Downloading a form to your device offline

To create and edit forms, you need to log into your Flow space, when connected to internet. Once your form is ready for data collection you publish it and then you would sync the form to the device. But you can also get your form to the app, without having your device connected to the internet.

How?

By using the Manual survey transfer functionality. On Flow's online space, once the form is published, you can generate a file holding the form. This file will be emailed to you. Once you download the file you can share it online, or offline with your data collectors to add to their devices. For more details on how to get the file, check this article.

To get the form file onto your device, follow these steps:

1. Connect your device to a computer using a USB cable.
2. Make sure you can see the contents of the SD card.
3. Go to the folder akvoflow/inbox.
4. Copy the survey or form zip file into the inbox folder.
5. Disconnect your device from the computer.
6. Start the Flow app.
7. You will see a notification that the file is being read from your SD card. Once done, the survey will show in the list of survey in the app's menu. It should not take more than a few seconds.