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This is the official blog for Imperial Assault Armies Designer. You can also contact me via email and Twitter @IAArmies Download Imperial Assault Armies Designer Android app. There is also a Web version You may consider becoming a Patron or Donating .
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The Configuration screen

Let's take a closer look at the options avilable in the Configuration screen (accessed from the main screen with the [gear] button). First one is the language selection , which is pretty abvious. Just remember to restart the app after modifying this value so all the pages are rewritten with the new language. Next you have a button to edit your Labels . Now some options on options to visualize and print your armies, available command cards... Take a closer look at the Collection Control option. A change in this option will modify visualization when creating an army. Normally, all deployment and command cards are shown in black or white if they are available, or in blue if they are still unreleased. It you activate this option some of the cards will be shown in red . This color means that you don't have enough miniatures or cards in your collection to deploy this army in a tournament. You can manage the content of your collection in the Collection tab.

Generate a QR code with the army data

You can generate a QR code with your army from 2 places: - from the Army Data screen (were you write the army's name...) - from the Saved Armies list In both screens you will find the QR code generation button. Press it you will get a QR code that you can save as an image file (.png), share with other app (Twitter, Facebook...) or directly show to other device to be scanned.

Managing your collection

Once in the Collection screen you can see all the published and announced expansions. With the + and - buttons of each expansion you can manage the number of expansions you own. Now, maybe you exchanged an deployment card, or lost a command card....In this case you can manage individual items. In order to do this you have to enter the expansion where the item comes, go through the items list and use the + and - buttons to add/remove items. The number of items of the expansion will not be modified, but it will be marked in red. You can check all the individually modified items in the Modified Items button from the main Collection screen. The number associated with each element is the number of elements you have, in addition to the ones that come with the expansions. For example: a +2 associated to "Bantha Rider" means that you have bought/traded 2 more copies of this card; or a -1 associated to "" means that you have lost/traded one of these card...

Finding in which expansion comes that card you need

The Collection screen not only shows the items you own. You can use it to check what comes in each expansion. But if you want to know which expansion brings that card that you need, you better go to the Library and search for the card you are looking for. Each card comes with the list of expansions it comes in. You can even tap on the expansion name to go to its own screen and check what else comes with that expansion!

Using Imperial Assault Armies Designer on your Windows PC

First of all, remember that there is an online version of the app, available at https://www.dmborque.eu/swi But you may want to run the Android version on a Windows PC (for example, if you want to have the app offline). Well, this is something quite easy to do. First you need a program that runs on windows and emulates an Android device. I have tested BlueStacks (http://www.bluestacks.com) and it works really well, but there are other programs too. - Go to its site and download the executable. - Install BlueStacks on your PC. - Now, you will be able to open any .apk file with BluStacks. This will install the Android application on your virtual Android device. - You can start it. It will be very similar to running an Android device for the first time. Now, download the Imperial Assault Armies Designer apk (from the link in the Featured Post of this blog, for example) and install it on the BlueStacks "device" (double click on the file you just downloaded should d...