version 5.1: Tag To-Do List returns

As i become busier and busier i have to choose the things which i care about and the stuff for which i simply won't have time. The same applies to my Tag To-Do list app, probably my best app. The good news is i can't abandon my app, being so enthusiastic about this new Android platform when it started, and to ditch it now would mean to deny those chromosomes in me that tell me i'm a programmer :) + i just can't find a damn to-do list app on the Market that's as easy to use as mine, so to abandon the app i use the most on my phone just doesn't make sense :) The bad news is i won't support other languages than English anymore and i won't support older Android versions. This will force the app to adapt to the requirements of upcoming platforms, thus improving performance and stability. Also, i will no longer maintain a website describing the features, the app itself should be self explanatory of its usage. I will paste below the release changes for Tag To-Do List 5.1.


- Stability and performance fixes
- This and the following versions will only work with Android 2.1 or higher
- French and Chinese languages are no longer supported ( :S for consistency reasons, can't translate every new string to multiple languages, i just don't have the time anymore)
- backup fix for HTC Rezound, which actually has an 'sdcard' folder on the phone and an 'sdcard2' folder on the SD card. The app was (wrongly) assuming that 'sdcard' would be on the SD card too.

A new Tag-To-Do-List version coming soon

There's been a long time and new versions of Android kept coming out (Android 4 already!) but i didn't have enough time to release a new version of my app since over a year! :( Since a lot of users now have newer versions of Android i should not abandon the app so i started working on a new version.

This new version will be mainly a stability and performance improvement (maybe one or two small new features too) so the app will be able to take advantage of what the newer versions have to offer. If you've been following new Android versions carefully and you think there's a feature which would fit into the app, feel free to suggest it.

By the way, the next version of Tag-To-Do-List will probably only work with Android 2.1 or later.

version 5.0.0: A bunch of new stuff

- edit screen optimization
- graphic note orientation bug fixed
- fixed bug about showing note thumbnails in landscape
- optional tag navigation buttons
- you can have priority show next to the task
- optional dim (less light) with the alarm screen (in case it bothers you in the morning)
- you can now share a task on Facebook and Twitter
- the app now tells you if you're adding a task that already exists, and allows you to uncheck it if it's checked
- new default alarm sound
- an option for how time pickers work (AM/PM or 24 hours, the latter is default)
- you can now change the tag order from Menu > More
- the exported CSV now also contains due dates and times

Still working on the app

Hi, this is just to let you know i'm still working on the app, although i haven't uploaded a new version for a while. This is partially because i'm busy but also because i'm working on a lot of new features which have to come together nicely. So you should know a new version is, indeed, in the works. Your feedback's been great, you may find some of your suggestions in version 5.

P.S. I'm always looking to fix bugs and crashes. Just so you know, i'm pretty sure the app doesn't like you installing custom ROMs because they'll probably change the default location of the app database. Still not sure what happens in these cases, if the app's been crashing on your phone please consider filling out this short poll.

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version 4.2: Significant update again

• You can now export the to-do list as CSV, so you don't have to rely on automatic backups, which are sometimes more automatic than you'd want :)
• You can now set a limited playtime for your custom alarm song
• You can choose to see a Snooze/Dismiss screen instead of a notification in the upper bar (You can snooze 2 times, each snooze means 5 more minutes, the app gradually wakes you by shrinking the snooze button :)
• You can now set a custom task padding (the distance between tasks)

Oh, already working on a simple, multiple tags for the same task, system. I hope it will be ready in the next 2 weeks.

version 4.0.0: Ad moved

• The ad has been moved to the edit screen, in an unobtrusive location. You can still remove it if you want, but you'd help if you'd leave it on.
• The priority bar can now be removed from the edit screen (in options) in case you don't use priority at all.
• Some bug fixes

version 3.7: Monthly tasks

• You can now set monthly alarms for your tasks.
• A lot of bug fixes, including a better alarm implementation. Alarms for old tasks shouldn't bother you anymore.
• Theme settings now apply to most of the app.

version 3.5.3: Photo notes

• Photo notes and some other improvements have been brought with this latest version. The photo notes feature is still experimental, but taking pics with the camera and attaching them to tasks as notes should work.
• Another cool feature is the ability to email tasks, from the Share submenu (from the task menu), where you can also send SMS.
• From now on, when you type in the home screen search widget, you can see task suggestions from Tag-ToDo-List. To enable this just go to your phone's settings, click Search, then Searchable Items and then select whatever stuff you want to see.

Version 3 is here! SMS, custom alarms and more!

Here's a complete list of the changes this new version brings:

• You can now share a task by SMS, from the task menu (long-press the task to see it)
• You can now set your own alarm sound from the configuration screen
• The configuration screen is now organized in tabs and has some cool new options
• One of the new options is enabling the display of due times/dates under the task, if it's the case
• You can now press the task within the home screen widget to edit it
• When task X has a number of subtasks, and all of them are checked, task X won't be automatically checked now.
• In addition to trackball-ing left or right to change tags, you can now trackball up or down to select the next or previous task.

You can see below how showing the dates/times under the task looks like (be aware that this consumes just a bit more resources because the app has to check for and retrieve the dates before rendering the tasks):

I'm very proud of this release :) If you have feedback you can leave it in comments or contact me via the form on the site.

UPDATE: If you use the home screen widget and it seems like the buttons act weird, try removing the widget and re-adding it. If that doesn't work, remove it again, restart the system and add it, now it should be ok. This is Android's fault, i can't fix it from within the app. I will submit this bug to the Android team though.