Does anyone successfully use GNU Android App. If not get it off the main web site.

[Matt Graham]

I find the android app useful, exporting transactions by qif file and then bringing them into my desktop app. It is very limited, as you say. Really needs to implement proper access to the ".gnucash" files so that we can keep the two in sync easily.

Pretty sure that app is also open source on github, so the best way to get it improved is to help out, or donate/set bounties.

Having said all that, it would be ideal to have an "official" mobile version of GNUcash with as close as possible to full functionality. Hopefully using a large part of the desktop code (translated to Java for android though)....
Coding party, anyone?

Thanks and regards,
Matt


-------- Original message --------
From: jeffrey black <beastmaster126 at hotmail.com>
Date: 29/1/18 07:12 (GMT+10:00)
To: john_mike <mikestillingfleet at fastmail.co.uk>, gnucash-user at gnucash.org
Subject: Re: Does anyone successfully use GNU Android App. If not get it off the main web site.

On 1/28/2018 8:31 AM, john_mike wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I gave up trying to import the QIF file generated by the Android App.
>
> I exported from Android as XML then opened that file in GNU Cash. This had
> the dates of the transactions the narrative (well some of it) and the
> relevant accounts and about 30% of the values.
>
> I have nearly gone blind going through each transaction on my phone and
> entering the amount in the GNU Cash file.
>
> Now I need to work out how to import these completed transactions into my
> main file.
>
> I think I am done with the Android App. Every time I try to use it in messes
> up. It is therefore a huge waste of time.
>
> One of the reasons I started with GNU was the option of having the Android
> companion.
>
> Clearly it doesn't work. Clearly it was never intended to be a 'clone' of
> the main GNU Cash Application.
>
> Might I suggest that it is removed from the GNU Cash web site. It is
> detrimental to GNU Cash which by and large works. The Android App is just a
> huge waste of time.
>
> I wondered if there is any intention to create an App that works.
>
> All I wish to do is record stuff on the phone and load it to the PC. Is this
> possible / achievable.
>
> What I don't want is to spend time recording stuff on my phone and then
> spend 3-4 days transferring it across as that is completely pointless and
> very frustrating. It would be much better to remove the current offering
> from the system as it is setting a false user expectation. Which it turn
> leads to mistrust of GNU Cash.
>
>
>
>
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I use the Android app on my LG phone.  For me it works wonderfully.  It
does lack a few features of  GnuCash on the desktop.  Most notably Check
number.  And it requires a little getting used to for doing split
transactions.

I do need to trim my account list on the phone, I have all of my
accounts in the app.  I don't really need accounts like depreciation
while pumping gas.  The really nice thing is I can log my transactions
as I do them rather than reading a bunch of crumpled up receipts at the
end of the week.

All I do is export the app data to a qif file and use the usb port to
transfer it to my desktop.  Never had a problem with it. I have never
tried exporting as xml.

Keep in mind the android app is an entirely separate product, developed
by a different group.


--JEffrey Black M.B.A.

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