iOS Reader Suite 8.2.1.0038 Beta Release Notes

Faithlife Announcements

The iOS team is pleased to announce the 8.2.1.0038 Beta release of the Logos, Faithlife Study Bible, Biblia, Faithlife Ebooks and Verbum apps. The apps should be available in TestFlight.

If you wish to install the beta apps please open the links below using your Apple mobile device.

IMPORTANT NOTE: iTunes Backup/Restore is not supported. If you have used iTunes Backup/Restore and experience problems with the app please delete the app and perform a fresh install from the Apple Store.

If you discover any issues please open the Help menu and tap Report a Problem, and include the following information in your email:

Description – How were you using the app when the problem occurred?
Reproduction Steps - Please clearly explain how to reproduce the issue.
App Info – Which app you are using (Logos Bible, Verbum, Faithlife Study Bible, Faithlife Ebooks or Biblia).
Device Info – (iPad Pro 9.7", iPhone X, iPad Pro 11", etc.)
iOS Version – (11.4, 12.1, 12.2, etc.)

For more information on reporting bugs please see https://community.logos.com/forums/t/178529.aspx .

Versions in this release

Logos Bible Study Tools 8.2.1.0038 - https://testflight.apple.com/join/ftLCn5d6
Faithlife Study Bible 8.2.1.0038 - https://testflight.apple.com/join/FNWhic7i
Biblia! 8.2.1.0038 - https://testflight.apple.com/join/kvr0h1yx
Faithlife Ebooks 8.2.1.0038 - https://testflight.apple.com/join/uOB3MBmz
Verbum 8.2.1.0038 - https://testflight.apple.com/join/MBY04Qmv

New

- Allow support for adding reference anchors to notes.
- Full screen note editing on iPad devices.
- Add "Keep Display On" option in View Settings.
- Allow in-app purchases for anonymous users.
- Add an option to launch Atlas and Canvas Tool.

Improved

- Added a network activity indicator for newer iPhones.

Fixed

- After restoring the app from a backup, any downloaded resources will be re-downloaded.
- Fixed an issue where markup styles were incorrectly displayed in the selection list.
- Minor low-light improvements.
- Fixed crash when attempting to use Word Lookup in some offline Hebrew resources.
- Localization updates.

Graham Criddle

The beta release notes description of what is new, been fixed etc seems to be cumulative in some way which makes it difficult to know what has actually changed and can be tested.

Comparing this release with 8.2.1.0012 for example:

New in this release shows:

- Allow support for adding reference anchors to notes. 
- Full screen note editing on iPad devices.
- Add "Keep Display On" option in View Settings.
- Allow in-app purchases for anonymous users.
- Add an option to launch Atlas and Canvas Tool.

while 8.2.1.0012 had:

- Allow anonymous in-app purchases
- Anchored note support
- Allow passage selection ranges for Anchors
- Add “Keep Display On” option in View Settings
- Full screen note editing on iPad devices

So it looks as though this release has new support for launching the Atlas and Canvas Tool (and I'm assuming that "support for adding reference anchors to notes" here is the same as "allow passage selection for anchors" in .0012

The fixed section in .0038 has five entries with one of them (crashes for Work Lookup in offline Hebrews resources) also being present in .0012. Does this mean that all the rest here are new?

Overall I find the release notes confusing which makes it difficult to work out what is new for any particular release.

Am I missing something or could this be addressed?