When Are We Going to See Proclaim for iPad?
Hello,
My church has finally upgraded to a wireless system. We can now use presentation software. I would like to use Proclaim without the use of a laptop. Does Proclaim come for the iPad? Or is that just the remote app?
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The App for Proclaim on tablets (including iPad) and phone may only control (or follow) the presentation: it if not a full featured edition of Proclaim so it cannot be used to create or edit a presentation. However, one can use the iPad to present it via AirPlay. Also, we are working to support quickscreens right now, and work on autoadvance (for the loops) will begin soon.
For home Bible studies, I have plugged my Apple TV in, remote desktop (I use Splashtop) into my office computer to run Proclaim, and then screencast the iPad to the Apple TV. It works quite well, if your internet connection is good. The big downside is that, since you are broadcasting the screen, you have to be viewing the presentation on your iPad, not the application.
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Justin, did you know that you can Airplay from iPad app? I mention this cause home bible studies is what I imagined it being used for. If you have tried it, what made you not use it?
I did not realize that! I will have to try that next time. Thanks for the heads up, Jordan.
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I have used Keynote for my presentations for years. I just plug the iPad to the projector screen adapter and ready to go. I understand what all of you are describing. However, the Proclaim software should me much more user friendly to use. I should be able to connect the same way I can with Keynote. I should not have to mirror or add other technology just to use this software for a presentation. I hope that comes soon to Proclaim.
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Hey Jim, even though Apple calls it mirroring, the second the Proclaim app detects the screen, it will go fullscreen, so it is not actually mirroring or adding another technology. Just using Apple's airplay. It would also work with the physical cables Apple sells too.
I was unaware that the Keynote app does that automatically, we probably could add a button right to the Proclaim app to start outputting which would be more user-friendly then having to go to control center.
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I was unaware that the Keynote app does that automatically, we probably could add a button right to the Proclaim app to start outputting which would be more user-friendly then having to go to control center.
Turns out Apple doesn't let people do this... I checked in Keynote, and for Airplay they make you go to Control Center too. I'm going to get a cable soon to test the Proclaim Remote with hooking it up to a projector not via AirPlay.
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Hi Jordan! I realize that I’m commenting on an ancient post but this was the top hit when I searched for editing Proclaim Presentations on iPad. It’s been two years and I have noticed that there have been improvements to the Proclaim Remote app; however, iPad Pro has gotten to the point that I have ditched my MacBoook and only use an my iPad with the Magic Keyboard. Just about everything I do is now easier on the iPad. And I have the added convenience of a touch interface and Apple Pencil when I need it.
The ONLY thing I do every week that I cannot do on my iPad is prepare our Proclaim Presentation. It’s really a bummer to have to maintain an ancient iMac (I found one on Facebook for $300) just for editing our Proclaim Presentations. I honestly would have just moved back to Keynote like we used years ago if it were not for Proclaim’s Song Select/CCLI integration. I import the song set from PCO Services and that’s a big enough time saver that I’m begrudgingly sticking with Proclaim for now.
But I wanted to let you know because it’s been two years since this post asking for this feature and there is still nothing. I have gone in and made the suggestion. In the tool support provided a link to a while back. I also found every related suggestion and upvoted it. However, I am actively looking for something that integrates with PCO and CCLI but allows editing on iPad. Though the only Faithlife solution we currently use is Proclaim (I have Logos and Faithlife TV at home), I still really like it and do not want to make a change. If you have anyway to push this recommendation up the line, I’d stick around in a heart beat with this one update being made. Thanks!
Hi Jordan! I realize that I’m commenting on an ancient post but this was the top hit when I searched for editing Proclaim Presentations on iPad. It’s been two years and I have noticed that there have been improvements to the Proclaim Remote app; however, iPad Pro has gotten to the point that I have ditched my MacBoook and only use an my iPad with the Magic Keyboard. Just about everything I do is now easier on the iPad. And I have the added convenience of a touch interface and Apple Pencil when I need it.
The ONLY thing I do every week that I cannot do on my iPad is prepare our Proclaim Presentation. It’s really a bummer to have to maintain an ancient iMac (I found one on Facebook for $300) just for editing our Proclaim Presentations. I honestly would have just moved back to Keynote like we used years ago if it were not for Proclaim’s Song Select/CCLI integration. I import the song set from PCO Services and that’s a big enough time saver that I’m begrudgingly sticking with Proclaim for now.
But I wanted to let you know because it’s been two years since this post asking for this feature and there is still nothing. I have gone in and made the suggestion. In the tool support provided a link to a while back. I also found every related suggestion and upvoted it. However, I am actively looking for something that integrates with PCO and CCLI but allows editing on iPad. Though the only Faithlife solution we currently use is Proclaim (I have Logos and Faithlife TV at home), I still really like it and do not want to make a change. If you have anyway to push this recommendation up the line, I’d stick around in a heart beat with this one update being made. Thanks!
Logos and Proclaim are the only two apps that I keep my MacBook around for.
That said you can edit Proclaim presentations off your iPad by remoting in to your Mac. Either do it by Jump Desktop or use Sidecar. Never have to physically touch the Mac and with Jump Desktop you don’t even have to be in the same location as your Mac.
Tim,
Thanks for the suggestion. I have done that on a newer MacBook but I’m interested in getting rid of the MacBook (someone else on the team needs it. The older iMac I have isn’t going to work very well as a remote terminal since it can’t run the latest Mac OS. Just this week I got a notice inside of Proclaim saying that my version of Mac OS will not be supported much longer. I guess I’ll drive it until it dies, so-to-speak. 🤷🏼♂️
I'm also on the same boat, we are using the a computer during service, but would like to have a way to edit the service via ipad or maybe and android to let other members of the team to modify services in advance from their own devices.
would also like to have atleast the preview mode in ipad or android, not just the timeline view
I see that people have been commenting about the whole IPhone and or iPad abilities for well over two years now. iPhone nor iPads are new to the mobile device arena, as I’ve had them since day one of inception and released to the general public over 13 years ago. My question is why for over 2years of posts here or better yet over 13 years of iOS mobile devices isn’t proclaim fully functional from iOS devices? We bought proclaim here recently because of it’s stated abilities to operate from iOS well that was misleading as it’s not able to do much at all other than read only.
We hope to expand Proclaim's cross-platform usability in the future, but at the moment only the remote app works on the iPad.
Any update on this? Any chance we can see the ability to create/edit proclaim presentations on iOS soon?
Our goal is to support a web version of Proclaim. This would allow you to edit on mobile if connected to your network. However, we are still in the early stages on discussing the best approach on solving this. Right now, very little development has been created on this process.
We'll keep you updated and make sure to announce when this feature is published.
I know that FaithLife realizes that web-based applications are losing their market share. We live in a mobile-device culture. The exisitng Proclaim app should be fully editable in a mobile environment. Logging into a web-based application is a good temporary work-around, but it is a clunky mode of operation.
Not trying to be critical, but pratical. I LOVE Proclaim, and the FaithLife products. Just wanted to point out the obvious flaw of web-based applications.
Keep up the great work.
Where are we at with making Proclaim editable on an IPad? Has a decision been made to do that or not? I would like to know more than saying “we are working that.” Are you developing it or not…are you going to for sure do? that Thanks!
Two more years have gone by and no movement on this request as far as I can tell. I remember years ago that I used to use and LOVE Olivetree software on my Palm OS devices. I had purchased a significant number of resources in their ecosystem. I was an avid Palm OS fan and even worked for FranklinCovey at the time as a technology trainer specializing in Palm OS productivity apps. When the iPhone came out, I immediately recognized the sea change that was beginning. I was baffled at the LONG delay at Olivetree in supporting the new iOS platform. The explanation provided by the devs was that there was a huge Palm OS audience that was owed support and they simply couldn’t do everything they’d like to do. I think we all know how that played out. I think Olivetree is still around but I don’t really know anyone that still uses it. My guess is that nearly all of those Palm OS Olivetree users are now using YouVersion on their iOS devices.
Now, I’m not suggesting that Faithlife is going to bite the dust because of their lack of foresight in supporting the rapidly evolving iPad OS ecosystem (secondary monitor support, M2 iPad on the verge of release, etc.). Logos alone is enough to hold their place with iPad users and iPad support for that product has been steadily improving. However, there are A LOT of good presentation solutions for iPad OS. Canva is even throwing their hat in the ring these days. I’m sure providing edit support for the iPad OS experience of Proclaim is not trivial given the wide variety of capabilities it entails. But I’m guessing the vast majority of churches that use Proclaim barely scratch the surface of the feature set and use Proclaim primarily as a Sup‘ed up PowerPoint substitute. Of that sizable segment of the Proclaim user base, I’d also wager that a high percentage of the Pastors and Music Ministers use iPads in their workflow (even the PC users commonly use iPads). It would be a shame to be talking about this 10 years from now and mourning the loss of Proclaim (even though Logos will surely survive) because the dev team and Faithlife leadership could not clearly see the inevitable impact the iPad is having on the future of the portable market.
This thread and these requests are now 4 years old. The pace of progress in the iPad OS universe is gaining, not slowing. Will Proclaim get in the game? I hope so.
Looks like they came out with a major Proclaim update this week, HOWEVER STILL no iPad app for it or any support. The Proclaim Remote is virtually useless as it rarely works and isn't what we want or need.
Faithlife PLEASE create a "good" and fully functional Proclaim app for iPad. Please!!!