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NANY 2014 Release: Q-FlashCards for Android

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TPReal:
OK, feature request taken :) I'll look at this closer when I have more time.

If you want the notifications to stop appearing without deleting your cards, you can disable card sets. Long-press a card set (then select all of them if you have more) and select Disable from the menu. They will be grayed out and inactive, i.e. the cards won't cause notification to appear. The time will go on though, so when you enable them, you will most probably be asked all the cards instantly.

Deozaan:
It's a nice app. It's working fine on my Galaxy Nexus (takju/maguro). My only complaint so far is that I have the notification sound set to make a noise for "overdue questions" but it seems to make a noise after only about maybe a minute. How long until a question is considered overdue? I would expect overdue to mean something like 30 minutes at least. And related to that, when is a question considered "long overdue"? And can these options be customizable?

[EDIT] Another complaint: I got one card wrong once after getting it right several times in a row and now I have to build back up from zero (the shortest delay between asking again)? That doesn't seem right. [/EDIT]

Another question: How does cloud backup work? I thought I'd need to enter some login credentials for Dropbox or something similar, but it just says it backed up successfully. To where? And how to I restore from my backup if I wipe my phone or install the app on another device?

I would also recommend that you put the app on the Google Play Store. No need for a separate website. The store listing itself can be its website. If you've never put an app on the Google Play Store before, it will ask you for your website. In my case, I just linked back to my developer profile on the Play Store itself and it worked fine.

TPReal:
Overdue question is a question that is already waiting for X% of its interval (I'm not sure about the value of X now, probably around 20). So when you add new cards, they become overdue quite quickly, but that's the point of quick repetitions - you just should answer before you forget. Once your interval becomes a couple of days or more (which happens after just 5 or so correct answers if you answer correctly each time) you probably won't hear the sound anymore - you will usually just answer cards before they have a chance to become overdue. As for "long overdue", there is no such thing in the app, maybe just the string could be improved if this is confusing.

The cloud backup is provided by Android and works automagically, I don't even know the details, I just use the API. And I verified that after installing the app on another phone, the data just gets there. However the app definitely shouldn't be used on two of your devices at the same time, I think the backup would get all messed up. So this is useful in case of accidental uninstallation of the app, or moving to a new phone.

There is also option of a local backup and restore to SD card, but it's not polished enough yet to make it available in the UI, so this will most probably come in the future.

Hmm, I'll investigate the Play Store, but definitely not yet. First I don't have time for this, and second, things like local backup and at least some form of import, should be there from the very beginning I guess, otherwise folk will just flood comments with "poor app, no importing, one star, uninstalling" :)

EDIT: As for the algorithm of changing the repetition interval, one bad answer cancels more or less three good answers. My experiments showed that this is generally a good value, but could probably be configurable. BTW, did you notice the "almost knew it" option, accessible as the icon on the bottom of the screen when answering a card? As the mini-tutorial says, long-press icons to learn what they mean.

Deozaan:
The cloud backup is provided by Android and works automagically, I don't even know the details, I just use the API. And I verified that after installing the app on another phone, the data just gets there. However the app definitely shouldn't be used on two of your devices at the same time, I think the backup would get all messed up. So this is useful in case of accidental uninstallation of the app, or moving to a new phone.-TPReal (December 30, 2013, 04:13 PM)
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I'm assuming this is provided by Google and requires you to be signed into a Google account on your device. That will probably work for 99% of Android users, but I think there are some people who don't like to use any of the Google services (perhaps ewemoa is one such person?). Also, Now that I think about it, I wonder if that makes a difference for people who use Amazon Kindle devices.

TPReal:
I'm not sure Android devices are usable without logging in... And 99% sounds like a good target value. Anyway, one day the second backup option will be local to file, if somebody prefers this.

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