Finance41 is a great personal finance app that keeps track of your spending, income and savings. Refreshingly simple, quick and easy to use.
You can use it offline, it will sync online automatically when possible.
The "Add Transaction" widget makes inserting transactions fast and easy.
Note: this is not a stand alone app, it is backed up by Finance41.com. All financial information is synchronized online, and can be accessed from your computer's browser, providing the bigger picture.
Money is kind of important, it should be monitored.
Finance41 helps you:
- keep track of your money,
- manage your expenses, income and transfers from one account to another
- see your accounts balances
- set budgets
The app is designed to be extremely simple, easier to use than an Excel spreadsheet, but also very powerful.
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Beautiful and clean interface! Loved it
Downloading now
Edit: 1st impressions
+ Very fast and lightweight
+ ICS like interface
+ Easy usage
- Lack of dark theme
- I couldn`t figure out how to edit/delete accounts
Your app looks very promising dude! Let me know if I can help you with anything
Looks gorgeous. But please post a download link, I had to manually search for it in the Play Store.
The app is beautiful and fast
A few points
Ability to delete accounts
Ability to have expense categories.
A few FC's, have sent the reports
Need a dark theme
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Well, I created an account with a starting balance of 0 and added a transaction of 7k dated 10 days ago. I expected the balance to change to -7k, didn't hapoen
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Need a widget to show current account balances.
Preferably 4x1
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Hi guys, thanks for the feedback! Let's get through it:
@GuilhermeXOT
Dark theme seems to be a popular request, so we'll add one soon.
On deleting or editing accounts: this is the first iteration of the Android app, and it's purpose was to implement some base operations that users do every day, like adding transactions or checking the accounts balances. For the less frequent operations you can use Finance41.com from your desktop browser. You'll have there full control. And we'll surely add these features in the next releases of the Android app also.
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Looks gorgeous. But please post a download link, I had to manually search for it in the Play Store.
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Thanks! Unfortunately we're new to XDA so we were unable to post external links, sorry.
@suku_patel_22
We've spoken on email, thanks again for the feedback.
Expense categories are created using tags. You can budget tags (from the web app for now).
The account balances widget is a great idea and we'll implement it soon.
Thanks again guys for the kind words and feedback and hope to hear more about your experience with the app.
The web-app doesn't work on IE.
Having 2 date pickers makes the UI look cluttered. Let the user choose which type of date picker he wants in settings. Also add year to the spinner.
The dark theme should be selectable on setting as well.
Add charts as a tab not as a menu item.
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In account balance the credit is rounded, while the -ve numbers are not rounded. Ex if I have a balance of 532.89 it shows 533. But if I have a balance of -532.78, it shows -532.78. The amount should not be rounded in all cases.
This is applicable for the android app only. The web app shows proper value.
Also please have a all accounts total on the android app, similar to Web app.
Why don't we use the android keyboard for entering numbers?
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Hi,
Yes you're right, we shouldn't round the balances. And we will add the total balance.
We've got your emails and we're going through them.
Thanks for the Play Store review!
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In account balance the credit is rounded, while the -ve numbers are not rounded. Ex if I have a balance of 532.89 it shows 533. But if I have a balance of -532.78, it shows -532.78. The amount should not be rounded in all cases.
This is applicable for the android app only. The web app shows proper value.
Also please have a all accounts total on the android app, similar to Web app.
Why don't we use the android keyboard for entering numbers?
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Update: Dark Theme
We've just released the 1.7 update with:
A dark theme
Reminders
Total balance
Hope you like it!
Dark theme looks amazing...
Much more readable....
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Really liked the dark theme! Thanks!
May I suggest a simple 4 or 6 numbers password feature.
I know that we already have the account login but it's not optional and if I want to secure my data I need to log in and out everytime I launch the app. With a 4 digit pw I could easily turn the feature on if I need more security.
EDIT:
Here's a mockup of what I have in mind:
I don't know if it's possible but on my bank's ATM you have to enter the password in a similar keyboard, this way even if someone is watching you type your pw the person won't be able to tell what it is. Also it's better than the tiny numbers on Android's qwerty keyboard (I guess that if you set a "field" as password it won't let you use the numeric keyboard to fill it, right?)
Also the numbers in each button are displayed in crescent order (my mistake on 3 - 0) so it's easier to find them and they change each time you launch the app.
Please keep this in mind: I know that it's really hard to develop apps and I don't have a clue if what I'm asking is even possible. All I'm doing is trying to help!
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Hi,
Thank for the feedback!
That's a really interesting pin system, we've never heard of it. It sounds effective.
When we sat down and thought the app through, a pin protection feature was put on the table. But as we talked about it, we realized that the phone is something personal, much more than a desktop or a laptop. People don't share phones. There is of course the case of someone taking your phone and invading your privacy, but then a pin or pattern lock should be installed for the whole phone. If you have nosy friends, you want to protect your messages, your contacts, pretty much everything, not just Finance41. So we decided not to implement a pin lock for the app.
Of course, if the request is getting popular, we'll have to do it, users know best. But until then, we'll spend our efforts on other user-requested features.
Thanks again for the feedback and the beautiful mockup, and hope to hear more from you.
Cheers!
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Really liked the dark theme! Thanks!
May I suggest a simple 4 or 6 numbers password feature.
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Hi,
Thank for the feedback!
That's a really interesting pin system, we've never heard of it. It sounds effective.
When we sat down and thought the app through, a pin protection feature was put on the table. But as we talked about it, we realized that the phone is something personal, much more than a desktop or a laptop. People don't share phones. There is of course the case of someone taking your phone and invading your privacy, but then a pin or pattern lock should be installed for the whole phone. If you have nosy friends, you want to protect your messages, your contacts, pretty much everything, not just Finance41. So we decided not to implement a pin lock for the app.
Of course, if the request is getting popular, we'll have to do it, users know best. But until then, we'll spend our efforts on other user-requested features.
Thanks again for the feedback and the beautiful mockup, and hope to hear more from you.
Cheers!
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I guess you have a pretty good point there about the phone being a personal thing but that's why I think that this function should be something that people can turn on and off.
Just to clarify my point: the thing that concerns me is that even tough it's my phone and I'm the one who uses it the most sometimes friends and family asks to play with it and that's when I get a little concerned. I know that I should not handle my phone to people I don't trust but sometimes someone you don't know that well asks to play a game or check something online and it's kinda hard to say no to something that "silly", in this case this extra level of security can come in handy.
Anyway, you should wait for more users to give feedback about this matter
Thanks for the quick response and keep up the good work!
Actually that would be a good idea to have.
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Well... that was quick ) Noted and will discuss it again with the team.
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Actually that would be a good idea to have.
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Yep I think for personal reasons (dollars and cents are involved), it ensures security when other people handles our phones, I for one vote for having security measures like "pin, pattern etc".
Oh and btw I've another suggestion, I replied to your email a while ago but just thought of this idea. I know we can actually set fixed monthly bills like "insurance, car payments etc" on certain dates, but is it possible to allow us to confirm the date that the payment has been deducted? Like a prompt to confirm on the date it has been deducted on, I know we can just change the date but it's a small request haha, cause sometimes the deduction/income might fall on weekends so the date might not be accurate.
Hope to see more features implemented for this great app, have been using it for a few weeks now and really love it!!
Confirm transactions
Hi,
The pin security well get done, but let's talk about confirming transactions.
When you add a transaction, especially on recurrent transactions like rent or electricity bill, you want Finance41 to remind you to pay that bill. So you mark that transaction as "Must be confirmed when done" (in the web app).
On Finance41.com, when the day you've set for that transaction comes, the transaction becomes red and stays on top.
Now, for the Android app, we're released an update today for this: overdue transactions are marked in red and you can confirm them. Also you're reminded to pay them.
So give it a try, it should be very useful, it's something we wanted really bad, it makes our life much easier.
Cheers!
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Yep I think for personal reasons (dollars and cents are involved), it ensures security when other people handles our phones, I for one vote for having security measures like "pin, pattern etc".
Oh and btw I've another suggestion, I replied to your email a while ago but just thought of this idea. I know we can actually set fixed monthly bills like "insurance, car payments etc" on certain dates, but is it possible to allow us to confirm the date that the payment has been deducted? Like a prompt to confirm on the date it has been deducted on, I know we can just change the date but it's a small request haha, cause sometimes the deduction/income might fall on weekends so the date might not be accurate.
Hope to see more features implemented for this great app, have been using it for a few weeks now and really love it!!
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Hi,
The pin security well get done, but let's talk about confirming transactions.
When you add a transaction, especially on recurrent transactions like rent or electricity bill, you want Finance41 to remind you to pay that bill. So you mark that transaction as "Must be confirmed when done" (in the web app).
On Finance41.com, when the day you've set for that transaction comes, the transaction becomes red and stays on top.
Now, for the Android app, we're released an update today for this: overdue transactions are marked in red and you can confirm them. Also you're reminded to pay them.
So give it a try, it should be very useful, it's something we wanted really bad, it makes our life much easier.
Cheers!
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Thanks dev, btw I've changed my playstore rating for the app good job once again!!
Any new or interesting features that your team planned on the next update other than the security measures?
I'm interested and excited to know haha
Edit: Oh and thanks for the 1.9 update!!
Can it import quicken files?
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We just released our first app, a speed dial widget, Sign. We would love to get everyone's feedback and comments. Here's a brief description.
Sign is a unique, gesture based speed dialer for Android which lets you call or text your friends by simply drawing a gesture (signing) directly from your home screen.
Unlike other speed dial options such as direct dial icons or quick dial widgets, you don’t have to worry about accidentally calling somebody just because you inadvertently bump your phone’s screen. Sign is still extremely fast, easy to use, and best of all, you decide how to activate a text or phone call. Simply assign a gesture to any contact. To make a call or text, all you have to do is activate the widget and Sign right from your home screen. Simple and secure, it’s easy to use without even looking at your phone to find contacts or phone numbers.
We developed an enhanced recognition engine to provide a more accurate, consistent, and reliable system to recognize the gestures you assign to your contacts. Sign lets you assign single OR multi-stroke “Signs” to the people you call or text most often.
The free version, Sign Lite, has a limit of 3 Signs
and the full version, Sign ($1.99) has unlimited Signs
I can't post the QR Codes due to new user restrictions, but search Sign in the market.
Give it a try and let us know how you like it. If you have any issues with it at all, please send us an e-mail, we'll respond quickly to fix any problems. Also, we have quite a few ideas for future updates, but suggestions are always welcome.
Based on previous suggestions, we are working to allow user control over whether the default action is call or text.
Ok, I am now approved to submit images and links.
http://www.simplyapplied.com
I've put the screenshots in the following post.
Thanks for checking it out.
Ok, finally figured out how to get approval to post images/links.
I took the following screenshots using a free app called ShootMe (Johan Cloetens), which worked great. These do a better job of indicating how you Sign from the homescreen than the ones in the market.
I apologize in advance for the size of the first two, I have resized them about 10 different times but I can't get them to shrink.
The contact list with assigned gestures
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A single stroke Sign on the homescreen (half cut off)
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Multiple gestures within one Sign (although this would defeat the purpose of a "speed" dial, it is possible to have up to 8 strokes in any Sign)
Call confirmation
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Contact Assignment Screen
A quick note - We've had mostly positive reviews so far and only one significant bug identified - Sign currently only syncs with Google contacts, so if you use EAS/3rd party contact lists, these currently do not show up in the list of contacts you can assign a gesture to. This is a known issue that the programmer is working to implement a fix. If you have this issue and want us to keep you updated, send us an e-mail at [email protected] and we will let you know as soon as that problem has been resolved.
Also, if you have any suggestions or comments, please let us know. We are currently working on an update to implement a few suggestions we've already received. The primary change will be to allow the user to set either call OR text as the default action. Hopefully that will reduce how often you have to select one or the other.
Thanks to everyone who has tried it out.
SA
Great app
Nice idea which is implemented well
a dream - gesture for hardware back button
hy
is it possible to use it for the hardware back button ?
it will be great, because i can say go back with simple gesture and my hardware button will not use. This is a great usebillity.
i know it is only for the contacts but for the future ......
somethink like tasker -> : http://tasker.dinglisch.net/
meo said:
hy
is it possible to use it for the hardware back button ?
it will be great, because i can say go back with simple gesture and my hardware button will not use. This is a great usebillity.
i know it is only for the contacts but for the future ......
somethink like tasker -> : http://tasker.dinglisch.net/
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Meo:
Thanks for the comment and I'm glad to hear you like the usability. Sign is currently for contacts only; however, we have discussed implementing some additional gesture controls for other actions on the phone and we are investigating how to do that effectively.
One issue with implementing additional functionality into Sign is that as a speed dial application, it is important for it to remain lightweight, responsive, and fast, otherwise people will choose other speed dial options. My initial thought is that if we do include the type of functionality you mention, it would be within its own separate application and not within the Sign speed dial application.
We do have other ideas for gesture-related applications that are currently in the design stages. You can check our webpage for regular updates on what we are working on. However, our primary focus now is to make sure everyone who has Sign is satisfied.
Thanks again for the suggestion!
Sounds great, I'll try it out in a bit. Before I do, I'd like to sugggest using the standard Android theme (or a Sense UI ROM/device if you really must) for screenshots. The one you're using on your device looks awful and it messes with the standard Android UI elements too.
I like it so far.
My only request would be to add a "Text Message" button to the call/cancel dialog, rather than using the buttons at the bottom.
It's more natural for me to launch Sign and make the gesture for my fiancee immediately, but I keep forgetting to select "Text Message" first.
bhaiwaah said:
Nice idea which is implemented well
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Thanks, glad you like it!
saltorio said:
I like it so far.
My only request would be to add a "Text Message" button to the call/cancel dialog, rather than using the buttons at the bottom.
It's more natural for me to launch Sign and make the gesture for my fiancee immediately, but I keep forgetting to select "Text Message" first.
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Salt, the programmer is already in the process of adding a feature which will allow the user to select the default action when they open Sign. Right now, the default is set to call; however, you will be able to set the default to text which should resolve the issue.
Thanks for giving it a try, and we appreciate the comments!
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great idea i like it cant wait to switch to andoid
jul644 said:
great idea i like it cant wait to switch to andoid
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Thanks. I got a Droid back in December and it was my first smartphone. I had an older blackberry, but I didn't really use it for anything other than calls and the occasional email.
However, I'm pretty addicted to messing around with my phone and playing around with various apps and I had some ideas for apps I thought would be cool to have. That, and the fact that I kept accidentally "direct dialing" my pregnant wife at 2 in the morning is where I came up with the idea for Sign.
Hopefully you enjoy Android as much as I have, because I literally started Simply Applied to develop apps solely because of the Droid and the Android OS.
Since then, my wife has gotten an iPhone and I am amazed at how boring it is for me personally. It feels limited and closed compared to Android. I literally played with it for 15 minutes and I've barely picked it back up since then. The iPhone is definitely an incredible device, but not for people who like to play, tinker, and customize their phone.
Android allows that flexibility and customization, which is why when I design the apps, I'm looking at ways to use it to create really a different user experience. I'm sure the iphone has gesture-based dialers, but there's no way to have a speed dial widget which lets you draw the Sign directly on the homescreen. It just can't be done on the iPhone.
We have some other unique ideas that we are currently working on that even stretch Android's current capabilities, but luckily I have a creative programmer who is extremely patient with my ideas and does his best to implement them. I really think he did a great job with Sign and has made an app that works very effectively and is entirely unique and different from other speed dial applications.
And I'll stop boring everybody at this point...I can get carried away.
When you try it, definitely let us know what you think and feel free to offer suggestions.
Looks pretty nifty. What's the battery drain like?
Very very neat.
Out of interest how many people worked on this project? And how long did it take you?
All the best.
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Looks pretty nifty. What's the battery drain like?
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Thanks! Battery drain is essentially 0. Although it is a widget, its inactive unless activated by the user. If the user doesn't initiate an action within 15 seconds, it closes. Also, it closes immediately upon launch of the sms text application or the phone dialer.
We're extremely conscious of how poorly designed apps can impact the phone and we take active steps to ensure our apps are well designed to avoid those issues. This is what our programmer wrote for our blog a couple months ago.
Depending on what they’re doing, widgets can be resource hogs. A home widget is essentially a small and limited user interface to either an existing app or background service. They’re primarily used to display data, not for input, which can be a challenge for apps like our notes widget which is in development. Since widgets are typically displaying data from a background source, they have to be updated at regular intervals…for example with a stock ticker app, it would be every second, using lots of resources. With our notes app, it only updates when a note is added/modified so it is relatively lightweight. Our upcoming gesture dialer/text widget Sign is also very lightweight because it is essentially dormant until activated by the user.
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TT1986 said:
Very very neat.
Out of interest how many people worked on this project? And how long did it take you?
All the best.
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Thanks, we tried to optimize the feeling that you were interacting with the phone/device and not simply opening a separate program/app to do something the phone couldn't do. We really wanted it to be interactive in the homescreen, so from that perspective, I think its pretty unique.
There are three people in the company, although we currently have only one programmer. We all have other full-time jobs, so Sign took approximately 3-4 months from start to release. In actuality, the app could have been completed in about a couple weeks, but we decided to develop a custom gesture recognition system. After testing out Gesture Search and the gesture API, we realized that it wasn't reliable enough to be used as a dialer. So we designed a custom recognition system which incorporates elements of the gesture API, but improves on the consistency and accuracy to reduce the chance of misdials.
Two of us are primarily involved in the app ideas, design, and development while the third person is responsible for a variety of other tasks important to our overall longterm marketing/pr strategy, among other things. However we all have ideas for apps which we will eventually develop. Although we aren't doing this full-time (yet), we're treating it like its full-time because we truly believe that there is some incredible potential in the Android platform and we want to be a part of that.
Sign is our first app and the first app for the programmer as well. We actually started with another app first, but with Google's Gesture Search being released, we felt this app took priority. Needless to say it has been a learning process for all of us, but hopefully we can take some of the lessons learned from this project and be more efficient on future projects.
We have a lot of exciting ideas for future projects, and several other projects underway. Our website is currently under construction, but you can visit http://www.simplyapplied.com to see updates on Sign as well as our other projects.
Thanks for your interest in Simply Applied. We definitely want to establish ourselves as a well known and respected developer that has very high quality apps. We also want to be known for being extremely responsive to issues our customers are having with any of our products. For our company to be successful, we can't go through the same process we are going through with Sign, which is a grass roots effort to generate interest in our app, for every one of our apps. We need to develop trust from a large base of users that knows that they when they download an app from Simply Applied, they are getting a well thought out app which is well programmed and works as advertised. They also need to know that if there is an issue with the app, we'll fix it. Then our future apps will sell themselves and we can focus on developing and programming and making better apps. Not that I don't enjoy talking about this topic, obviously.
Simply Applied applies to our apps...but not so much my posts - brevity isn't a strong suit.
By the way, an issue was discovered overnight. For anyone whose premium version of Sign has stopped working overnight or today, please download the update in the market. The issue has been identified and corrected. Thank you very much to those people who informed us of the issue. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Looks pretty good. I'm gonna try it
Ult:
Let us know what you think. We're still working on the fix for the non-Google contacts, but as soon as that done, we are evaluating what features to include in the following update. So we welcome your suggestions.
Thanks for giving it a shot.
Shelves is an Android application that manages your collection of apparel, books, gadgets, movies, music, software, tools, toys, and video games from your Android device.
With Shelves, you can add items by scanning their barcodes, through Web searches, entering details manually, or by importing from or exporting to other sources (with full support for Delicious Library). Shelves organizes your collection with sorts, searches, and tags. You can loan items to friends in your contact list, or rate items for your personal use. Additionally, items can be in any language!
It's available for versions of Android 1.5 or higher. The website for the app is here: http://www.shelvesforandroid.com
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Just downloaded it to test or out cause I want to keep track of my games and who I lend them to
EDIT insane how useful this is I did a test bulk scan in of about 10 games scanning them in one after another then backed out and it got all the info for them cover art ... Publishers ... Release year ... And in some cases some background info
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Looks great. Can't wait to get into it!
Fantastic app and insanely useful. Now to figure out how to get it to import into Delicious Library 2 properly.
I import but it doesn't import all the data, only some of it. I think it pulls using ASIN data whereas Shelves only provides EAN data. Certainly not a deal breaker, but definitely a hassle.
QR for those that want it
Downloading now, not sure I understand the concept though. Free though, so can't hurt to try it out.
Edit: Doesn't look like an app I'd use, but looks well done when I played with it.
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EDIT insane how useful this is I did a test bulk scan in of about 10 games scanning them in one after another then backed out and it got all the info for them cover art ... Publishers ... Release year ... And in some cases some background info
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Fantastic app and insanely useful. Now to figure out how to get it to import into Delicious Library 2 properly.
I import but it doesn't import all the data, only some of it. I think it pulls using ASIN data whereas Shelves only provides EAN data. Certainly not a deal breaker, but definitely a hassle.
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Hmm, you're the second person to say that it doesn't work properly with Delicious Library 2 (the other one was a Market comment). I intentionally extended this to work with DL2. As far as I can tell, DL2 doesn't accept ASIN imports, only EAN/ISBN. If I'm wrong about this let me know. Getting the ASIN as the export isn't impossible...
EDIT: Oh damn...if I make the column heading "amazon link," it populates everything. Let me fix that for the items and I'll push out an upgrade super soon.
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Doesn't look like an app I'd use, but looks well done when I played with it.
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Well, thanks for the QR code all the same
You sir are a super hero. I look forward to giving it a go!
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You sir are a super hero. I look forward to giving it a go!
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I just pushed 2.4.2 right now. It's changed the headers on the Delicious Library exports to "amazon link." Thanks very much for pointing this out. Your ratings can also be imported from Shelves to DL.
Works wonderfully now! Thanks for the quick fix.
Could you add Dutch support? I've got around 60+ PS3 games and I lend them out on a regular basis. But once I scan them your app says I might already have them and it adds 0.
Thanks.
NeoS2007 said:
Could you add Dutch support? I've got around 60+ PS3 games and I lend them out on a regular basis. But once I scan them your app says I might already have them and it adds 0.
Thanks.
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Could you give me the barcode number of one or two of those games? I'm honestly surprised that they're not being added, since I reckon they're either from the States, Japan, or another country with PAL support. I am guessing you've tried changing your locale in the Settings menu, too?
But, without a few of the numbers/names, I can't test what's going on.
Brilliant app gjtorikian. I love Delicious Library on Mac.
This is one app I will be recommending to people. Thankyou.
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Could you give me the barcode number of one or two of those games? I'm honestly surprised that they're not being added, since I reckon they're either from the States, Japan, or another country with PAL support. I am guessing you've tried changing your locale in the Settings menu, too?
But, without a few of the numbers/names, I can't test what's going on.
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Okidoki. Let's see here:
Ghostbusters (ps3, PAL = 11719 11885)
Little Big Planet (ps3, PAL = 11719 72515)
And yes, I've changed the locale from US to UK, seeing UK is PAL. If you need more, just yell. And thanks. ;-)
This app is great for keeping track of my stuff. I especially love the google calendar sync for loaning! Honestly, I can't think of anything to add to this app to make it better.
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Okidoki. Let's see here:
Ghostbusters (ps3, PAL = 11719 11885)
Little Big Planet (ps3, PAL = 11719 72515)
And yes, I've changed the locale from US to UK, seeing UK is PAL. If you need more, just yell. And thanks. ;-)
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I'm able to somewhat duplicate the problem.
When I tried adding LittleBigPlanet the first time (which I could only find had an EAN of 0711719998853), it also said I already had the item. When I tried immediately after, for a second time, it added successfully. This was with the UK locale as well.
Logcat doesn't provide any help here unfortunately. I'm guessing the request is timing out, then. A few releases back I made adds time out after 90 seconds, after a user complained he waited 10 minute (!) for something to get added. My suggestion to you is to try to add the items on a WiFi connection. Personally I use that myself at home, since I've never been very pleased with Edge results. 3G is pretty good, too.
Let me know if that does anything for you. As a caveat I am also using this site to replicate barcodes: barcodesinc.com/generator/barcode/
PS Can you (or someone out there) "approve" my new user account. I promise I am not a spammer!
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I'm able to somewhat duplicate the problem.
When I tried adding LittleBigPlanet the first time (which I could only find had an EAN of 0711719998853), it also said I already had the item. When I tried immediately after, for a second time, it added successfully. This was with the UK locale as well.
Logcat doesn't provide any help here unfortunately. I'm guessing the request is timing out, then. A few releases back I made adds time out after 90 seconds, after a user complained he waited 10 minute (!) for something to get added. My suggestion to you is to try to add the items on a WiFi connection. Personally I use that myself at home, since I've never been very pleased with Edge results. 3G is pretty good, too.
Let me know if that does anything for you. As a caveat I am also using this site to replicate barcodes: barcodesinc.com/generator/barcode/
PS Can you (or someone out there) "approve" my new user account. I promise I am not a spammer!
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Hmm. I've scanned about 10 games I have and none of them are recognised. I always have WiFi on at home. I have to say, product search in the barcode scanner app itself doesn't give any products either. Web search however gave me results.
I've tried several tools like yours before, and none of them were able to use the scanner and inventory my games. I think it has something to do with the Dutch barcodes or something...
About your account: I'm sorry, but i'm unable to "approve" any accounts. The approval is done after a certain amount of postings, as a precaution. These are forumsettings and I'm unable to change them. You'll get more "rights" eventually.
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Hmm. I've scanned about 10 games I have and none of them are recognised. I always have WiFi on at home. I have to say, product search in the barcode scanner app itself doesn't give any products either. Web search however gave me results.
I've tried several tools like yours before, and none of them were able to use the scanner and inventory my games. I think it has something to do with the Dutch barcodes or something...
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But that would mean that they repackage Dutch products with their own Dutch barcodes--is that the case? Seems like an expensive operation if you ask me...
Not that this helps any but I found an online article about blocked apps (for the HTC Legend) where ZXing is one of them: http://androidheadlines.com/2010/03/dutch-htc-legend-blocking-apps-in-android-market.html (yay I can post URLs!)
i think we got some other barcodes indeed. some of the game Packages are saying Not for Supply in the UK. when i try a game from uk (with no PEGI logo) but the uk rating logo it works perfectly!
got around 160 ps3 games here! Dutch Packages mostly got Dutch text on the back!
That's really wild. I'm scouring Google trying to figure out what benefits repackaging/rebarcoding a product would offer. Protection against privacy? Some EU policy workaround?
ok here 10 games:
Tekken 6 : 3296580800049 works english text back
Borderlands : 5026555401104 dousnt work Dutch text Back
Skate 2: 5030946068135 dousnt work Dutch text back
Grid : 5024866336276 dousnt work Ducth text back
colin mcrae dirt 2 : 5024866341171 dousnt work dutch text back
Viking Battle for Asgard: 5060138436480 dousnt work english/france back
Wet : 0093155122178 dousnt work dutch text back
Burnout paradise: 5020946 05536 dounst work dutch text back
soul calibur 4 : 3296580805167 dousnt work dutch text back
Army of two 40th day : 5030946 078417 dousnt work Dutch text Back
The app is now published to Google Play Store.
Have you ever wondered, what you spend you money for? With Budget Book you can simply track all your expenses and incomes. Furthermore you can label them with a payment type and a suitable category. This enables you to use wide filters, so you can analyse for example, what you've spent your money for in a specific timespan.
+++Update+++
Great news!
We have something awesome coming! In the new version of the
Budget Book we introduce you to our new feature:
Statistics.
See at a glance what you spend your money on and how much it was.
Interacting with the feature we implemented in the most recent
update, the category editor, you can personalize the statistics with
your own custom categorys. This applies to your incomes, too. Just
click at the top of the screen on "Incomes by category" and there you have it.
We hope you'll like it!
PS: take a glimpse at the screenshots
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Features
Keep track of your expenses (and incomes)
Simple and intuitive UI
Android 4.x Holo Design
English, German and French Translation (more to come)
Predefined categories
Backup and Restore to/from SD-Card (check the options-menu)
Export as CSV (Full only)
Sum of the displayed entries
Filters for analysis
NFC-Sharing of entries
Custom Categories
Statistics
Planned Features
Backup via Google Backup and Restore
Google Drive backup
Limits (w/ notifications)
Different Accounts (definded by user)
Receipt-Management (Ability to attach image(s?) to an entry)
Tablet-Support
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Beautiful Interface! Great Work!
Works perfect thanks!
Maybe Tablet optimized in future?
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Beautiful Interface! Great Work!
Works perfect thanks!
Maybe Tablet optimized in future?
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sure! I knew that i forgot something to mention
just uploaded an update, which changes the standard language from german to english
The app instantly forces closes to me. Will create a logcat and upload in a sec, and edit this post.
EDIT: Logcat attached.
On my Evo 4g LTE, I can't do anything. I just see a white screen, with no buttons or menu button. Possible compatibility issue?
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Same on my HTC One S.. Just the white screen, and then it crashes..
Thank you for your feedback. I don't have any problems on my 4.1 Galaxy Nexus.
The good news: I also have that issue when running the app in an 4.0.x emulator
The bad news: I don't know, what's wrong there
I'll do some research on that and post here if I can adress the issue!
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Thank you for your feedback. I don't have any problems on my 4.1 Galaxy Nexus.
The good news: I also have that issue when running the app in an 4.0.x emulator
The bad news: I don't know, what's wrong there
I'll do some research on that and post here if I can adress the issue!
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Ok. Good luck. I forgot to mention that In using a Xperia S, 4.0.4
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I just updated the App to a new version! The issues on Ice Cream Sandwich should now be fixed!
Have fun!
Thanks. Works fine now
Will start using this to keep control on how much I spend at my school restaurant.
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I have a few requests for your app.
First, I want to edit something I have created. Errors happen, and have to write it again is tedious.
Second, a resume of how much you have. If you got 20 dollars, it would say a 20 down there. If you add a 5 dollars expense, it would show 15 down there.
Third, It would be nice if you could separate the incomes and expenses in categories created by user. For example, I have R$ 27,90 to spend on calls for carries except mine (for my carrier is free of charge). Then I could create a category called: Phone. I would set this 27,90 and, using the last mentioned feature, I would have a control of how much I still can call. Another category would be for SMS + Data usage. It costs for me R$ 0,50 for each day you use each, and I have a R$ 10 limit per month. Then I would have a third category. I would like to keep control on how much i spend at my school to eat.
I think it's pretty good, the explanation, but if you need something else tp understand, let me know.
What could be nice is a use of barcode scaner, you scan some product and you put a price, then every time you scan it, you will have an expense of it
I don't know if i have explained well ...
Another feature that could be great is to have diferents accounts One for register the bank movements and another to our home money xP
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I have a few requests for your app.
First, I want to edit something I have created. Errors happen, and have to write it again is tedious.
Second, a resume of how much you have. If you got 20 dollars, it would say a 20 down there. If you add a 5 dollars expense, it would show 15 down there.
Third, It would be nice if you could separate the incomes and expenses in categories created by user. For example, I have R$ 27,90 to spend on calls for carries except mine (for my carrier is free of charge). Then I could create a category called: Phone. I would set this 27,90 and, using the last mentioned feature, I would have a control of how much I still can call. Another category would be for SMS + Data usage. It costs for me R$ 0,50 for each day you use each, and I have a R$ 10 limit per month. Then I would have a third category. I would like to keep control on how much i spend at my school to eat.
I think it's pretty good, the explanation, but if you need something else tp understand, let me know.
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1. yes, definitely essential
2. I also had that idea, maybe the app can display a notification if you've exceeded your limit
3. I think this is very special...maybe later
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What could be nice is a use of barcode scaner, you scan some product and you put a price, then every time you scan it, you will have an expense of it
I don't know if i have explained well ...
Another feature that could be great is to have diferents accounts One for register the bank movements and another to our home money xP
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1. sounds like an idea, but the problem is the information gathering, what you really paid for the product, because it won't be the same amount in every store, you know?
2. This is already a bit implemented, when adding an entry you can choose wether it's cash or credit card for example
Ok thanks, sounds great, hmm ohh but it can ask you if the prize is correct no? For example, you go to the shop, for buy, the first time you scan everithin you buy with the prize and the next time you go, if you scan the chips, the cocacola..., the app suggest you to put it as expenses
Like if the app reemember recurring expenditures from the past
I just re-downloaded it, and it looks great. I love the style and how it feels, but I do have some suggestions for you, if you get to develop it more.
1) Have accounts - I would love to be able to put my different bank accounts, gift cards, etc. on this, and track how much money I have left in each. Make it so I can put a starting amount on each account, and then subtract from there. Also to make special note of: transferring money between accounts. This was something I ran into with my project a while back.
2) Receipts - It has always been a goal of mine to be a better record keeper. As such, I would love to be able to take pictures of receipts and either upload them to a service for cloud storage or have them linked to from my SD card. This way I can back them up to my computer at home every once in a while and make sure I have everything when tax time comes.
3) While I'm at it, making it so that two users can share the same account... that would be amazing. Joint checking accounts are awesome for couples, but not if they don't both know what's going on.
4) Backups - I don't want to college months of data simply to have it wiped out if my phone goes south. Allow me to backup to my SD card, or, better yet, sending the data in an email so it can be backed up on any computer I have access from.
5) Statistics - We can track our money, and where it goes, but unless we can analyze our spending patterns, we can't see where we need to go in the future. Having graphs and charts would make this really nice to have. You already have the categories all set up, so getting the statistics (and statistics per account) setup shouldn't be too much more.
I have been trying to develop a reliable solution like this using PHP, MySQL, and jQuery for about a year now. The sad part is that I can't interact with the phone's camera like I want to, to allow me to capture receipts. I guess what I'm saying is, I'd love to help you out on the back-end stuff if you ever need it. I'd love to get this kind of project up and running, as I think it can help a lot of people in a lot of ways. Oh, and have you thought about uploading this to Google Play? Are there any limitations holding you back from doing that? I admire what you're doing, and think it's great that you are putting your talents to such a great use. We all need to be more financially savvy, and this is a great tool to help that.
Thank you for your hard work.
m.ark said:
I just re-downloaded it, and it looks great. I love the style and how it feels, but I do have some suggestions for you, if you get to develop it more.
1) Have accounts - I would love to be able to put my different bank accounts, gift cards, etc. on this, and track how much money I have left in each. Make it so I can put a starting amount on each account, and then subtract from there. Also to make special note of: transferring money between accounts. This was something I ran into with my project a while back.
2) Receipts - It has always been a goal of mine to be a better record keeper. As such, I would love to be able to take pictures of receipts and either upload them to a service for cloud storage or have them linked to from my SD card. This way I can back them up to my computer at home every once in a while and make sure I have everything when tax time comes.
3) While I'm at it, making it so that two users can share the same account... that would be amazing. Joint checking accounts are awesome for couples, but not if they don't both know what's going on.
4) Backups - I don't want to college months of data simply to have it wiped out if my phone goes south. Allow me to backup to my SD card, or, better yet, sending the data in an email so it can be backed up on any computer I have access from.
5) Statistics - We can track our money, and where it goes, but unless we can analyze our spending patterns, we can't see where we need to go in the future. Having graphs and charts would make this really nice to have. You already have the categories all set up, so getting the statistics (and statistics per account) setup shouldn't be too much more.
I have been trying to develop a reliable solution like this using PHP, MySQL, and jQuery for about a year now. The sad part is that I can't interact with the phone's camera like I want to, to allow me to capture receipts. I guess what I'm saying is, I'd love to help you out on the back-end stuff if you ever need it. I'd love to get this kind of project up and running, as I think it can help a lot of people in a lot of ways. Oh, and have you thought about uploading this to Google Play? Are there any limitations holding you back from doing that? I admire what you're doing, and think it's great that you are putting your talents to such a great use. We all need to be more financially savvy, and this is a great tool to help that.
Thank you for your hard work.
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Hi m.ark,
thank you for your nice feedback!
Except your thrid point I think everything would be implementable - I also updated the "features-to-come" in first post (thanks to all the others for the great ideas!!)
Your third point is very hard to implement, but I keep an eye on that topic!
A vision is, that one is able to completely manage that stuff via a web interface, if the data is uploaded to google drive for example. Maybe in a late state we can think about collaborating on this thing?!
Regarding the Google Play thing: At the moment I'm not willing to spend the 20$ for the developer license if the app has not even a minimum of possible features implemented - a long-term-goal is definitely publishing this app to Play Store.
BETA 3
Just released and uploaded BETA3 - check the changelog and have fun
Beta 3 looks good, and runs smooth. I love the backup and restore option. It will be a real saver.
One thing I noticed: if you are at the home page, the only drop down from the menu is for backup and restore, but if you are in the backup and restore tool, the drop down menu lists only "Settings" but doesn't do anything. Just a small bug. Maybe have it go back home since there's no way to do that right now other than hitting back?
Once again, thank you for the awesome app. Keep us up to date on how you're doing, it'd be fun to see the progress you're making. Don't make it a chore, though, that's for sure.
How do you change the currency for this?
Scirwode
Contacts 5+
Contacts with GROUPS!
Version 1.0.7
July 23, 2016
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"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"
}
The Goal
To create the Contacts app Google should’ve included with Lollipop to begin with, with the groups feature back and prominent where it belongs. This is intended to be a fully featured contacts app, unlike the now-abandoned ContactsGroups app that many of us used for a while when Lollipop first came out.
Who am I?
I am a longtime Android enthusiast, but I’m also a professional Java developer. I work in core Java, however, and this has been my first ever Android project. Everything I’ve done in this app, it is my first time doing on the Android platform.
The Codebase
This app is not a fork of the AOSP contacts app. It is a complete, from-scratch creation by yours truly. It uses the ACTION_VIEW and INSERT_VIEW mechanisms to access the default Contacts’ app’s view/add/edit contact functionality, but otherwise it is 100% my creation (although I will include a few shoutouts to some third-party libraries I’m using in it).
Limitations
This app currently only works with contacts from Google accounts.
Current Features
- Tabs for All Contacts, Groups, and Favorites.
- Search for contact, both in the All Contacts list and within an individual group.
- Ability to view/add/edit contact details.
- Customizable settings:
--- Toggle "only phones"
--- Toggle showing groups without contacts
--- Change contact name display style
--- Change sorting for both contacts and groups
--- Choose which accounts to display
Upcoming Features
- Broadcast Receiver updates (right now, if the contacts data is changed from an outside source like the Google Contacts website, and the app is running, it won’t update until you close and re-open the app)
- UI improvements. The popup letters when fast scrolling and the section headers are a project I intend to dive into shortly, to better match the slick look-and-feel of the default contacts app.
- Frequently Contacted section in Favorites tab
- Support for more account types… maybe (this is so not guaranteed, depends on how much overhead it adds to the contact loading process, I haven’t even begun to look into it so I have no idea).
- Other ideas (suggest them!)
Screenshots
Screenshot Gallery: http://imgur.com/a/CYZta
DOWNLOAD
The app is in the Beta Chanel of the Google Play Store. I've been using it regularly and it is very stable, but anyone who develops software knows that issues can arise, hence the beta status. To download it, first use the following link to opt-in to the beta. From there you will have a link to download the app directly.
Link: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/io.craigmiller160.contacts5
Reporting Bugs
Please report all bugs in this thread. I have a day job and a life, but I do intend to continue working on this app to complete the features on the upcoming list above, and resolve any remaining issues that emerge. Feature requests are also welcome, while I make no guarantees about implementing them, if something catches my eye I will consider it.
Reporting Logs
As I'm trying to resolve as many bugs as possible, I've added a feature to the app over versions 1.0.3 & 1.0.5 to write logging data to a file on your device, which you can then send to me. The file is written to /sdcard/Android/data/io.craigmiller160.contacts5/files. This data will make my efforts to solve issues easier, so providing it alongside bug reports would be very helpful.
CHANGELOG
http://craigmiller160.github.io/contacts5-changelog.html
FAQ
1. Will this be in the Play Store?
Yes, definitely, once it is ready for prime time.
2. Will a feature I like be in the app?
You’re free to ask, and if I like it I might consider it. At the moment, though, the goal is to make an app identical to the stock Contacts app, except that this one has the Groups feature back where it belongs.
3. Help! It crashed on my phone!
Post as much detail as possible, including a logcat if you got it. This is an Alpha build, but I promise to work on resolving any issues as quickly as I can.
4. How quickly will you update the app?
As quickly as I can. Again, I have a full time job (developing applications), and a life outside of that. But I do intend to see this project through to completion, and hope to at least be able to roll out a new build every week, or every other week at the latest.
5. I love this app! Can I donate?
Hmmm… I do like money. I should look into getting something like that set up.
6. Will this be open source?
Considering it.
Favorites?
How do I install the app? And I don't see the Favs tab in screenshots?
Great idea! What ever possessed Google to remove groups will forever be a mystery. Are you currently working on the app?
This is a great initiative. Here are some ideas...in light of material design, there should be a new group floating button (or an expandable new contact / new group plus button). Would be great to colorize groups, meaning when in all contacts, a color glow would appear behind their name. That'll make it much easier to spot "orphan" contacts (meaning contacts who are not part of groups).
Thank you very much for this app, it is weird to not have a group option on my phone.
SEAxHAWK said:
How do I install the app? And I don't see the Favs tab in screenshots?
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Hey. Favorites tab was not present in Alpha 1. However it is now present in my current build, and will be there in the final release.
Hinesight 20/20 said:
Great idea! What ever possessed Google to remove groups will forever be a mystery. Are you currently working on the app?
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Hey. Yes I am. I went quiet for a while but this app is still in development. At this point it has actually gotten very stable and I've been using it as my DD contacts app. I do intend to release a new pre play store build probably by the weekend, barring schedule craziness.
titaniumtux said:
This is a great initiative. Here are some ideas...in light of material design, there should be a new group floating button (or an expandable new contact / new group plus button). Would be great to colorize groups, meaning when in all contacts, a color glow would appear behind their name. That'll make it much easier to spot "orphan" contacts (meaning contacts who are not part of groups).
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So as far as a new group button, I have mixed feelings about that one, since you still won't be able to add contacts to a group without going into contact details and opening the groups section anyway (and a new group button is in that menu). For all contact details stuff I'm just using the default Contacts ActionView, so none of that is code I've actually touched.
ShadowAngler said:
Hey. Yes I am. I went quiet for a while but this app is still in development. At this point it has actually gotten very stable and I've been using it as my DD contacts app. I do intend to release a new pre play store build probably by the weekend, barring schedule craziness.
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Very cool. I'll download it and check it out.
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Hinesight 20/20 said:
Very cool. I'll download it and check it out.
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Works! Thanks, I'm looking forward to your new releases.
Hinesight 20/20 said:
Very cool. I'll download it and check it out.
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Works! Thanks, I'm looking forward to your new releases.
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Yep. My goal is to have it out in the Play Store beta channel over the weekend. I just finished implementing search functionality, but then went away for a few days (at the airport on my way back now). The only reason this release will be considered a beta is that the only person to use it so far is me, so I can't 100% guarantee it's bug free. But I'm using it every day right now with no issues.
Quick preview of what's coming:
Completed Features:
- Tabs for All Contacts, Groups, and Favorites.
- Search for contact, both in the All Contacts list and within an individual group.
- Ability to view/add/edit contact details.
- Customizable settings:
--- Toggle "only phones"
--- Toggle showing groups without contacts
--- Change contact name display style
--- Change sorting for both contacts and groups
--- Choose which accounts to display
Still to come:
- UI improvements: popup letters during fast scroll, and letter headers in contacts lists (like the default contacts app)
- Broadcast Receiver data refreshing (right now, if the contacts data is changed from another source while the app is running, it won't refresh until it's closed/reopened).
- Support for more account types (maybe) (right now, the app only supports Google account contacts. Once everything else is finished, I will explore if it is possible to easily integrate support for contacts from either exchange or facebook as well).
Edit: Looks like I'm right on schedule... the release is now done, gotta run out for the night, but I plan to get it out by tomorrow.
Alright folks, the new build is live. Changelog to follow soon (although I already posted a preview of it, I'll be incorporating an official changelog into the OP soon.
Enjoy.
Looks good so far. Can I ask to be able to email or text the entire group?
Bobvark said:
Looks good so far. Can I ask to be able to email or text the entire group?
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Bobvark said:
Looks good so far. Can I ask to be able to email or text the entire group?
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That's something I've been thinking about. I'll probably look into it once the other issues are resolved.
I'm adding this here and to the OP, in the hopes that someone sees it. I've gotten a report that my app is crashing on startup on a Samsung Galaxy S6 running Touchwiz/Android 6.0.1. Since I don't have a Samsung device to test the app on, I'm struggling to investigate the issue. If anyone has a Samsung device running Touchwiz, I would appreciate hearing from you, hopefully with a logcat, so I can resolve the issue.
I see that this application is ad supported. Please add an option to pay and remove the ads.
sling-shot said:
I see that this application is ad supported. Please add an option to pay and remove the ads.
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That is a part of the plan. Currently it's in beta, and my main focus is going towards resolving some of the last few outstanding issues that users have reported. Once it goes into production I will indeed be adding that ability. It'll only be $0.99, I'm not looking to make much money off of this, just get a tiny bit back for my work.
Would be great if you can add ability to set group ringtone, then it would be perfect.
Bug:
I've noticed that when I search for a name from the main list, there are several contacts don't appear. It may be because they were added through WhatsApp, even though they are gmail contacts. But when I search for the name within a group, it appears. I've also seen that the favorites tab doesn't include all of the contacts I have starred in android.
Other than that, so far it looks nice! And it's REALLY fast. Can't wait to see how development continues.
NEW
The Your Grocery List app is available in the Gear app store! Install it from the Gear app on your phone, enter your email address and PW to sign into your Our Groceries account on the watch, and start shopping! Thank you, Christoff!
Requires an account w/Our Groceries. Does not require the Our Groceries app on your phone, but that is highly recommended (it's simply a great shopping list app - once you/your family start using it you'll wonder how you got by without it).
You can create your Our Groceries account from the Our Groceries app on the phone, or at www.ourgroceries.com.
This is a community developed app, Christoff (developer) contacted Our Groceries and they were supportive of him releasing it.
Currently the app does not have "push" auto-sync w/the Our Groceries server, so use the Refresh button in the app to update before shopping (in case changes have been made to the shopping list from another client). All changes on the watch to your shopping lists are immediately sync'd w/the Our Groceries server. Christoff is investigating auto-sync from the server to the watch.
Old:
Any enterprising developers who also have to go shopping for groceries (100% of you!) - you could look into the Our Groceries app!
It's probably the best shopping list app available on Android (nearly instant sync across multiple devices, extremely flexible list management, super easy to use UI, regular maintenance and updates from developer, etc.
Would be great to have a Tizen client to view current list of items and check off as purchased from the watch.
Willing to provide beer money to help get this started.
UPDATE: Member cm_walkaround has started working on a native app solution for Our Groceries sync. See this post (#6).
UPDATE 2 WOOT! Christoff just announced that he released the app to the Gear store today (Feb 21) in this post (#9). It will take several days to a week for Samsung to review and approve it. They control the final actual release of the app in the Gear watch store, so hopefully they will complete their review promptly.
The app is called Your Grocery List. (Christof did not call it "Our Groceries" to avoid confusion about the source of the app).
Thanks (mine and all other Our Grocery users) for looking into this!
I too have been looking for something, and would really like it to sync with Google Tasks since that is what I'm presently using for my grocery list and use GTasks on my phone.
I tried the My Tasks companion app with sister android app which syncs with Google Tasks, but it's terrible on the S3. The font is way too big, and it shows you all the items in the list even when and after they are checked off so you have to scroll and scroll through the lists. Hopefully the developer will decide to change it.
If not, I'm looking for something that will only show the items on the list that are not checked off so you can maintain a large list of grocery items and uncheck only the items you need before you go to the store so the watch only displays the unchecked items.
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Our groceries.. Ditto
So until something native arrives, this is an option, and it works surprisingly well.
Get Wearable widgets app on your watch, and companion app on your phone and complete setup and choose the widgets you want to see on your phone.
Launch the Wearable Widgets app from your watch, and scroll to the widget you want to see (from the ones you selected on your phone).
Viewing the Our Groceries widget via Wearable Widgets on your watch you can:
- Scroll the groceries list up and down
- Tap items to mark them purchased
- Tap them again to return them to your shopping list
The interaction is very much like the one on the phone, surprisingly good, actually. You can add each of your lists to your phone - just set them up in the Wearable Widgets app and they will show up in the phone.
Some screenshots and a pic below from my watch.
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Redflea said:
So until something native arrives, this is an option, and it works surprisingly well.
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You are right, it works well thank you for the tip
Just started..
Hi folks,
just started to code a client for ourgroceries on the S3 (just asked OurGroceries if its ok for them to use the name in the app.. lets see).
Still need to implement a store for the credentials, but apart from that the minimal version is almost finished. "Features" are:
- show all lists -> select a list (also with bezel-scroll)
- show all items of selected list -> tap to cross off
For now, I am not displaying crossed off items at all (="shopping" use-case). But I plan to extend that asap.
I hope to get this minimal thing working by the end of the week and hope, ourgroceries is positive about my request.
Best
Christof
cm_walkaround said:
Hi folks,
just started to code a client for ourgroceries on the S3 (just asked OurGroceries if its ok for them to use the name in the app.. lets see).
Still need to implement a store for the credentials, but apart from that the minimal version is almost finished. "Features" are:
- show all lists -> select a list (also with bezel-scroll)
- show all items of selected list -> tap to cross off
For now, I am not displaying crossed off items at all (="shopping" use-case). But I plan to extend that asap.
I hope to get this minimal thing working by the end of the week and hope, ourgroceries is positive about my request.
Best
Christof
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OH MY GOODNESS!
Thanks very much for working on this - will be very appreciated!!
Can you also support swipe to change lists (I find that swiping left/right is often easier than using the bezel, depending on what I'm doing).
The Our Groceries folks are nice, my interactions w/them have been very positive. If you haven't seen it, here's what they are saying about device support in their current FAQ...Gear doesn't even register. I expect (hope) that they would be happy for you to extend their ecosystem.
https://www.ourgroceries.com/faq#unsupported_devices
Our Groceries said:
Will you support Microsoft Windows Phones, Apple Watch, Google Home, Google Now, Siri, or IFTTT?
While we do not currently support Windows Phone devices, we are watching the market share numbers. When the mobile platform becomes popular enough, we will likely create an OurGroceries app for it.
We are evaluating whether our users find OurGroceries useful on Android Wear devices. Depending on what we find, we’ll decide whether to support the Apple Watch.
We are actively investigating Google Home integration.
Google Now and Siri do not currently provide a way for us to integrate with them.
IFTTT charges $3000 per year for integration, and we do not currently think that we would make that back in additional revenue.
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cm_walkaround said:
Hi folks,
just started to code a client for ourgroceries on the S3 (just asked OurGroceries if its ok for them to use the name in the app.. lets see).
Still need to implement a store for the credentials, but apart from that the minimal version is almost finished. "Features" are:
- show all lists -> select a list (also with bezel-scroll)
- show all items of selected list -> tap to cross off
For now, I am not displaying crossed off items at all (="shopping" use-case). But I plan to extend that asap.
I hope to get this minimal thing working by the end of the week and hope, ourgroceries is positive about my request.
Best
Christof
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Great News and thanks!
Submitted
Hi folks,
the developer gave me a positive feedback and I finished & submitted the app to the store.
I also noted in the app-description, that I am a private developer and not in any way related to the OurGroceries-service.
It should take some days for the review process, but I hope it goes through.
Thanks for your suggestions, I'll upgrade the app from time to time (I do this in my free-time which is needed for other things for now).
Would be happy if you leave feedback here or in the app store.
Best
Christof
cm_walkaround said:
Hi folks,
the developer gave me a positive feedback and I finished & submitted the app to the store.
I also noted, that I am a private developer and not in any way related to the OurGroceries-service.
It should take some days for the review process, but I hope it goes through.
Thanks for your suggestions, I'll upgrade the app from time to time (I do this in my free-time which is needed for other things for now).
Would be happy if you leave feedback here or in the app store.
Best
Christof
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Wow, Christoff, you didn't even give us time to start pestering you for a release date! This has to be the fastest move from announce to 1.0 release I can remember seeing. Thanks very much for submitting to the store, I'll be hitting "Refresh" on the Gear app store every hour or so for the next few days.
Will definitely provide feedback once it's available. Thanks for providing this - closes a key gap in the watch's capabilities.
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Wow, Christoff, you didn't even give us time to start pestering you for a release date! ....
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Thanks Redflea - I hope the quality is acceptable (I also really needed this app.. ).
Testing time was quite short, so maybe its more a 0.1-release.. however, everything seems to work.
See u!
Christof
p.s. the name of the app is "Your grocery list" (I wanted to prevent misunderstandings that this app could be made by the service-providers), but noted "OurGroceries" in the description, so I hope its find-able.
cm_walkaround said:
Thanks Redflea - I hope the quality is acceptable (I also really needed this app.. ).
Testing time was quite short, so maybe its more a 0.1-release.. however, everything seems to work.
See u!
Christof
p.s. the name of the app is "Your grocery list" (I wanted to prevent misunderstandings that this app could be made by the service-providers), but noted "OurGroceries" in the description, so I hope its find-able.
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Sounds good - don't worry, I'm sure any issues will be ironed out over time (as you have time).
Thanks for the info on the name - I'll be looking for it on the Gear App store over the next few days, hopefully Samsung will release it quickly.
Hi again,
just to shorten your waiting time, I've some screenshots for you.
Registration might need some additional days..
Best
Christof
This is fantastic!
I use Our Groceries quite a lot, so having it on the watch will be so handy!!
I'll definitely grab this once it's on the store and give it a try! :good:
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Hi again,
just to shorten your waiting time, I've some screenshots for you.
Registration might need some additional days..
Best
Christof
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Yippee! Thanks for the pics.
LOL...I go into the Gear app store and search on "Grocery" twice a day now. I'm going to have a big impact on their search metrics.
Well, thanks for your efforts, but I just tried out the parent OurGroceries app and it is way too weak for me. So I'll still be looking for something better than OurGroceries, but thanks anyway.
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@DaWeav: Just curious: what features are you missing? @all: app is now available in store.
I uploaded an update today which needs another 4 days for validation.
It includes:
- swipe left/right to toggle between active/crossed off list.
- in the list of crossed off items: insert filter string to quickly find items
- if the filter string is not already existing in the list, you can add it as a new item.
- minor bug fixes
Next update will be about porting the app to other tizen watches.
Best
Christof
cm_walkaround said:
@DaWeav: Just curious: what features are you missing? @all: app is now available in store.
I uploaded an update today which needs another 4 days for validation.
It includes:
- swipe left/right to toggle between active/crossed off list.
- in the list of crossed off items: insert filter string to quickly find items
- if the filter string is not already existing in the list, you can add it as a new item.
- minor bug fixes
Next update will be about porting the app to other tizen watches.
Best
Christof
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Woot! Off to install!
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cm_walkaround said:
@DaWeav: Just curious: what features are you missing?
Best
Christof
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First, when I tried to migrate my current shopping list and import that list into OurGroceries, they manipulated the imported data and sorted it alphabetically.
I have my master shopping list in the order I 'walkthrough' the store, so now everything was all over the place on the list. I really don't need Zuccinni at the bottom of the list since it's in the produce area which is fhe first thing I see when entering the store. Anyway, I'll give them a bit of credit as they do have 'Categories'. So, I took the time to create 16 or so Categories for food items, and took the time to place my 100s of items in their proper 'store-order' (walkthrough) categories.
But, then I ran into a major second problem with my Ourgroceries master shopping list.
Now that I had all the shopping items on the list in their proper category order with the items appearing in the order the store has them when I'm walking through the store, I don't need the 100s of items at this time, so I started removing them from my shopping list. But, when I started checking off the items, all they did was drop off the list in either alphabetical or randomly order. They don't leave the checked off items in the same order when checked off/not active. Nor do they even leave them in their category order when the items are un-checked/not active. So, if I want to re-activate a checked off item on my list, I have to search and search to find it. At least when I reactivated the checked off item, the item appeared back in it's proper category order.
I just like having a master list of items that I can go through and just activate the item I'll need since it helps me think of the items I'll need to get instead of constructing a new list every time.
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These are absolutely valid complaints - and the api does not seem to support relative ordering of the items, so you can only implement that on the client-app (you could have multiple shop-profiles that memorize the relative order items were checked). Maybe the developer can implement this feature for the client - I'll ask.
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Christof