[sword-devel] AndBible

[DM Smith]

Look in the language Other.

On Sep 18, 2012, at 5:55 PM, Greg Hellings <greg.hellings at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hmm, then perhaps the issue is that the language is not being
> identified by And Bible. This is a locale that I've only recently
> created and it isn't in SWORD yet, as it is only partially complete.
> It appears that the AndBible application keeps its locale.d/ files
> somewhere other than under that - perhaps with the application code
> itself.
> 
> --Greg
> 
> On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 4:48 PM, Daniel Owens <dcowens76 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> My phone installs modules to
>> /sdcard/Android/data/net.bible.android.activity/files/, but you tried that
>> already. For what it's worth, I can manually install to that directory
>> without a problem. I can even restore my backup of those files after
>> reinstalling AndBible (long story), and it detects all of them.
>> 
>> Daniel
>> 
>> 
>> On 09/18/2012 03:31 PM, Greg Hellings wrote:
>>> 
>>> I'm trying to get a module up and running on AndBible and there's a
>>> few things I'm either missing or botching about it.
>>> 
>>> 1) The module is in a personal repository. There doesn't seem to be a
>>> way in AndBible to configure a new install location. This is an
>>> HTTP-based location, so it would need post-1.6.2 SWORD, but I imagine
>>> that's not much of an issue for AndBible as it can bundle its own
>>> version of SWORD. Is this intentional, overlooked, or purposefully
>>> left out of the application?
>>> 
>>> 2) I tried copying the files directly into the application, but I
>>> can't seem to locate the proper location to place them. I have tried
>>> directly into /sword/ on the SDCard, but I think that was the path
>>> that Bishop uses. So then I tried in /Android/data/<net.bible or
>>> something>/ where I also located a mods.d and modules directory. The
>>> application still didn't seem to locate the files. Am I missing the
>>> install path somewhere?
>>> 
>>> 3) If files are meant to be manually installed, I don't see a way to
>>> tell the application to refresh its cache of modules. That would be a
>>> handy button, rather than force closing the application and restarting
>>> it.
>>> 
>>> I've been told I need to actually soil my hands with mobile
>>> development, so I'm willing to work with you, Martin, if these are
>>> directions you want the application to go. The target for this module
>>> is the stereotypical, rural, subsaharan, African grasslands. Some
>>> people might have connectivity some of the time, but it's much more
>>> likely that the files will be copied from phone to phone readily.
>>> Might it even be possible for one person to directly transfer a module
>>> from one phone to another using some sort of Bluetooth or NFC-style of
>>> connection in the absence of a host computer?  Now I'm just talking
>>> hot air about possibilities, but is it feasible?
>>> 
>>> --Greg
>>> 
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