FuXiDroid : Make your own Chinese Flashcards on Android

November 15, 2010: FuXiDroid version 1.5 released!

What is FuXiDroid?

FuXiDroid (pronounced foo-see-droid) is a FREE application for the Android platform to help learners of Chinese improve their vocabulary. Its built-in dictionary makes it easy to store words or phrases encountered in everyday life. They can replayed at a later time as flashcards to help with memorization, and can be imported or exported in a text-based CSV file format.

Features

Brief summary of existing features:

1. Add, search, delete words or phrases.
2. Built-in dictionary automatically resolves PinYin and English definitions for common words.
3. Replay words in forward, backward or random order in a flashcard manner.
4. Export all words or phrases to a CSV format file on the SD-Card.
5. Import (append) from any text-based source in CSV format, such as a file on SD-Card or the Internet.

Screen Shots

The following are some actual screen shots of FuXiDroid 1.0 in action. They were taken from the Android SDK emulator.

	Adding a new word. First enter the new word in the HanZi text-field, then press the Check button. PinYin and Definitions are automatically resolved. The to the right of the Definitions label indicates that this word does not yet exist in the word list. If the word already exists in the word list, the will be shown instead, and the Delete button will be enabled.
	Revising words/phrases as flashcards. First, the HanZi is shown by itself. Tap on it reveals the PinYin and Definitions. Click on the Next to show the next word/phrase.

Requirements

• Android 2.1 or above
• SD-Card (FuXiDroid will not start unless a SD-Card is mounted)
• Internet access, preferably over Wi-Fi, for an initial one-time download of the dictionary file.
• A file-picker application, such as OI Manager.

External Links

Look for FuXiDroid in Android Market

Changes

1.5

• Display error message if problem downloading the reference dictionary

1.4

• Changed reference dictionary download URL, otherwise no change to existing app

1.3

• Lock screen orientation while showing modal dialogs

1.2

• Improved Pin Yin search

1.1

• Pagination of latest words
• Delete All menu option
• Easier to select words for edit/delete
• Search by PinYin

1.0

• First release