[sword-devel] HarmonyOS - lacking a SWORD app

[David Haslam]

My initial question was prompted by seeing a Facebook post by the Bible Society of South Africa advertising a free mobile Bible app for the major languages spoken in the RSA.

On Wed, Oct 16, 2024 at 16:32, Tuomas Airaksinen <[tuomas.airaksinen at gmail.com](mailto:On Wed, Oct 16, 2024 at 16:32, Tuomas Airaksinen <<a href=)> wrote:

> And AppGallery won't distribute Bible apps in China anyway. It would be limited to non-chinese HarmonyOS users only. Feels smallish market.
>
> On Wed, Oct 16, 2024 at 6:20 PM Greg Hellings < greg.hellings at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The better question is: Does anyone at all in our community use it? I'm certain there are users of HarmonyOS in China with how large Huawei is. But are any of them part of our community?
>>
>> --Greg
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 16, 2024 at 6:35 AM David Haslam < dfhdfh at protonmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Tuomas,
>>>
>>> That’s as maybe for now, but the Wikipedia article includes this:
>>>
>>> The next iteration of HarmonyOS known as HarmonyOS NEXT was announced on August 4, 2023. It replaces the OpenHarmony multi-kernel system with its own HarmonyOS microkernel at its core, removes all Android code and supports only apps in its native App format. It is currently in beta testing and is expected to launch in the fourth quarter of 2024.
>>>
>>> So maybe my email should’ve been titled “HarmonyOS NEXT”.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> David.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 16, 2024 at 12:18, Tuomas Airaksinen < [tuomas.airaksinen at gmail.com](mailto:On+Wed,+Oct+16,+2024+at+12:18,+Tuomas+Airaksinen+%3C%3Ca+href=)> wrote:
>>>
>>>> AndBible is available in AppGallery, I believe it should work with HarmonyOS but haven't tested.
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Oct 16, 2024 at 2:15 PM David Haslam < dfhdfh at protonmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Dear app developers,
>>>>>
>>>>> HarmonyOS is the platform for the latest generation of Huawei smartphones.
>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HarmonyOS?wprov=sfti1
>>>>>
>>>>> Most of us probably haven’t heard of it before.
>>>>>
>>>>> It would be worthwhile to develop a SWORD app for this and to make it available via the Huawei AppGallery.
>>>>>
>>>>> Although earlier models could side-load Android apps, this will not be possible going forward.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> David
>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HarmonyOS?wprov=sfti1
>>>>>
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>>>> T: Tuomas
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