Android Infinity

12/21/2010

Grades version 2.5.3 is being released early this morning. This is just a maintenance release intended to tie up some loose ends from version 2.5 to 2.5.2. A few bug fixes and some graphical changes that will aid in optimizing the user experience. See full release notes on the Grades App Page. We'd also like to point out that the pictures on the app page and on the market have been updated to show the app running on Gingerbread, Android 2.3 and reflects recent changes in the app. An extended list of features has also been added to the market description. We're trying to pack in as many feature additions as possible before the download craze for the Spring semester begins in a few weeks so submit your feature requests soon!

12/14/2010 

You can now find the beta version of the Import Tool for Windows and Mac at Grades Data Import. Please let us know what you think. Along with the release of the second import tool beta we will also be releasing Grades version 2.5.2 tonight that will include better support for the import tool, an alteration in the way grading is handled for Category-based courses and an easier way to include a course in your GPA. Check the market later tonight!

12/9/2010

The long-awaited ability to import data from your computer to your Grades profile is almost here. You can check on the development status of the desktop import app at the following website: http://androidinfinity.com/gimport.aspx. Version 2.5.1 with the update for optional dates and times should be on the Market tomorrow.

12/7/2010 
We're working hard on updating our Grades app in time for the new year and new semester. Check back here often for notes on current progress. As mentioned in yesterday's post, we have already updated the app to include the "Quick Actions" menu accessible via the edit (pencil-looking) button on the top right of the main app page and have also added a new "Backup and Send" feature to help users prevent data loss by being able to send backup profiles to their email address and more with the press of a button. A new FAQ/Tutorial is coming the app in Version 2.5.1 and should be released in the next few days. Along with the tutorial, we hope to provide people who have phones that are stuck on Android 1.5 with the ability to use Grades on their device with as few bugs as possible. Version 2.5.2 which should be out in a little over a week will include the long await ability to import courses and assignments and entire profiles from a computer rather than having to input everything on the app itself. This data import will be done using CSV files to represent individual courses and because of the open nature of the CVS format users will be able to edit a sample import file that they can download on this site using a text editor or a spreadsheet program like Excel, place them into the "Grades/Import" folder on their SDCard and, with the press of a button in the app, load the new data into their profile.

12/6/2010 

This week marks the start of a new version of Grades: Student Organizer. The past few months have been extremely busy for Android Infinity and we haven't been able to update the app as often as we would have liked but new changes are coming soon, just in time for a new semester to begin. We've seen your comments on the Market and have done our best to respond to every email we've gotten and it seems like there are a few people who don't really understand how the app is supposed to work. This app contains a ton of features for students and tries to be as flexible as possible so that it can be effective with every type of course both University and High School and can work with as many possible educational systems. It isn't perfect but nine times out of ten you can accomplish what you want with this app, it just takes a bit of a learning curve. Because of that, we plan on implementing a tutorial for use with the app to teach you how to use it to its potential and also plan on including a "Quick Actions" toolbar to allow you quick access to the major and important features of the app from the home page. Data loss is also a concern among many of you and the majority of time this has been an issue is when a user formats or replaces their SDCard, because your student profile is stored on the SDCard and not on internal phone storage (for space and upgrade concerns) we have an integrated backup system in the app that works very well but is often not used. We will be expanding this feature to allow for automatic backups after every change and also periodic backups that will be able to email your backup file to an email address of your choice. A few other minor updates have already been made and will be released momentarily so that item input and editing will be easier (changing the keyboard to default to a num pad rather than the standard keyboard and empty text boxes instead of pre-populated fields). Also, if you ever have a Force Close please submit a bug report to us with as many details regarding the error as possible so that we can figure out what happened, we have not experienced any Force Closes on our test devices using any released version of the app but because there are so many different Android phones out there, there are bound to be problems that we can't control unless you let us know about them via email and not with a uninformed comment on the Market. Sorry for the long post and thanks for your continued support of our Apps.

Update: Here are some pictures. Also, version 2.5 will be fully compatible with Gingerbread, Android 2.3!

Update 2: We have released version 2.5 on the market.