Best Before – Help
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– How to add a product ?
– How does the barcode scanner work ?
– How to add a product that is not in the list ?
– Why is the product I added not in the right category ?
– What is a product opened ?
– What is an expired product ?
– How to create a new shopping list ?
– How to remove a product ?
– How suggestions work ?
– Why to create an account ?
– I have a Xiaomi phone and I cannot create an account
– How to share your product inventory ?
– How to share a list with external members ?
– How to refresh data ?
– What data are synchronized ?
– Is it possible to manage multiple homes ?
– Where are the pictures stored ?
– Can I backup/restore my data ?
– How can I delete my account and online data ?
How to add a product ?
There are 2 ways to do that.
– From the shopping list, you can add an item and then click on the checkbox to buy it. The item will be available in products.
– Directly from Products, click on + to open a new screen. You can add the product name, quantity, category, location, unit, buying date, best before date, comment. Don’t forget to save the product.
How does the barcode scanner work ?
Barcode scanner is directly integrated when you take a photo of a product. Click on the camera icon when you add a product, take your photo. You can crop the photo to select the barcode, confirm. If the barcode is recognized (requires an Internet connection), the product name and eventually the photo will be automatically filled. It takes a maximum of 5 seconds. If the barcode is not found in the photo or if it does not exist in the OpenFood Fact database, you will have a message that will be displayed.
How to add a product that is not in the list ?
If the product you want to add is not in the list of suggested products, just type the name of your product then validate with the keyboard to add it. It will now be suggested in the list when you add a product. You can also find it in the Suggestions menu to rename it or choose the default category and location of this suggestion.
Why is the product I added not in the right category ?
If you add a product that has not been suggested, it will go into the default category called “No category”. In Products menu, click the product to change the category and/or location. When you add this product again the category and location choices will be retained.
What is a product opened ?
An opened product is a product that is partly consumed. In general, this means that it must be consumed quickly. For example, a brick of orange juice or a pack of ham that contains several slices.
What is an expired product ?
A product has expired when its best before date has passed.
When you add a product via the “Products” menu or in the “Suggestion”, you can define a product that does not have a best before date
How to remove a product ?
You can consume the product, click on the product in the list and then the icon at the bottom left to consume it. When the quantity is 0, it is removed from the product list.
If you didn’t consume the product you can trash it, with the icon at the bottom right.
Otherwise, you can delete the product with a long click on it in the list.
How to create a new shopping list ?
Go to the “Shopping list” menu, at the top click on “Shopping list” or on the drop-down list and select “New List” .
How suggestions work ?
When you add a product or item in the shopping list, there is an autocompletion to help you to chose the product.
If you add a product not existing in the suggestions list, it will be automatically added.
So, the next time you add the product, you just have to type the first letters to select it.
When you change the category or location of a product, the suggestion is also updated.
Then you can go to Suggestions to edit any suggest and change category, location, unit, number of days before expiry.
You can also add directly a new suggestion in Suggestion menu by clicking the + button.
Why to create an account ?
To save your data online and to share your products inventory with your home. Go to the menu “Account” to create an account, you must enter a name, an email and a password. You can change this name later but not the email.
I have a Xiaomi phone and I cannot create an account
If you have a Xiaomi phone, the creation of the account may not work. Indeed, this problem is linked to a setting to save the battery. To solve the problem go to your phone’s settings, then to:
Applications -> Permissions -> Automatic start management
and activate automatic start for the app.
How to share your product inventory ?
Once your account is created, you can send invites to your house members. They will receive an email. An invited person must download the app and create an account to see your invite. Free to accept or refuse the invite. By accepting, she will lose all her data and receive the data from your inventory.
How to share a list with external members ?
Create a new list and click on “Share this list with the external users”. Purchased products in this list will not appear in your inventory.
How to refresh data ?
The data is refreshed automatically at regular intervals. You can change the value of the interval in settings. If you want to refresh the data manually, you can drag down to display a sync icon. This gesture is called swipe to refresh, it works in the Products screen, Shopping lists, Categories, Locations, Units and Suggestions.
What data are synchronized ?
All data except product photos and suggestions photos. As well as preferences, which are specific to the device.
Is it possible to manage multiple homes ?
You can not manage multiple homes. If you want to manage another inventory, you will need to create a new account with another email address. Then in the “Account” menu, you will have to sign out and change your account.
Where are the pictures stored ?
Pictures taken from the camera or selected from your gallery are stored on your phone.
After cropping the picture, when you save, a copy of the picture is created. So your original file from the gallery still exists and is not cropped. If the picture is taken from a camera the original file is deleted, because it is too large.
The cropped picture is a .jpg file, less than 50 KB, the resolution is 400×400.
They are stored in the folder bestbefore, usually in /sdcard/Pictures/bestbefore/
Can I backup/restore my data ?
Currently you can create an account and your data will be saved online. It’s not possible to export its data in a file and to reimport them.
How can I delete my account and online data ?
You can send me an email from the app to ask me to delete your account and data. This feature will be available in the app as soon as possible.