[bt-devel] BibleTime Mobile

[Scott Thomas]

Gary,

I’ve installed it on my Samsung Galaxy Centura (low end phone). It installed quickly and without a hitch.

Being forewarned about the blank screen, I was slightly surprised when, as you mentioned in your reply to Ben, it prompted me to open the Bookshelf Manager. I found that I couldn’t see the entire entry in most of the fields - Crosswire was Crosswi, as was Crosswire Attic and Crosswire Beta - so that was a little hard to differentiate. I selected several items, allowed them to install, and all was well.

I think the UI for the Bookshelf Manager could use some improvement in appearance, and possibly layout, but functionally it was very good. I plan to explore it a bit further and if I find anything that might be of interest I’ll send along a note.

Great job, and thank you for a handy version!

Scott


On May 26, 2014, at 9:48 PM, Daniel Owens <dcowens76 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Gary,
> 
> I installed it successfully on my Sony Erickson (Android 4.1, I think). I discovered I had to enable installation of non-marketplace apps. After that it was easy, though the first screen was a little confusing. I eventually worked out that I needed to tap on the upper right corner, but enabling the right button to open the menu might help that. I have no idea how standard that is on Android phones, but I have always felt it was an advantage over the iOS devices, which have only one button. 
> 
> The interface looks good. I like the continuous scrolling a lot! The idea of multiple windows is unusual for a mobile device, but I like the concept a lot since I often switch between languages. It would be nice if you could swipe left or right to switch between windows. 
> 
> I did encounter a couple of problems. Every time I open the Bookshelf Manager, the screen is garbled. When I pull on it a little, the screen repaints and is clear. The other thing I noticed is that feedback when I tap on things is delayed significantly. I do not know if that is because my phone is old (late 2011), but I found myself pressing buttons multiple times. 
> 
> Related to languages, I hope you enable add the ability to change fonts to enable reading in Greek and other languages. I have not checked on Hebrew yet, but Greek is missing characters, I think. 
> 
> Overall a fantastic beginning!
> 
> Daniel
> 
> On 5/26/14, 12:29 PM, Gary Holmlund wrote:
>> 
>> I have been working on a alternate frontend for BibleTime that works well on Android phones and tablets. It is called BibleTime Mobile. Some features are:
>> Open Bible, Book, Commentary, Cult, Daily Devotional, and Glossary windows
>> Scroll through the entire document continuously.
>> You can open multiple windows and set the window arrangement mode to either single, tabbed, or splitting the view horizontally, vertically, or both.
>> Adjust the font size of user interface text while looking at UI elements as they change.
>> Adjust the font size of document text while looking at at the document.
>> Install works from any of several internet sources.
>> Saves state of windows when you quit and restores them when starting.
>> Search multiple works at once.
>> Internationalization is ready but no translations have been done.
>> I would like to get some feedback about it. If you have a android phone or tablet version 3.0 or higher, it should run. I have done all my testing with a Nexus 5 phone and Nexus 7 tablet with android version 4.4.
>> 
>> To install it:
>> 1. Change your Settings, Security, Unknown Sources to allow unknown sources.
>> 2. Download the apk file from http://sourcearchives.com/bt/bibletimemobile.apk
>> 3. Using a file explorer, select the bibletimemobile.apk file. It should ask if you want to install. Say yes.
>> 
>> Once you run it you will need to download some documents (works). Part of what I want feedback about is how easy it is to figure out what to do, so I won't give any details about that now.
>> 
>> If you do try it, I would like your feedback, good or bad. Just reply to this email.
>> 
>> Gary Holmlund
>> 
>> 
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