Logos 10 on Android

Jeff Kinzli
Jeff Kinzli Member Posts: 18
edited November 21 in English Forum

Logos updated ok on my iphone, but its not updating on my android tablet.how do I force that?

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  • danwdoo
    danwdoo Member Posts: 567 ✭✭✭

    Go to the Google play store, find the logos Mobil app, and you should have an option to upgrade there.

  • skypeace
    skypeace Member Posts: 251

    It doesn't seem as though Android has received the attention the other sectors of Logos has.  The app seems to load pop up verses slower and I am not seeing much improvement in features on my phone.  On the Android tablet seems like the status quo. Both my phone and tablet have a stylus with not much to do in Logos.  Hope we see some improvements and added features in the future. All Android 12.1 devices. 

  • Anthony Grubb
    Anthony Grubb Member Posts: 109 ✭✭

    I'm liking the new features for linking. However, I'm having trouble changing resources, my library comes up completely empty in every place except the little books icon at the bottom of the screen, in which case I must open a new window just to get that resource, and then set up all the linking options all over again, I guess. Also, though it is turned on in the settings, I don't seem to be able to report typos. Also, highlighting is now on steroids. Even switching off the setting, it still comes up for simply touching the screen to scroll. Why???

  • Ali Pope
    Ali Pope Member, Logos Employee Posts: 1,821

    I'm having trouble changing resources, my library comes up completely empty in every place except the little books icon at the bottom of the screen

    This is a known issue. The team is actively working on this and we hope to get a fix shipped out to you all soon!

    Also, though it is turned on in the settings, I don't seem to be able to report typos.

    This functionality was removed when we implemented the new selection menu. We will consider adding this back in if we get sufficient demand. In the meantime, feel free to report typos in the forums.

    Even switching off the setting, it still comes up for simply touching the screen to scroll. Why???

    What setting are you switching off?

    For context:

    1. Single-tap selects the sentence/verse.
    2. Double-tap or long-press selects the word.

    As you're scrolling the resource, the top and bottom toolbars will be minimized to give you more screen space when reading. To bring those toolbars back up:

    • Click the top toolbar that is minimized, or
    • Do a quick scroll ("flick").

    Ali Pope | Logos Desktop and Mobile Program Manager

  • Anthony Grubb
    Anthony Grubb Member Posts: 109 ✭✭

    This is a known issue.

    Thank you, I wondered if it wasn't just my installation on just my smartphone. Really didn't want to uninstall, reinstall, reload all my downloaded resources, risk losing my setup, etc. if it's a widespread issue that these steps wouldn't resolve anyway. 

     What setting are you switching off?

    I was referring to the Highlighting on Steroids, a k.a. "Swipe to highlight | Press and drag to highlight text" option. Thank you for the context, I'll try some more, but seemed like most everything I was doing to navigate as before was just bringing up the highlight options one time after another. Also changed the margins to get a little more control, but even with those two steps, continued to have many more issues than in the past with Highlighting.

    This functionality was removed when we implemented the new selection menu. We will consider adding this back in if we get sufficient demand.

    I've never been able to wrap my mind around the typo reporting, why it's not more respected by those who offer it, and whether or not the changes are ever made. Can imagine others have already concluded it's not worth their time. Had several reports in over a decade ago that never got fixed, was told on the phone that the publisher, Nelson, wasn't wanting to go in and make the changes. Not sure the net effect of any of the others I've reported, but willing to note them within the program I'm using. (I think it would be nuts to try to reference them in a forum!). You'd think every publisher and Faithlife itself would jump at the chance to make their product more readable after some mismatch in OCR or character conversion was ferreted out and reported, free of charge, by someone not on the payroll. 4/5ths of the expense of finding and fixing them is already saved! Also noted that John MacArthur's website used to allow the same reporting, after all his secretary, as hard as she worked, didn't always understand the points he made about Greek, etc., but once Faithlife picked them up, the typo reporting disappeared on his website. Well, anyway, the settings say I can report them within the app, but you're saying I actually can't. That in itself is another typo, which I am here reporting--in a forum! Let's see how far this reported typo will go... Cheers!

  • Anthony Grubb
    Anthony Grubb Member Posts: 109 ✭✭

    This is a known issue.

    Thank you, I wondered if it wasn't just my installation on just my smartphone. Really didn't want to uninstall, reinstall, reload all my downloaded resources, risk losing my setup, etc. if it's a widespread issue that these steps wouldn't resolve anyway. 

     What setting are you switching off?

    I was referring to the Highlighting on Steroids, a k.a. "Swipe to highlight | Press and drag to highlight text" option. Thank you for the context, I'll try some more, but seemed like most everything I was doing to navigate as before was just bringing up the highlight options one time after another. Also changed the margins to get a little more control, but even with those two steps, continued to have many more issues than in the past with Highlighting.

  • SineNomine
    SineNomine Member Posts: 7,043

    We will consider adding this back in if we get sufficient demand. In the meantime, feel free to report typos in the forums.

    Please add it back in. We get enough typo-related threads in the forums already.

    “The trouble is that everyone talks about reforming others and no one thinks about reforming himself.” St. Peter of Alcántara

  • Lew Worthington
    Lew Worthington Member Posts: 1,501 ✭✭✭

    We will consider adding this back in if we get sufficient demand. In the meantime, feel free to report typos in the forums.

    Please add it back in. We get enough typo-related threads in the forums already.

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  • Anthony Grubb
    Anthony Grubb Member Posts: 109 ✭✭

    Highlighting on Steroids, a k.a. "Swipe to highlight | Press and drag to highlight text" option. Thank you for the context [i.e. instructions], I'll try some more

    The instructions have helped a small bit, yet there is no casual swipe down that only brings up the bottom and top menus without also highlighting the text on my Android. I expect my attempts to select for highlighting or notes to be far more deliberate. I had a little trouble with unintended highlighting before the changes, but now, it is as I've described it, highlighting on steroids. Please, please fix it back!

  • Jeff Moore
    Jeff Moore Member Posts: 28

    I'm with Anthony on this.  Maybe give us the option to completely turn highlighting off.  Not every Logos user wants a coloring book.

  • Ali Pope
    Ali Pope Member, Logos Employee Posts: 1,821

    This has been fixed in the latest Android update: 10.0.2 1000029300. Thank you for your patience!

    Ali Pope | Logos Desktop and Mobile Program Manager