Shelves
* Hello friend. Shelves is now an open source project. You can access the source code at https://github.com/gjtorikian/Shelves***
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* Development is now entirely dependent on open-source contributions. My infinite gratitude to the people who downloaded and supported this app, as well as everyone who offered words of praise or encouragement. It was for you all that I kept this app going for so long. ***
Shelves is an Android application that manages your collection of apparel, board games, books, comics, gadgets, movies, music, software, tools, toys, and video games.
With Shelves, you can add items in a number of ways, such as:
* By scanning barcodes
* From the Internet
* Entering details manually
You can also import and export data from a variety of sources, including Google Books, Google Drive, BoardGameGeeks.com, or Shelfari. There's also full support for software such as Dropbox, Delicious Library, and MediaMan.
Shelves lets you organize your collection by:
* Providing sorting rules on title, price, author, or format (CD, DVD, Vinyl, e.t.c.), and more
* Searching across all available item attributes
* Tagging and filtering your collection
* Allowing for the selection of multiple items
You can loan items to friends in your contact list, or rate items for your personal use. You can also opt to place items in a separate wishlist category.
Additionally, items can be in any language!
THIS APPLICATION IS SUPPORTED BY ADS. YOU CAN BUY THE SHELVES UNLOCKER ON THE MARKET TO REMOVE THEM. Additionally, some features are unavailable, unless the unlocker is purchased.
Thank you to everyone who supports a one-man development team, acting as developer, tester, documentation writer, as well as customer and public relations. I wouldn't do this if it weren't for all of you.
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The following is a list of permissions that Shelves requests, and the reasons for their use. If you're not satisfied with the explanations I have here, by all means, contact me and I'll try to explain them further.
The following permissions deal with sending and receiving your collection to Google Spreadsheets. Google is VERY serious about account security, and as such, Shelves has no idea what your login credentials are. Shelves does NOT ask for your password. In this case, Shelves is only asking the Android/Google system whether or not you've successfully logged in:
* MANAGE THE ACCOUNTS LIST
* USE THE AUTHENTICATION CREDENTIALS OF AN ACCOUNT
* GOOGLE SPREADSHEETS
* GOOGLE DOCS (Google Docs in this case is not Google's online word processor, but rather the entire Google Docs suite)
* DISCOVER KNOWN ACCOUNTS
* VIEW CONFIGURED ACCOUNTS
* READ GOOGLE SERVICE CONFIGURATION
This connects Shelves to the Internet, and lets it download all the item information (covers, descriptions, e.t.c.):
* FULL INTERNET ACCESS
* VIEW WI-FI STATE
These manage how Shelves loans to your contacts, and adds reminders to your Google Calendar:
* READ CONTACT DATA
* READ CALENDAR EVENTS
* ADD OR MODIFY CALENDAR EVENTS AND SEND EMAIL TO GUESTS
This permits Shelves to access the cover images and import/export files to the SD card:
* MODIFY/DELETE USB STORAGE CONTENTS
* MODIFY/DELETE SD CARD CONTENTS
This keeps Shelves awake while imports occur. If the device's screen goes dim or falls asleep, the import could fail:
* PREVENT DEVICE FROM SLEEPING
This is necessary for Shelves to store your account preferences when doing an automatic backup (only for Android 2.2 and above):
* MODIFY GLOBAL SYSTEM SETTINGS
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* *Original code held (C) 2008 Romain Guy; this project is based off of his. Modifications were made in the source and noted in appropriate places.
Category : Lifestyle
Reviews (26)
It was good in the beginning and I bought it and recommended it to others. When it came time to factory reset my phone or get a new phone I would back up the database file so I could resume scanning on the new phone and guess what? the file would always get corrupted causing me to start over again. Been looking for a good alternative ever since.
downloaded the app to scan in my home library prior to shipping overseas. *Strike One: the app wont scan in 'new blank items' (like a book) without purchasing "Shelves Unlocker". Wait, this free program has a pay to unlock feature? Before I've even seen if it will do the job. bloody unlikely. *Strike Two: the bloody scanner is so twitchy that it won't scan 9/10ths of the time, and the 10th time, I was told the app "couldn't scan the item" as I "might already have it". No. Just effing no.
I can't very well try it if it won't add anything. The only category I could add to was Board Games. I searched "Harry Potter," "Star Wars," and "Jurassic Park" in both books and then movies and it said no items were found. It looked really cool, but I'm uninstalling for now. May install if bugs get fixed.
Managed to add board game collection OK, but every time I try to scan or add CDs or Movies from online source it tells me it can't find anything for that (Queen, Avatar... really?!). So at the moment only partially working so I can only rate for the small portion it does do.
Not updated since 2015. I even bought the app and now it doesn't even work. i cannot add movies or games in either way. The scan doesn't find anything and online source doesn't find anything either.... i used to love that app. I am very disappointed to see what it has become ...
I used to love this app. I even bought the unlocker. Trouble is, the unlocker has disappeared, and now I cannot add to the database even though I paid to do that. You'd think Google would keep a copy of purchased apps so you could download them again but they don't.
Since your unlocker is not availible anymore your app is useless i canot ad any items manually and your online search ingine does not work. Unless you unlock the features of your app it is worthless to call it an app.
Downloaded to note9. Would not work. Kept asking to be purchased. Cannot purchase it is now open source. No code to fix hangup
Looks like a cool concept, but search brings up literally nothing, so all in all, a useless junk app.
Used to be a great app but no update since 2015. Should be removed from store. DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME!!!
Used to LOVE this app. Now I find it won't scan and add ANYTHING or add from an online source. What happened to it?!?! Please fix it ASAP because I really did LOVE this app!
Use to be able to add makeup/ nail polish in appeal would be nice to have a cosmetic section
Awful. Simply doesn't add anything and doesn't work, avoid!
Extremely limited database... not worth the time or memory
Have had for years on new phone no pictures of movies and not scanning to add
paid money and it doesn't work. don't waste your time.
Doesn't find ANY scanned books.
Broken. Used to be a great app
Won't add anything.
I've used this app before and never had an issue. I decided to add it to my tablet instead of my phone because I upgrade my phone frequently. I can't add books or movies in. When I scan the barcode it says adding but it never adds anything. I tried searching online but it keeps searching and never brings anything up. I wish this could get fixed because I did find this app very convenient.
UPDATE 2/23/18 Still no word or fix from the developer, so the app is completely unusable. Loved this app, but the last year or so I've been unable to search online or scan a barcode. Not sure what broke exactly, but if that's ever fixed (or you're not having that problem) this is easily a 4 star app. So far, no response from the developer, so I guess it's time to start looking for a different app.
All was good till I brought this app. Keeps crashing and no support. I emailed and no reply back after 3 days and counting. Don't buy this app. You will be sorry because I am. When he email me and fix this issue' then I'll raise my review
This app is a huge help for people with large collections. I personally collect CDs. I was able to scan all 300+ of them in maybe three hours and that was while familiarizing myself with it in addition to scanning. It gives you a nice visual of what you have which is convenient if you're out shopping and can't remember if you own a certain album. I can just open the app, which works offline as well, and see if it's in my collection it has stored for me. I highly recommend this for making your life easier
Used for movies since 2011, now that images are gone and the app is broke, found an excelent replacement. "DML - Mobile", no special privileges, saves images (no more continous online retrieval), and does all the basics, searchs etc. etc.; but, best yet, the developer has been overly supportive by working with me and added aseamless Shelves import. So worked great for my huge library, and used the Diggerware PC version to import and add more. I have the DVD version even though I can live without
Can't rotate manually uploaded photos, can't search for Australian books (there are some great ones that just won't scan!) Can't confirm book details while scanning, and can't take a photo of a cover from the app. Would also LOVE to see an option to add manually straight from the ISBN numbers that defect.
Won't add anything. I had this app on my old phone and it worked well. Added it to my new Note 9 and every book I scan says "Could not add. Maybe you already have this." (Something like that.) No, because there is nothing added. It would of been nice if I could of transferred all the stuff I had added on my old phone.