The Scriptures

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

- Tagalog is now available in the Language Blend feature

- New Double Column View! On iPads in Portrait or Landscape mode, you can now view the scripture text in two columns, laid out side-by-side. You can toggle this feature on or off in the application settings.

- Added a "What's New" screen
- Spruced up the documentation
- Other minor bug fixes

In this Version:

- Fixed a bug that prevented changing the blend language on some iPad models.



** New in Version 1.8.0 **

* NEW! Language Blend Feature (available via In-App Purchase): Language Blend allows you to view the Book of Mormon, Doctrine & Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price in two languages simultaneously.

Language Blend is currently available in English and Spanish for the entire standard works, and in German, French, Portuguese, and Swedish for the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price. Additional languages will be added in the future, based on popular demand and availability.

* NEW! Settings are now in the app, allowing you to set the font size, style, alignment, language, and more without leaving the app.

* Improved Search! You can now search for keywords, "exact phrases", or combinations of the two.

* Other bug fixes and improvements.

* NEW! Language Blend Feature (available via In-App Purchase): Language Blend allows you to view the Book of Mormon, Doctrine & Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price in two languages simultaneously.

Language Blend is currently available in English and Spanish for the entire standard works, and in German, French, Portuguese, and Swedish for the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price. Additional languages will be added in the future, based on popular demand and availability.

* NEW! Settings are now in the app, allowing you to set the font size, style, alignment, language, and more without leaving the app.

* Improved Search! You can now search for keywords, "exact phrases", or combinations of the two.

* Other bug fixes and improvements.

- Search results now sorted properly.
- Context-menu searching now works again.

- After an incredibly long wait, the app is finally optimized for iOS 7 and 8.
- Fixed a bunch of bugs related to highlighting.

* Optimized app to have a smaller iCloud footprint
* Fixed bug that caused app to crash sometimes when purchasing highlighters
* Fixed search bug
* Multiple bug fixes

New Spanish Localization! Includes all of the standard works, the guide to studying the scriptures, and footnotes.

Spanish scriptures available on any device. To activate, just go to the Phone Settings, select The Scriptures, and change the language.

New in 1.5.1:
- Fixed a crash bug on certain iPad devices.
- Fixed a bug that caused the highlighter upgrade to not register correctly for some users.

New in 1.5.0:
- iPad Compatibility.
- Redesigned user interface to work with iPad.
- Social Networking! You can now easily share scriptures via Email, Twitter, or Facebook. Just select the text you want to share and tap More..., then Share.
- Search for selected text.

*** Currently the app only works in Portrait mode, I'm working on an update that will support Landscape mode as well. ***

- iPad Compatibility.
- Redesigned user interface to work with iPad.
- Social Networking! You can now easily share scriptures via Email, Twitter, or Facebook. Just select the text you want to share and tap More..., then Share.
- Search for selected text.

*** Currently the app only works in Portrait mode, I'm working on an update that will support Landscape mode as well. ***

NEW! Scripture Highlights!

With the purchase of the new Scripture Highlights tool, you can mark scriptures in a variety of colors and see a list of all scriptures you have marked.

You can purchase the Scripture Highlights tool from within the application.

- Added support for older iOS devices

- Application should now run on older iOS devices again.
- Minor bug fixes.

New: Added preference to lock rotation.
New: Footnotes that refer to alternate translations (HEB, GR, JST, etc...) are now colored differently.

- Fixed rotation support
- Added chapter headers to list
- Fixed a bug that caused the guide search to be slow

Bug Fix: Large search results no longer extend beyond bottom of screen.
Bug Fix: When changing between sets of search results the list will now start at the top of each set.
Bug Fix: Disabled auto-correction in the Scripture Guide filter to prevent the filter from changing after selections were made.
Bug Fix: Fixed some cases of missing spaces after italicized words.

Feature: Changed how search works, searching for multiple terms will now return results that contain all of the terms, but not necessarily together. (i.e. Searching for "work glory" will return any result with the words "work" and "glory" even if the exact phrase "work glory" isn't found.)