New E-Ink option for Faithlife apps

PS - I have no idea why the translate stuff is in that post!!

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If you are familiar with ADB install, you can do it. 

I'm not. What is it? 

Not sure how the Nook would handle highlighting

You didn't try it? 

If you are familiar with ADB install, you can do it. 

I'm not. What is it? 

ADB (Android Debug Bridge) is a means for a desktop or laptop to communicate with and issue commands to an Android device.  I'm no expert at it, but I've picked up enough to learn how to do this.  To use ADB, you need to install it on your computer first.  If you have Windows, the easiest way to do that is to install an app called Minimal ADB and Fastboot.  It gives you the basic stuff you need for this and nothing more.  It's relatively easy to use as you start the app and then it takes you to a command prompt.  ADB then needs to be activated in the Android device.  This is done by turning on USB debugging.  Once that is done, when you connect the Android device with your computer, each will "recognize" the other if all goes well.  You can then install apps on the Android device from your computer and work with the Android device in a number of ways.  

Why bother with all this? The Nook Glowlight 4 is an Android device but it does not have Google Play store or any way to install apps from the stock Nook reader.  So, we can use ADB to install an Android launcher on the Nook.  This will give us a place to find any other apps we install.  Then we can install bu ADB any other apps we want.  The APK files can be had at apkpure.com.  

The Nook Glowlight 4 may be the least expensive E-Ink device that can run Faithlife apps as of now, so it may be worth the extra effort to set it up.  

Hope this helps!

Not sure how the Nook would handle highlighting

You didn't try it? 

I don't use highlighting.  Besides, my Nook arrived only yesterday.  I'm still in the process of learning how it works and what I can do with it.  

Incidentally, I tried it.  It works fine.  

Once you install the app, how does it get updated? 

The last time I downloaded an app from apkpure.com, what happened was that a notice came up on the top notification bar on my device when an update was available.  I tapped the notice and the update downloaded and installed.  It should work the same way here.  

To make sure I understand.... 

a notice came up on the top notification bar on my device when an update was available.  I tapped the notice and the update downloaded and installed.

Once you have the app on the device, you can update it on the device without having to use that alternate means of installation? 

That is correct! 

I was not expecting this, but that is what happened.  The next time that Faithlife mobile apps get an update, I'll see if the same thing happens with my Nook.  

Thanks Mark! 

If this were a Kindle paperwhite, I'd be rushing out to buy it. Since it is a Nook, I'll have to think about it a bit more. 

I understand - but if someone wants to have a Faithlife app on E-Ink, it's hard to beat the $149 price tag of this Nook!  

No, I concur. However, my two "investments" are in Logos (#1) and Kindle (#2), with the latter primarily casual reading / dime novels.