[mobile-devel] and-bible on Android

[Martin Denham]

Hi Matthew,

Hebrew fonts were introduced in Android 2.2, although they still haven't
implemented rtl text.  If you Google you can find some people who have added
Hebrew support to older versions but I haven't tested that myself.

Best regards
Martin

On 30 September 2010 14:56, Matthew Patenaude <mnglfiddle at gmail.com> wrote:

> To all;
>
> I tried out the and-bible. It seems to work, and work pretty
>
> fast. I extracted the extra files (creating the jsword directory on my SD
> card), and they opened up just fine.
>
> However, I tried to download some more Bibles, using the program. For
> starters, I downloaded the KJV module. When I opened up the downloader in
> the program it spun for a minute, which I figured was it trying to connect
> to the repository. It eventually showed up and I downloaded it.
>
> Next up for the TR 1550 module. It said it was downloading and then "quit
> unexpectedly", with a "force quit?" button.
>
> I browsed to the modules on the SD card, and seeing that they are the
> normal
> *.bz modules, I just copied them over from my laptop into the proper
> ./ztext/modules/... folder, but the program then didn't see them. I then
> tried the download process again, but all I got was the spinning icon that
> kept spinning and wouldn't shut down. I got it closed, but then I had the
> unexpected behavior that when ever I would open and try to close the
> program
> after that, when I hit the return button, it automatically put me back into
> the download module window, spinning icon and all.
>
> I finally remembered the *.conf files and copied them over also from my
> laptop into the proper folder, re-installed, and now it is working fine.
>
> It runs noticeably faster than the OliveTree Bible software, and it looks
> much nicer too.
>
> One issue I noticed is that the Hebrew module included in the SDcard zip
> file that I first downloaded only shows me boxes and no characters. Is
> there
> a reason for this? Do I need a Hebrew keyboard installed? There doesn't
> seem to be one
> immediately available for my Android. I am using a new HTC Wildfire,
> Android 2.1.
>
>
> Thanks for the work. I look forward to exploring it further. There doesn't
> seem to be much documentation on the site there to explain installation.
> For
> instance that it is even possible to copy your modules and .conf files
> directly onto your SD card and have them show up in and-bible...
>
> Matthew
>
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