Getting Started with Polytrak
Welcome to PolyTrak, your language learning activity-tracking app. This guide will walk you through the key features so you can be up and running in minutes. 1. Installation & Launch Download PolyTrak from the App Store. Launch the app. You’ll land on the Today tab, where you can see and record your activities for the day. 2. Creating & Configuring Activities Before you track events, define at least one language learning Activity: Tap the “+” button in the top-right of TodayView. Choose New Activity in the sheet: Name, Language, Icon, and Color uniquely identify each activity. For example, you could have “Duolingo, French” as an activity. Tap Save and your new activity appears in the list immediately. 3. Create a Tracked Event You can track your learning events either manually or with a timer. Tracking an Event time with the Timer Once you have activities defined: In TodayView, select an activity to start its timer. TimerManager begins counting seconds. Tap the same activity again to stop—this automatically saves an Event spanning that duration. Tip: As you track, the Running Activity section shows your live timer and creates an event when you switch or stop. B) Manually Create an Event Once you have an activity defined, you can manually create an Event for that Activity as described below. 4. Viewing Today’s Summary The Events Today bar chart at the top displays one colored slice per activity, sized by total duration. Beneath the chart: Running Activity (if any) shows your current timer. Activity List lets you tap an activity to manually add an event. 5. Manual Event Creation & Editing Adding an Event In TodayView, tap the “+” in the navigation bar. In the New Event sheet: Activity (or pre-selected if you came from the list) Date/Time (defaults to today or your chosen date) Duration (via hour/minute wheels) Comment (optional) Tap Save to persist (or Cancel to drop). Editing or Deleting Tap any blue bar segment in the Hourly Timeline (in the Calendar tab). The Edit Event sheet appears: change values or delete. Tap Save or swipe down to dismiss—your calendar view refreshes automatically. 6. Navigating the Calendar Switch to the Calendar tab to see a weekly overview of your Learning Events. Here, you can also directly edit or create Events. Week Header Swipe left/right across the weekdays to move by whole weeks. Tap any day to select it. Date Label Shows “Wednesday, May 6, 2025” (updates when you tap/swipe). Hourly Timeline Scroll vertically to see a 24-hour grid. Blue bars represent events; tap to edit. Swipe left/right on the timeline itself to move by single days. 7. Settings Tap the gear icon in TodayView or go to the Settings tab: Version Info at top. Help & Feedback, Changelog, External Links, Legal. 8. Tips & Troubleshooting Live Updates: As your timer runs or you add/edit/delete events, both Today and Calendar views refresh automatically. Swiping in Calendar: On the Week Header changes weeks. On the Timeline changes days. Tap Areas: Blue bars in the timeline are fully tappable via their transparent hit-test shapes. Resetting Forms: In New Event form, Reset stays disabled until you pick an activity, set a duration, or type a comment. 9. Next Steps Customize your activities with different icons/colors. Provide Feedback via the Help & Feedback section. Happy tracking! If you run into any issues or have feature requests, drop us a note through the Help & Feedback link.
Changelog
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