Unable to perform a Bible search while off-line
Both my IPhone and Ipad return no hits when searching my Bible off-line. Can someone please attempt to replicate this issue? I have the latest versions of Bible installed. Thank you.
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This functionality is not available offline for iOS or Android. Searches are performed by Faithlife servers rather than locally. I think the explanation that has been given before is that this prevents the need to index on mobile devices.
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Hi Matthew,
This feature was available until recently. The same problem was experienced in the past but was fixed. A simple Bible search should not require servers. Thanks for the feedback. [:)]
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Hi Into Grace,Into Grace said:Both my IPhone and Ipad return no hits when searching my Bible off-line. Can someone please attempt to replicate this issue? I have the latest versions of Bible installed. Thank you.
This sounds like a dumb question, but have you downloaded the Bible resource(s) you are searching? I am not able to replicate this issue.
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Matthew said:
This functionality is not available offline for iOS or Android. Searches are performed by Faithlife servers rather than locally. I think the explanation that has been given before is that this prevents the need to index on mobile devices.
Hey Matthew,
Not to be disagreeable, but offline search has been available for years on both iOS and Android apps. However, the Guides are not available offline (is that what you meant?).
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Into Grace said:
This feature was available until recently. The same problem was experienced in the past but was fixed. A simple Bible search should not require servers.
Perhaps another question...
Have you done a restore from backup recently?
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Kevin Byford (Faithlife) said:
Hi Into Grace,Into Grace said:Both my IPhone and Ipad return no hits when searching my Bible off-line. Can someone please attempt to replicate this issue? I have the latest versions of Bible installed. Thank you.
This sounds like a dumb question, but have you downloaded the Bible resource(s) you are searching? I am not able to replicate this issue.
Yes, I'll delete the ESV and try again.
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alabama24 said:Into Grace said:
This feature was available until recently. The same problem was experienced in the past but was fixed. A simple Bible search should not require servers.
Perhaps another question...
Have you done a restore from backup recently?
No back-ups recently.
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It's still not working off-line. I'll look into this issue tomorrow. Thanks for your assistance.
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Are you searching the entire Bible or restricting to a subset of books?
There used to be an issue here but it was fixed recently.
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Into Grace said:
It's still not working off-line. I'll look into this issue tomorrow. Thanks for your assistance.
If you get a chance, please tap the "Report a Problem" item under the Help menu so we can take a look at the app logs next week. Sorry about the troubles!
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Graham Criddle said:
Are you searching the entire Bible or restricting to a subset of books?
There used to be an issue here but it was fixed recently.
Hi Graham,
The inability to search off-line is over the entire NT.
Thank you.
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Kevin Byford (Faithlife) said:Into Grace said:
It's still not working off-line. I'll look into this issue tomorrow. Thanks for your assistance.
If you get a chance, please tap the "Report a Problem" item under the Help menu so we can take a look at the app logs next week. Sorry about the troubles!
Hi Kevin,
Logs were just emailed. Maybe this will uncover the underlying problem.
I'm not overly concerned about this issue —I'm the only one experiencing this behavior.
In Christ!
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Into Grace said:
The inability to search off-line is over the entire NT.
Sorry to push but how about "All Passages"?
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Graham,
Thanks!
It works under all passages
My search was previously restricted to the New Testament.
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Glad it helped
But this is strange - it looks as though an old bug has crept back in again
I can reproduce this on 5.0.10869
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I apologize. According to Graham's post, I have a previous version of Bible installed (5.01; 10869). The newest version is not provided under "updates" as was in the past In the App Store for both of my devices. So how do aquire the latest update? Thanks.
Do I have the latest version of Bible (5.0.1 10869)? Thank you.
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Yes, that is the latest stable version
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Kevin Byford (Faithlife) said:
Not to be disagreeable, but offline search has been available for years on both iOS and Android apps. However, the Guides are not available offline (is that what you meant?).
Did not find you to be disagreeable at the least. No, I really did mean what I said, and I apparently put my foot in my mouth. I had it in my head that Internet was required for searches just as it was for the guides. Consequently, it has been a LONG time (years) since I have even tried running a search on mobile without an Internet connection. Maybe things changed and I missed the memo? Thank you for bringing me into the modern era and preventing me from spreading misinformation!
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I have written up a case for the dev team, thanks for the report!
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