Repository:

https://github.com/netmackan/ATimeTracker

It's exactly two weeks ago since I published a blog post about ATimeTracker - An Activity Tracking App. From my introductory post, I talked about how the app can be used on a daily basis to record time spent on a task. And how important it is to track every of our activity with the app.

The very day I published the introductory post, the project owner released V0.51.1 where he fixed the unintended theme change seen on Android 7 and later devices. The issue was all about bad color combination. More information can be found from the original commit by Jipehome.

New Release V 0.51.2

ATimeTracker 0.51.2 was officially released on the 22nd of February 2019. And it came with two updates (A bug fix and a reversion). The Updates are;

• Fixed an issue where Long pressing on a task does not show the task menu.
• Fixed the issue where editing times screen is harder to use.

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Long pressing on a task does not show the task menu.

Two days after the release of version 0.51.1, another commit came from Jipehome. Where he reported a bug from the new release. In summary, his commit talked about not being able to view the properties in “activities menu” he claimed it shows empty whenever he long-presses on a task. It was expected to show the different options to change a task details.

Here's a screenshot showing how empty it shows when long pressed. I'm on Android 8 and the missing options can be seen when scrolled. But it still in its bad state. It's better it gets fixed.

Netmackan the project owner make replied to his commit guessing it's an issue with Android 7 and later for unknown reasons. He made it clear to the reporter that it's only a bug on Android 7 because it worked fine or as expected on Android 6.

Anyways, The issue was fixed that same day. Kudos to the project owner for being so active on this project.

Here is a screenshot I took from the latest version showing the missing options need to edit an activity task.

Editing times screen is harder to use

This isn't a bug but a brilliant suggestion committed by Rich123. After the release of v0.51.1, the interface to edit time in task timer changed from a circular clock face to a side-by-side pair of vertically scrolling linear lists of time values.

ATimeTracker 0.51.1 Time picker Vs other apps time picker

Here's are two screenshots comparing the side-by-side time picker on ATimeTracker and a circular time picker on another open source application.

Picking time from ATimeTracker 0.51.1is very hard because you have to scroll 24 entries for the hours and 60 entries for minutes. It's even worst if you select the wrong time then you need to repeat the whole process from the beginning.

The suggested time picker was available in version 0.51. It's easier to use than the one in version 0.51.1.

Three days later, the PO committed that the clock picker has been reverted to the circular clock type in version 0.5.1.1.

Conclusion

I commend the project owner for his activeness on this project. A big Well-done to every user who contributed to the success of ATimeTracker.

Thank you for reading this update. Bye

Series Backlinks

Introduction To ATimeTracker - An Activity Tracking App