4.17.0
2023-10-23
NEW FEATURES AND ENHANCEMENTS
• Changed "Change Login ID or Password" to "Account Login" on the menu to better reflect what this function does.
• We are now required to give you the option to delete your Laridian account anywhere that we give you the ability to create an account. Added a "Delete Account" feature to the Account Login dialog. Provided a full description of the data being deleted, the implications of deletion (since it affects PocketBible running on non-iOS platforms and permanently removes access to products you have paid for), and alternatives to account deletions in different situations — all to help reduce accidental permanent deletion of accounts.
FIXES
• Account Login screen how has a dark background in all contexts when a dark color scheme is chosen.
• Fixed a layout problem on the Cloud Library screen for non-AFS subscribers.
• Addressed an issue that caused the status line at the bottom of the library lists to be unreadable in some color schemes.
• Addressed an issue that could cause an error or crash when deleting a note.
4.16.0
2023-10-07
The primary purpose of version 4.16 is to update the code that reads our Bible files and understands how Bibles interact with each other. In addition, a number of other changes have been made:
NEW FEATURES
- Added a "direct keyboard entry" go-to-verse style to better support hardware keyboards on iPad.
- Added press-and-hold link previews for most types of links in the note viewer.
- Added ability to link to document fragments in notes. (Use plain text editor to add id= attribute to a tag; link with href="#id" syntax.)
ENHANCEMENTS
- Do a better job of managing the toolbox size when using a hardware keyboard attached to an iPad.
- Support more types of link previews in book and Bible text. Change the way they are displayed to take up no more of the screen than required.
- Accommodate more types of links being pasted into notes from PocketBible books and Bibles.
- Added VoiceOver labels and hints to many more buttons.
- Slight visual changes to the shape and borders of book panes to provide better definition when panes are displayed in tiles.
- Added the version numbers of the Bible reference data in a Bible to its "About This Book" screen.
- Users Guide is automatically re-installed on request if accidentally deleted.
BUG FIXES
- Changes in the way the iOS speech synthesizer handles empty strings passed to it would cause PocketBible to sometimes repeat a verse or paragraph when reading it.
- Duplicate notes could be created while changing the name of a Journal note. (AFS)
- Links to websites in notes could fail if the URL contained spaces.
- Text in alert dialogs was difficult to read when using a light color scheme while the device is in dark mode or a dark color scheme while in light mode.
- Book, chapter, or verse numbers could get truncated in the "spinner" go-to-verse style.
- The "spinner" style go-to-verse dialog wasn't being displayed the first time it was invoked after having been selected in Settings.
- The app could crash when a shortcut key was used to open the "today" menu on an iPad with a hardware keyboard.
- Long-press on a toolbar button in landscape mode on an iPhone activated the wrong button.
- Long press on go-to button to see list of recent verses would not display correctly if the active book was not a Bible.
- Selecting a recent search caused the search to be performed but the results were immediately dismissed.
- Login/Create Account screens now have dark background when dark color scheme is active.
4.14.2
2020-09-25
- Deleting saved layouts (Advanced Feature Set) could cause the app to crash.
- If the user deleted the Users Guide then tried to view it, an error message was generated. It is now re-installed automatically.
- Reordering controls were erroneously being shown for the Device Library list.
- Reordering controls throughout the app lacked the contrast to be seen in dark mode when a light color scheme was chosen.
4.14.1
2020-09-19
FEATURES
- Added saved/named layouts on iPad. (Advanced Feature Set required)
- Added keyboard shortcut keys for use on iPad with keyboard. Shortcuts can be customized with Advanced Feature Set.
- Added trackpad and mouse support in book panes, including 2-finger trackpad and scroll-wheel scrolling.
- Added "Back History", "Forward History", "Recent Searches", and "Recent Verses" as long-press actions on the back, forward, and goto buttons, respectively.
- Added "Sync to Current Verse" to the menu (syncs to most recently viewed verse) and to the Selection tool bar for Bibles (syncs to the selected verse). Both options only needed/visible when automatic Bible/commentary sync is turned off.
ENHANCEMENTS
- Customizable sorting of list of open books in each pane.
- Choosing a range of verses for searching requires fewer button presses.
- Long-press preview now works on the asterisks that mark footnotes in books and Bibles.
FIXES
- Resolved an issue with background colors on certain menus.
- Resolved an issue where the list of open books showed the wrong book as being active after closing the currently active book.
- Resolved an issue with AFS subscription expiration not being recognized.
4.13.4
2020-05-13
Fixes:
▹ Addressed an issue that could cause the app to crash when navigating in Bibles containing the Apocrypha.
▹ Addressed an issue with images in Autostudy results (Advanced Feature Set).
4.13.2
2020-01-09
Fixes:
▹ Tab labels were sometimes invisible or difficult to read. (Advanced Feature Set)
▹ Keyboard did not always activate when editing a note on iPhone.
▹ Note editor on iPad did not save until returning to view mode.
4.13.1
2019-12-07
○ App would crash when entering the Settings menu on some devices.
○ Provide a quicker way to exit note viewer/editor for iOS 11/12 devices.
○ Disable note editor functions on iOS 11/12 devices that are not actually supported.
4.13.0
2019-12-04
Enhancements for iOS 13:
▹ Allow selection of different color schemes for light mode and dark mode.
▹ Added more "night" color schemes to PocketBible's existing dark mode support. (Advanced Feature Set)
Enhancements:
▹ Present the Autostudy feature using the full screen on iPad. (AFS)
▹ Present the table of contents for non-Bibles on iPhone differently so that it syncs to your current position right away.
▹ Present search results on iPhone differently so that you don't see the previous search form before seeing results.
▹ Integrated the Note List, Note Editor, and Note Text Editor into one dialog on iPhone to make it easy to move between reading/editing notes and reading Bibles/books without losing your place.
▹ Improved text contrast, especially on dark backgrounds, throughout the app.
▹ Swipe down to dismiss full-screen dialogs on iPhone.
▹ Added haptic feedback for "Copy" operation on the selection toolbar.
Fixes for iOS 13:
▹ Highlight color list didn't fit on the screen on an iPad in landscape orientation.
▹ Notes were not always saved when the rich-text editor was dismissed.
▹ Unwanted blue border was visible around the rich-text editor.
▹ It was possible to choose settings that would cause text to disappear under the "notch" on an iPhone 11.
General fixes:
▹ The note viewer and rich-text editor on the iPhone did not do kinetic scrolling.
▹ Sometimes the active pane was sent to the location of the pane to its left during "back" operation if the two panes contained the same Bible.
▹ History of previous searches would not be updated once it was "full".
PocketBible now requires iOS 11.0 minimum.
4.0.12
2011-10-04
• Added an option to hide "Note" links at the start of a verse.
• "Manage AFS Subscription" now goes directly to Account Settings instead of bouncing through Safari first.
• Addressed an issue that caused "dynamic title bar height" setting to be forgotten between launches of the app.
• Addressed touch alignment in full-screen reading mode (AFS).
• Some users were not able to access the in-app store to purchase the Advanced Feature Set.