump all the pillows in apartment out of excitement. I will listen to all your suggestions and try to implement all the ideas as soon as possible.
Thank you for making Sfen happy!
Until next version, test the ui!
-Gregor :cyclops:

greglord said:
Hi everyone ...
Additional info:
Waking up and seeing app thread going live brought smile to my face. Sfen started to hump all the pillows in apartment out of excitement. I will listen to all your suggestions and try to implement all the ideas as soon as possible.
Thank you for making Sfen happy!
Until next version, test the ui!
-Gregor :cyclops:
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Please oh please tell me you have a real live sheep named Sfen running around in your apartment, that would probably make you the cooler dev instantly.
If not, thanks for the reply. Good luck with the app!

Hi all,
new version has just been uploaded.
REMINDER: if you have previous version installed, please Menu>Exit first, then uninstall. Hooray!
It includes:
- tabbed ui with placeholder for profiles and whitelists
- new conditions: screen on & screen off
- new actions: enable wifi, disable wifi, enable mobile data (ROOT required!), disable mobile data (ROOT required!)
Next update will bring:
- simple profiles (maybe with only basic options to set loudness, ringtone and vibration options
- action: vibration & play specific sound
- more things i cannot think of
Happy bug hunting and alpha testing ^^

Hi mate seems promising, good luck! When trying to add a new event and choosing inside or outside location and location is turned off in settings I get an fc. This is what the logcat says: 07-29 00:13:02.089 E/sfen (12773): Preferences alarms of type ALARMS is null.
Thanks, I'll be happy to help!

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