Release 12 - Version 1.6

There is an update available on the Android Market!

Here's what changed:

- Added autocomplete support for when adding birthdays. Suggestions are pulled from the user's contact list.

- Added ability to change entry photo. Photos for contact's will automatically be added and set.

- Added the following sorting options: Upcoming, by age, chronological (from January to December).

- Now when you tap on an entry that is also a contact, a dialog will appear to easily call/text/communicate with that person. See photos in Android Market for a better idea of what this looks like.


Future Additions:

- Facebook sync is in the works. This will likely be the next addition.

Please report bugs if you find any. Email is the easiest way to communicate with me.

Here is a link followed by the QR code to the app in the Android Marketplace:
Birthday Organizer

Release 11 - Version 1.504

There is an update available on the Android market!

This fix was geared towards fixing an oversight that i had made when testing the update prior to releasing the it that resulted in data loss.

Note that lost data retrieval is only possible for users who have previously saved their birthdays to the SD card before the last update. If you updated and appeared to lose data, this update will allow you to retrieve your old backup information if and only if you have not saved anything to the SD card after the last update.

WARNING: Current entries are likely to be overwritten because you are loading only what is on your SD Card. Please be sure before you actually perform this change that it is what you want to do. This change is just in case some piece of information is difficult to recover.

After update, hit menu -> Save/Restore -> Load Birthdays from SD Card

Then you should hit menu -> Save/Restore -> Save Birthdays to SD Card to ensure that the changes are saved.

If you are having issues, please feel free to contact me.

See previous blog for update information from the last update.

In the next few weeks i plan on tying this application to Facebook to automatically pull all of your friends' birthdays from your friends list and put them in your Birthday Organizer list.

Please report bugs if you find any.

Here is a link followed by the QR code to the app in the Android Marketplace:
Birthday Organizer

Release 10 - Version 1.5

An update is available on the Android Market!

Here's a summary of what changed:

What's new:

     After many requests, and with time to spare to work on this project, I've added the ability to sort by upcoming birthday.

     Also, the birthday notifications are no longer persistent. That is, users no longer have to manually hit the "clear" button after pulling the notification window down to view notifications. The notification will now be removed when the user clicks the birthday notification.

Future Additions

     I am planning on tying this app to Facebook in the future. This will give users the ability to pull everyone from their Facebook friends list who has a birthday and be notified when a birthday approaches.

     The ability to change/include images for birthday entries will be a feature implemented soon. So stay tuned!


As always, if you come across a bug, please report it by sending me an email:
organizer.android@gmail.com


Here is a link followed by the QR code to the app in the Android Marketplace:
Birthday Organizer

Release 9 - 1.404

Just a quick fix brought to my attention by Mark. Here's what was happening:

What was fixed:


   The time that the alarm was set for was being displayed incorrectly. It would show that you would be notified a year ahead of time even when the date had yet to pass this year. This is fixed and the notification time will be displayed correctly. Thanks Mark!

   More sort options will be available as soon as i've got the time to devote to this project. These are next on the agenda as far as features.

Report bugs if you come across them. Please and thanks!

Here is a link followed by the QR code to the app in the Android Marketplace:
Birthday Organizer

Release 8 - Version 1.402

A couple changes this time around. Here's a summary:

What was fixed:
   A notification bug that wouldn't erase the last alarm you set. For example, if you were to set an alarm for 2:00pm and 2:02pm, you'd be notified both times. So i now have it set to only notify you the last time you set a time for notifications.

What's new:
   If you happen to have two or more notifications that occur at the same time during the day, the number of notifications that you've received is shown in your notification bar. That is, the number of notifications unread will be superimposed over the notification icon in your notification bar.

Please report bugs if you come across them. More updates will come as I have time to work on this.

Here is a link followed by the QR code to the app in the Android Marketplace:
Birthday Organizer

Release 7 - Version 1.401

Just like most other times, I've overlooked small bugs that tend to screw with the user. Here's an overview:

What was fixed:
1)   The "Refresh" button incidentally brought up the "Save/Restore" window. This has been fixed.

2)   Fixed force close when importing backup from SD card.

3)   Changed the location of the saved backup on the SD card.

Please continue to report bugs!

Here is a link followed by the QR code to the app in the Android Marketplace:
Birthday Organizer

Release 6 - Version 1.4

   In light of the recent changes i thought i would take the time to add another feature. This one i think is more necessary at the moment than other possible features. Seeing as how right now users must manually enter in birthdays, I think it's important to be able to save these entries. So that's just what i've done.

What's new:
   I've added the option to backup/restore your birthday entries to/from your SD card in case your phone takes a crap (which has happened to me plenty of times), or you accidentally delete a birthday you wanted to keep. Whatever the case, to perform either of these new features users just need to hit the menu button and select Save/Restore. Then you have the options to either save or restore!

   I've already noticed a few bugs that need to be addressed so there will be another quick update released shortly to correct for them.

Please report bugs/issues if you come across them instead of leaving 1 or 2 star ratings. This is far from a professional product.

Here is a link followed by the QR code to the app in the Android Marketplace:
Birthday Organizer