BMI-Weight Tracker – Help

BMI-Weight Tracker – Help

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– How to enter my Body Fat Percent ?
– How to enter a measurement value ?
– Can I add or remove a measurement ?
– What is the ideal weight ?
– How to backup/restore data with Google Drive ?
– How to get my old data on my new phone ?
– Is it possible to sync data between two devices ?
– What are the required permissions ?
– Do you collect my private data ?

How to enter my Body Fat Percent ?

If your weight scale gives you the body fat percent, you can enter it when you add a new weight. Usually, it’s more accurate than the calculated value.
Click on “More data” when you add or edit a weight.

How to enter a measurement value ?

When you add or edit a weight record, click on “More data” and then you can enter your measurements values.

Can I add or remove a measurement ?

By default there are 6 measurements, you can add new or remove them in the Measurement menu.
Waist and hips are used to calculate the Waist to Hip ratio (WHR). If you delete them, you can restore them in the Settings, Restore by default measurements.

What is the ideal weight ?

Available in the Statistics menu, it’s a value calculated with different formulas. It’s an indicative value and does not represent a data to be taken literally.

How to backup/restore data with Google Drive ?

Go to Settings, and then scrolls down to Data management.
Here, you can save your data on Google Drive, you just need a Gmail account.
You can also restore your data from Google Drive, be sure to select the same account used when saving data on Google Drive.

How to get my old data on my new phone ?

On the old phone, you need to save your data on Google Drive.
Then, on the new phone, install the app, go to Settings, Restore data from Google Drive. Be sure to select the same Gmail accound used to save the data.

Is it possible to sync data between two devices ?

No it’s not possible to sync data between multiple devices. If you want to have a look on an other device you can use the save/restore data of Google Drive.

What are the required permissions ?

The app needs some permissions to work. No private data are collected.

  • android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
  • android.permission.INTERNET
    Used to display ads from Internet and for Google Analytics.
  • android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
  • android.permission.WAKE_LOCK
    Used for the notification, to remind you to track your weight. If you reboot your device, these permissions are used to get the notification working even if you did’nt launch the app yet.
  • android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
    Used when you restore data from Google Drive and to write the CSV file when you export your data on your device.
  • android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
    Was used to read a local backup, this feature was removed in version 2.0. Maybe will be reimplemented, the idea was to focus on backup with Google Drive.
  • com.android.vending.BILLING
    Used to manage the In App Purchase to remove ads.

Do you collect my private data ?

No, all your data are stored on your phone (or tablet). If you save your data on Google Drive, a backup file is created on your Google Drive account. I have no access to your data.