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Thursday, 2 April 2015

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!

Saturday, 21 March 2015

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.

Monday, 23 February 2015

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.

Wednesday, 4 February 2015

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)

Thursday, 25 December 2014

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

Sunday, 30 November 2014

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

Wednesday, 5 November 2014

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: