iOS Reader Suite 5.5.5 Release Notes

The 5.5.5 versions of Bible!, Faithlife Study Bible, Verbum, Vyrso, Biblia! and Noet have been released and should soon be available in the Apple Store.

New

- Text Comparison is no longer limited to five Bibles (Logos 7 or Logos Now customers only)
- The ability to sort Text Comparison collections by Title

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Philip Bassham

I really want to set text comparison to 2 versions on my app. Is there a way to do that?

Kevin Byford (Faithlife)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/851059#Comment_851059

I really want to set text comparison to 2 versions on my app. Is there a way to do that?

Yes; on Logos Desktop create a Collection with the two Bible versions you want to use, then sync the Desktop/Mobile apps and choose that Collection for Text Comparison.

Philip Bassham

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/851067#Comment_851067

Thanks. Is there something in particular I need to do to sync, or is that automatic?

Kevin Byford (Faithlife)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/851073#Comment_851073

Thanks. Is there something in particular I need to do to sync, or is that automatic?

Everything should automatically sync in a few minutes (assuming an active internet connection) but sometimes customers want things to sync immediately; please see https://community.logos.com/forums/t/123105.aspx for more information.

Philip Bassham

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/851087#Comment_851087

Thanks. That helps. I see my collection sync and on the ios app I can see my collection in the library section, but when I go to Text comparison, it only shows a select few of my collections, not all of them (including this one that I am trying to get to work).

Any idea the magic formula to make it show up as a collection to choose from in the text comparison tool?

Kevin Byford (Faithlife)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/851098#Comment_851098

Which two Bibles are in the collection?

Philip Bassham

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/851102#Comment_851102

KJV and Thai Standard Version

Graham Criddle

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/851102#Comment_851102

Hi Kevin

Is this related to the problem flagged during beta testing?

Looks very similar

Graham

Graham Criddle

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/851123#Comment_851123

This is what I currently see in the Verbum app

Kevin Byford (Faithlife)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/851122#Comment_851122

KJV and Thai Standard Version

The Text Comparison feature wasn't designed to compare English Bible translations with Thai, Chinese, Korean, Russian, Japanese, French, German, or all of the many other languages that the Bible has been translated to.

The chief purpose of Text Comparison is to compare the actual text of the various English Bible translations with each other, along with Greek and Hebrew sources.

Kevin Byford (Faithlife)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/851123#Comment_851123

Hi Kevin

Is this related to the problem flagged during beta testing?

Looks very similar

Graham

Hi Graham,

Can you be more specific?

Graham Criddle

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/851142#Comment_851142

Sorry Kevin, I wasn't meaning to be cryptic.

I don't know how to link to an entry in the mobile app Faithlife group but hopefully the screenshot below gives the context

Philip Bassham

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/851141#Comment_851141

The Text Comparison feature wasn't designed to compare English Bible translations with Thai, Chinese, Korean, Russian, Japanese, French, German, or all of the many other languages that the Bible has been translated to.

Maybe not, but that is what I would like to use it for.

It currently works to compare lots of Bibles (including my Thai one), I just don’t want to see that many of them.

I don’t see why the version that I am trying to use should affect whether the feature works or not.

Too many versions

Philip Bassham

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/851149#Comment_851149

We can act like I am trying to compare English versions if you want. It still doesn’t work.

Kevin Byford (Faithlife)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/851149#Comment_851149

It currently works to compare lots of Bibles (including my Thai one), I just don’t want to see that many of them.

Did you create a collection of the two Bibles you wish to compare and then select that collection?

Kevin Byford (Faithlife)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/851152#Comment_851152

We can act like I am trying to compare English versions if you want. It still doesn’t work.

Yeah, ok. It's 4:31am where I live and the only reason I'm still posting here is my dog is ill and I'm watching him. I'll try to create a video to explain this to you tomorrow. Thing is, it works perfectly - it seems you don't know how to create a collection and/or choose a collection when using Text Comparison. Sorry.

Philip Bassham

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/851154#Comment_851154

Yes.

1. My 2 Bibles in a collection

2. Two English Bibles for good measure

3. They synced to documents.logos.com

4. They show up on my device under search

5. They are not available in text comparison

Philip Bassham

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/851157#Comment_851157

Yeah, ok.

Just don’t appreciate being written off as soon as you find out that I am using a different language. That is not the problem.

JT (alabama24)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/851149#Comment_851149

I don’t see why the version that I am trying to use should affect whether the feature works or not.

Sometimes the product description pages don't get updated when changes happen, but this resource shows as non mobile enabled:

I see that it appears to be running on your mobile device, but I wonder if there are any licensing issues which may cause this glitch.

Philip Bassham

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/851160#Comment_851160

That doesn't explain why it doesn't work when that Bible is not involved though.

JT (alabama24)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/851173#Comment_851173

That doesn't explain why it doesn't work when that Bible is not involved though.

I didn't catch that. You mean to say that you have tried creating other collections without the Thai Bible and it doesn't work?

Philip Bassham

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/851191#Comment_851191

Correct. My collections show up on my device under the search function, but not under text comparison.

JT (alabama24)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/851157#Comment_851157

Thing is, it works perfectly - it seems you don't know how to create a collection and/or choose a collection when using Text Comparison.

I know how to do both (as it appears Philip does too!), but the collection is not syncing.

Everything should automatically sync in a few minutes (assuming an active internet connection

I checked a second desktop installation... the newly created collection has indeed synced to the servers. It does not appear on mobile. I have updated to the 5.5.5 build. I have killed the app and restarted the device.

Which two Bibles are in the collection?

I decided that this would be a good feature, so I created one with three: ESV, NIV11, NLT.

Myke Harbuck

The 5.5.5 versions of Bible!, Faithlife Study Bible, Verbum, Vyrso, Biblia! and Noet have been released and should soon be available in the Apple Store.

New

- Text Comparison is no longer limited to five Bibles
- The ability to sort Text Comparison collections by Title

Sent you a Faithlife private message abotu beta testing. Kevin.

Thanks!

Kevin Byford (Faithlife)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/851159#Comment_851159

Yeah, ok.

Just don’t appreciate being written off as soon as you find out that I am using a different language. That is not the problem.

Don't forget the rest (are you a budding journalist?) - "It's 4:31am where I live and the only reason I'm still posting here is my dog is ill and I'm watching him." I apologize for being in a grumpy mood, and I didn't "write you off" because you are using a different language. I'm sorry I was in a grumpy mood. I'll take a further look at this on Monday.

Kevin Byford (Faithlife)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/851545#Comment_851545

FYI, in the future I'll be locking release note posts in order to encourage creating new posts for issues you may run into. This release note post has now gone from Text Comparison issues to sync issues to questions about joining the Beta - and it's my fault for responding as I have.

Please see https://community.logos.com/forums/t/118697.aspx for how to create a bug report; please note the first bolded item in the list is "Create a New Post." Please do not use Release Note posts to ask questions. Please DO create new posts.!