README.md

Journalize

A fast-to-use android journaling app.

Features

• Renders in Markdown (images included)
• Automatic pseudo-Markdown rendering
• Automatically generates the next starting character in lists
• Import, export, and share
• Supports geo-stamping of entries
• Custom tags for the entries
• Browse entries
• Search entries based on content and tags
• Quickly open previous entry
• Automatically open new entry after reopening app after custom duration
• Black and White mode, both in greyscale

Usage

Journalize is built around entries, an entry is a single record containing the content you write, a timestamp, and location (if you allow it).

Tags

Above the keyboard, there are two rows of buttons, the first one is for tags, by default it contains "Do, Philosophy, Quote, Book, Emotion", these can be changed in settings. ags help you organize entries and can be used later for searching.

Second button row

This row contains 5 buttons:

New

This makes a new empty entry

Last

This opens the last modified entry that's not currently open

Image

This allows you to add images; however, you need to render the entry to view them.

Render/Edit

Pressing this button renders the text using Markdown. Pressing it again lets you edit the entry.

Menu

This allows you to open a list of all entries. From here you can open settings by pressing on the menu in top right corner and pressing Settings. You can also select entries individually or select all displayed entries by pressing Select All Shown in the overflow menu.

Searching

You can use special keywords AND/∧ and OR/∨to refine your search queries. AND/∧ takes precedence. You can further refine your search by pressing the tag icon in the top-right corner and selecting the tags you want to include.

Settings

To update values remember to press Done/Return. Before exporting, you need to choose a directory. Importing will overwrite your current entries.

Automatic Pseudo-MarkDown rendering

When typing in an entry, the text will be modified to resemble Markdown. Here are some examples:

• *Italics* or _Italics_
• **Bold** or __Bold__
• `Code`

Titles can be made by starting lines with 1 to 6 #'s

Lists can be created by starting a line with one of the following methods:

1. -
2. *
3. +
4. A number followed by a dot. Like this list.

When typing in a list, pressing Return will automatically create a new list item on the next line. If you press Return again while the list item is empty, the list element will be removed, and the cursor will move to a new line without continuing the list.

Alternatives

This app is designed for journaling. While it can be used for diaries, I recommend using other apps like:

• Diary
• Easy Diary