Gain a Good Habit of a Backup.

What backup is?

When it comes to any surprising event, it’s always good to be prepared at least to some degree – thanks to which You can feel comfortable regardless of which way the wind blows. In case of smartphones and computers sometimes You may stumble upon unpleasant surprises, such as app crashes and the like – after all, there is all pretty convoluted stuff under the hood, and sometimes something may don’t work the way it should. Unfortunately as a result of those cases it is possible for You to loose something – from Your preferences of using a particular app (reflected in its settings) to the data stored within it. However much You can loose, there is often a need to start from scratch, all over again – which usually is pretty time-consuming.

There is, however, a good workaround invented especially for such cases – and it’s called “backup”. Many apps are equipped with their own backup feature, which – when it comes to app crash or any other serious failure – often allows You to easily and quickly restore everything to the point when it all worked the right way. It is often possible to restore both Your preferences and personal data. And sometimes an app may be even smarter: it may backup and restore completely by itself (!), so You don’t need to pay any attention to it, even if some crash occurred – the whole thing will be restored in a moment, and You couldn’t even tell that anything has happened.

Below You’ll find all the important things about backup within Handy News Reader.

What is included within the backup?

All Your content sources, including their arrangement in groups (if You use them).
Your set of Favorites (articles to read later or to preserve).
All Your app’s preferred settings.

You can either initiate the backup on demand at any given moment- or schedule it to be automatically initiated over a desired time span (e.g., every 6 hours). Regardless of which way You prefer, the backup file (HandyNewsReader_auto_backup.opml) will be always saved into the feedex folder within Your device internal storage.

In case of the app’s crash this file – present in that very location – will help Handy to restore itself automatically, so You won’t even be bothered by restoring the app by hand.

If You’d like to have a backup file placed also on Your sd-card:

Go to settings › Advanced › Data folder and choose External memory (the one with the path containing “storage/xxxx-xxxx” – where x’s stand for a string of mixed letters and digits).
In such a case backup location will be:

Android/data/ru.yanus171.feedexfork/files/feedex

If You want to backup HNR at any given moment:

On any article list open the menu and choose Backup now.

To schedule the automatic backup:

Go to settings › Advanced › check Enable automatic backup.
Tap Auto backup interval below to set up how often Handy should perform the backup.

If You want to restore Handy News Reader from the backup:

Paste the backup file (HandyNewsReader_auto_backup.opml) into the feedex folder within Your device’s internal storage.
Launch the app – it should automatically restore itself from the backup, which may take a few moments.