Annoying Behvior

Before saying anything else, I want to say that I'm really starting to like this Bible app. When it 1st came out, it was a tough sell compared with other Bible apps on my phone. As it matures, I'm finding it a much handier "go-to" resource.

Others are going to WANT this behavior, but I find it annoying.

Only two weeks of a year do I want Bible 4.5.0 (Build 419) to mirror my desktop notes setup. For the remainder of the year, I do not want ANY notes to display on this device, because I use it only for quick lookup & the screen real estate is too small to want any of the notes visible. So right now, the process looks like this:

Work on desktop in a layout preparing a Bible study, where I make heavy use of note files & highlight notes.
Shift to sermon work (new layout on the desktop where I do NOT use or want the Bible study highlights or notes.
Use Android for a quick lookup. Discover that notes are enabled again (is it picking them up from the visual filters in the last opened layout?)
Turn notes & highlights off for this resource.... again.
Shift back to Bible study prep.
Repeat 1-5 each week...

What are my options?

Can I CHOOSE a desktop layout without notes or highlights JUST for Android to sync to (I don't mind setting one up )?
Can I globally turn off Android's notes/highlights sync (except for those 2 weeks a year)?

Either option would work for me if available... What's your counsel?

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Kevin Byford (Faithlife)

Can I CHOOSE a desktop layout without notes or highlights JUST for Android to sync to (I don't mind setting one up )?

Per-device layouts are not supported.

Can I globally turn off Android's notes/highlights sync (except for those 2 weeks a year)?

I will write up a case to see if we can implement this.

BillS

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/716981#Comment_716981

Per-device layouts are not supported.

Thanks for the response! I understand that layouts specific to a device aren't supported. Just to clarify, I have multiple layouts on my laptop L6 setup. Can I choose which layout on my laptop that Android Bible syncs to? Or does it sync to ALL layouts on the desktop? I have multiple desktop L6 layouts with a different highlight schema that I use in each one. How does Android Bible know which one to sync to? If I can choose which layout gets synced, I think I'm covered...

Regardless, thanks for listening, & thanks for a great app. [:)]

Kevin Byford (Faithlife)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/717059#Comment_717059

Can I choose which layout on my laptop that Android Bible syncs to? Or does it sync to ALL layouts on the desktop? I have multiple desktop L6 layouts with a different highlight schema that I use in each one. How does Android Bible know which one to sync to? If I can choose which layout gets synced, I think I'm covered...

Layouts are Desktop specific and are not synced to mobile devices.

BillS

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/717074#Comment_717074

Layouts are Desktop specific and are not synced to mobile devices.

So you're saying desktop notes & highlights are synced whenever they're included in the visual filter?

In that case, I'm hoping you can give us a global switch to turn it off. There's no way I can predict (I've done so even WHILE working on the desktop!) that I might want to pick up my phone & do a quick lookup on something else in Bible. And except for those 2 weeks a year (when I'm working on a DIFFERENT Android device--a tablet) there's no way I want my phone screen real estate cluttered with highights or notes.

Thanks so much for a great app, & thanks again for listening.

BillS

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/717074#Comment_717074

Layouts are Desktop specific and are not synced to mobile devices.

Let me be clearer on my question... exactly what notes / highlight notes DO get synced to Android?

ALL notes & highlight notes?
Only SOME notes & highlight notes? If so, which ones? What on the desktop (or Android app) controls the behavior?

Thanks again!

Graham Criddle

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/717351#Comment_717351

Let me be clearer on my question... exactly what notes / highlight notes DO get synced to Android?

All notes documents (which may include highlights) are synced to the mobile platforms (including Android)

Graham Criddle

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/717349#Comment_717349

So you're saying desktop notes & highlights are synced whenever they're included in the visual filter?

They are always synced - the filter simply controls whether or not they are displayed in the resource

BillS

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/717357#Comment_717357

So you're saying desktop notes & highlights are synced whenever they're included in the visual filter?

They are always synced - the filter simply controls whether or not they are displayed in the resource

Thanks for clarifying, Graham.