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Is there a project management app on Android?

I'm unfortunately going to have to post this in a few places because I don't know where it's going to get the most exposure, but I'll start here because I have a Desire.
I need an app to manage the various projects that I have going on. In some ways, you can think of it as a todo application which has subtasks, projects/groups, action lists, sorting via time till due/time taken/project/importance etc.
If you have the time, check out this site where there guy goes through a number of options and criteria for a good GTD (getting things done) application.
I've tested:
OpenLoops
Astrid
Goals Todo
For starters, Astrid cannot sort by tag/project and non have sub-tasks.
I'm really hoping there is a project management app out there and someone can help me.

http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.ssi.gtasksbeta

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http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.ssi.gtasksbeta
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i use it also...

Is this purely an offline GTasks? (I couldn't really see much in the way of features.) If it is, GTasks is quite a basic todo manager, let alone project manager.

Projects feature for Astrid is currently in development. Don't expect it all that soon though.
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Someone suggested Got To Do + Toodledo. Seems to have much going for it. Testing it out now.

ActionComplete?
Cleargrey said:
I'm unfortunately going to have to post this in a few places because I don't know where it's going to get the most exposure, but I'll start here because I have a Desire.
I need an app to manage the various projects that I have going on. In some ways, you can think of it as a todo application which has subtasks, projects/groups, action lists, sorting via time till due/time taken/project/importance etc.
If you have the time, check out this site where there guy goes through a number of options and criteria for a good GTD (getting things done) application.
I've tested:
OpenLoops
Astrid
Goals Todo
For starters, Astrid cannot sort by tag/project and non have sub-tasks.
I'm really hoping there is a project management app out there and someone can help me.
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Have you tested 'action complete'
Their website: http://actioncomplete.com/android
Review of it: http://www.androidtapp.com/actioncomplete/
It's free and was built around GTD system afaik. It allows for sorting and projects with 'actions' and 'waits' within them. Good luck

You might want to try Thymer.
It's online and I believe it's not free but they have a beta running for Android.

I'm also looking for something similar. My only real requirement is sub-tasks though.
Got To Do seems nice, but to get sub tasks you have to pay for a pro license for ToodleDo, after you pay for the app itself. I'm sure its not expensive, but still...
Action Complete doesn't seem to have sub tasks.
I've also checked out Astrid and OpenLoops.
I thought the whole idea of GTD was to break a task down into smaller sub-tasks so you can "get things done".
I think I was actually using ToodleDo on my iPhone, but I don't recall having to pay to get sub tasks. Perhaps that is new.

Any methodologies in mind? Any back end software like MS Project Server or open source PM apps / servers in mind? I.e. how far down the rabbit hole do you want to go?

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Any methodologies in mind? Any back end software like MS Project Server or open source PM apps / servers in mind? I.e. how far down the rabbit hole do you want to go?
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How far? Currently I don't need to intergrate with any MS software (or similar) though if it was offered and useful I wouldn't say no.
What I would like to have as a high priority are:
1. Ability to manage different projects (obviously).
2. Ability to plan projects - form project trees, some may have tasks, some may have notes, some may have links etc.
3. An online/desktop backup/sync. Simply because I hate the thought of all my information being in one place.
4. A UI that is easy to assess what is going on and what is coming up.
There are obviously other things required but it's difficult to list everything which is why I attached that site that pretty much lists most of them.
@Powder79, I just looked at Thymer. It looks a bit too basic but thanks for the suggestion.
Currently I'm trying out Toodledoo + Got To Do. It seems to have most but it really does suck for giving your tasks/actions a quick look to see the state (active/waiting/reference/etc). It just has date due and overdue.
If you imagine a bastard love child of Astrid (Android), Goals ToDo (Android), Toodledoo (online), Projekt (Symbian) and Mindmanager (desktop) then you will have my perfect project manager application.
Oh, and a desktop widget for easy viewing.
I don't ask for much obviously.

Project manager
Me too is looking for a good project manager.
Yet haven't found one that handles Values/Visions.
Values/vision is like a direction, it can't be completed. There should be mesure of how well one is living the value/vision.
And projects/goals to hold the direction.
And tasks to complete project. Yet, have only seen project at best.
Need, with overview:
Value1>Projects>Tasks
Value2>Projects>Tasks
Value3>Projects>Tasks
and so..

Sorry to bump up an old thread but anyone interested in a simple project management / to do list tool might like to take a look at my app: Organisa Lite. Its on Android Market currently. It offers some features I think some people might find useful - such as updating the android calendar with chosen dates and organising notes in a hierarchical manner. The user interface is unique too: you can minimise and maximise projects and sub-notes as required and manage everything from the one screen.
I'd like to make Organisa Lite completely free and add a Pro version with much more advanced features but I need some initial confirmation and support that it is what people want in the way of paid downloads.

Mobile Project Manager (MPM)
Have youbtried MPM (Mobile Project Manager)? It has unlimited subtasks, predecessor tasks, and allows importing and exporting to/from project management desktop software. Search MPM in the market.

try MPM
Try MPM if you haven't already

Project Management App on Android
I have been a user of Project Management App, "Project Planning Pro" on iOS for long. This award winning app has helped me significantly in my Project management needs.
However, the app is now available on Android platform & I have given it a try. It works like a breeze. Its a totally worthy app to have.
Best of Luck:good::good:

Cleargrey said:
I'm unfortunately going to have to post this in a few places because I don't know where it's going to get the most exposure, but I'll start here because I have a Desire.
I need an app to manage the various projects that I have going on. In some ways, you can think of it as a todo application which has subtasks, projects/groups, action lists, sorting via time till due/time taken/project/importance etc.
If you have the time, check out this site where there guy goes through a number of options and criteria for a good GTD (getting things done) application.
I've tested:
OpenLoops
Astrid
Goals Todo
For starters, Astrid cannot sort by tag/project and non have sub-tasks.
I'm really hoping there is a project management app out there and someone can help me.
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Did you gave a try to "Project Planning Pro"
It meets all your requirements. Give it a try..

[WIP] Guillemet - An open application manager/Marketplace

Hey everyone, I've thought for a while now that there should be a way to install homebrew applications on the device itself and have written a little something talking about the idea here. This post is mostly copied from there and focuses on the installation problem, so if you want the full thing, check it out.
Guillemet is (well, will be) a package manager for Windows Phone 7; basically the equivalent of Cydia for iOS, except not based on an existing system like dpkg (because is it Windows-based, and a package system like this is not in widespread use for Windows). This means its main tasks will be:
Downloading packages (applications... or other things) from outside sources (repositories)
Installing these packages on the user's device
Periodically checking the repositories for any new versions of packages
Why call it Guillemet? There are a couple of reasons for this name. First of all, I was looking for a name that was short (a single word), unique enough to catch people's attention and just sounded nice. Guillemets are the characters used in certain languages (like French) where quotation marks would be used in English. They look like this: « Ce sont des guillemets. » Because it's a typographic character, I thought it fit in nicely with Microsoft's Metro design concept. Also, it pointing forward can represent 'progress' (or something like that... that's marketing right?). Finally, it makes a nice reference to one of the things that made this possible in the first place: a guillemet consists of two chevrons.
Because the installing of applications is required for the application to be useful at all, I think it would be important to focus on this for now. Here's a short overview of what it currently known:
Installation can be done via provxml, but requires DRM (and cracking it is not feasible).
There are some functions present that might do the job, but we cannot access them at the moment due to our low privileges (this thread is trying to do something about that).
Manual installation would require us to 'register' the application, which probably has to be done by editing the file \Application Data\Microsoft\PackageManager\pacman.edb, but we cannot access this at the moment (it might also be in use by the OS). This manual approach will give us more customization options, though.
With a system to install even just standard XAP's in place, the first step would probably be to create a protocol handler so XAP's can be downloaded and installed right from the browser. This will create an open environment akin to that on the desktop, and will be very simple to implement and maintain (or rather, not maintain). Later on a package management system can also be implemented (more about that here).
I hope some of you will like the idea and might even discover something to make this work

Wow, first post here I like the idea but I guess it's nearly impossible =/ There's already a project like that.. it's called xda market and they still work on a device client ^^ I'm curious if on-phone-deployment will work one day

Favourite / Prudent / Recommended Apps, by Category?

As I understand it, not all apps are suitable for all devices (Thus the device filter drop down on google play.)
For any given search term, play.google will drown you.
Are there (links to?) threads with best of class apps by category?
(Recognizing that this is a moving target / people have their fav's.)
[Otherwise, start one here?]
In some senses, coming from a sysadmin perspective, for the purposes of this thread.
For example, it seems prudent / intuitive to be running a firewall. (iptables, presumably). Yet there are quite a number when one searches for 'firewall'. (Yet until I went looking, I've never seen 'firewall' mentioned in threads, pages, etc., I have come across.)
Or, an ssh client seems useful, yet searching on ssh reveals most need root first. (Not complaining, just haven't gotten that far.)
Links?
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VNC (Remote control a computer, man, way more viable on Android with pinch zooming screens than I ever would have expected) - android-vnc-viewer
[Seems to 'just work'. Note: Was already set up, across multiple computers/OSs, able to VNC each other.]

You don't need a firewall. Android is a tight ecosystem that doesn't need to be protected from itself. If you really care, most ROMs already have iptables in the kernel and commandline tools already installed; just root. (You'd need to root for any firewall app anyway.)
SSH *clients* generally don't need root. Servers are another matter. Some are server/client bundles but the client part should work just fine without root. I've used ConnectBot in the past and was pleased with it, though now that my server is wrapped in a VPN my phone doesn't support, it doesn't have much use for me anymore.

roothorick said:
You don't need a firewall. Android is a tight ecosystem that doesn't need to be protected from itself. If you really care, most ROMs already have iptables in the kernel and commandline tools already installed; just root. (You'd need to root for any firewall app anyway.)
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I think perhaps I wasn't clear, or we're forgetting about one aspect of firewalls.
I'll accept your comments (and thank you) with respect to security.
However, what I also meant by firewall was blocking - be it to nefarious sites in foreign lands, or to other unsavoury ip's - be it in, or out.
e.g. A firewall facility utilizing the bluetack lists. (I'll accept if you have a better word for such an 'app' than 'firewall'.)
Thanks for any thoughts.

Use Apache Cordova?

Hey everyone! In response to a recent suggestion by a colleague, I've determined Cordova may be the best course of action for my current project. The reason we determined this, is because what I'm developing is already a web-app, that is complete, in which I can make a responsive style for mobile browsers & use Cordova to use a webview to access the app. So I'm looking for advice from experienced developers to see if this would be a viable option.
Let me start by giving you a run-down of the project. The project is called SecurSend. It is a private messaging platform that allows the user to submit sensitive information, without the worry of being monitored or keylogged. The end-user will compose a message which will generate a unique URL to the content, the recipient will receive this URL, and when accessing the content, it is permanently destroyed from the server. I don't currently have the site live, or it'd be much easier to show you, but the premise is security.
There is no current mobile theme for the site, however, it wouldn't be too difficult to implement. For something like this, do you feel Cordova would be the best option? Also, if you have any advice on Cordova, I wouldn't mind!

AutonomousHC said:
project is called SecurSend. It is a private messaging platform that allows the user to submit sensitive information, without the worry of being monitored or keylogged. The
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re: the app:
thinking some combo of xmpp + OTR and webrtc might do it
(OTR adds end-to end encryption to xmpp and as browser support for webrtc improves there's peer-to-peer udp possibilities in webrtc)
Re Cordova:
. not yet sure but from looking at some javascript-based apps I've seen done with it what I've seen of it looks like an easier place to start for installable web apps (curious too)

Yes cordova is great for this. The only thing Cordova is not great at is high performance games but that is changing soon.

wowbro said:
Yes cordova is great for this. The only thing Cordova is not great at is high performance games but that is changing soon.
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This sounds like an interesting concept, but I have heard you don't get the full native experience with Cordova (the UI seems different than that of native applications).
Do buttons and dialogs look the same as native apps?
Can you, for example, create transparent action bars, or side bars?
Or, notifications or watch faces for Android Wear?

wowbro said:
Yes cordova is great for this. The only thing Cordova is not great at is high performance games but that is changing soon.
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Alternatively, you could use Steroids.js which has most native features built-in -- even Native UI components, MAPS API, Camera API, etc.
Cordova can achieve this, but as stated before, you will suffer some performance issues (especially Android 4.4 and lower)

I believe that doing web apps is the best for trying new ideas on all major platforms. The effort is very low compared to native development and performance is sufficient.
Ionic Framework has great performance and is continuously improving.
Though I wouldn't recommend web apps for games I recently released an open source zombie game called zland (zland.io).
Maybe React Native could be interesting for you as well. You will get true native performance.
With React Native you can share a code base between platforms but have to rewrite platform dependent thinks.
They recently released it for Android so you can deploy to both iOS and Android.
I estimate the effort somewhere between web apps and native apps.

LOS 17.1: rights management for multiple users

I am trying to register Signal for a second user on my LineageOS 17.1 on a Fairphone 3+. It fails, looping me through the process and the Google ReCaptcha. Apparently the registration needs an open port 443 and UDP traffic rights.
Unlike my first user where I sucessfully registered Signal just two days ago, the second user (mainly to be used with the second, professional SIM) appears to lack the corresponding rights. I activated multiple users in Settings --> System --> Advanced --> Multiple users. Yet only the first user is set to have admin rights. This seems to be hard-coded...
At least I couldn't find any way to influence the user rights so far. Though this thread indicates meddling with /system/build.prop could be a solution, I would rather find a solution without rooting the device.
Do you have any ideas?
Essentially, I would love some frontend for an aggregated UserManager. If there is none, could you give some hints as to how to change the variables mentioned in the link when rooted?
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On a sidenote, the Multiple Users feature traded some of its functionality from Android 9 to Android 10 imho... while before you could grant access to specific apps on the main account, now it's really separated users with separate app installs and such. This is great for some use cases including mine, though in order to be more useful, some more options would be nice (restrictions (think about kids usage), rights management, define locations for shared data, ...).
PS: if this is the wrong forum for such a question, please point me to the right one.

Sounds like a question for stack overflow or signal support.