PocketSword blog

PocketSword on the iPad

Fri, 9 Sep 2011 11:51:24 +1000

This blog is continuing to be neglected, sorry about that! But, v1.4.1 has now been released to the App Store and includes support for the iPad.

Go grab it now :)

v1.3.3 on the App Store

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 11:46:09 +1100

PocketSword v1.3.3 is now available on the App Store. New features include landscape mode & full-screen mode.

In other news, I’m about to have some more spare time & once I’ve finished moving house, I’ll have a home-office again for the first time in a couple of years -- so hopefully there will be some more new features appearing soon. :)

PocketSword v1.3.2 released

Fri, 3 Sep 2010 13:36:57 +1000

As usual, this blog is getting neglected. Sorry about that! Just a quick note to remind you all that you’ll have better luck following PocketSword on Twitter. v1.3.2 was released in the App Store today, which is quite exciting. Changes include:

- Added ability to download "locked" texts & unlock them (eg: NET Bible)
- updated the built-in Greek Strong's lexicon
- improved start-up time of app
- improved speed of moving between Bible chapters.
- Can now tap on a verse number to add a bookmark or to view the corresponding Commentary entry for that verse.
- Can now jump straight to the start of a Book or Chapter from the ref selector
- fixed headings in the LEB module (from Logos)
- fixed display of Strong's numbers inline
- re-enabled use of PocketSword with iOS 3.0
- Added Czech localisation
- started upgrade of images for iPhone 4 retina display
- bug fixes

(New in v1.3.2)
- bug fixes

(New in v1.3.0)
- added Daily Devotional support
- Updated Download section to add more download sources
- added Russian & Traditional Chinese localisations
- Can now define your own download source, for users who create their own modules

Updates

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:34:42 +1000

As you can probably tell, I’m not too good at updating this blog. To follow more closely with what’s happening, I suggest you follow PocketSword on Twitter. You can also see the updates as they appear in the App Store.
This blog post is to say that v1.2 and v1.2.1 are live on the App Store. And yesterday I submitted v1.2.2 to Apple, so before you know it, that should be live, too! :)

In other news, Apple has delayed shipments of the iPad to Australia by a month. So you can blame Apple for the delay in me working on an iPad version. ;)

PocketSword 1.1 on the App Store

Wed, 3 Feb 2010 11:54:21 +1100

Hi, you may remember me from such blog posts as those from last year. Or as the guy who does most of the dev work on PocketSword.

Don’t worry, I’m still here. I’ve realised that I generally post updates of what’s happening in the PocketSword world on Twitter, rather than write blog posts about them. So if you want to keep up-to-date with what’s happening, take a look over there.

But it’s time for an important news announcement! PocketSword v1.1.0 has just been approved for sale, meaning it should start to appear in an App Store near you within the next 24 hours. :D

And here’s a quick list of what’s new in this (fairly big) update:

- Search added
- History items added (both for Bible browsing and for commentaries)
- Basic Dictionary support (lookup for Strong's numbers will be added in the next version!)
- Improved Bible and Commentary tabs UI (removed the Modules tab and you can now access your Bible modules from the Bible tab, Commentary modules from the Commentary tab, etc).
- Speed-up of app launch time
- Updated the SWORD library to v1.6.1
- i18n work completed, more localisations are now being worked on.
- French & Swedish added in this release.
- Alternative versification of Bibles groundwork completed (for example, Bibles with the Apocrypha can now be installed).
- Other minor bug fixes, improvements and speed ups.

oh, and cut and paste. :)

That’s all. I hope you love version 1.1 as much as I am happy with it! As usual, send any questions & queries to me via the “email me” button, below, or jump on to the user forums and post away there!