Hi Techcritic. Disclosure: I'm a longtime user of MLO but I have no connection to the developers and don't speak for them.
You are correct that the primary way of using geofencing on MLO is the Nearby list and you are correct that the Nearby list is inflexible especially in comparison to the considerble customizability inherent in other MLO views. There are two other ways of using geofencing in MLO. First, you can configure the location to provide notification upon entry and/or upon exit. I personally have never invested the time to figure out how to make this work effectively. Maybe another user who has gotten this working will reply. Presumably entering/exiting a defined location would trigger a notification in the phone's notification area, which would be linked somehow to the affected tasks. Second is the Nearby Map. When viewing the Nearby List, tap the word MAP in the upper right. You will see a pinch-to-zoom map with a pin for each of tbe defined locations in the current view even if it's not currently "nearby". I find this useful for checking if I have any pending tasks not only near where I am but also near where I'm going or along the way. Have you discovered the "advanced" filter section in view definition? That's where the power of MLO turns magical. What's missing is just the addition of a simple yes/no condition for IsNearby. If I had to guess why this hasn't been implemented, I would guess that it's a battery burner. -Dwight On Jun 22, 2016, TechCritic <[email protected]> wrote: One of the things that drew me to MLO over competing apps was that I *incorrectly assumed* that it was able to dynamically change the To-Do list based on your current location. A task should only be "Active" when your Android phone is within the geo-fence for that task's MLO Context, provided that a location Context has been set. Or at least, this should be an option that the user can manually assign to individual tasks and projects, like the other options MLO offers in the right-side details/edit panel. It doesn't seem that MLO has a manual specific to the Android app. The PDF manual is largely based on the Windows version of MLO. It doesn't touch on location based functionality at all. I haven't seen much other documentation on the Android app other than the videos, so I gleaned my understanding from personal trial and error. Please point me to any in-depth resources, if they exist, and feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. My understanding is that the use of assigned locations for MLO Contexts and the phone's ability to use geo-fencing to sense when it enters or exits one of these assigned locations is confined exclusively to the non-customizable "Nearby" list. There does not appear to be any filter or other criteria that one can use to create a custom list that only displays tasks for one or all MLO Contexts when the phone is physically present in the location(s) assigned to those Contexts. Unless I'm missing something, this seems like an extremely useful feature that many users would benefit from. I also think it would not require a very large amount of additional development, as the app already utilizes geo-fencing for the Nearby list and it can already alert the user upon entering Contexts - this is the functionality that would require more legwork to develop. Implementing what I described would largely involve applying conditional rules to lists using location data the app already has. It seems like a relatively straightforward task, especially being that something similar is already implemented in "Nearby." I'm a bit disappointed about the omission of this key feature (in my view), but I'm still overall very impressed with the functionality that you've packed into the app. The vast majority of developers are catering to those seeking a basic non-hierarchal To-Do list, so the effort and excellent execution is greatly appreciated by power users like myself! You can definitely count on my purchase of the "Pro" version for both Android and Windows if this feature is implemented. -- Sent with K-@ Mail - the evolution of emailing. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/6f257f96-7512-485d-82da-84f673d5f923%40dwightarthur.us. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
