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> Android allows apps to open ports without permissions.

Just to clarify: you need `android.permission.INTERNET`. This is a default permission (granted by default at install time with no user interaction).

GrapheneOS allows this permission to be disabled.

As far as I'm aware, you can't lock this down to 'allow only intra-app communications via localhost', please let me know if I'm mistaken.


> The only time I think query syntax is better than the extension methods is when dealing with table joins.

Fairly niche, but query syntax is a great approximation of Haskell's do notation:

https://github.com/louthy/language-ext/wiki/Thinking-Functio...

EDIT: updated URL


Hi Lee,

We have 4 levels of integration:

* Some apps which integrate with AnkiDroid via our Content Provider based API (see [0]). This integrates with the Android permissions system, but you may also disable all integrations in the AnkiDroid Advanced Settings. AnkiConnect support (REST API) can also be enabled using a third party app.

* System Context Menu (ACTION_PROCESS_TEXT): Selecting text in most apps should provide an 'Anki Card' option in the context menu. This may need to be enabled in AnkiDroid: Settings - General. This may also need to be enabled on your system (system dependent: long press text in an app, expand the context menu to 'more items' and select 'Manage Apps')

* Android Share Menu: Select text and select 'Share', this enables use of our 'Instant Note Editor' for cloze deletions, as well as our standard 'Add Note' screen[1]

* Android Intents (should work with Tasker)[2]

[0] https://github.com/ankidroid/Anki-Android/wiki/Third-Party-A...

[1] https://github.com/criticalAY/GSoC-Report/blob/main/README.m...

[2] https://github.com/ankidroid/Anki-Android/wiki/AnkiDroid-API...


Thanks! This is very useful.



There's a number of happy Onyx Boox users using AnkiDroid.

You can probably do what you want with the in-built image occlusion feature. Might be worth downloading an Android emulator and seeing if we meet your workflow requirements.


You're on an old version of Anki.

Once you upgrade, FSRS is available under the deck options.


Given what you've said:

* Make your own cards (unless there's an automated workflow [Japanese, sentence mining], really good shared decks, or you're studying for a standardized exam [USMLE])

* Deck Settings (scheduling): Enable FSRS. Press 'Optimize', then press optimize once per month.

* Deck Settings (workload): Wait 2 weeks before gradually increasing new cards per day (if you want to study for longer). Decrease it immediately if you feel you're getting overwhelmed.

* Deck Settings (backlog): Set max reviews/day to 9999

* App Settings: Disable 'Show next review time above answer buttons'

* Addons: https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/876946123 (you seem to have a problem with answer button selection)

* Recommended: Press 'sync', and create an AnkiWeb account. In app settings, set Anki to auto-sync on open/close. This is a free backup.

* Optional: Use a mobile client (AnkiDroid is free on Android, AnkiWeb is free on iOS)

You'll feel like you completed the first day far too quickly, and will want to do more. Avoid overstudying until you build intuition for how it impacts your daily workload.

Use Anki every day


Thank you, the pass / fail addon will help a lot I think, in addition to the FSRS features included in the article. I'll come back to this comment for setting up my settings before starting up again with Anki.

If I'm planning to learn several topics at once (I'm never preparing for anything I will be tested on or hit a deadline for, this is not for a school, work, or travel program), is it better to treat the decks as one big combined review do you think?


Your call.

Ideally one deck, but add a tag when creating the note, so you can separate things out later if you want to pause learning something/split them out.


> Use Anki every day

I think this is great advice. I have some friends that used Anki that told me "oh yeah I just study once per week" and I just had PTSD of when I forgot to do one day. Sometimes I would miss a day due to traveling and timezone difference and I would instantly panic when I would see 400+ cards to review.

If you don't do it daily, Anki doesn't make any sense to me. My recommendation—to that friend and everyone else—is to study a little bit every day. It's much better for building a strong foundation, especially for languages.


You can set up Anki to force you to type answers; use Basic (type in the answer) when creating cards.

20 second video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxEqRe1Pp1w

It's possible to batch convert your cards to this format using Anki's "Card Templates" feature.

https://docs.ankiweb.net/templates/fields.html#checking-your...



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