Lots of updates at the moment I know!
This one’s to provide a workaround for issues some people have been having on Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab devices, where events added on the phone or tablet don’t sync to Google Calendar.
The workaround is a new setting: “Edit in built-in calendar”. Check this and you’ll be able to use the Samsung calendar to add/edit/view events, which means they’ll sync to Google Calendar correctly.
Note: I don’t recommend using this setting for any other devices.
New version of Touch Calendar just released:
- adds an option to remove the settings icon from the widget
- adds ‘Zoom to date’ to the context menu (tap-and-hold on a date)
Note: Version 1.0.4 fixed a minor bug to do with new event times that was introduced in 1.0.3
Touch Calendar Free is a fully usable app, but from now on development is focused on the full version, so all new features and most fixes will go there.
Here are the things the full version of Touch Calendar has that the free version doesn’t:
- Home screen widgets (4×1, 4×2, 4×3, 4×4 sizes; resizable in Android 3.1)
- More colour schemes (including a dark theme, and also ‘orange and white’, ‘orange and blue’, ‘green and white’, ‘purple and white’, ‘pink and white’, ‘purple and green’)
- ‘Zoom to date’ from the context menu (tap-and-hold on a date) in the main app
- ‘Duplicate event’ feature
- Search in the description field
- Search integrates with the Android quick search box
- Time format options
Also these minor fixes:
- ‘@’ symbol won’t appear on its own when ‘show location’ is on
There’ll be much more added to this list soon, so I’ll keep this post up to date as things get released.
This new version adds a settings screen with several options to the widget:
- set how many weeks are displayed
- set how far in the past the widget starts displaying (how many “past weeks”)
- set the starting day
- set the font size
Also added two new colour schemes: “orange and white” and “orange and blue”.
Also, an ‘Add event’ option has been added to the main app menu. This is in addition to the usual way of adding an event, by tap-and-hold on a date.
Finally a small bug where the ‘@’ symbol could appear on its own when ‘Show location’ was turned on has been fixed.
Enjoy!
With the launch of the new Android Market website, you can now install apps from the web, including Touch Calendar and Searchify.
Use these links:
Touch Calendar
Touch Calendar Free
Searchify
Touch Calendar displays calendar data from your phone’s calendar database. This means that syncing of calendars is done by your phone and must be turned on in your phone’s settings.
If you have no calendars or syncing set up, go to your phone’s settings, then Accounts & Sync, and set up the accounts you want to sync from.
If you’ve already done this but can’t see the calendars you’re expecting, you may need to check the calendar sync settings. Usually these settings are accessed from your phone’s built-in calendar. Go to the built-in calendar and look for something like a “Calendars” or “My calendars” or “Select calendars” option. Make sure the calendars you want to see are synced and visible.
How you add the widget to your homescreen depends on what phone you have. On Android phones running Gingerbread (Android 2.3) or earlier, find an empty space on your home screen and tap-and-hold on it. A menu should pop up with a “Widget” option. Tapping that will bring up a list on which you should find Touch Calendar widget of various sizes.
On tablets running Honeycomb or devices running Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) such as the Galaxy Nexus, bring up the app launcher then tap where it says Widgets. Then find the Touch Calendar widget and tap-and-hold on it to add it to your home screen.
On some devices such as HTC devices, there will be a ‘+’ icon you can tap to add things to your homescreen.
Widgets are only available in the full version of Touch Calendar.
To edit an event, first tap the event to open it, then press MENU. You should see options to edit or delete the event, as long as it’s editable on your phone.
Event colours come from the calendar. The usual way to get events in different colours is to use calendars from your Google account. You can go to http://google.com/calendar on the web to change calendar colours and add new colours.
Click the arrow next to 'my calendars' to add a new calendar. Move your move to the right of a calendar name and another arrow will appear, to let you change the calendar colour.
To add a new calendar: click the little triangle / down arrow to the right of “My calendars”. Click ‘Create new calendar’.
To change a calendar’s colour: See under “My calendars” on the left in Google Calendar for the list of calendars, move your mouse to the right of the calendar name, and click the little triangle that appears to the right of the calendar name to see the colour options.
Note: you only have to do this once. Once it’s done, you’ll see the calendars you created under the “Calendar” heading in the add event screen of Touch Calendar, and will be able to select the one you want.
If you have a Samsung phone you may have a calendar called “My calendar”. This calendar is built-in to your phone and its colour can’t be changed. I don’t recommend using that calendar.
Touch Calendar has finished its beta and the official version is now available on the Android Market!
Touch Calendar widget
There are now two versions of Touch Calendar on the Market. The full version is just called “Touch Calendar” and has an introductory price of £1. It has all the features from the beta and adds home-screen widgets for the first time. New features will also be added to the full version on a regular basis.
The beta version that many of you will already have installed has now become “Touch Calendar Free”. Rest assured it retains all the features from the beta and will continue to be free.
If you like the app I’d of course encourage you to purchase the full version to support development, but if you want to keep using the free version the choice is yours.
Thanks to everyone who tried the beta version and gave feedback. I hope you all carry on enjoying using Touch Calendar!
Any feedback please let me know or discuss on the Touch Calendar User Group. Thanks!
Touch Calendar Full Version
