[sword-devel] Android SWORD

[Martin Denham]

Hi Troy,

Apologies, I was a bit confused regarding the different projects.  The above
was my first post to *Sword forums.  I incorrectly thought that JSword,
Sword and other Crosswire forums would be worked on by the same people.  I
have now joined the JSword-dev list which I had not spotted before.

Whether the back end is built based on Sword or JSword it might be
worthwhile combining with the Java Jsword guys for the front end which I
think has to be in Java.

I may download your apk and try it out.  I can put my code/build somewhere
if you want but it's still in a state of great flux.

Kind regards
Martin

On 13 June 2010 04:54, Troy A. Griffitts <scribe at crosswire.org> wrote:

> Martin,
>
> Great news on your success of getting JSword to build on Android.  I'm
> sure the JSword mailing list would be interested to hear about your
> success!
>
> I'm not sure about the speed.  I will add a primitive search box to my
> test app and let you know how long a complete search of the KJV (a
> heavily marked up Bible) takes on my G1.
>
> Troy.
>
>
>
>
> On 06/09/2010 05:28 AM, mjdenham wrote:
> > Hi Troy,
> >
> > I just thought I would mention that I have also been playing around with
> > Android.
> >
> > I have spent the last few weeks creating a prototype bible viewer
> > application for Android, but I just noticed Troy's messages in this
> forum.
> > I took a slightly different technical approach to you and I don't know
> which
> > is better and I also came at this project with the aim of creating a
> mobile
> > bible viewer I could tweak and improve rather than specifically to write
> an
> > Android front end for Sword.  By way of information I thought I would
> > outline my approach and what led me to start.
> >
> > I have used Pocket e-Sword for many years but development has now ceased
> on
> > Pocket e-Sword and it is already looking a bit old, as is WinMob that it
> > runs on, so I started thinking what to use in the future.  Although I
> loved
> > using Pocket e-sword there were one or two things that I would have loved
> to
> > change if I had access to the source but the source was closed.  Most
> pocket
> > bible apps seem to be closed source and many charge money or depend on
> being
> > on-line so I began to think about writing my own.  I have been writing
> Java
> > code for a living since the 90's.  I looked at Java ME which
> unfortunately
> > is not supported by recent, popular, trend-setting phones like iPhone and
> > Android and started going that route but there doesn't seem to be much
> >
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1414288/j2me-vs-android-vs-iphone-vs-symbian-vs-windows-ce
> > buzz around Java ME  at the moment.  I briefly thought of iPhone but
> refuse
> > to learn Objective-C, buy a Mac, and bend over backwards to get the app
> into
> > App Store.  Then I realised that Google have built Android primarily for
> > Java Applications and Gartner predict that by 2012 Android will outsell
> the
> > iPhone so I downloaded the Android SDK and am impresed by the application
> > framework Google have put into Android.  Incidentally I went to a
> > fascinating talk on Android by Reto Meier yesterday evening.
> >
> > As Android hosts Java apps so well it seemed a good idea to use java
> front
> > to back so I downloaded the  jSword and sword-Common projects back-end to
> > serve the OSIS documents and started creating a Java front-end for jsword
> on
> > Android so I have now been doing that for the last couple of weeks off
> and
> > on.  I included the jsword and common jars in my Android app and
> simplified
> > the xslt template I found in bible-desktop and now have a basic bible
> viewer
> > app.
> >
> > Troy, I am interested to see that you use jni to access a C back-end.  Is
> > that right?  Does this give better performance or is there another
> reason.
> >
> > In the front end I am currently using a TextView but briefly used a
> WebView
> > which has better html support. I may have to switch back to WebView.  I
> > tried to copy the PocketSword verse selection screen but failed so I am
> just
> > using 3 combos for now.
> >
> > I haven't used Crosswire code before and it took me a while to get used
> to
> > OSIS and jsword but the code looks great and I am now familiar enough
> with
> > jsword to find my way around the necessary parts.
> >
> > Here is a screen print of the current state:
> > http://sword-dev.350566.n4.nabble.com/file/n2248754/android-bible1.jpg
> >
> > For now I am still happily trying to improve on the prototype but I could
> > switch and contribute to a central project  with others.  My only aim is
> to
> > create a good open source bible I can tweak and that others may find
> useful
> > too.
> >
> > Best regards
> > Martin
> >
>
>
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