The much anticipated update for Evernote for Android is live! Not only is this release (version 1.4) chock-full of new stuff, but it also fixes the nasty java.lang.IllegalStateException error that some of our users have been experiencing. Check for update or get it from the Android Market. Here’s the new stuff:
Search bar magic
Search bars that only search are so…yesterday. The new Evernote for Android search bar is an extreme multi-tasker. Not only can it do the usual keyword and image searching, but it can also help filter tags, notebooks and saved searches. As you type, the search bar displays suggestions from every corner of your Evernote account, along with helpful icons that show you what the item is.
Snap a photo
For Snapshot Notes, Evernote now uses the phone’s native camera capabilities, which gives you much better control over the quality of your photo notes. If the phone’s camera allows it, you can now zoom, adjust brightness, focus, and do just about anything else. This means your snapshots will sharper and better, perfect for those business cards and wine labels.
About that error
About a month ago, we upgraded Evernote for Mac and Window to do a better job handling a wider range of styles in our notes. As it turned out, notes that came from the upgraded Mac client exposed a major flaw in Evernote for Android, which resulted in users seeing the java.lang.IllegalStateException, which prevented users from accessing certain notes. Fixing this issue required us to replace of large chunk of our Android version.
The process took a lot longer than we would have hoped. Thankfully, we were able to resolve the problem, and Evernote for Android is much better for it. In the future, we promise to make sure you are informed of issues that arise. Thanks for your patience.
More languages
Evernote for Android now supports: English, German, Spanish, French, Finnish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Swedish
Local storage
We know you’re wondering, so we’ll just come out and say it: offline storage will be coming to Android. Evernote for Android has come a very long way in the few months that it has been around, and we plan on making it better and better. Stay tuned.
We’re hiring
We’re looking to really ramp up our Android development to take advantage of all the new Android phones and devices that will coming out in the near future. If you’re an Android superninja, please get in touch with us. Here’s our job posting.
122 Comments
Gordon Herd
Any notes I create with the Android App on an HTC Desire seem to remain stuck in pending. Anybody else having this problem?
chele
I’m having the same problem with my droid
Antoine
Hello,
When do you expect to enable hand writting on the ipad… that would be fantastic!
Antoine
K
I used to be able to view images of my notes in my android evernote app. However, recently, the images can’t be loaded. A question mark appears in the middle of the images. Is this function blocked? Or what? If it’s a bug, please fix asap. Thanks!
yyq123
Where I can get a .apk file to install? Thanks.
Andrew Sinkov
Try pointing your Android browser at: http://s.evernote.com/androidbeta
Josh
My notes updated from android do not update anywhere else….
Roid
Local storage can’t come to Android soon enough. I spent an hour today searching for an alternative to Evernote for this reason alone.
Do it please, quickly and well. I really do love Evernote, but if I can’t take it with me…
Sarah Legins
When viewing snapshot notes on Droid, the labels for toggling between the 2 photo views are reversed. In other words, choosing “View in full size” brings up the scaled-to-screen image, and choosing “View scaled” brings up the full-size image.
Evernote for Android 1.4, Motorola Droid, Android 2.1-update1
Tony
Why in the world does the android app need access to my contacts? I don’t think anyone should download any apps that don’t explicitly need access to the contacts.
What will Evernote do with my 100s of private contacts? Why does it need them?
Andrew Sinkov
Tony, we need that access in order to let you email notes to your contacts.
Tony
Thanks Andrew. Perhaps this is an Android question, but why must Evernote be able to read my contact data, why can’t I choose a contact from my contact list without giving your app access to all of them?
Fred
Couldn’t the default Android_send have been used?
Spencer
Evernote on Android OS, is so slow on loading, it is practically unusable. I wish I can make some drawing notes on Android.
Greg P.
Why can’t I edit (modify/delete) a text note on my HTC EVO? I can only append text to the note. Very limiting!!!
quimicadelta
Snapshot should include the option to scan a photo, like jotnot or qipit. There is no real integrated photo scanner for Android – Evernote.
ANDROID user
I have a Samsung Acclaim Android phone & am trying out Evernote. The Snapshot feature doesn’t seem to work. It lets me take a picture but then does nothing else. The photo isn’t in my gallery & it doesn’t appear as a note. What’s up with this?
David Ron
Sounds like the infamous “No Snapshot Found To Upload” bug. I think it may be fixed in the unreleased beta that Andrew posted. Just point your phone’s browser here:
http://s.evernote.com/androidbeta
David Ron
Never mind. Even that beta continued to exhibit the bug after a few days with the beta.
Tgrean
Why can’t I edit (modify/delete) a text note on my Droid? I can only append text to the note. Very limiting and annoying
Chip
I’m not sure, but it may have something to do with the notes themselves. (I’m on a Mac and Motorola Droid.) I find that if a note contains a URL or checkboxes, it can’t be edited on my Droid, only appended to. (A real PITA, if you ask me. What’s the point of making checkboxes if you can’t check them off when you’re on the road?) Probably applies to notes with tables, too, though I haven’t tried it. Try making a plain text note and I’ll bet you can edit it.
mio
How do I change the camera for the snapshot mode? The first time I used it, it gave me choices. But now I want to change the default camera and it did not give me choices again! I went to the manage application as noted but it did not work. Could you please help?
cdbragg
Can’t wait for the offline storage… it’s a real bummer without it.
Local Storage
ALL of the software clients for Evernote are awful. Slow Slow Slow and with no local storage on android a complete waste of time and energy. A good idea very poorly implemented.
joel
Evernote for Android needs an edit button on the main note screen. Having to go to menu to edit greatly limits Evernotes function as a great note app
Veronyka
Is there a way to take smaller snapshots for notes? I am using a T-Mobile G2 and when I go to snapshot note and take the photo there is no option for the size it shoots. When I open the note the snapshot is so large I can’t see it and when I try to scale it down it is still several sizes larger than my phone screen. Clicking full screen, not full screen doesn’t work and clicking original size just brings up an error message saying it can’t connect.
What’s going on?
ch
Loading a note with one sentence is so slow…why!
Mystech
Handwriting and drawing input on the Evernote for Android app?