If you are a proud owner of an Android phone, then you may have felt a certain lack of love and attention from us recently. Here’s some news that will make you happy. We’ve significantly ramped up our Android development by more than doubling the size of our Android team. We are on track to release a bunch of great new features and enhancements, starting with today’s update. To quote our VP of Engineering, “My Android is now cooler than your iPhone.” We’ll see about that.
Get Evernote for Android from the Android Market
Evernote Widget
In this update, we’re releasing our first major Android-only feature: the Evernote Widget. This super useful home screen widget allows you to quickly jump right into your desired Evernote action. You can pop into a search or into a new text, snapshot or audio note. Activating the widget is simple. Press and hold your finger on your phone’s home screen. Select ‘widget’ for the menu that appears, then choose Evernote. Next, drag the widget to any screen you like. You’re done.
Pinch and zoom support
Pinch and zoom is now supported within notes. If you would like to get a closer look at that snapshot, zoom in, swipe around, then zoom out. Now you’ll be able to see every minute detail of your note contents. This feature is available on phones running Android 2.1 and later.
Send to Evernote
Android apps that have a Sharing menu, will now list Evernote as a recipient. This means that you can easily send stuff from many of your favorite applications directly into a new Evernote note. For example, you can send images from a photo app, save URLs of cool websites you browse, capture tweets in Seesmic, and lots more. This is another Evernote feature that’s only available on Android.
Performance improvements via note caching
After you view a note, Evernote for Android caches that note on the device so that it will load much faster the next time you search for it. This is the first step towards (drumroll, please) offline note storage, which will be coming soon.
Lots and lots of fixes
This release also addresses a number of little annoyances:
- Fixed a problem that kept an edited note from updating properly
- Fixed a problem that removed intentional white space within notes
- Added higher resolution iconography (Android 2.1 and later)
- Placed the Save button onscreen on the audio notes screen
- Fixed a problem that kept the app from loading tags properly
And many, many other fixes.
Get Evernote for Android from the Android Market. If you have trouble accessing Evernote after installation, restart your phone. You may also need to remove the old application shortcut.
131 Comments
es
a search for ‘evernote’ in the Android Market via my EVO (2.2) doesn’t turn up anything.
can other people access it and if so how?
or has the Evernote Widget been removed due to 2.2 bugs perhaps?
Mark
Yeah I had evernote on adroid having tranferred from another well known competitor and but then lost phone – now replaced it but evernote no longer on market place! I want my notes back on my phone! Is android version coming back or do i have to cut and paste notes back to the other service with available android app? Shame i liked evernote but with no android app i can’t stay….
Andrew Sinkov
Mark, Evernote for Android is available. I’m not sure why you aren’t seeing it. Point your Android browser here: http://s.evernote.com/androidbeta
Mark
thanks andrew – i managed to install from that link
Mark
I checked again on the market with two android phones – it appears if i log on with an old 1.6 android but not with a 2.1 – i guess its missing only for later phones!
vinnyjames
Is there a way to check ctrl+shift-c checkboxes from the android app?
wirelesscharlie
I think Evernote is supported for QVGA resolution screen. Just check if yours is QVGA. Only supported apps will show up on a search I guess.
RF3
Why can’t i add to or edit my Evernotes from my Android phone? Kind of makes it difficult to update a favorite wine list or list of tasks when i can only do it on the computer, right? any thoughts on an update with this feature? otherwise–really appreciate the program!
Andrew Sinkov
You can create new notes and edit existing ones on your Android. The only limitation is that in order to edit the notes, they must be plain text. If the notes contain rich elements (styles, images), you will be able to append new content to the note, but not edit it directly.
Suzanne Cutshall
How do you edit the note on an Android Incredible? I don’t see an option in the app.
chad
will this maybe be an option in the future? the Achilles heel of this app versus apps like astrid is the inability of interactivity. for instance, the to do syles would be cool if one could touch screen and check items on phone. as it stands, it’s merely a novelty if any serious mobile use is to be had out of a list.
Tony Whitney
Is there any way we can support for just the check boxes you can make from the computer? I don’t care if we can add the checkboxes in the Android version, but being able to edit a note that has them and check off the box would be awesome! I would never use astrid or other task app and services again.
Tanya
Yes please!! I need the checkboxes too.
JoeG
How do you sort by notebook on your android phone? All I can see is a complete list of notes.
Bwa
That sort by notebook feature really would make my day – that and fixing the problem with notes including checkboxes mentioned before…
Vince
Can someone send me this app? I’m unable to retrieve it directly from the Market?
rhyden
When is offline note storage for Android coming? I don’t always have a good data connection, some buildings are just too tall/thick and I also do a lot of work in rural areas where I need to be able to bring up notes for viewing at minimum… Sometimes editing too. Please implement the feature soon. Thanks.
Zilin
Evernote in iOS have offline feature. I’m waiting for offline feature too. But I’m using Catch Notes instead until evernote give an offline version.
Tanya
Offline features and checkbox functionality would make this app much better.
Jonathan Kane
I read your comment from 9/21/10 regarding editing of existing notes. How do I remove the formating on existing notes so I can s edit the any part of a note on my droid? and Is the app being updated to read notes that have been formatted using the standard tools on the desktop version? Thank you, Jonathan
Ross Hodgson
Hi guys – have got the beta version on my android phone – keeps crashing – can’t find where I can download the update – can anyone help
Ross Hodgson
Found it thanks – works a treat cheers
Cabs
Evernote still doesn’t show up in Market from my HTC Tattoo with QVGA screen – it never has. But I’m happy to be able to download it from the direct link above! And even happier that it seems to work great on my Tattoo – only (minor) issue so far is that the icons in the main Evernote screen partially overlap the Evernote search field. But that doesn’t keep me from being able to search.
Glenda Carl
THANK YOU for adding the Send to Evernote option to the Share menu! I’ve wanted that for a long time. More and more of my mind is in Evernote.
Ricardo
I’ve been using evernote since I got my HTC Desire a lot more than I did on the PC, but this update made it unusable for me… force closes on almost everything. Hope it gets fixed soon!
James
I concur on the Droid. The update forces close of the app/widget on almost everything. Please fix this excellent app!
Chris
I wish I could love this app, but a couple of items are making it no fun.
1) Why in the world would the notebooks not show up in the Android app? It’s insane to have to sift through all notes to find what you are looking for. I have notes for different projects in different notebooks and reviewing them away from my office is VERY difficult. You don’t even support a sort by alpha so putting the project name 1st is of no use.
2) I can make checkboxes in the pc app, but can’t check them off as completed from the mobile. Really…..really? How can this app do so much and yet the android mobile app falls short on being able complete a simple checklist. What were you thinking?
I haven’t given up yet. I dropped ColorNote for this because of the desktop and sync, but I’m not finding the Android mobile app very useful. Please teel me that Android improvements are on the way.
Mike Montrose
Have you fixed the “no snapshot found to upload” that broke? The beta you suggested didn’t fix it. I have a DROID running 2.2.
Seth Lieberman
When will Evernote for Android install to the SD card and allow for local search/editing of notes while offline?
asaf
I want to know this as well, this is the only reason why I don’t use evernot.
Why do Iphoners have the option in free mode and androids don’t ?
suoiduts
Unfortunately, my major frustration with Evernote for Android has not yet been addressed. I have some long notes which I edit regularly. When I scroll down and find the place I want to edit and then tap on the screen Evernote activates the keyboard and scrolls me all the way back to the top of the note. Then when I scroll back down and again find the place I want to edit and again tap on the screen, Evernote sets the cursor where I tapped but again scrolls me all the way back to the top of the note. I have to scroll down and find my place a third time in order to edit. Very frustrating.
One other small thing: When I make changes to a note and then decide to exit without saving the changes, instead of saying “Are you sure you want to discard the changes?” it says “Are you sure you want to discard this note?” as if the whole note will be deleted. That’s unnecessarily confusing.
willtmc
The snapshot feature doesn’t work at all. Always says “no snapshot found to upload”. Please fix this! I want to use your service.
Patagonia
Currently traveling and found out that the favourite (offline) Features is missing
the app is cool but whithout offline feature useless, can then also use a PC
Bob
Anyone else having trouble with the audio note? It seems to record, then gets a “Java exception” . Is there a place to get support for such problems?
Kevin
Why i can’t find evernote from android market?is there any thing stupid than this?
Lou
One thing that constantly annoys me is that the UI on Android makes getting to the list of notes more difficult than it needs to be. When I start the application, I see large UI elements for creating new notes 4 different ways, but to look at all the content I have created, I must use the menu button on my device and then select between “Notes”, “Notes nearby” and “Pending Notes” to get to what I want. Surely there’s room on the initial screen to get me to my list of notes?
Do people really create new content more often than referring to existing content? The UI seems a little backwards in that respect in terms of optimizing use of the application.
And no, please don’t suggest that I use the search widget. When I’m on the bus from the airport in some strange city, and I’ve carefully added a note with directions to the hotel, I really don’t want to have to type text while standing up to find a recently created note. Oh, and it really sucks that I get to pay for data roaming charges because there’s no apparently reliable local storage of note, right? Too bad for me that I have a CDMA android device and I might be traveling in Europe where even roaming charges aren’t an option..
I’d upgrade to a professional, paid user if the Android client supported offline content and exposed the various notebooks that I created in any useful way.
maiiik
Please, put the offline mode! We “Wi-fi poor users” are suffering! hahaha. I dont want to change to another app.
JCFX
Any chance of Ink notes coming to Android any time soon? I’ve got a lovely new FroYo touch screen slate and the only thing I miss from myb windows phone Evernote is the ability to scribble a quick thought – much faster than thumb typing and 9 times out of 10, with a typed title and tags, I don’t need to convert the ink to text at any point.
Claudia
In the last few days, Evernote crashes EVERY time I try to view any notes. Sometimes it crashes even before it will show the list of notes. And when I tried to submit a tech question to Evernote on their website, it said Error! I love Evernote, except it’s useless to me at the moment unless I can get to a computer. Anyone else having crash problems?
Norton
Still no offline Notes for Android. Not even for premium??
-> Please developers put it to the wishlist (!)
Fel
Why when I record an audio clip, I cannot hear it on my pc after a sync?
Pmibal
Fantastic update! Now if I could only add and select checkboxes within a note, I could also use it as my task list tool.
Chris
Just had to switch phones (Droid Incredible to Droid Incredible, both running 2.2) and the Evernote app on my new phone crashes every time I attempt to open (both phones running Apps Organizer – Evernote causes phone to lock up and Apps Organizer to crash). Uninstalled/reinstalled Evernote app several times, issue persists. Please help.
Chuck
How can I paste text into a note? Can’t seem to find a way!
Jordanrinke
The ability to actually check off an item in a check list is missing, which I find surprising since the checkbox itself is displayed. That is the only thing stopping me from using this full time and most likely becoming a paid member to be able to share check lists and notes.
Sergey Shelukhin
+1 for handwriting
Not being able to write directly on new shiny big screen Android tablets in Evernote is nearly a deal breaker… I’d pay for that
Doug
My longer Evernote documents on the android phone don’t scroll correctly. When I try to scroll down to the lower end or bottom of the note and release my finger, the note jumps/scrolls to the top immediately on its own, not allowing me to read the lower portion of the document. I tried synching a number of times, but that did not work. This happens whether I am online or offline.
Debbie
Wish List:
1) List view for Tags
2) Widget to add a Tag to the Home Screen
Ward Silver
I second Debbie’s #1: Provide a list view for tags in addition to thumbnails (which is pretty useless).
don
long ago I downloaded Evernote to my Android phone and set up an account and forgot about it.Last week I got an Ipad and downloaded Evernote to my computer and my Ipad under a new account.
I have tried uninstalling Evernote app from my Android phone (since it is linked to an account I’m not using) so I could set up my Ipad/computer Evernote account to link with my phone.
I’ve tried everything and even clicking uninstall and installing a new Evernote app links me back to the old account. HELP! I’d like to start using Evernote with my new account and link it to my Android phone but I am unable to do so.
Andrew Sinkov
Don, it sounds like you need to sign out of your Evernote account on the Android phone. Do this by launching Evernote, then tapping Menu and choosing Sign out.
Mark
Using Android 2.2, LG Optimus V phone – can’t find Evernote widget. Saw it once, installed it and then after a reboot it disappeared. Any reason why it wouldn’t show in the list of widgets?
Also – I understand that lime green is the color of Evernote, but the appearance of Evernote on my iPod Touch is so much more pleasing than that on the Android, which is really garish, if you ask me. Any way to change that?
Thanks for a great service! (above issues are minor, but still would like to know if there are possible answers)
Mark
everenote_user
I found this interresting information on anoter website
You need to install Evernote (and any other apps that feature widgets) on your Android’s internal memory rather than the SD card. This is a limitation of the Android OS in general — widgets don’t work well (or at all) from the SD card.
Mike
I am planning to get the Acer Iconia Honeycomb tablet – does Evernote support stylus based handwritten notes – I have seen evernote work on Ipad 2 with a stylus before.
Angel
I have been using Evernote for the past few weeks and it was a very cool and useful app. It helps me in creating entries on my blog.
But after I did the update, it won’t pull up again. I am using a China made epad with android OS 1.6. Is there any way to revert back to its old version when it was working with my device? It seems that the update did not work with my device. I already tried uninstalling and reinstalling it back but it did not work.
Thanks in advance.
Justin Zalameda
Get ink notes! Haha that’s all I need
Björn Åkesson
I love the look and feel of Evernote. The sync function also seems faster then those I have experienced in rival apps so far over Android. However, when are you guys going to give us checkboxes? It’s the main thing that will make me not extend my subscription unless it’s incorporated in the app.
Otherwise, thanks for a great product.
AyuRangga
Hi Andrew Sinkov,
I’ve clicked on the link you gave [http://s.evernote.com/androidbeta] and was able to download the beta pack but when I click on instal, it’s says error.
Please help me. I love Evernote.
gingerbread update
thanks i like it!
but, thats why this err on my phone?
thanks