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Siden vil fortsatt ha referanse til de eldre Android appene som jeg utviklet, men disse vidlikeholdes kun i mindre grad, og informasjon og historikk vil bli fjernet ettersom de fases ut hos brukerne.

Siden vil forøvrig være et "hjem" for HeleneApps, en hobby-virksomhet som i hovedsak for tiden driver to blogger: https://fugletur.blogspot.com/ og https://knutarnenygard.com/ 

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All HeleneApps apps ready for Android 7.1 Nougat

HeleneApps have made all applications (BeerList, BeerListFree, LottoDrawQuiz) available for Android 7.0 Nougat devices.

Privacy Policy BeerList and BeerListFree apps

The appicaions BeerList and BeerListFree do need a privacy policy statement with regard to collection of user data, and the usage of these data.

There are no collection of user data, and therefore no sharing of user data from the apps, which are totally secure!

The privacy policy:
http://www.heleneapps.com/p/privacy-policy-for-beerlist-and.html

Material Design and Colors to BeerListFree

Beer List Free app is available as Release 2.0.0 on Google Play as of September 19th. It is completely redesignes to comply with Google's Material Design colors and graphics.

The new look:

More pictures at Google Play store:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.heleneapps.beerlistfree&hl=no

All HeleneApps Android 7.0 ready

HeleneApps have made all applications available for Android 7.0 Nougat devices.

Material design and colors to Lotto Draw Quiz

Finally the Lotto Draw Quiz app is updated with a complete Material Design, including Toolbar and all colors used in the app. And backward compatibility to Android 4.0. Please enjoy! Some app pics:

LINK to Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.heleneapps.mydrawtool

Android 6.0 and Beer List / Beer List Free Camera Issue

I've just been aware of an error in Beer List / Beer List Free caused by the new permission regime on apps in Android 6.0, demanding the user approval for all hardware function when using them the first time. This is not working properly inside the app (on my test-device at least), causing an error message and restart.

The manual solution to the problem is to enter "Settings" and the "Apps", going to Beer List / Beer List Free, pressing the app, and have a list of options as in the picture below:

Better alternative is to update your Beer List Free to latest version on Google Play, and it is all fixed!





The clue is that the apps need permission for Camera! Press "Permissions" and activate the permission for "Camera".

I have seen problems doing this, which is not related to the Beer List apps, but an error message telling you to take away an "overlay" app may occur. This app with "overlay" may be Facebook or CleanMaster as far as I have tested, others may impact your phone. NB! You need to uninstall / disable the app problem app to fix the problem.

An integrated Camera permission request is now in place for Beer List and Beer List Free (as of July 12th 2016).

Backup of Beer List / Beer List Free

Beer List and Beer List Free are storing all your data in the apps own directories. Two database files with all texts and data, and a directory for all the photos. Adding to that are the settings file, storing your settings in the app.

• The preferred solution is your phones backup and restore functions. This works perfectly with all data in Beer List and Beer List Free. It will normally only work if you restore to same brand. I did a perfect backup from an LG G2 to my new LG G5, directly phone to phone!

• Vendors have a "Cloud Backup" or PC back option as well

Google is improving your general app backup and restore as well, it works as follows with Beer List / Beer List Free:

• The settings file are backuped automatically in all installations

• There are no automatically backup to Google of the datafiles in installations on Android 5.1 and older, manual backup are needed for restore. Several options are available:
• If your phone is rooted - a lot of back-up apps are available
• If not - this is a very good- but expensive - back-up app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.backup

• For Android 6.0 an newer there is a nice solution - Google back-ups all apps to your apps and its data - but only up to 25 MByte
• If You take pics of your beers - that limit will be crossed around entering 50-60 different beers
• After that you are left with the options above!

Hopefully Google will add more storage options to back-up apps in the future.

Update febrary 2017: I am now as well working on a Google signin, with the opportunity to do back-up restore of the data directly in the BeerList apps.

I will keep this page updated.

Beer List weekly beer statistics finally available, coming soon to Beer List Free!

I've for a while been planning with a new statistics page in Beer List, and this functionality is fanally available!!

• It is released today for the Beer List (paid) app in release 1.8.0/1.8.1
• It will be available for Beer List Free app in september (update: release OK)

The functionality is quite simple, the weekly numbers of +1 buttons pressed in the Beer Registration page adds to this statistics.

The statistics is presented as a weekly graphic bar, with week number as well as numbers of beers presented.

A picture of the page will arive here soon.

1000 downloads !

Today our three apps on Google Play reached over 1000 downloads !!

No big deal - and a very variable retention rate - still a milestone!

Driven by high growth especially from the Beer List Free downloads.

HeleneApps apps: https://play.google.com/store/search?q=heleneapps&c=apps

Only small Banner Ads used by HeleneApps!

A lot of apps with mobile ads seems to be using the large, pop-up, page ads. I find this very annoying. Our policy will be to ONLY use small banner ads in our apps, as today in Beer List Free and Lotto Draw Quiz.

This is a promise to everyone who are downloading and using our apps!

500 downloads !

A small milestone is reached - the three HeleneApps apps have accumulated been downloaded over 500 times from Google Play!

No errors and working fine!

As presented on Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=heleneapps

The apps are:

Beer List (USD 1):
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.heleneapps.mybeerlist

Beer List Free (free):
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.heleneapps.beerlistfree

Lotto Draw Quiz (free):
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.heleneapps.mydrawtool

Beer List Free - RELEASED

Today we released the FREE version of Beer List.

Functionality is as of today similar to the commercially available Beer List (at approximately USD 1).

Download the app here:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.heleneapps.beerlistfree

Most graphics are similar as well, but the fronpage is totally different:

This version has ads, only as seen here, small banners at page bottoms. Please use them if relevant!

Beer List Free in Beta

Our app BeerList has from the beginning been a paid ap (approxomately USD 1). This is definitely reducing the attractiveness of thee app for large user groups around the world.

The good news is tha Beer List now is in Beta testing as Beer List Free, a free version of Beer List!

Beer List Free will at least initially have the same full functionality as Beer List, no restrictions! There wil be som ads in less annoying places, as an alternative income model.

Some changes to color-schemes and graphics must be expected - to make sure a slightly different look will apply.

NB! There is as of today no upgrade path from Beer List Free to Beer List planned, your database may not be transferred from one app to the other.

Adding MobAds to Lotto Draw Quiz

The preferred business model by users and developers have for a while been ad-based income for the developers, and free aps for the users.

I have now added a small banner-ad in the bottom of the Main Menu and the Set Draw pages (not the Draw pages itself) of Lotot Draw Quiz. I hope it's not too inconvinient, and I hope you find some of the ads interesting!

Pls give feedback on the banner ad experience in Lotto Draw Quiz, especialy if it hampers your user experience. I will not add ads on the drawing result pages. Version 2.3.0 has all the ads planned for Lotto Draw Quiz.

Holiday delays app updates!

We've been away for three weeks on holiday, and I realize that actually at least four weeks have gone since any activities on the apps. Plans are ready and in the works:

• LottoDrawQuiz will soon have Playing Cards draw as well (February)
• BeerList will hopefully soon have statistiscs on beers/week graphics (March)

Android Programming Tips on HeleneApps

As part of the Android Open Source project I would like to share whatever I can of my code / experience with anyone. Mostly I think my code and experience in following basic books and traning, but I might have to sort out code myself.

I would collect these examples in under the tag above: Android Apps Programming Tips

My first entry is actually about the issue of using Google's backup-service. The documentation on this is week in my opinion. I still haven't sorted out how to take backup of a JSON file - I'll post it here if I find out...

Anyway - my first entry is about how to use Google Backup Service for Shared Preference. Direct link to this page is here: Preferences Backup to Google

Lotto Draw Quiz - release 2 for Tablets!

Today, 30/11 2014 - release 2.0.0/2.0.1 of Lotto Draw Quiz has been released to Google Play. This release has major changes to layout and graphics:

• New design for large screens / tablets - with landscape layout option (managed through settings). Will not work on small screen phones.
• Further flag pictures files added, to increase picture quality for all high-density screens (phones as well as tablets).
• Some minor updates, all buttons have new design

The picture below typically shows one of the new layouts. For more picture follow the link to Google Play: Lotto Draw Quiz on Google Play

Why buy Beer List ?

Below is some good arguements for actualy choosing beer list as your collector of beers and beer brands. There's a lot of products out there - but here's some key value points:

• No commercials
• No in-app charges, one-time off and you get all the functionality promised
• Continous development
• Statistics focus of the beers you have entered:
• Your favourite beers (most drunk)
• Best and worst beers based upon personal taste
• Beer Brands by country statistics
• Complete picture gallery of all your beers
• Comprehensive with many pages and view, use it - and enjoy all the information!

For download, more pictures and more information:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.heleneapps.mybeerlist

Example pics:

This app is also available as a Free version with some minor commercial banners, called BeerListFree, with similar functionality:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.heleneapps.beerlistfree

Lotto Draw Quiz - RELEASED

Our app Lotto Draw Quiz is now RELEASED on GooglePlay!

Link to the app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.heleneapps.mydrawtool

Another preview from the Draw Country play (more graphics on Google Play):

Initially it supports English and Norwegian - but this is an intuitive app!

More info and link to the app: http://www.heleneapps.com/p/mydraw-quiz.html

English summary presentation on Google Play:

A simple and reliable random draw tool for all sorts of Lotto, Draw  and Quiz. 

Simple setup of the conditions, and simple presentation. 

Lotto, draw numbers, colors and letters. You decide the conditions and replacment or not. Throw dices, up to six dices for each throw. Your dices will never be left back home again!

Draw a country flag. Choose if you want to simultanously show tha country name, or not, and make this a funny Quiz. You will be surprised about how few flags you actually knows. The country name are presented in English.

The app has two background color-themes, choose yourself under Settings.