Using the Snap Mobile Anywhere app on an Android device

Set up Snap Mobile Anywhere on your Android device

These instructions assume that you are setting up Snap Mobile Anywhere on a single Android device. You can also set up Snap Mobile Anywhere using the Snap Snap Mobile Anywhere Configuration Utility on your PC over a wireless connection.

1. Start the Snap Mobile Anywhere app.

   

2. Click the [Settings] button at the bottom of the screen.
3. Press the [Clear All Settings] button to remove the default details.

   

4. Enter your own details
   

   Field	Value
   URL	https://www.snapsurveys.com/swh	Snap synchronisation server
   Researcher	Your username on the synchronisation server. (This is normally four or more digits, e.g. 9999/1)	Provided in an email when you register for the Snap service
   Licence No:	Your license login for the synchronisation server (This is in the format 99999S/999)	Provided in an email when you register for the Snap service
   Username	Local login name for Snap Mobile Anywhere. This ensures that surveys are not visible to all users. This is whatever you have set it up to be, e.g. HariDoe	Set using the Snap Mobile Anywhere Config Utility or when Snap Mobile Anywhere is first used
   Password	Local password for Snap Mobile Anywhere. This is whatever you have set it up to be, e.g. HDPassword	Set using the Snap Mobile Anywhere Config Utility or when Snap Mobile Anywhere is first used

5. When you have finished entering your details, click [OK].

Create and publish a tablet survey

1. Open the Questionnaire window of your survey in Snap Professional.
2. Click  to display the Editions and Style Templates dialog box.
3. Click [New] to create a new edition. A New Survey Edition dialog appears.

   

4. Select Offline as the Publication Medium.
5. Select Tablet from the second drop-down list for a tablet edition (select PDA for a smartphone/iPhone/PDA edition etc).
6. The edition Name will change to Offline:Tablet. Change this if you wish.
7. Select the Load Style radio button. The correct default style for that edition will appear in the selection list.
8. Click [OK].
9. The new edition of the questionnaire will have been added to the list on the Editions and Style Templates dialog.
10. Click [OK] to return to the Questionnaire window.
11. Select File|Publish to display the Publish Questionnaire dialog.
12. Select Output in the left-hand column if it is not selected.
13. Set the location where the survey is published and make a note of the location.

    

14. Select Replies in the left-hand column.

    

15. Select the Sync with server radio button.
16. Click [Publish] to publish the survey.

Upload your offline survey to Snap WebHost

1. Log into your account on Snap WebHost. When you have logged in successfully, Snap WebHost displays the list of surveys in your account.
2. Select Upload a new survey to display the Upload new survey dialog.

   

3. Browse to find the .zip file for the survey in the folder you specified as the Path when you published the survey.
4. Click [Upload Archive] to upload the survey to Snap WebHost.
5. When Snap WebHost has uploaded the survey, a message appears to confirm that the survey has been uploaded. Click the [Close] button. The list of surveys is updated, showing the new survey. Note that because it is not a Snap WebHost survey, you cannot click on it to examine it in Snap WebHost.

   

Start the survey on the Android device

1. Start the Snap Mobile Anywhere app.

   

2. If an account has been set up, log in. If you have an Internet connection, Snap Mobile Anywhere automatically checks to see if you have the latest versions of the available surveys.

   

3. If you have logged in to your account you can:
   • click the Options button  at the bottom left to display the configurable settings. You would use these if you are leaving the survey to run unattended.
   • click the Statistics button  on the bottom bar to see the statistics on how many questionnaires have been completed.
4. Open a survey by selecting it.
5. To return to the list, click [Back]. If you have partially completed the questionnaire, you will see a warning message. Click [OK] to proceed.

   

To manually synchronise all surveys and responses with the server, click . Snap Mobile Anywhere attempts to synchronise at ten minute intervals if Auto-synchronisation is enabled.

Download the response data and import it into Snap Professional for analysis

When a survey is completed on the Android device, the completed response will be uploaded to the synchronisation service automatically.

1. Log into your account on Snap WebHost. There will now be a new link to download Respondent Data.

   

2. Click the Respondent Data link. A window opens giving you the option of downloading your data or deleting it.

   

3. Click the Download completes link to download the responses. Save the file to your computer and keep a note of the folder where you have stored it.
4. It is a good idea to have a standard folder into which you download response data for each survey. Note that, by default, the file will be saved under the name of the survey and the time/date of the download.
5. Open the survey in Snap Professional.
6. Open the Data Entry window  for the survey and choose File | Import. The Data Import dialog appears.
7. Set the Format to be MAIL format from text files.
8. Set the Folder to be the same folder as specified when you downloaded the data from Snap WebHost.

   

9. Click [OK] to import the responses.