[sword-devel] PocketSword

[Michael H]

STEPBible is also on IOS. AFAIK it uses sword internally. and is open
source.

On Tue, Jan 14, 2025 at 6:47 AM Troy A. Griffitts <scribe at crosswire.org>
wrote:

> Hey guys,
>
> As Fr.  Cyrille mentions, Bishop is available on iOS.
>
> Bishop builds Swift wrappers around the SWORD C++ engine and uses those
> for delivery of the cordova plugin for the SWORD library:
>
> https://www.npmjs.com/package/cordova-plugin-crosswire-sword
>
> This should already make available the full SWORD engine to anyone
> wishing to write an iOS app in JavaScript/TypeScript.
>
> Bishop does this and compiles for both iOS and Android:
>
> https://crosswire.org/applications/#bishop
>
> It's not a bad starting point for continued development.  I use it each
> day for my daily reading and to show manuscript evidence to people when
> they doubt the historicity of Scripture.
>
> The Android version is one or two releases ahead of the iOS version
> simply because I don't keep active a macOS virtual machine around to
> build.  Would be nice to have something like that available for CI/CD.
>
> Troy
>
>
> On 1/14/25 12:46 PM, David Haslam wrote:
> > FYI.
> >
> > I emailed Nic Carter and he responded with a cc: to Michael.
> >
> > In his second paragraph, he made these technical observations:
> >
> > //Given the rapid development of Apple’s frameworks on iOS, it’s hard to
> keep an app “up to date” and even compiling on iOS! I have looked a little
> at the situation and in the end I decided there was so much work required
> updating the ObjectiveC++ app that it would be a much better idea to simply
> port it over to Swift, rather than port it over to the new ObjC frameworks
> at this point. Some parts can be left as ObjC, but that’s pretty much just
> the libsword C++ wrappers, all the UI should be ported given it’s possible
> ObjC support could be dropped by Apple any time in the next 5 years?//
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > David
> >
> > Sent with Proton Mail secure email.
> >
> > On Tuesday, January 14th, 2025 at 2:56 AM, Kahunapule Michael Johnson
> <kahunapule at eBible.org> wrote:
> >
> >> I discussed this with a volunteer developer, today. We agreed that
> probably the best way forward was a rewrite/replacement. If anyone wants to
> contribute to that effort, please let me know.
> >>
> >>
> >> On 1/13/25 00:26, David Haslam wrote:
> >>
> >>> FYI: I've just noted the discovery in the developers' wiki
> >>>
> >>> https://wiki.crosswire.org/Frontends:PocketSword
> >>>
> >>> Best regards,
> >>>
> >>> David
> >>>
> >>> Sent with Proton Mail secure email.
> >>>
> >>> On Sunday, January 12th, 2025 at 10:12 PM, David Haslam
> dfhdfh at protonmail.com wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Dear all,
> >>>>
> >>>> Today I discovered that PocketSword is no longer downloadable from
> the App Store!
> >>>>
> >>>> NB. I've already alerted Michael Johnson via Messenger.
> >>>>
> >>>> cf. The original developer (Nic Carter) stopped developing the
> software after he moved to teach in New Zealand several years ago.
> >>>>
> >>>> Presumably, Apple has ruled that those apps that were designed only
> for iOS 10 or earlier should be removed from the store.
> >>>>
> >>>> cf. Back in late 2020, I ask them "Is there a high risk that next
> month Apple may disqualify PocketSword from the App Store if it’s not
> updated to their latest data privacy standards?"
> >>>>
> >>>> Michael informed us in May 2022 that his friend Craig Ahlman had
> volunteered to work on PocketSword. Even so, there's been no news of any
> progress since then.
> >>>>
> >>>> I would be very sad if this excellent front-end app for iPhone and
> iPad devices could not be brought back to see the light of day.
> >>>>
> >>>> Best regards,
> >>>>
> >>>> David
> >>>>
> >>>> Sent with Proton Mail secure email.
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