[sword-devel] PocketSword

[Maxwell Murunga]

Thanks David, please pardon that,
I sent the message while engaged elsewhere, and had not thought it
necessary to introduce myself since I was last active here in 2020. I also
took it for granted that everyone could see my name since Gmail does that
on my end.
My name is Mr. Maxwell Murunga. I do native iOS development, native Android
development, and fullstack Web development. On the SWORD side of things, I
am mostly interested in iOS, and can contribute to any iOS related issues.
Blessings,
Maxwell.

On Tue, Jan 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM David Haslam <dfhdfh at protonmail.com> wrote:

> It would be nice if the sender of the previous reply might introduce
> himself/herself to the team.
>
> Has anyone used the GitHub facility to import the PocketSword repository
> from Atlassian BitBucket?
>
> Nic's source code is at  https://bitbucket.org/niccarter/pocketsword
>
> Best regards,
>
> David
>
> Sent with Proton Mail <https://proton.me/mail/home> secure email.
>
> On Tuesday, January 14th, 2025 at 4:44 PM, Maxwell Murunga <
> maxmmur at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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