How to create a clever shoppinglist for Android?

[Benny Karlson]

I´d like to have view with a shoppinglist for MLO-Android, that is easy to use, quick inputs to of new tasks, and from multiple projects and areas. It has to be sorted in a smart way by the different stores where to buy them in the list!?

 

How to think to create this clever Shopping-list?

 

One idéa:

Since a folder can copy the <context> automaticly to subtasks, I guess its clever to put new tasks inputs under folders with the included context, since either flag or Text will be copied to the new task under a folder.

 

So were should the flags or text be of best use in a shopping list?

 

If you like the list sorted by each store, (and mabye later also by department and the map function ) where each store has its own <context>! How do you sort it , if you want every task sorted under each store?

 

See example where every store has its own  context, like for example in the stores below <♧Jula> and <♧BAUHAUS> etc.

 

With other words... How to sort a list by only the contexts you like?

[Dwight]

Hello, un-named person who is probably from Sweden. Could you provide a name? It doesn't have to be your real name, just something we can call you by.

My shopping list is a great application for MLO, there are many features that make it easy. I understand that you want to add items easily to your shopping list, and you want to be able to display the list grouped by store, and that you will have a different context for each store. That makes a lot of sense. You are also asking something about text tags and flags, but I'm not really sure what you're trying to do or how you're trying to use these features. Let me just throw a few ideas out.

You can make a contact that includes all of your stores. You can call it something like, stores. If each contact relating to an individual store is shown as being included in the grouping context stores, then you can view that includes the context stores and you'll get all of the individual store contacts with it. If you use the of you like active by context on the android, it will show you your purchases grouped by store. If a purchase has more than one story related context it will show in your list twice once under each store. That's probably the way you want it, right?

If you enter new tasks by Android using the feature fortennis input to inbox with parsing, you can enter the contacts as you're entering the task, and it will add it in the right place of your active by context view. Folders are very valuable thing and you can do lots of stuff with them, but you don't need them to get the purchase into the right store, you can just enter the contacts.

Also, be sure you don't miss the geolocation feature, also known as nearby. You can specify a location for each contact, and you can create a view that will show you purchases pending for a context whose location matches where you are. In other words when you get close to the store you can get an alarm that there's a pending purchase at a store that's near you. And as you enter the store you can look at your phone and see exactly the items you want to purchase. It's a great feature.

If I'm telling you stuff you already know, I apologize. You probably have more questions, go ahead and send them in.
-Dwîght

[bengt....@gmail.com]

Hi, Dwight! 

Thanks for answer, its Ben (in english and Benny in Sweden😊). 

Not really following you as you write... 

You can make a contact that includes all of your stores.

What is a contact here? 

And then also the question, if it is possible to sort more than one context in a view? 

Best regards 

Ben

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[Alyona (MLO Support)]

Hi Ben, 

Looks like Dwight made a typo. You can create a context that includes other contexts. For example, context @Stores can include individual store contexts.  Learn more about Included contexts.

> And then also the question, if it is possible to sort more than one context in a view? 

Did you try 'Active by contexts' view? It shows tasks grouped by all contexts (stores in your case). You can create a custom view, similar to it:

- Group by: Context
- in Advanced Filter add the following rule:
Contexts contains @Stores

This way you will see tasks associated with each store context.