[mobile-devel] And Bible version 0.0.14 is available

[Martin Denham]

Hi SonWon,

BackButton - yes some people will prefer back to exit but not always it is a
tricky choice

Bible button - A list of books is available via the Menu button.  I thought
about the quick change buttons for a while and I like to think of them as
super-tabs.  Many bible apps use tabs to switch between bible, commentary
and dictionary, well the buttons allow that but also if you are viewing a
bible you can change to the next.  I also did not want to use any more space
so I did not add a menu bar at the bottom but had to enlarge the top bar by
3 pixels to make the buttons hittable.  Incidentally, the idea for a button
in the title bar came from the Android gmail app.  I expect these buttons
may be change in the future and may gain some customisability, but I wanted
to make a simple start to a basic action bar.  Any way, I like them.

TSK - good idea.  Something I have had on my todo list for a long time but
TSK is particularly appropriate for commentary->bible links.  I need to
check out the OSIS in the TSK.

Taps - I see you like to tap and move.

Verse selector - I plan to implement something like the Pocket Sword
navigator in the next significant release.  many of you have asked for a
grid but I like the way the PS allows navigation to 'drop out' at any level
i.e. book, chapter or verse and I also think it good to have some similarity
between the apps, and I must confess the grids I have seen have not inspired
me, but we have had this discussion before.

Thanks for your comments SonWon.  They all affect the design but just not
instantly.

Have you upgraded to 2.2 yet?

Best regards
Martin


On 19 November 2010 21:29, SonWon <sonwon.1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey Martin great progress, I like it.  There are a few things I would like
> to change:
>
>
>    - the back button on the phone, can this be programmable?  I would like
>    to exit the application or perhaps place an exit choice somewhere.
>     Actually, I think this would be a better choice to have an exit selection
>    somewhere in the application
>    - The Bible button only moves forward, I would rather select the choice
>    from a popup list.
>    - In the TSK module can we tap on a verse and goto the verse
>    - how about tapping on a verse number togo to the commentary
>    - tap on a word to go to the dictionary
>    - I would like to be able to select text colors and backgrounds  :)
>    - hmm, I still don't care for the verse selector screens.  Can someone
>    help with a better design?  I can tell you what I prefer but I'm to busy to
>    write any code.
>
> Takes about 1 second to load PS 119 on a Sprint EVO phone.
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 9:33 AM, Martin Denham <mjdenham at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have built And Bible version 0.0.14<http://and-bible.googlecode.com/files/AndBible-0.0.14.apk> for
>> Android which can be downloaded from and-bible downloads<http://code.google.com/p/and-bible/downloads/list>.
>>  If you install I would be grateful if you inform me of any errors you
>> experience and also any comments you have regarding the implementation.
>>
>> Release 0.0.14
>>
>>    - Strong's Numbers display and link to Strong's Dictionary
>>    - Adjustable text size
>>    - Bug fixes - App switching, dictionary
>>    - Index download
>>    - Percentage complete in download progress bar now reflects actual
>>    file size
>>    - Delete document, About document
>>    - Quick switch to another bible/commentary via title bar buttons
>>    - Copy current verse to Clipboard
>>    - Smaller apk
>>    - D-Pad support for chapter changes
>>
>> The plan is to do a few bug fixes and then do another build for App Market
>> early next week and there has been much new and modified text so if
>> translators would like to update the translated text at this time then it
>> could be included in next week's build.  New translations of strings.xml<http://code.google.com/p/and-bible/source/browse/trunk/AndBible/res/values/strings.xml>are always welcome.
>>
>> Kind regards
>> Martin
>>
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