[sword-devel] PocketSword

[Maxwell Murunga]

As a long-time PocketSword user, I am willing to contribute to this effort.

I am fairly familiar with the PocketSword source code, having built it
several times about 5 years ago. Even at the time, it was already in the
realm of "legacy"; I could tell that it desperately needed to be ported
over to Swift.

Back then, Swift was not directly interoperable with C++. You had to use
Objective-C bridging headers. However, that changed last year or so and now
Swift is directly interoperable with C++.

The best way forward, in my opinion, seems to be porting PocketSword from
Objective C++ to Swift. Tools like Github Copilot or Swiftify could make
this a breeze.

On Tue, Jan 14, 2025 at 5:57 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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