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Android field app · Pre-release v1

Your plan set, measured and marked up on the job site.

Folio Forge for Android puts your project's drawings on your phone or tablet. Review a sheet, measure it, check the totals and send a marked-up PDF before you leave the job.

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Android phones and tablets · Included with your Folio Forge licence

Folio Forge Android home screen: an Oakridge site review project with two PDFs
A floor plan open in the Android app with an office area of 100 square feet and a 24 foot wall run measured
Measurement totals grouped by trade: electrical conduit 24 feet, 3 duplex outlets, 100 square feet of floor finish

01 · PROJECTS

Every drawing for the job, in one project.

Keep drawings together in a project. Open a PDF card to review it in the field, and pick up on the sheet you were last on.

  • Open a PDF or add drawings and images to a project
  • Search documents, sort by recent, and archive what you're done with
  • Swipe right to archive, swipe left to remove from the app
Project list showing Field checklist.pdf and Level 1 plan.pdf, both stored on the device
Level 1 floor plan with notes, a shaded office area labelled 100 square feet and perimeter 40 feet, and a red 24 foot dimension
Drawing tools sheet with Pan, Select, Ink, Highlight, Measure, Shape, Note, Photo and Calibrate

02 · REVIEW & MEASURE

Mark up and measure right on the sheet.

Review a plan with notes, areas and color-matched inline measurements. Open Tools to choose measuring, markup and selection tools, and undo or redo as you go.

  • Measure, shape, highlight, ink and note tools
  • Attach site photos to the drawing
  • Calibrate the page scale before you measure

03 · TOTALS

Quantities by trade and material, on the spot.

Document › Measurements › Totals groups quantities by trade, material, type and unit. Different types and units stay separate, and uncalibrated measurements are left out of the numbers.

  • Lengths, counts and areas in one summary
  • Export totals CSV saves the summary
Measurements totals: Electrical conduit 24.00 feet, Electrical duplex outlets count 3, Structural floor finish 100 square feet
Share PDF with changes dialog offering Editable PDF or Flattened PDF, with the file name Level 1 plan_marked.pdf

04 · SAVE & SHARE

Send the marked-up set from the site.

Save PDF or Share PDF includes your changes. Choose an editable PDF or a flattened one that bakes the markups in for email previews and simple readers. The original stays intact.

  • Name the file before you send it
  • All pages, markup groups and visible photos are included
  • Opens Android sharing so you choose the email app and recipients

05 · NAVIGATE

Jump to the right sheet and the right spot.

View › Sheets and saved views opens sheet navigation, favorites and saved viewing positions. Search by sheet number, title or text on the drawing.

  • Fit page or fit width, bookmarks and compare sheets
  • Hide markups to see the original drawing
  • Measurement snapping to lines, corners and endpoints, on or off
Sheets and views list with A101 Level 1 plan, A102 Level 2 plan and A103 Roof plan, filtered by All, Favorites, Recent and Saved views
View menu with zoom, navigation and drawing options, including Measurement snapping turned on
The Android app in its dark appearance with the floor plan open

06 · BUILT FOR THE FIELD

Easy on the eyes, early or late.

App › Field settings offers Auto, Light and Dark. Drawing night mode is a separate View setting, so the sheet and the app can each look the way you need.

IN THE FIELD

Made for the walk-through, not the desk.

Kept on the device

Drawings you open are stored on the device and listed under their project, ready to continue where you left off.

The original stays intact

Saving or sharing writes a new PDF with your changes. The file you started from is never overwritten.

Help that works without signal

The built-in screenshot guide shows real app screens. Tap and pinch to enlarge them.

One licence, both apps

Your Folio Forge licence covers one Windows PC and one Android phone or tablet. Enter the same licence key in both apps.

GET THE APP

Coming with release v1.

The Android app downloads straight from this site; it is not in Google Play yet. The download page has the install steps.

Join early accessSee the Windows app

Screens are from the Android app and show a fictional sample project, not customer drawings.