Today, many of the desktop applications we write are designed to live in the background or in the desktop tray. They may be useful to have persistently running, providing utility for the user in the background. Keyboard Shortcuts can provide a convenient way for the user to interact with these app without opening them or interacting with them directly.

Journal buddy is my first official foray into Android app development. I have a vague sense of what I’m doing, but overall I’m still completely lost. I’m going to jot down a preliminary description for what I want JournalBuddy to do, and try and develop to those standards.