GnuCash Android v1.6.0 pre-beta

[Dave H]

David,

Go to www.gnucash.org and scroll down about half a page to the Gnucash for
Android section - it's just off the bottom of the screen on my monitor.
Click on the "Info and Development" link which will take you to the README
for the app at
https://github.com/codinguser/gnucash-android/blob/master/README.md.  If
you click on one of the blog links or just go to http://www.codinguser.com/
for the blog home page you will be able to read some of the blog postings
which will give you more of a feel for the app and how to use it.  There is
also an Android Import Guide from 2014 on the blog home page -
http://www.codinguser.com/2014/03/gnucash-android-account-import-guide/

I seem to recall that the version prior to this latest beta will also read
my gnucash xml file directly and I was able to just import that the last
time I played around with the app.  I won't be upgrading to this latest
beta for a week or so as I have some transactions I need to export from my
phone and import into gnucash proper on my desktop.

Cheers Dave H.


On 29 April 2015 at 08:49, David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I was able to install it to my LG G Pad 7.0 LTE over release 1.5.5 from the
> play store.  I had to fumble a lot initially to figure out how Gnucash for
> android works in general.  I finally succeeded in importing my account
> structure and created a couple of sample transactions, but it seemed very
> hard to do since i have not found a quick way enter account names or copy
> text from other transactions, if possible.
>
> After that I installed the beta from this email since I have not found your
> development repository.  I finally succeeded in exporting a qif file via
> the share file method to email it to myself because I could not figure out
> how to make other methods such as local file creation on a sd card work.
>
> Then gnucash for android developed a black screen and I cannot see anything
> now.  I guess I need to un-install it.
>
> I think it needs a help manual describing how to do the basic things.
>
> I guess it has a lot of promise, but I could not jump in with both feet and
> use it right away.
>
> David C
>
> On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 7:23 PM, Ngewi Fet <ngewif at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello everyone,
> > We are kinda feature complete for the 1.6.0 release and would like to
> enter
> > the testing phase. I am releasing first to the developer mailing list,
> then
> > to the beta group and then a rolling release to the general public. Of
> > course while fixing any issues that arise in-between the different
> phases.
> >
> > Attached to this email is a properly signed apk file which you can
> install
> > on your device. You can just download the attachment and install or build
> > your own from the sources in the develop branch (very easy to do with
> > Android studio).
> >
> > This is a pre-beta release so please **BACK UP YOUR DATA** before
> > installing it.
> >
> > Notable highlights in this release include:
> > - Improved recurrence options for scheduled transactions
> > - Basic reports generation (with bar, pie and line charts)
> > - Scheduled export to SD Card, DropBox or Google Drive
> > - Improved creation of backups and restoring of backups
> > - Improved reliability of account imports and db migrations
> > - Numerous bug fixes and improvements
> >
> > I would like to thank Yongxin Wang and Oleksandr Tyshkovets for
> > contributing significantly to this release.
> >
> > This release also adds automatic logging of crashes and errors to
> > Crashlytics which helps detect errors and improve the stability of the
> app.
> > This logging is enabled by default in pre-release builds but will be
> turned
> > off in production releases (with an option to enable it later).
> >
> > Also, GnuCash Android now produces GnuCash XML which can be read by
> GnuCash
> > on the desktop (YAAAY!!) - There is a new XML export UI option and also
> as
> > backup format .gnca
> >
> > *NOTE: *please remember that this is NOT a two-way synchronization*.*
> > However, the compatibility now enables you to start working on a file on
> > GnuCash desktop, open it in the mobile app, edit and save (to DropBox
> etc)
> > and then resume editing on the desktop. Each time you save, a new file is
> > created but the workflow is possible. GnuCash Android also registers
> itself
> > to open .gnucash files.
> >
> > Accounts, transactions and scheduled transactions are the only features
> > supported at the moment. If your desktop file contains more features
> > (budgets, customers etc), these will be ignored completely.
> >
> > All the same, I am excited that we have arrived this point and continue
> to
> > look forward to new features and further integration with GnuCash
> desktop!
> >
> > So please try out this pre-release and tell me what you think.
> > Cheers,
> > Ngewi
> >
> > P.S. Now is the time to send in translation for strings, or create a new
> > one if your language is not yet supported. Email me if you want to help
> but
> > are unsure how to.
> >
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> >
> >
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