ios app should have a dim brightness feature similar to the Kindle app

The kindle brightness feature allows you to decrease the brightness to even less than the minimum of the ios device. I like to read with the sepia background. When reading in bed in the dark I'm able to reduce the brightness in the kindle app to a setting which is lower than the ios device which makes it easier on my eyes.

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Mark Smith

In iOS 7 you can swipe up from the bottom of the iPad screen with one finger and adjust the brightness setting from the panel that pops up. That will take you to as little light as the iPad will give you. If that is too bright you need to take your suggestion to Apple. Logos has no control beyond that.

Todd Phillips

In iOS 7 you can swipe up from the bottom of the iPad screen with one finger and adjust the brightness setting from the panel that pops up. That will take you to as little light as the iPad will give you. If that is too bright you need to take your suggestion to Apple. Logos has no control beyond that.

What the Kindle brightness control does is twofold, first it lowers the backlight brightness (like you can on the iOS panel), then, when the backlight is at the lowest, it starts to lower the individual pixel values (so that white becomes grey, sepia becomes brown, etc), effectively making it seem much darker and easier on the eyes than what is accomplished with only setting the backlight to the minimum.

I think it's a great system, and I assume that Logos could do it if they deemed it useful.

Xegesis

Todd thank you, that is exactly what I believe logos could easily implement into their app. I'm surprised more developers like those at twitter don't include that feature.

Paul-C

I'd like to see this feature too as when I read in the dark, I often wish the brightness of the screen was a touch lower - even after I've set the iOS brightness setting to its minimum.

I like the fact that the Kindle iOS app can darken the screen even past IOS' lowest setting!

Mark Smith

I'd like to see this feature too as when I read in the dark, I often wish the brightness of the screen was a touch lower - even after I've set the iOS brightness setting to its minimum.

I like the fact that the Kindle iOS app can darken the screen even past IOS' lowest setting!

The question I'd have is whether this is possible in iOS. Does iOS give a programmer the tools to do this? I'm no programmer so don't know. It seems from what you are saying it is a system-level feature in the Kindle.

EDIT: Re-reading I see you are referring to the iOS Kindle app when all along I thought it was the Kindle itself you were referring to. Very different. You can tell I don't read in bed at night with the light out, and don't even read well with the light on. [;)]

Liam

I'd like to see this feature too as when I read in the dark, I often wish the brightness of the screen was a touch lower - even after I've set the iOS brightness setting to its minimum.

I like the fact that the Kindle iOS app can darken the screen even past IOS' lowest setting!

Totally Agree!!!

David Medina

Not sure if I understand the request, but in my iPad both the kindle app as well as the logos app has the exact same brightness control and effect.

DMB

David ... we must be living on opposite sides of the universe. I put the Logos at its lowest setting and then the Kindle at its lowest setting (both iOS). I really have trouble making out the Kindle's screen absent turning the TV off (along with the lights). The Logos is a regular beacon great for using as a flashlight to take the trash out (or cross the universe, depending).

Now I do notice, if my iOS is not at its lowest setting, and I move the Logos to its lowest setting, Logos (in broad firelight) will INCREASE the light setting back to the iOS level. I wonder who thought that up? (Or indeed, I do live on the opposite side of the universe.)

Xegesis

Here is a kindle screenshot on an iPad air running iOS 7. Notice how the system brightness on the bottom is all the way left while the kindle brightness is not.

JT (alabama24)

Not sure if I understand the request, but in my iPad both the kindle app as well as the logos app has the exact same brightness control and effect.

The Logos brightness controls are tied to the iOS settings... the Kindle brightness controls are independent of the iOS settings.

Paul-C

Another comparison:

Here's the Logos iOS app with iOS set to lowest brightness:

And the kindle iOS app with the iOS brightness set to minimum AND the in-app kindle brightness set to minimum:

Spot the difference! [:D]

Simon’s Brother

One resource has much better tagging than the other?

Bev N

Xegesis, are the bottom controls on the screen specific to iPad Air?

I opened my Kindle App on iPad4 iOS7, but the bottom controls do not appear.

Paul-C

Xegesis, are the bottom controls on the screen specific to iPad Air?

Not Xegesis, but those controls are part of iOS 7 - you swipe up from bottom of screen to access them.

DMB

Bev ... I think they're specific to iOS7 (flipping the panel up with your finger). I'm on an older iPad mini and see the same panel.

But, not to disagree with the OP per se, but I suspect (and don't know) that Kindle's inability to quickly switch screens between apps, is due to its non-standard screen handling. When I'm reading a Bible related book and have to switch to another app to make notes, coming back is a pain.

If Logos had to do the same, then I'd vote for the present approach, but allow the setting to be different from the iOS setting (instead of automatically moving up just after the user moved it down).

Todd Phillips

What the Kindle brightness control does is twofold, first it lowers the backlight brightness (like you can on the iOS panel), then, when the backlight is at the lowest, it starts to lower the individual pixel values (so that white becomes grey, sepia becomes brown, etc), effectively making it seem much darker and easier on the eyes than what is accomplished with only setting the backlight to the minimum.

Just to update this description: The Kindle app brightness control doesn't affect the system back-light brightness at all any more. (I believe that it used to, but has changed in recent updates). It only affects the text brightness via pixel values. This change was probably made since the iOS brightness control is easier to access than it used to be. I think the Logos app should work the same way for this reason.

spiritbear0

If you find the minimum brightness still too bright for NIGHTTIME reading - Apple has finally added a screen filter in ios 8. Typically android offered a way to reduce the minimum brightness via apps when the screen was still too bright for nighttime reading even when set to zero - but now you can enable this in ios:

1) go to settings, general, accessibility - zoom

2) enable zoom

3) tap 3 fingers on the screen to bring up zoom options

4) choose: choose filter - low light

5) go back to settings , general, accessibility, zoom - choose zoom region: change to full screen

6) turn zoom off

7) go to settings, general , accessibility

8) set the last option - accessibility shortcut: zoom

Now when you push your home button 3x quickly it will dim the entire screen for nighttime reading.

JT (alabama24)

Thanks Karim... and welcome to the forums. [:)]

Liam

Apple has finally added a screen filter in ios 8.

Great news! Thanks Karim!