Personalize your Ancora Planner experience by customizing your user profile, setting a custom circular avatar photo, maintaining account security credentials, and linking third-party authentication methods like Google Sign-In.

Accessing Profile Settings

You can view and manage your profile details at any time through the slide-out navigation drawer:

  1. Open the side navigation drawer (☰) from any primary screen (Day, Week, Month, or Agenda).
  2. Tap your profile avatar or display name at the top of the drawer (or scroll down and select Account).
  3. In the Account Panel, scroll to the ACCOUNT section and tap Profile.
Edit Profile dialog displaying user avatar, Change photo action, Display Name, Username, Email Address, and Sign-in Methods

Figure 13.1: Edit Profile dialog displaying user avatar, Change photo action, Display Name, Username, Email Address, and Sign-in Methods.

Customizing Your Profile Identity & Avatar

The Edit Profile dialog allows you to tailor how you appear throughout Ancora Planner:

  • Circular Photo Avatar: Tap Change photo below your current avatar circle. Ancora opens the system media picker allowing you to select an existing image or take a new photo with your camera. An integrated circular cropping tool (1:1 aspect ratio) lets you center and scale your image perfectly. Your photo is securely stored on-device and automatically synchronized to your account profile across devices.
  • Display Name: The friendly name shown in the drawer header, timeline reminders, speech notifications, and family group rosters. Tap the Display Name field to edit your preferred name.
  • Username: Your unique account handle used for direct account lookup and family group invitations. This is established during account registration.
  • Email Address: The primary contact email associated with your sync account, used for password recovery, account notifications, and cloud synchronization.

Configuring Sign-In Methods

Ancora supports multiple authentication methods so you can choose between traditional password credentials and modern federated identity:

Change Password modal prompting for Current Password, New Password, and Confirm New Password

Figure 13.2: Change Password modal prompting for Current Password, New Password, and Confirm New Password.

Password Login

The Password tile under Sign-In Methods indicates your current credential state (Password login enabled or Not configured):

  1. Tap Change Password (or Add Password if not previously configured).
  2. In the modal dialog, enter your Current Password to verify your identity.
  3. Enter your New Password and re-enter it in Confirm New Password to prevent typos.
  4. Tap Save. Your credentials update securely on the server and are automatically updated in Android Credential Manager for autofill.
Scrolled Edit Profile dialog showing Google identity connection status and Connected Services tile

Figure 13.3: Scrolled Edit Profile dialog showing Google identity connection status and Connected Services tile.

Google Sign-In Linking

If you prefer signing in with Google, you can connect your Google account directly to your existing Ancora identity:

  • Tap Connect next to the Google logo.
  • Select your Google account from the standard Android system account chooser.
  • Once authenticated via OAuth 2.0, your Google email appears with a green checkmark indicating successful connection.
  • You can now sign in using either your username and password or the Continue with Google button.
  • To unlink your Google account, tap Disconnect at any time.
Connected Services vs. Sign-In Identity: The Google Sign-In tile under Sign-In Methods manages your authentication login identity. External calendar synchronization is managed separately under Connected Services → Google Calendar. You can use Google Calendar sync even if you authenticate with a standard username and password.

Related Articles