Outliner V0.8.6 beta

This version brings a significant speed up for opening larger Outlines and also shows an animation while loading.

Changes 0.8.6:

• friendly loading animation for large Outlines
• speed up loading of large Outlines
• automatic backup of all Outlines when installing a new version 
• FIX: occasional force close when coming back to Outliner from another app
• further preparation for the upcoming professional version of Outliner (Backup/Restore)

Tip:
Use a left/right swipe to quickly change the level of an activty.
Use the "move mode" to quickly move activities within an Outline (toggle by double tap or menu)

General Info here.
Version History here. 
Android Market Link here.

Outliner V0.8.5 beta

There is a new view menu with all the different views behind (more views to come in future releases).
And we have a search functionality now.

Use the Search button on your phone or the Search menu. Outliner finds all Activities matching the criteria you put into the search field. Outliner searches the Activity names and notes.

If you start the search from the list of Outlines, Outliner searches all Outlines. Starting the search from the list of Activities only finds Activities within the actual Outline.

If you have the PRO version, you can click an Activity in the list of found Activities. Outliner opens the Outline, positions the Activity topmost and marks it.

Changes 0.8.5:

• new "View" menu to clean up the options menu
• search in all Outlines or within one Outline (menu or search button)
  
• keyboard navigation and manipulation if the device has a hardware keyboard (see tutorial for shortcuts) 
  
• FIX: move down allowed illegal moves in some circumstances
  
• FIX: move mode, double tap crashed on some devices

Tip:
In addition to normal search you could use search to establish a tagging system. Put tags (e.g. #shopping, #friends, #holiday, ...) into your Activity notes or names and easily find Activities matching the tag. Intelligent organizing of the tags even gives you more flexibility (#shopping.food, #shopping.clothing, #holiday.thailand, #holiday.us, ...).

General Info here.
Version History here. 
Android Market Link here.

Outliner V0.8.4 beta

Enjoy the new "Move Mode".

It enables quick moving of activities with the help of 4 buttons on the lower end of the screen. Mark an activity with a tap and then use the buttons for up/down/left/right moves. Toggle "Move Mode" by menu or by a double tap somewhere in the list

"Quick Edit" is disabled while "Move Mode" is on.
A short tap just marks a line. Use a long click to get a context menu where you can choose "Edit".
Swipe also works in "Move Mode".


Changes 0.8.4:

• move mode to quickly move activities in the list (toggle by menu or by a double tap somewhere in the list)

Outliner V0.8.3 beta

You can now move activities left/right by swiping (moving your finger). Expect a move mode and drag&drop in the next releases.
The menu of the activity list is cleaned up by a new "Action" menu now. All actions relating to the whole Outline are now under this menu.
If you hide your note via "Config Outline" you can see a small icon in the activity list now indicating that a note exists.

Changes 0.8.3:

• temporarily preserve scroll position while switching between views within an Outline
• due date Button, more choices to set date
• show small icon to indicate hidden activity notes
• swipe (move your finger) to move activities left or right
• expand parent activity when moving right
• new "Action" menu to clean up the options menu
• "Expand Levels" and "Import/Export" are now under Action menu
• spinning progress icon while saving in background
• enable app2sd for Android 2.2 and higher
• quick edit: enable multiline in activity name
• fast scrolling for large outlines (slider on the right while scrolling)
• FIX: some stability issues are resolved

Tip:
If you add a new activity, you can use the context menu (long click) of an existing activity to add the new one as a sibling under the existing one. Use the normal menu to add the activity at the end.


General Info here.
Version History here. 
Android Market Link here.

Outliner V0.8.2 beta

There are some usability enhancements in this release and a big speed kick by moving the datasaving to the  background. And there was a nasty bug leading to the lost of the latest changes of an activity in some circumstances. I apologize for that.

Changes 0.8.2:

• no more soft keyboard opening on activity edit (hopefully on all devices now)
• warning if Outline name is empty
• prettify activity edit
• configure the font size of activity notes (Settings)
• further preparation for syncing to Natara Bonsai (Beta Test)
• further improved speed when editing large outlines
• hide note line in activity list when note is empty
• due date button, add more choices (clear/today/tomorrow/week/month)
• Fix: occasional force close with lost changes when turning device (sorry Willem for that)
• Fix: changes sometimes not saved if Outliner killed by Android due to low memory

Tip:
You can configure each Outline separately. Use a long click on an Outline in the list of Outlines or use the menu in the activity list to reach the configure dialog. You also see this dialog when you add a new Outline.


General Info here.
Version History here. 
Android Market Link here.

A special thank to the beta testers for the great work.

Outliner V0.8.1 beta

This release is mainly a bug fix version with fixes and small improvements.

The beta tester group works on testing the sync to Natara Bonsai. Thanks to the Beta Testers for the great work!

Changes 0.8.1:

• switch between portrait and landscape in activity list
• back button always saves the data
• configure tiny font for activity list (Config Outline)
• import Bonsai, always use US locale for dates
• further preparation for syncing to Natara Bonsai (Beta Test)
• Fix: occasional force close when coming back to open activity list from other apps
• Fix: failure when adding an acitvity as sibling of a subtree (bug introduced in V0.8.0)

Tip:
Depending on the size of your fingers and the resolution of your phone it can be difficult to correctly hit the buttons in the list. You my accidentally start editing an activity instead of expanding a sub-tree.
To avoid this you can tell the system to enlarge the size of the buttons by surrounding them with empty space. Try the different values and choose the one being the best compromise between wasted room and good usability. This is found in "Settings, Button Padding".


General Info here.
Version History here. 
Android Market Link here.

Thank you for all the suggestions and the friendly comments.

Outliner V0.8.0 beta

This version adds some enhancements when importing Outlines from Natara Bonsai.

And it adds the possibility to temporarily peek into the notes of an activity by choosing the context menu in the activity list without opening the edit dialog. And you can configure (Settings) how many lines of a note are shown in the actvity list (if notes are shown at all).

The beta tester group now has a version which syncs to Natara Bonsai. After finding all the bugs (I am quite sure that there are some) it will reach the market as well. Please be patient.

Changes 0.8.0:

• improved speed when editing large outlines
• cancel buttons in edit dialogs
• import Bonsai OTL, preserve collapse state
• import Bonsai, preserve priority
• temporary note folding in context menu
• configure number of note lines in activity list (Settings)
• preparation for syncing to Natara Bonsai
• Fix: occasional force close when entering toDo List

Tip:
The toDo view only makes sense if you have due dates in your outline. The Back button brings you to the list of Outlines. Via Menu button you switch back to the list of activities.

General Info here.
Version History here. 
Android Market Link here.

Thank you for all the suggestions and the friendly comments.

Outliner V0.7.5 beta

This version brings a better usability when navigating and clicking in the activity tree. It is now easier to hit a row and you also get a visual feedback now. And you can use your d-pad or keyboard to navigate in the tree. Use left/right to toggle collapse/expand. Try click and long click.


Changes 0.7.4:

• CSV import/export UTF-8 to choose (check tutorial)
• hide menus meaningless in context
• better usability clicking activity tree
• expand/collapse/click/longClick with d-pad
• Fix: due date shifts back one day in several time zones
• Fix: occasional force close with wrong CSVs

Changes 0.7.5:

• Fix: occasional force close when using d-pad

Tip:
Bonsai CSV import uses the character set for most western languages (ISO-8859-1). If you work with other character sets like russian or japanese and you want to import or export CSVs, it is better to use a general character set which understands all languages. This is why Outliner also exports and imports CSVs with "UTF-8" character set now. Please check the tutorial.

General Info here.
Version History here. 
Android Market Link here.

Comments are, as always, welcome.