Creating lists

I use an iPhone and make heavy use of the Lists feature. Today at church I was showing someone with an android phone how to create lists, but it appears you have to search for each name to add it to the list, while in my iPhone, you can scroll through the entire directory, and check the names you want in your list. I'm hoping android has something similar and I just missed it... Anyone know about this?

You can scroll the directory, load the person page, and at the bottom is a greenish heading for "LISTS" and you can tap on "None" (if they're not in a list) or the name of a list (if they're already in a list) and this pops up a list of your lists (ahem). Check the box next to each list you want the person to be in (or uncheck, to remove from a list), then tap "SAVE" in the upper right corner.

If you want to make a new list to put the person in, when the list of lists comes up, click the + symbol at the top.

Hope that helps,

Liz

I use Nexus 6P Android 7.0 and I created names for 3 lists and want to delete 2 of those list names but see no way. Also, I seem to be able to select people and put them in the list I want to, but when I try to see those in the list, I see nothing. Why?

The three vertical dots at the top right have the menu options you need. Display the list in question, then press the three-dot icon.

If you wish to delete the entire list, select Delete. If you wish to keep the list but delete specific members in the list, select Edit where you will be given an option to delete individual members of the list.

I do not see three dots for the whole or horizontal when I'm trying to select a specific list so perhaps Android 7.0 is not fully supported yet by LDS tools. In

mschmauch wrote:perhaps Android 7.0 is not fully supported yet by LDS tools. In

Considering that I think 7.0 came out in just the past couple of days. that wouldn't surprise me.

sbradshaw wrote:Custom lists do sync to your LDS Account, and are available on any installation of LDS Tools that's signed into your LDS Account . . . . They're not available in the browser at LDS.org, but they are synced to and from the Church servers for the LDS Tools app.

sbradshaw said that in the iOS Topic. Is the same true for Android?

If so, how do I get them back onto my device? Did I lose them with the upgrade to 3.2.0 and not notice?

lajackson wrote:

sbradshaw wrote:Custom lists do sync to your LDS Account, and are available on any installation of LDS Tools that's signed into your LDS Account . . . . They're not available in the browser at LDS.org, but they are synced to and from the Church servers for the LDS Tools app.

sbradshaw said that in the iOS Topic. Is the same true for Android?

Yes, lists created on iOS sync to Android and vice versa.

lajackson wrote:If so, how do I get them back onto my device? Did I lose them with the upgrade to 3.2.0 and not notice?

Have you tried syncing again? Sometimes the sync hiccups, especially when there are a lot of people syncing at the same time. You shouldn't have lost them with the upgrade.

russellhltn wrote:

mschmauch wrote:perhaps Android 7.0 is not fully supported yet by LDS tools. In

Considering that I think 7.0 came out in just the past couple of days. that wouldn't surprise me.

Android 7 was released in August of last year (though, as it typical for Android, the rollout to different manufacturers' devices is slow). Most of the Android developers are running Nexus or Google branded devices, which were among the first to get Android 7, so I don't think there are any features in the app not supported by Android 7.

sbradshaw wrote:Android 7 was released in August of last year

Yup, just a few days before my post on the subject. <grin> Of course, now that it's 6+ months later, the situation has changed.

sbradshaw wrote:Have you tried syncing again? . . . You shouldn't have lost them with the upgrade.

It worked. Thanks.

I am using a nexus 6P with android 7.1.2 and my list function seems to be working well except I am wondering if there is a limit to the number of names in a list that can be sent a "group" text in one setting. If there is a limit, what is that number. At one time I was told that it depends on my carrier (which is Verizon) and so I asked them and because I have a plan with unlimited texting, that there is no limit for a group text as far as they are concerned and that if I'm limited, it is the App that doing the limiting—which I assume is LDS Tools unless LDS tools uses my default texting App to actually send my group text.

This message suggests the maximum on Verizon is 20.

I suspect the sales people either didn't know the answer or didn't understand you were asking how many people can you text in a single group message.

Is there a way to share lists with other members or other users?

bakwarte wrote:Is there a way to share lists with other members or other users?

You can share the list of names, but not in any way I know of that someone can import it into LDS Tools.

Call up the list, select the three-dot overflow menu, and select Share. You can email, text, tweet, or share it in about 17 other ways, depending on the apps you have loaded.

Actually, I would like to see adding a calling instead of a name of a person to a list. Say you made a list for the Teachers quorum presidency, because that could be a list that would change a little more often, it would be nice to place the callings in the list and when the callings changed the list would automatically be updated.

I love that idea. All the organizations could be made available via a drop-down menu to reduce the chances of mis-typing or mis-naming the group you want.

It would be great as , let's say an Elders Quorum President, to creat a list of all elders, then if I am released, I can share that list with the new President so he doesn't have to rebuild the list from scratch.

I do not know a way to do this for custom lists, but for a list of elders, the new elders quorum president can go to Reports > Unit Statistics > Elders and see a list of elders. It gets a little more difficult for prospective elders because that list will show all of them and include the ones that are the responsibility of the high priests group.

lajackson wrote:I do not know a way to do this for custom lists, but for a list of elders, the new elders quorum president can go to Reports > Unit Statistics > Elders and see a list of elders. It gets a little more difficult for prospective elders because that list will show all of them and include the ones that are the responsibility of the high priests group.

Elders quorum presidencies can also see the list of all the elders under Organizations > Elders Quorum > Elders Quorum Members.

How do I create a list?