Gospel Library

Fixed an issue that could prevent ward and branch information from syncing after moving to a different unit.

• Added “Tip of the Week” card in Home.
• Added a notification setting for Tip of the Week.
• Fixed an issue where the note editor sometimes closed automatically after opening.
• Fixed an issue where the search results list wasn’t preserved when going back.

• Fixed a crash when scrolling Home on large screens.
• Fixed theme colors in Home when running Gospel Library on macOS.
• Fixed issues where ward and branch features on Home didn't always reload correctly.
• Fixed an issue that could cause a blank screen to show when opening an invalid link.
• Fixed an issue that could prevent going to Home after using search go-to suggestions.
• Fixed an issue where the default iOS selection menu could overlap Gospel Library’s annotation menu.
• Fixed an issue where the General Conference quick link on Home was sometimes unresponsive.

• Updated app icon to work better with color tints in iOS 18.
• Fixed an issue that prevented the History panel from loading on iOS 16.
• Fixed an issue that could cause the back button to skip back too far.
• Improved reliability when opening links to Gospel Library content.
• Improved light/dark theming in the Help section.

Redesigned Home section
• Updated Home to a more modern and delightful look and feel.
• Improved how Home adjusts for landscape and large screens.
• Added the ability to long-press and drag to rearrange sections in Home.

Other improvements
• Updated the study plans section of Home to accommodate more featured plans.
• Updated Verse and Quote of the Day widgets to match the changes in Home.
• Added Church Account profile image in Settings.
• Changed media streaming and download to respect the “Limit Cellular Data Use” setting.
• Improved stability in navigation, study plans, and other areas.

Redesigned Home section
• Updated Home to a more modern and delightful look and feel.
• Improved how Home adjusts for landscape and large screens.
• Added the ability to long-press and drag to rearrange sections in Home.

Other improvements
• Updated the study plans section of Home to accommodate more featured plans.
• Updated Verse and Quote of the Day widgets to match the changes in Home.
• Added Church Account profile image in Settings.
• Changed media streaming and download to respect the “Limit Cellular Data Use” setting.
• Improved stability in navigation, study plans, and other areas.

• Added improvements to support Topics and Questions content.
• Fixed an issue where tapping an item in Home sometimes opened a new screen.
• Increased stability by refactoring code in various sections of the app.

• Added new content to the Help section, including overview videos and tips for using Gospel Library.
• Added the ability for music coordinators to choose sacrament meeting hymns from either the hymnbook or Children’s Songbook.
• Added the ability for music coordinators in multilingual wards to choose sacrament meeting hymns in any installed content language.
• Added a quick edit button to the Sacrament Meeting Hymns, Elders Quorum Lesson, and Relief Society Lesson cards for users with edit rights.
• Renamed the Hymns quick link to Music, and changed it to link to the Music section.
• Fixed an issue that could prevent sacrament meeting hymns and elders quorum or Relief Society lessons from showing.

• Fixed an issue that prevented selecting sacrament meeting hymns for some users.
• Fixed an issue where images were missing when creating a study plan.
• Fixed an issue that could prevent accessing role-based content.

• Added the ability to print sheet music PDFs.
• Updated the audio player to reload what was being listened to when the app restarts.
• Fixed an issue where the audio player would sometimes show at the top of the screen.
• Fixed an issue where text-to-speech audio didn’t work correctly in Chinese content.
• Fixed an issue where Japanese text didn’t display correctly in the sidebar.
• Fixed an issue where the sidebar width was reset after switching apps.
• Fixed an issue that prevented adding tags to selected text on macOS.

New audio experience
• Added support for Apple CarPlay.
• Simplified the audio mini-player.
• Changed the audio player to remain available while navigating throughout the app.
• Added an expanded state for the audio player (tap or pull upward on the mini-player).

Additional audio improvements
• Added the ability to control playback speed and other settings separately for spoken content and music.
• Added the ability to listen to study plans sequentially when they draw from multiple publications.
• Added Shuffle, Repeat, and Audio Type options in the expanded player.
• Added a Sleep Timer option in the expanded player for pausing audio after a set amount of time.
• Added an option in the expanded player to navigate to the currently-playing content.
• Added the ability to switch between music audio types (for example, Vocal or Accompaniment).
• Added the ability to rearrange or remove items from the audio queue.
• Improved stability for text-to-speech and general audio playback.

Other improvements
• Added spelling correction in Search.
• Added a way to mark previous study plan items complete by long-pressing on a reading segment.
• Added a Sign In Again option when a user is signed in but the session has expired.
• Added a new Help section (new help content will be added in a future release).
• Bug fixes and increased stability.

iOS 15 is no longer supported (Gospel Library 6.8.0 requires iOS 16 or newer).

• Fixed an issue where ASL videos in the Book of Mormon weren’t playable.
• Changed the Sacrament Meeting Hymns card to show all day on Sunday, for a better experience when local meeting times haven’t been updated in Leader and Clerk Resources.

• Fixed an issue that could prevent adding tags to an annotation.
• Fixed an issue that made it difficult to choose between overlapping highlights.
• Fixed an issue where a blank screen could load when viewing youth music.
• Fixed an issue where the Come, Follow Me widget didn’t always show the correct image.
• Fixed a crash when creating an annotation link on iOS 15.

• Fixed a potential crash when adding or removing tags from a highlight.
• Fixed an issue where printing didn’t work as expected in iOS 17.2.

• Added a new Come, Follow Me card and removed Come, Follow Me quick links.
• Updated the Come, Follow Me widget to update weekly with artwork from the outline.
• Added the ability to merge tags or notebooks.
• Added a “View All Hymns” link that shows on the Sacrament Meeting Hymns card when hymns haven’t been entered.
• Added a “View All Talks” link that shows on the Elders Quorum or Relief Society Lessons card when talks haven’t been entered.
• Added a confirmation popup when switching languages if equivalent content isn’t available in the other language.
• Updated cards on Home to adjust based on the device language, not the content language.
• Updated the look and feel of the Send Feedback form.
• Reduced app size by only generating offline search indexes when they’re needed.
• Fixed an issue that could cause the wrong content to load when switching languages.
• Fixed an issue where a PDF was attached when sharing a link to content.
• Fixed an issue where incorrect content showed in the sidebar on the destination side of an annotation link.
• Fixed an issue where individual audio or video files couldn’t be removed in Downloaded Media.

• Added a new Come, Follow Me card and removed Come, Follow Me quick links.
• Updated the Come, Follow Me widget to update weekly with artwork from the outline.
• Added the ability to merge tags or notebooks.
• Added a “View All Hymns” link that shows on the Sacrament Meeting Hymns card when hymns haven’t been entered.
• Added a “View All Talks” link that shows on the Elders Quorum or Relief Society Lessons card when talks haven’t been entered.
• Added a confirmation popup when switching languages if equivalent content isn’t available in the other language.
• Updated cards on Home to adjust based on the device language, not the content language.
• Updated the look and feel of the Send Feedback form.
• Reduced app size by only generating offline search indexes when they’re needed.
• Fixed an issue that could cause the wrong content to load when switching languages.
• Fixed an issue where a PDF was attached when sharing a link to content.
• Fixed an issue where incorrect content showed in the sidebar on the destination side of an annotation link.
• Fixed an issue where individual audio or video files couldn’t be removed in Downloaded Media.

• Fixed an issue where the reading view scrolled to the top when closing the search matches bar.
• Fixed an issue that could cause a blank area to appear at the bottom of the screen after using the note editor.
• Fixed an issue where notes didn’t always show in the sidebar immediately after they were created.
• Fixed an issue where pulling downward to refresh content in the library could cause the wrong content to load.

• Fixed an issue that could cause the note editor to close when auto-saving.
• Fixed an issue that prevented some icons from displaying correctly on iOS 17.

• Added featured study plans to the Study Plans card in Home.
• Added a Daily Study card in Home that shows daily study streaks.
• Added a View All link to the Study Plans card and removed Study Plans from the Study Tools card.
• Switched to a dark background in the full screen image viewer.
• Fixed an issue that could cause a blank screen when returning to the app.
• Fixed an issue that prevented interacting with a highlight that overlapped a scripture reference link.
• Fixed an issue where links from a note to Gospel Library content sometimes left the app.
• Fixed an issue that prevented switching between text-to-speech voices.
• Fixed a crash when sharing selected text on macOS.

• Added featured study plans to the Study Plans card in Home.
• Added a Daily Study card in Home that shows daily study streaks.
• Added a View All link to the Study Plans card and removed Study Plans from the Study Tools card.
• Switched to a dark background in the full screen image viewer.
• Fixed an issue that could cause a blank screen when returning to the app.
• Fixed an issue that prevented interacting with a highlight that overlapped a scripture reference link.
• Fixed an issue where links from a note to Gospel Library content sometimes left the app.
• Fixed an issue that prevented switching between text-to-speech voices.
• Fixed a crash when sharing selected text on macOS.

• Improved font size, style, and spacing in resizable sheet music.
• Added background color and font style settings to Display Options (in the overflow menu) when viewing resizable sheet music.
• Added Download Audio to the overflow menu when viewing a chapter.
• Added a Learning Videos link to the Help section.
• Fixed an issue where chapters sometimes loaded to the wrong place when switching screens or opening a bookmark.
• Fixed an issue where the tags panel didn’t scroll when trying to add several tags to a note or highlight.
• Fixed an issue where topic chips at the bottom of a conference talk could be tapped when trying to check off a study plan segment.
• Fixed an issue that prevented sharing content on iOS 15 and macOS.
• Fixed an issue where content didn’t load correctly when printing.
• Fixed an issue where the audio resume position didn’t reset when auto-advancing audio from one chapter to the next.
• Fixed an issue that could cause text-to-speech audio to skip paragraphs.
• Fixed a few issues that caused the audio button to appear unexpectedly when scrolling or entering full screen mode.
• Fixed an issue where the audio button was difficult to access with VoiceOver.
• Reduced flickering when loading content.

• Fixed an issue that could cause the app to unexpectedly scroll to the bottom of the reading view.
• Fixed an issue where the scroll position wasn’t restored correctly after using a bookmark and switching screens.

• Fixed an issue that could cause notes to not display fully in the Tags and Notebooks sections of the app.
• Fixed an issue where the current location in Tags and Notebooks wasn’t remembered when switching screens.
• Fixed an issue that made it difficult to filter tags when adding a tag to a highlight.
• Fixed an issue that could cause slow scrolling when selecting text.
• Fixed an issue where audio remained loaded after closing the audio player.
• Fixed an issue where exact phrase search didn’t work for phrases with an apostrophe.

• Updated Find on Page to use a standard iOS implementation.
• Reverted to expanded annotation cards in tags, notebooks, and the sidebar.
• Fixed an issue that prevented creating or updating a bookmark after listening to audio.
• Fixed an issue where the keyboard showing and hiding in the note editor made it difficult to edit long notes.
• Fixed an issue where the note editor wasn’t using the full screen on iPad.
• Fixed an issue with overlapping content in the sidebar on iOS 15.
• Fixed an issue where adding a highlight to a notebook was slow for users with a lot of notebooks.
• Fixed an issue where link indicators were missing on the destination side of an annotation link.
• Fixed an issue that prevented contextual search suggestions from showing consistently in Search.

Simplified Theme
• Updated the app icon to a lighter blue.
• Simplified the look and feel of the app to put an emphasis on content rather than the surrounding user interface.
• Removed app-wide theme color options (standard light and dark themes are still supported).

Ward and Branch Features
• Added a “Sacrament Meeting Hymns” card to Home (visible during sacrament meeting) that music coordinators can use to communicate hymns each week.
• Added “Relief Society Lessons” and “Elders Quorum Lessons” cards to Home that presidencies can use to communicate selected general conference talks for 2nd- and 4th-Sunday lessons.
• Added a “Callings” card for selecting hymns and lessons (only visible for members with callings that can edit).
• Added notification options in Settings for some of the above features.
• (Ward and branch features require signing in with a Church Account that’s connected to a membership record number.)

Other Improvements
• Added Display Options to the reading view (some of the options were previously in Settings).
• Added additional background color options for the reading view.
• Added section dividers to overflow menus throughout the app.
• Improved performance when scrolling through notes and highlights in the Annotations section of the app.
• Updated the note editor to have a Done button instead of Cancel and Save.