Getting Started with AnkiDroid

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AnkiDroid Wiki

Main documentation

The main AnkiDroid documentation is hosted on ankidroid.org. Translations and corrections can be submitted to the ankidroiddocs github page.

• Official user manual
• Bug reports and feature requests
• Changelog
• Contributing
  • Donating
  • Translating
  • Beta / Alpha Testing

Other documentation for users

Other supplementary information can be found in the Wiki pages below:

• Installation guide
• Frequently asked questions (FAQs)
  • Absence of voice control feature
  • Storage Migration
• Advanced card formatting guide (tips for formatting your cards)
• AnkiDroid Javascript API (Deck Devs)
• List of permissions
• List of freely distributable fonts
• List of Third Party Apps which integrate with AnkiDroid

Documentation for contributors and developers

The following pages contain information for people interested in contributing to the AnkiDroid project. Everyone is welcome!

• Development guide
• Release procedure
• API documentation
• Database structure

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AnkiDroid (Android) – Subcategories:

Topics specific to AnkiDroid - the Android version of Anki.

• Help – Bug reports / Questions
• Suggestions – Feature requests / Suggestions

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Table Of Contents (ToC)

Official user manual

• Introduction
• Getting started
• The Deck List
  • Add button
  • App Bar
  • Studying a Deck
  • Other Deck Actions
  • Advanced Actions
  • Deck Counts
• Navigation Drawer
• Deck Overview Screen
  • App bar
• Study Screen
  • Basics
  • App Bar
  • Reaching the end of the study session
• Add Note Screen
  • Note Formatting Toolbar
• Edit Note Screen
• Finding/Searching/Browsing
  • Searching
• Filtered Decks
• Using Right-To-Left Languages with AnkiDroid
  • Editing Fields as RTL
  • Displaying Fields as RTL during study
• Using Anki Desktop with AnkiDroid
  • Via Cloud Sync
  • Via USB
• Importing Anki Files
  • Open the file using Android
  • Import the file manually in AnkiDroid
• Importing Anki Databases (.anki2)
  • Importing anki2 files manually
• Exporting Anki Files
  • Exporting collection package
  • Exporting deck package
• Automatic Backups
• Preferences
  • AnkiDroid
  • Reviewing
  • Fonts
  • Gestures
  • Advanced
• Advanced Features
  • MathJax Support
  • Reverse Cards
  • Custom Fonts
  • Custom Card Layout
  • Type in the answer feature
  • Automatic Language Selection
• Keyboard Shortcuts
  • Home Screen
  • Reviewer
  • Note Editor
  • Card Browser
  • Card Template Editor
• Beta testing
• Alpha testing
• Contributing to AnkiDroid

Contribuiting

• Introduction
• Donate to AnkiDroid
• Answer questions on the forum
• Rate AnkiDroid
• Translate AnkiDroid
• Take screenshots
• Other Non-developer tasks
• Sponsor development
• Crash reporting system
• Markets
• Administration
• Other open source Android flashcards apps
• Answering to reviews
• Contributors

Frequently asked questions (FAQs)

• Installing AnkiDroid
• After installing the latest version of AnkiDroid, it starts crashing
• I cannot find AnkiDroid on Google Play. Is the app restricted in some way?
• I don’t like the last update of AnkiDroid, how can I return to a previous version?
• Is there a version for Android Wear?
• Using AnkiDroid
• Is there a manual?
• How can I swap the front and back of my flashcards?
• How to study only reverse cards?
• How can I study my cards exactly when I want to?!
• Is there an auto-sync feature?
• Why do my cards display incorrectly?
• Why do I get an error about the timezone when I try to sync?
• Do I need Anki Desktop too?
• How can I add pictures and sounds to my deck?
• How can I use selective study, e.g. to review certain chapters of a textbook?
• Changing the study options of a deck changes the options of my other decks?!
• How do I type the answer, not type the answer, hide the correct answer?
• My AnkiDroid files are stored on a SD card, how can I point AnkiDroid to them?
• How do I make changes to my collection with Anki Desktop?
• How can I remove unwanted tags from AnkiDroid?
• How to use different Anki profiles
• Lost my cards
• Help! My collection is corrupted!
• How can I copy my decks from an old device to a new device?
• How can I use Zeemote?
• Can I use a hardware controller?
• Media
• How can I use media files on AnkiDroid?
• Image Occlusion
• Anki Doodle
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• I have too many media files and can’t copy them all to my device
• I have many media files and syncing them to my device takes too long
• Why doesn’t my sound or image work on AnkiDroid
• Shared Decks
• Syncing
• External content
• Which file manager should I use?
• But still AnkiDroid does not play my media!
• Instead of the correct character to display, a square is shown. Why is that?
• Why do my images need a protocol
• Why don’t I get notifications?
• How can I use custom fonts?
• I followed the instructions in the manual but I still can’t get my custom font to work
• TTS / Text-to-speech is not speaking!
• My language is not shown when listing text to speech voices
• Sync is not working
• How do I create sub-decks or folders?
• I want Add-Ons in AnkiDroid
• Advanced formatting tips
• Forgotten AnkiWeb Email Instructions
• If you’re logged in on Anki Desktop
• Otherwise
• Other questions

Advanced card formatting guide

• Make flashcards vertically center aligned
• Make long words “wrap”
• Use formatting like bold and italic with custom fonts
• Remove the audio play button from flashcards
• Customize night-mode colors
• Auto change color in night-mode
• To access the above color in JavaScript
• Hide the input box on cards using the “type in the answer” feature
• Remove the margin when displaying images
• Drawing area on the front card (good for Kanji practice!)
• Detect if card is running under AnkiDroid (JS)
• Hide content during execution of onUpdateHook
• Designing custom cards layout for buttons