David, Go to www.gnucash.org and scroll down about half a page to the Gnucash for Android section - it's just off the bottom of the screen on my monitor. Click on the "Info and Development" link which will take you to the README for the app at https://github.com/codinguser/gnucash-android/blob/master/README.md. If you click on one of the blog links or just go to http://www.codinguser.com/ for the blog home page you will be able to read some of the blog postings which will give you more of a feel for the app and how to use it. There is also an Android Import Guide from 2014 on the blog home page - http://www.codinguser.com/2014/03/gnucash-android-account-import-guide/
I seem to recall that the version prior to this latest beta will also read my gnucash xml file directly and I was able to just import that the last time I played around with the app. I won't be upgrading to this latest beta for a week or so as I have some transactions I need to export from my phone and import into gnucash proper on my desktop. Cheers Dave H. On 29 April 2015 at 08:49, David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com> wrote: > I was able to install it to my LG G Pad 7.0 LTE over release 1.5.5 from the > play store. I had to fumble a lot initially to figure out how Gnucash for > android works in general. I finally succeeded in importing my account > structure and created a couple of sample transactions, but it seemed very > hard to do since i have not found a quick way enter account names or copy > text from other transactions, if possible. > > After that I installed the beta from this email since I have not found your > development repository. I finally succeeded in exporting a qif file via > the share file method to email it to myself because I could not figure out > how to make other methods such as local file creation on a sd card work. > > Then gnucash for android developed a black screen and I cannot see anything > now. I guess I need to un-install it. > > I think it needs a help manual describing how to do the basic things. > > I guess it has a lot of promise, but I could not jump in with both feet and > use it right away. > > David C > > On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 7:23 PM, Ngewi Fet <nge...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello everyone, > > We are kinda feature complete for the 1.6.0 release and would like to > enter > > the testing phase. I am releasing first to the developer mailing list, > then > > to the beta group and then a rolling release to the general public. Of > > course while fixing any issues that arise in-between the different > phases. > > > > Attached to this email is a properly signed apk file which you can > install > > on your device. You can just download the attachment and install or build > > your own from the sources in the develop branch (very easy to do with > > Android studio). > > > > This is a pre-beta release so please **BACK UP YOUR DATA** before > > installing it. > > > > Notable highlights in this release include: > > - Improved recurrence options for scheduled transactions > > - Basic reports generation (with bar, pie and line charts) > > - Scheduled export to SD Card, DropBox or Google Drive > > - Improved creation of backups and restoring of backups > > - Improved reliability of account imports and db migrations > > - Numerous bug fixes and improvements > > > > I would like to thank Yongxin Wang and Oleksandr Tyshkovets for > > contributing significantly to this release. > > > > This release also adds automatic logging of crashes and errors to > > Crashlytics which helps detect errors and improve the stability of the > app. > > This logging is enabled by default in pre-release builds but will be > turned > > off in production releases (with an option to enable it later). > > > > Also, GnuCash Android now produces GnuCash XML which can be read by > GnuCash > > on the desktop (YAAAY!!) - There is a new XML export UI option and also > as > > backup format .gnca > > > > *NOTE: *please remember that this is NOT a two-way synchronization*.* > > However, the compatibility now enables you to start working on a file on > > GnuCash desktop, open it in the mobile app, edit and save (to DropBox > etc) > > and then resume editing on the desktop. Each time you save, a new file is > > created but the workflow is possible. GnuCash Android also registers > itself > > to open .gnucash files. > > > > Accounts, transactions and scheduled transactions are the only features > > supported at the moment. If your desktop file contains more features > > (budgets, customers etc), these will be ignored completely. > > > > All the same, I am excited that we have arrived this point and continue > to > > look forward to new features and further integration with GnuCash > desktop! > > > > So please try out this pre-release and tell me what you think. > > Cheers, > > Ngewi > > > > P.S. Now is the time to send in translation for strings, or create a new > > one if your language is not yet supported. Email me if you want to help > but > > are unsure how to. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-devel mailing list > > gnucash-devel@gnucash.org > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel > > > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-devel mailing list > gnucash-devel@gnucash.org > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel > _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
