Text Expansion

funkylogik · Jul 9, 2015

Oi leave g+ alone!

arjerine · Jul 9, 2015

jefboyardee said:
Okay, I will happily and temporarily rejoin Google+, which I despise, to add a kudo for Text Aide. Then I'll unjoin Google+ and crawl back in my hole.

Haha thank you!

jefboyardee said:
One thing I would suggest to mollify operations is to have it automatically chose an Accessibility method, so users aren't forced to make a decision they don't want to.

Android doesn't allow this. Malicious apps can misuse accessibility service. Hence, the manual settings.

Also, I have released a new update which should be active in a few hours. If those background crashes happen again, please do let me know

jefboyardee · Jul 10, 2015

In an effort to curtail memory usage, I wonder if everything but the macro feature of Text Aide could be put to sleep.

arjerine · Jul 10, 2015

In fact. if you take a closer look at your running apps, I'm sure under Text Aide you'll see 1 process and 1 service for Accessibility. Which means that nothing else is running along with it. If you do see more than 1 process, let me know.

For other Text Aide features, I use different processes. So they are unrelated to Accessibility and vice versa.

jefboyardee · Jul 10, 2015

Shows 1 process and 1 service. It's a keeper anyway. Been pondering getting a Slate 21 Pro to have the Android OS replace the Windows OS and Text Aide makes it possible.

arjerine · Jul 25, 2015

I just noticed that you had written a review which got deleted even before I could see, since you probably deleted your G+ account right after

jefboyardee · Jul 25, 2015

Oops, I thought they stayed there with no name. Anyway, I can still see it:

A Google User
See 'Text Expansion,' at http://androidforums.com/threads/text-expansion.927690/, for a detailed itinerary of my indoctrination to Text Aide, a wonderful little thing that makes digital living worhtwhile.

I still use Text Aide all the time, but one little quirk I've tripped over: it's very easy to accidentally delete a macro entry... it'd be neat if there was a confirmation popup before it vanished forever.

arjerine · Jul 26, 2015

Don't you see a Snackbar at the bottom which says "Macro flying away"? If you click on "Bring it back!" button, the deleted macro will be restored.

jefboyardee · Jul 26, 2015

This is all I see, do I need to turn something on?

arjerine · Jul 26, 2015

This is what I meant

jefboyardee · Jul 26, 2015

This is what I got, no snackbar

arjerine · Jul 26, 2015

It only appears when you remove a card.
Which Android version are you using now by the way? I think that's KitKat?

jefboyardee · Jul 26, 2015

Remove the SD card? Yikes.
Yes, I'm on KitKat.

And while I'm pasting screenshots... I decided to try backing up then reinstalling, but

arjerine · Jul 26, 2015

Not sure if you were kidding or not haha. So, just to clarify, I did not mean SD card.

Regarding the screenshot, well, sorry! My phone does not have an external SD so I never tried that. I think it takes some dirty hacky workarounds to access external SD cards on KitKat & above, as Google doesn't like them anymore. Will have a look at that later. Please use internal storage for now

And regarding Snackbar, well that's very weird. I just tried it on a Nexus S Jelly Bean emulator which has 480x 800 resolution and everything works fine. I asked some of my friends as well. Everyone can restore those cards after deleting

jefboyardee · Jul 26, 2015

It only appears when you remove a card.
Remove the SD card?
I did not mean SD card.

Still don't know what you mean by 'card,' apparently you mean a macro entry?

Did the reinstall. About the snackbar, I did get it, very briefly, just after a delete. Was probably always there but I never noticed. That works but I don't think that fast. I have no idea how you managed to take a screenshot!

Export/Import works fine on internal.

Still wish the macro entries could be sorted by name, but certainly not a critical issue.

arjerine · Jul 26, 2015

"Card" is the official word used by Google for those white rectangles which hold information. So yeah, in this case, each macro entry is a card.

Will increase the Snackbar duration, when Google fixes a bug in the code.

And I will add the sorting option as well after some time

Kensands11 · Jul 27, 2015

jefboyardee said:
On my PC I use the ancient Texter. I program the shorts and longs, like 'jef' and 'jefboyardee.' Then, whenever I type the short, it types out the long. I keep a lot of stuff in there.

On my droid, I use Clipper+. It works but requires several more steps.

I'm looking for a droid app that accomplishes what Texter does on my PC. I've tried Text Aide but I can't figure out how to make it automatically convert a short to a long.

Anyone here know the trick for that, or of another app or keyboard that does this?

Ah, yet another feature I forgot about blackberry, that I miss, that came even in the most basic model.

jefboyardee · Jul 27, 2015

I never touched a Blackberry, because I don't get along with keyboards, but I think I would've liked them.

jefboyardee · Jul 28, 2015

What's New
5.5 Beta
Many changes to EXPAND

jefboyardee · Jul 29, 2015

Finally, what I really want is a syncing Text Aide for Windows, so whatever I change on one end will automatically show up on the other. Otherwise, I'm going Apple... tee hee.

arjerine · Jul 30, 2015

Maybe later, if I have time and motivation to make apps for Windows.

And I hope those background crashes don't happen anymore?

arjerine · Jul 30, 2015

funkylogic passed away?! That's so sad.

AnaGar · Jul 31, 2015

SwiftKey is the best for me.

I hope it helps!

jefboyardee · Jul 31, 2015

arjerine said:
And I hope those background crashes don't happen anymore?

I guess not because I can't even remember what they were. :thinking:

jefboyardee · Jul 31, 2015

arjerine said:
funkylogic passed away?! That's so sad.

RIP funkylogik - with great sadness

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