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Settings

NotallyX offers a wide range of customization options to help you tailor the app to your preferences. This guide explains the various settings and customization features available.

Settings in NotallyX

Appearance Settings​

Here you can find basic settings to change the overall appearance of the app. This includes arrangement of the notes, theme, date/time formats and more.

Behavior Settings​

Here you can tweak the app's behaviour regarding sort order of the notes and more.

Sort List items​

Choose which order items in list notes should have.

Start View​

Choose which view is shown when you start the app. This can be any label or all notes overview.

Default List-Note View Mode​

Choose which view mode list notes are initially opened with. Can either be read or write mode or the last view mode that was used inside the note.

Choose which view is shown when you start the app. This can be any label or all notes overview.

Auto save Note​

You can enable auto saving the note after a specified idle time without having to exit the note to save

Auto remove deleted Notes​

You can set after how many days Notes in the Deleted Folder are automatically removed permanently.

You can enable auto saving the note after a specified idle time without having to exit the note to save

Customizing Actions​

You can customize which actions are immediately available in the edit screen's toolbar and bottom bar. This helps you keep your most-used tools just a tap away. For more details on how to use this feature, see 🛠️ Customizing Edit Actions.

Home Screen Widgets​

NotallyX provides customizable widgets for your home screen:

Adding a Widget​

  1. Long press on your home screen
  2. Select "Widgets"
  3. Find and select "NotallyX"
  4. Configure the widget settings

Exporting and Importing Settings​

If you want to use the same settings across multiple devices:

  1. Open the app settings
  2. Navigate to "Settings" section
  3. Tap "Export settings" to save your current configuration
  4. On another device, tap "Import settings" to apply the same configuration

Store data in public folder​

By default, NotallyX uses its internal (app-private) storage to store it's database (containing your notes), attachments etc. You can optionally choose to instead store the app's internal data in the app's public folder ("Android/media/com.philkes.notallyx"). This can be useful if want to use an external synchronisation app like FolderSync or similar to synchronize NotallyX data with other devices. To switch between public/private storage:

  1. Open the app settings
  2. Navigate to "Settings" section
  3. Tap "Store data in public folder"
  4. Select whether to en- or disable using the app's public folder for storage