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[REQ] graphical google analytics app - the better version

I've been using google analytics for a little while now and grown to like the way information is laid out for the desktop browser version. Then I looked on the market and found some apps that give you basic information from your account.
But they left me a bit wanting. I was hoping for something more informative, easy and fast to read and remember.
Now as I'm programming illiterate I can only speak for usability and general feel of the app, while appreciating and giving credit to the people putting their time, talent and effort into writing them. The following is not a criticism, it is a proposal for improvement.
So I tried to make something better. Thought about why the desktop version works so well for me and sought out ways to include as much of it onto a small screen. So I drafted my idea of an interface and interaction plus an explanation on how I see it working.
I've done this with a 480 width so that anyone with a 480x800 screen can see how it would look with a bit of zooming 1:1
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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"
}
As you can see, I've done things a bit differently. Starting with choosing the account and profile, everything is on one page. No more 2-3-4 taps before you get what info you need. This should work by setting one account and one profile as default in the settings. Also integrated graphical representations with a bit of interaction to help with bringing a lot of info onto a small screen.
Also chose the areas that I think would be of most interest. This might not be true for everyone so i'm open for suggestions.
Now, I have some questions.
1. Is this technically feasible?
For one, the apps on the market I've tried so far take a few seconds to return 20-30 lines of text. (my device is a htc desire) How much time wold it take to download and process all this behemoth of data? If too much, could the interface be loaded sequentially by section?
2. What are the hardware platforms that this app could work on with decent performance?
Hero class? Snapdragon?
So I'm looking for someone that is interested in either:
- coding the app from the ground up
- or improving (at least i'm hoping this is an improvement ) his/her existing app with all this
I'm also looking for some feedback of existing analytics apps users.
I would help in any way my programmingly crippled self could. I can also do all the things I've done with Timester: concept, graphics, promotion.
Here is the thread for Timester: Timester development thread

Could someone with experience tell if this is possible?
Thank you

Hello zamolxees,
thanks for the idea. Of course this would be possible to realise. While implementing my app GAnalyticz I had several problems and questions you also have:
How to display the big list of data on the small screen?
How to make the app as fast as possible?
What is the best user experience?
...
I decided to make only a text based view (table). I this case you can show the data on every device with any resolution and you have all information you need. I know it's not so fancy, but it is/was ok for a first version (I think ).
Second important part was the app performance. Google hasn't a library ready and there aren't any good libraries available, so I had to call the Google API on my own. You can get the data in xml via http request. Just combine the metrics & dimensions available in querystring.
So getting the data is very easy. The easiest way to get all the needed data is to make one http request. But then you have to sort and filter the xml which needs a lot of performance. This made my app unuseable. Because of this I decided to make multiple requests. In this case I can just parse the xml and output the data while iterating through it. This is much faster (the fastest way I found, I've tried a lot...). But as you say it is also slow this way...This is because the response from the Google service is really really slow...
So far about my app. Technical it is easy to implement (I think the graphical stuff is the hardest part, but there are libraries for this). The challenge is to find the perfect way to show the data on the device (and to get a good performance for this). You could also load the data sequentially (as I also did).
In my opinion, the hardware is not a problem. This should run on every device.
Actually I don't have enough time to implement this or improve my app (because of another app ). But I hope you will find another developer and looking forward to download this app
Many greets,
aquasonic

Hey, thank you for your detailed input.
I think that one way to help with slow response time from google servers might be to make the requests for data in the background at set intervals (6 or 12 hours) and when the app is opened do the processing of data already received.
The user could clearly see the hour of the last sync and also choose to refresh if they wanted to.
Isn't there a more elegant solution to getting analytics data from google?
Thanks again aqua-sonic, good luck on the other app, let us know how it turns out

Anyone else wanting to take a stab at it?
I'm thinking that as there are a lot of people using analytics apps now, all the more would want to use this.
Any existing users would care to express their opinion?
Would this interface mean an improvement that is worth investing time and effort into?
Would you like to see this done?
Know any good good developers willing to write the code?
Enough questions.

[Project] Metahill | Getting live help real quick to programming questions :)

Metahill Website​
Introduction
The rage is all about Metahill!
Metahill is a small project made up by 3 computer science students in Karlsruhe, Germany.
We intentionally only use the state-of-the-art technologies HTML5, CSS3, Javascript und Python.
No weirdo Flash and for sure no Silverlight is required. Ah yeah, and thus the website by the way loads super-fast .
But let's come to the real thing here..
What exactly is it about?
The best thing to do here is most likely just citing the landing page:
At metahill, you can meet other enthusiasts and chat with them in real-time.
It is entirely free, ad-free and community-driven.
Simple.
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Metahill is a website where you can totally free of charge (and ads-free!!) chat with ethusiasts all around the world.
The cool thing is that all communication is categorized by rooms - the chat rooms. Plenty exist by default, but everyone may make new ones.
Users help users.
Of course you can be within multiple rooms at the same time, that is no problem at all, it's encouraged!
The page then looks just like that:
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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"
}
What are the advantages of metahill.com over existing medias?
There is a bunch of good reasons why Metahill can be considered "superior" to other, existing services.
We listed the most significant ones at the official Metahill help site.
I will just touch the categories in this topic. Nonetheless you can find a longer description on each of these at the help page http://www.metahill.com/help
Uniformity across all devices
It is easy to get involved
It is lightning fast, thanks to open standards
We're organized
Beyond text
Never again miss anything
Behind all this is an open community
Metahill is simple to use
Community-revised code on German servers (Nope, NSA!)
To the original list.
Why im I posting this?
I like XNA and the people around here!
Leaving this aside, we also seek freaked-out beta-testers "early adapters" who would like to test metahill or even get involved.
This project is now online since a few month and keeps running quite stable, yet we need waaaay more users for the network to reach its full potential!
What is _your_ top-feature of metahill?
Messages are (if you choose so) logged for three days and there is a real bunch smilies and easter-eggs. Awwr, I like easter-eggs.
Yet my favorite feature is that I can share images so easily. Drag'n'Drop (or CTRL-C/V) your picture into the browser and the others will see it. Dude, it can't be easier . Problem reporting is a dream.
Metahill for (Web)Developers
One thing at the beginning: The developer page can be found at http://d.metahill.com.
What's planned are Android and iOS apps of Metahill.
You can embed Metahill as a client within your websites using iframes.
For instance to comment live-streams, let's play's or just to offer free live-support on your website.
To the "Embedding Metahill" Blog-Entry.
Final words and links
For updates you can surely reach us at...
Our Blog: Metahill Blog | Stay on top of the Metahill.
Facebook: Metahill Community
Twitter: @metahill_com
Google+: Metahill
I hope we will meet there too and look forward!
so long,
Michael

Why don't you support at least IE10? I'm browsing from a windows 8 tablet, and I can't even get to a landing page? Nice.
BTW: I really like XNA too.

We support Chrome, FF, Safari and Opera. IE still does not meet our standards, nor does it meet state-of-the-art web standards. The IE10 is at the technological level of Chrome 16. The current Chrome version is 29 and 30 is just about to come out. I strongly encourage you to use one of the four above browser if it is possible.
That is the reason why we both confidentially and intentionally do not (and never will) support the Internet Explorer.

countryqt30 said:
That is the reason why we both confidentially and intentionally do not (and never will) support the Internet Explorer.
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That's great, but that "never will" tells me that this comes at least in part from an ideological bias, and not purely a technical obstacle. I was going to ask which particular features are you using that are not supported in IE10, but I suspect it doesn't really matter.
Anyway, best luck in your project, and I hope that you'll keep your cool and be pragmatic when tackling many of the challenges that lie ahead in your path.

daniel-s said:
That's great, but that "never will" tells me that this comes at least in part from an ideological bias, and not purely a technical obstacle. I was going to ask which particular features are you using that are not supported in IE10, but I suspect it doesn't really matter.
Anyway, best luck in your project, and I hope that you'll keep your cool and be pragmatic when tackling many of the challenges that lie ahead in your path.
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Thank you, sir! The technical issues lie in CSS3 and HTML5 support. We use many of the features that just came out a few months ago to get the most out of the current web. Using the latest technologies like WebSockets over here improves the speed dramatically. We tested a lot with IE yet to make it work properly there much extra work would currently be required. Adding numerous exceptions to the code will impair the user experience of the users who use one of the four favorited browsers.

Yesterday we had a little re-design. I hope you like it!
Old:
New:

Once again many little things have been improved.
The focus has been set to practical computer science topics, such as various programming languages and platforms.
Examples are the new rooms "C++" and "Android".

[APP][4.0 +]BuilDota2 (v1.3) best free Dota 2 encyclopedia and calculator

Dota 2, or Defense of The Ancients is one of the most popular games today, with at least ten million players playing it online around the globe. The sheer complexity of the game with over one hundred hero characters to play and hundreds of special abilities and items to enhance the heroes' skill, is what makes it so fun.
Link to GooglePlay - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.buildota2.android.lite
And also so frustrating because, unless you already devoted a considerable amount of energy and time to play Dota 2, you won't really know what your hero will be when he will be stronger, what skills to invest in and what special items to hoard to make your hero the strongest and the most interesting for YOU to play.
YouTube Promo video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXuIPJ1SbX4
Enter BuilDota2 Lite by A.G.A.T which was made just with this purpose in mind, to let the player see how his or her character will evolve, or what character to select to be able to enjoy the game as much as possible.
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"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"
}
BuilDota2 Lite allows you the unique option to selecting a hero, trying out different item and skill combinations and finding out how his complete stats will be under a combination. BuilDota2 Lite allows the player to tinker with his combinations in order to see how to let his character evolve to become what the play wishes for, instead of blindly trying out things.
Of course, knowing in advance what hero to select, items to hoard and skills to develop will allow the player to reach the hero he wanted in the shortest and easiest way possible, allowing the Dota 2 player to concentrate on the most important thing, the carnage.
To sum it up, BuilDota2 Lite with its always updated hero info, item combination selection, hero evolution slider, Dota 2 like interface and actual hero animation and sounds is the thing that separates the casual Dota 2 players from the serious, professional ones. There's just no other way to look at this.

Added hero bios and tips!
You should know that now you can find bio and tips for any hero by simple avatar tap

Attribute icons updated.
Hi folks. I am happy to announce that we have updated the attribute icons. Better later than never
And also we are going to provide full calculations of Invoker abilities very soon, so if you like this mad caster - get our app!

Maybe a link would be useful.

Magissia said:
Maybe a link would be useful.
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Stupid me
Yeah, added link to app, promo video and screens!

Okay, are you affiliated with the developer ? If yes,
since you're at showing guides, is it possible to include access to popular online guides too ?
Thanks for sharing, the app looks okay on small screen, good point.

Magissia said:
Okay, are you affiliated with the developer ? If yes,
since you're at showing guides, is it possible to include access to popular online guides too ?
Thanks for sharing, the app looks okay on small screen, good point.
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Yes, I am one of the small developers gang. Lesser than a full Dota 2 Team
Regarding guides - it is a good idea and we are going to provide it as we finish with the core functionality - hero builder.
There is the Invoker left unhandled and we focus on this specific hero, because a lot of people told that they need him.
Thank you for your answer. If you have any other complains or suggestions - please share them with me.
Kind regards.

DPS calculations added to BuilDota 2 for Dota 2
Recently we got a suggestion: "Keep improving. You could add a damage calculator for example. How much damage can the hero deal in an amount of time etc."
And decided to provide dps calculations immediately. Now you have it and can find it at the parameters tooltip (with damage and armor data). It allows you to make reasonable choise between items like "Gloves of Haste" or like "Blades of Attack".
Have fun!

We decided that since the Dota 2 client does not provide clear data regarding hero EHP and DPS - we should provide it to all players who interested in improving their skills and knowledge.
Dota 2 community deserves the best - so get it!
Now you can find out immediately what is better for EHP - one more Bracer or Chainmail. You can check easily which hero has the highest start and final EHP and so on...
Have fun!

Next update is going to bring the Techies!

You should know that the new hero Techies has already been added to the App

I am happy to inform you that we have provided new updates:
- Convenient buttons for changing the hero level.
- New option to email the developer directly from the app.
Have fun!

We continue improving our application and now introduce display of roles for all the heroes with detailed descriptions of each role.
Hope you will like it!

Since the new 6.82 patch was announced we will focus on updating the app with considering all the changes.

We have made some street magic and the application size has been reduced by 2 times!
Enjoy!

We have added recipes for items(long click on an item to see it). Full navigation between components.
Happy response:
BEST APP EVER 8/5/2014, INITIAL: The only thing I feel it lacks is when you view an item, it should show the ingredients of that item. 10/8/2014, UPDATE: ☆☆☆☆☆☆ WOW I HAVE NEVER SEEN SUCH AMAZING RESPONSE FROM AN APP COMPANY. You guys are awsome and this app is already so great, and you just keep making it better. 10/8/2014: REQUEST: so I don't know if this is doable but if you could add written guides and suggested builds to your app it would be ALL IN ONE APP!!!!!!!
Challenge accepted

What's New
- Updated avatar for Venomancer.
- Fixed descriptions for some abilities.
- Added description for Necronomicon Warriors.

I love dota and this app thanks c: ... but i cant download data my internet connection is ok.
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Aptony said:
I love dota and this app thanks c: ... but i cant download data my internet connection is ok.
Sent from my GT-S5830i using XDA Free mobile app
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Greetings, Aptony. I can suggest to use Wi-Fi connection, because it is needed to download data. If it would not help, please try to reinstall the app, it should help.

Sacred_Prophet said:
Greetings, Aptony. I can suggest to use Wi-Fi connection, because it is needed to download data. If it would not help, please try to reinstall the app, it should help.
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Thank u for reply ,
The issue persist, and my wifi connection is really good whitout firewalls or something like thaht

[APP][4.0+]ChineseSkill: Learn Chinese easy, fun and completely FREE!

Hi everyone!
We are very excited to announce that ChineseSkill - Learn Chinese for Android is available now!
We don’t need to tell you that learning Chinese is hard. There are thousands of characters, several different tones, and just an overall confusing grammar and writing system. If that wasn’t bad enough, most of the resources available for learning Mandarin Chinese are expensive, and time-consuming. The Chinese language has and does deserve its notoriety for heartbreaking difficulty.
ChineseSkill is here to rectify that reputation and change the way people study Mandarin Chinese, completely free. Tackle the Chinese language head on by learning in an easy and stress-free way through a series of fun games.
Here are some screenshots of ChineseSkill:
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"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
You will have lessons that cover:
• Chinese Basics
• Greeting and Introductions
• Shopping
• Travel
• Chinese food
• Chinese games
• Past and Future
• Friends and Social Life
• Dining and Vacation
• Dating and flirting
…and more!
Having doubts as to the opportunities that ChineseSkill - Learn Chinese offers? Don’t take our word for it, check out some of our reviews:
“I really enjoy this app! I pay a lot for a Mandarin's beginners class and in three days with this app I learned more. ”
“A great resource for students to practice their reading, writing and listening. I am a Mandarin Chinese teacher teaching beginning level of grade 4,5 and 6 in Connecticut, USA. This app has great potential as teaching/reviewing tool for Chinese language learners.”
“I use a suite of tools: Nulinuli, Mindsnacks, Brainscape, Pleco, Rosetta Stone. I was very excited to find ChineseSkills. It's definitely become my favorite. It makes a big effort to teach a range of elements. Characters, tones, syntax, grammar. And most importantly it has a review feature which is crucial and often missing in language learning. Definitely give ChineseSkills a go.”
“I am an avid user of Duolingo. I felt both intrigued and bad for trying Chinese Skills because I thought I was supporting an imitation. Feelings now is that this app definitely imitates duolingo's app but in return offers us a Duolingo like progression of vocabulary and grammar for Mandrin. There will be plenty of demand for such a course and at least such a resource now exists. Thank you.”
“This is one of the best Chinese learning apps out there!It teaches you both important vocabulary and grammar. It is a must have! Plus, other apps are expensive and still cannot compare to the quality of this app.”
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The app looks very nice and useful. Will give it try.

inoutsider said:
The app looks very nice and useful. Will give it try.
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Thanks! Please let me know if you have any comment.

I always hear that Chinese is the most difficult language, but with this app is easy and very entertaining.
Good Job!

resettailor said:
I always hear that Chinese is the most difficult language, but with this app is easy and very entertaining.
Good Job!
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Thanks for your compliment and hope ChineseSkill make Chinese learning easy for you.
Any feedback, please let us know.:fingers-crossed:

Hi guys, I am here to let you know ChineseSkill(Ver. 1.02) for Android released! Please check out.
Thanks so much for your support!

Gona try it.

Thanks. Always wanted a way to start learning Chinese, even though I'm Chinese!!
Please allow book marks or, save/check points for quitting the app in between the questions
But maybe, heck, good without as well because I have to do the whole thing again, lol
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This is a good idea for learning chinese. Very happy to find down it. Learning chinese is a my very difficult job. Sometimes i'm tied and want to give up,but now every thing is resolved.this aap really helpful. It makes chinese becomes more simple now. Thank you!

For years I've been terrified of Chinese because everyone made it seem to be the big "monster language." Not only that, but I didn't want to spend large amounts of money on resources that wouldn't work. With this app, I've been studying for a few days now, and it's great. I feel like I'm learning the language nobody can learn. At first the Chinese characters were overwhelming, and I wish there was a better approach such as writing exercises for each symbol, but I've also recognized that a lot of it has to be on my own part with a journal. This really is a wonderful app, and given a few weeks, I really think I'll go far. Thank you so much!

gengi said:
Gona try it.
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How is your Chinese now?

Thanks for your suggestion.
If you are Chinese, I think your speaking and listening are better than other second language learners. But it takes time to practice reading and writing.
We will consider to make more functions to support adaptive learning.
And I am here waiting for your further feedback when you finish the whole App.
jcsy said:
Thanks. Always wanted a way to start learning Chinese, even though I'm Chinese!!
Please allow book marks or, save/check points for quitting the app in between the questions
But maybe, heck, good without as well because I have to do the whole thing again, lol
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Thanks for your feedback. ChineseSkill aims to make Chinese easy fun and efficient. We are happy that it helps you and would be happier if you loves Chinese language with ChineseSkill.
If you have any problem in Chinese learning or feedback, leave a message here or drop us an email: [email protected]
Thanks for your support!
lovely_candy said:
This is a good idea for learning chinese. Very happy to find down it. Learning chinese is a my very difficult job. Sometimes i'm tied and want to give up,but now every thing is resolved.this aap really helpful. It makes chinese becomes more simple now. Thank you!
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One of my main suggestions is that the popup that appears when getting a problem correct can be used more efficiently. Instead of saying "Excellent!", it could say "Excellent! (That boy is also reading newspapers)". This will confirm understanding of the meaning, I think. This is a simple change, maybe it could be an option in the settings?

Awesome!
We will make change to that and make the POPUP more efficient.
Thanks for giving us such brilliant idea.
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alexweywu said:
One of my main suggestions is that the popup that appears when getting a problem correct can be used more efficiently. Instead of saying "Excellent!", it could say "Excellent! (That boy is also reading newspapers)". This will confirm understanding of the meaning, I think. This is a simple change, maybe it could be an option in the settings?
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Thank you very much for this wonderful app, I have learned so much from it in these days I actually studied!
My two cents:
When writing a translation from English to pinyin if the answer is incorrect the correction is given in Chinese characters. So you can't check your errors. It would be nice to have the corrections in both systems.
The translating to English exercise only allows one specific answer, and marks other, equally correct answers as incorrect. It would be nice to add a button like "I was right" to implement the ability to suggest correct answers.

Thanks, man,
We are going to update Chineseskill in one month. In the following update, we will make the POPUP bar much more efficient for learning. Just as you suggested here.
And yes, you made another brilliant suggestion as to add the "I was right" button. This really help.
We appreciate you suggestions so much.
谢谢！
resettailor said:
Thank you very much for this wonderful app, I have learned so much from it in these days I actually studied!
My two cents:
When writing a translation from English to pinyin if the answer is incorrect the correction is given in Chinese characters. So you can't check your errors. It would be nice to have the corrections in both systems.
The translating to English exercise only allows one specific answer, and marks other, equally correct answers as incorrect. It would be nice to add a button like "I was right" to implement the ability to suggest correct answers.
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Good app, worth a try, but do you support iOS?

Hi, Ulrica, ChineseSkill is also available on App Store:
https://itunes.apple.com/app/chineseskill/id777111034
if you have any problem with that, please let me know.
Ulrica said:
Good app, worth a try, but do you support iOS?
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With pinjin training list. I trained some days with it and my pronunciation is much better now.
I wish this app had more than one speaker's voice for the sample audio.
I'm glad I downloaded it.
Good job!

[APP][2.2+]Alephbet Hiragana - Learn Japanese Hiragana

Alephbet Hiragana will teach you to read and write Japanese Hiragana quickly and effectively. Unlike other apps that push overnight memorization, Alephbet Hiragana takes you through ten short, manageable lessons and gives you the reading practice you need. You will only encounter words, phrases and sentences that use the Hiragana you've learned so far.
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By the end of the lessons, you will have incrementally learned and practiced each of the Hiragana and committed them to memory. Learn to read and write at a natural pace without the help of mnemonics or tricks. Comprehensive Writing and Reading Practice modes at the end of the lessons will make sure you solidify the material.
Features:
* Ten lessons that cover pronunciation and reading tips
* Reading practice with carefully chosen words that you can actually read
* Writing practice on the popup view
* Audio examples to perfect your reading
Available FREE on the Play Store
Feedback and comments are happily accepted. Thank you!

Following up Alephbet Hiragana is Alephbet Katakana. Katakana is challenging because it occurs so infrequently, but with words specifically picked for the application, Alephbet Katakana will give you a list of words and phrases to practice on. Just like Alephbet Hiragana, you will encounter only the Katakana you've learned so far in your lessons, so you can practice reading whole, complete words and phrases.
Available FREE on the Play Store
Feedback and criticism is gladly accepted.

Any chance to create one for Kanji?

souler456 said:
Any chance to create one for Kanji?
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Yes Kanji is in the pipeline, it is being brainstormed right now. The approach we have planned is a little different, with the lessons covering things like radicals and groupings rather than the most common kanji to the least common. However, this will be several weeks down the line. Both the Katakana and Hiragana apps will be getting content updates first, and frankly kanji is just a tougher one to approach. But keep an eye out, I'll make another post to this thread when it comes out.

PharaohsVizier said:
Yes Kanji is in the pipeline, it is being brainstormed right now. The approach we have planned is a little different, with the lessons covering things like radicals and groupings rather than the most common kanji to the least common. However, this will be several weeks down the line. Both the Katakana and Hiragana apps will be getting content updates first, and frankly kanji is just a tougher one to approach. But keep an eye out, I'll make another post to this thread when it comes out.
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Thanks! I'm really having a hard time learning and memorizing Kanjis. I'm hoping that it will be user-friendly and of course, really easy to cope and learn with... :good:

souler456 said:
Thanks! I'm really having a hard time learning and memorizing Kanjis. I'm hoping that it will be user-friendly and of course, really easy to cope and learn with... :good:
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Kanji is definitely challenging, sadly practice is a must and repeated exposure. We're still brainstorming, but at the moment our approach seems to be to touch on common radicals, structures, placement and basically tackle how each kanji is written. The idea is that we can only cover maybe 100 kanji in the app, but the lessons will give you some tools to guess at the meaning of the kanji and also give you a systematic way of organizing them as you learn. By breaking down the kanji to some components, memorization should come easier than the brute method used by most textbooks.

PharaohsVizier said:
Kanji is definitely challenging, sadly practice is a must and repeated exposure. We're still brainstorming, but at the moment our approach seems to be to touch on common radicals, structures, placement and basically tackle how each kanji is written. The idea is that we can only cover maybe 100 kanji in the app, but the lessons will give you some tools to guess at the meaning of the kanji and also give you a systematic way of organizing them as you learn. By breaking down the kanji to some components, memorization should come easier than the brute method used by most textbooks.
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Suggestion: Since you said "practice", a Mini-Games or Short-Quizzes would be helpful for it... And since you said "exposure", some Reading Practice Section (like read a sentence and translate it) would be good as well... desune?
Of course, it's still a suggestion, so no forcing this onto you is intended... :good:

souler456 said:
Suggestion: Since you said "practice", a Mini-Games or Short-Quizzes would be helpful for it... And since you said "exposure", some Reading Practice Section (like read a sentence and translate it) would be good as well... desune?
Of course, it's still a suggestion, so no forcing this onto you is intended... :good:
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Thanks for the suggestions. The practice section will feature longer sentences and probably some paragraphs. I think mini games might be a bit far off for now, but it's definitely something we would like to implement. Someone else suggested playing sounds and a blank canvas which is pretty cool.

PharaohsVizier said:
Thanks for the suggestions. The practice section will feature longer sentences and probably some paragraphs. I think mini games might be a bit far off for now, but it's definitely something we would like to implement. Someone else suggested playing sounds and a blank canvas which is pretty cool.
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Blank canvas? Like you practice handwriting and strokes there? Where's your official site, by the way?

souler456 said:
Blank canvas? Like you practice handwriting and strokes there? Where's your official site, by the way?
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Yep exactly. Someone suggested that we prompt users with either the sound files or text prompts and ask users to write out the hiragana character without the word printed on the back. Pretty simple.
Unfortunately we don't have an official site. It doesn't seem like it'd be worth the time for such a simple app.

In the last week, we pushed out two major updates for both Alephbet Hiragana and Alephbet Katakana. The first update was a Writing Practice mode where you must write out hiragana or katakana characters based on a random prompt. You are given a blank box to practice writing, and also the romaji and sound. This will help you recall the stroke order, and of course the answer is available if you need it.
The second update was the Reading Practice mode. Instead of coming up with phrases of our own, we decided to find something a bit more cultural. Alephbet Hiragana now includes a large selection of haiku poems by the 17th century poet Matsuo Basho. You read through the hiragana and tap on the lines you are stuck on to reveal the romaji pronunciation. Alephbet Katakana instead has an extended verse from a Buddhist scripture, the Lotus Sutra. Again, translations, original text and romaji are all provided.
And lastly, for those waiting for a Kanji app, it is finally shaping up. The lessons have all been drafted at this point and is being proofread. Because of the differences, the app will need some reprogramming instead of a port like the katakana and hiragana apps. So it will still be a few weeks, but it is moving along and will hopefully be the best Alephbet app yet.

For some phrases there are no audios, like Lesson 1: for "to say", "Hey!", "on top", "fish", "good", "many" and "like that".
Will there be updates?