Antennapod: Statistics screen should show the date from which they are counting

[Cadair]

I don't know how easy this is, but to contextualise the statistics screen it would be nice if it showed a "statistics since " so you know it's X hours out of Y time period.

Thanks for the awesome app.

[ByteHamster]

Statistics count from the day you installed AntennaPod. We do not store that date, so it will definitely not be possible for existing users.

[keunes]

Statistics count from the day you installed AntennaPod

Unless the stats are reset to zero at some point

[jmichael2497]

maybe start with oldest date that something was Played (instead of Marked Played)? i suppose this could be a for fun feature.

i don't actually play everything through Antennapod, but i use it as a progress tracker, so my statistics don't mean much anyway, as not all podcast feeds list length of time, so 🤷🏽‍♂️

[ByteHamster]

maybe start with oldest date that something was Played

We don't store that data. The only option would be to display the date for new users and for users who reset statistics.

[tonytamsf]

Even if we knew the install date of the app like here, the statistics is different because the data could be exported and imported.

I vote for not implementing this feature, unless @ByteHamster let's us store the data when stats starts or when a db was initiated.

[ByteHamster]

Hmm I thought about adding it to the preferences store but you are right that this would break when importing/exporting the database. The database does not have a good place to store this. I do not think that this feature is worth a completely new database table.

[keunes]

When reviewing competing apps today I saw another app displaying this date and thought of creating an issue (having forgotten there was one and I even upvoted it). While I think it's very valuable information to have to interpret the collected data.

I thought about adding it to the preferences store but you are right that this would break when importing/exporting the database

Preferences aren't included in database ex/-import?

[tonytamsf]

Preferences aren't included in database ex/-import?

Correct. Preferences are not included

[keunes]

Thanks @tonytamsf , I never realised. Then I would personally feel that adding this feature with use of the preference database – where the date is no longer available after a db import – would be better than not having the date. Then, if there's no date, I imagine the whole element incl. strings isn't displayed. In future the import-issue could be 'fixed' by including preferences table in 'database export' (which would be a great thing regardless this stats date).

[tonytamsf]

I think the date has to be accurate reflection even if I uninstall, restore from backup. I use the statistics data to analyze my usage, I uninstall the app often to get a new build. Having the date not be correct, is worst than not having it.

Thanks for working on this