Counters PRO is now open source

Counters PRO is now open source under MIT license.
Source code availble at GitHub.
You can download APK file absolutely free from Google Drive.
Or if you want to donate, you can buy app on Google Play.

With best regards,
Dmitriy Bargatin

Counters PRO is now available in english

Counters PRO are suitable to account for:

- Personal finance and budgeting;
- Costs and revenues;
- Advances and debts;
- Your height, weight, body temperature;
- Meter reading utilities: gas, electricity and water;
- Other measuring processes.

This application will help you:

- Organize and keep track of any measuring processes;
- Obtain summary information about the indications for the period;
- Make a flexible output configuration information;
- Export data to CSV for later download to a spreadsheet;
- Restore data from a backup.

User guide / The transition from version FREE to version PRO

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In order to move the counters and the indications of the FREE version to version PRO:

1. Create a backup of the data in version FREE. Detailed description of the operation, see "Backing up your data";
2. Restore a created backup in version PRO. Detailed description of the operation, see "Recovering data".

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User guide / Export indications to CSV

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In order to export the indications:

1. Open the list of indications of the counter; 
2. Click on menu item "Export"; 
3. Confirm the operation. 

 

As a result on the SD card in the directory /sdcard/CountersPRO/Export will be created a new file in the format of CSV. Name the new file is assigned according to the following pattern yyyy-MM-dd_hhmmss.csv, where:
yyyy - year;
MM - month;
dd - day;
hh - hour;
mm - minute;
ss - second;
.csv - file extension.

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User guide / Recovering data

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 Warning: Be careful operation can not be undone.

In order to restore the database from a previously created backup:

1. In the list of counters, click on the menu item "Restore";
2. In the list select the backup and click on it;
3. Confirm the operation.

 

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User guide / Backing up your data

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Regular backup of the database needed:

• To facilitate the recovery of information in the cases of the wrong change or remove counters and indications;
• To reduce the likelihood of data loss in the event of a failure of internal memory;
• To reduce the likelihood of data loss in case you lose your mobile device. This would require to store backup files from the SD card to any external storage device. For example: computer hard drive, removable SD card;
• And also allow without too much difficulty to migrate data from version FREE to version PRO. This is discussed in the article "The transition from version FREE to version PRO".

To create a backup copy of the database:

1. In the list of counters click on the menu item "Backup";
2. Confirm the operation.

 

As a result, the database file will be copied to an SD card in the directory: /sdcard/CountersPRO/Backup

The name of the new file backup is assigned according to the following pattern  yyyy-MM-dd_hhmmss.cpro, where:
yyyy - year;
MM - month ;
dd - day ;
hh - hour ;
mm - minute;
ss - second;
.cpro - file extension, short name of Counters PRO.

Note: Backup stored as a SQLite database file. Information about counters stored in the table "Counters". Information about indications stored in the table "Indications". To avoid errors when restoring data, do not make changes to the structure and the information contained in the file backup.

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User guide / Removing indication

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 Warning: Be careful operation can not be undone.

 Tip: Make regular backups of the database. This will allow you to recover data in the event of an accidental deletion.

In order to delete indication:

1. Open the list of indications. To do this, click on the entry in the list of counters;
2. Press (at ~ 1 sec) on an interesting entry in the list of indications.
3. Confirm the operation.

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