Android Reader Suite 6.0.1 Stable Release Notes

Faithlife Announcements
Faithlife Announcements Member, Logos Employee Posts: 436
edited November 21 in English Forum

The Android team is pleased to announce the 6.0.1 Stable release of the Bible, Biblia, FSB, Verbum, Vyrso and Noet apps.

The apps should be available soon in the Google Play store and sometime tomorrow in the Amazon Store.

If you discover any issues please create a new post and include the following info:

Description – How were you using the app when the problem occurred?
App Info – Which app you are using. (Bible, Biblia, Faithlife Study Bible, Noet, Verbum or Vyrso)
Device Info – (Nexus 7, Motorola Triumph, Droid Bionic, Kindle Fire HDX)
Android Version – (5.0, 5.1, 6.x, 7.x, 8.x)

Versions in this release:

Biblia 6.0.1 (Build 0016)
Bible 6.0.1 (Build 0016)
Faithlife Study Bible 6.0.1 (Build 0016)
Noet 6.0.1 (Build 0016)
Verbum 6.0.1 (Build 0016)
Vyrso 6.0.1 (Build 0016)

Google Play direct download links:

Logos - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.logos.androidlogos 
Faithlife Study Bible - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.logos.androidfaithlife 
Biblia - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.logos.androidbiblia 
Vyrso - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.logos.androidvyrso 
Verbum - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.logos.androidverbum 
Noet - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.noet.reader

Amazon Store direct download links:

Logos - http://www.amazon.com/Logos-Bible-Software/dp/B0062RM1VQ 
Faithlife Study Bible - http://www.amazon.com/Logos-Bible-Software-Faithlife-Study/dp/B007XYDE5O 
Biblia - http://www.amazon.com/Logos-Bible-Software-Biblia/dp/B007XWM7XQ 
Noet - http://www.amazon.com/Logos-Bible-Software-Classics-Research/dp/B00HK581D 

New

Our Biggest Update Ever!

- Tabbed Browsing: Open multiple books, tools and documents in tabs and navigate between them
- Reference Scanner
- Bible button
- Simplified reading screen and navigation bar

The Power of Tabbed Browsing

- Drag and drop tabs to reorder them, or swipe up on a tab to close it.
- Split your tabs by tapping on the split icon to use two features in the same tab.
- Link multiple Bible/Commentary tabs so that they scroll in unison.

Known Issues

- Collapsing or expanding the BWS or Guide sections invoke the section controls
- The section controls don't appear/disappear when tapping the Text Comparison, Reading Plan, and Reading Plan Creation screens
- The Android back button unexpectedly closes the app in many places
- Text selections are dismissed after tapping the context menu
- The section controls appear/disappear after tapping on the BWS circular graph
- In Guides, when the top section control isn't visible a white space bar appears
- Using the Verse Picker's back arrow exits the verse picker
- Word Lookup includes punctuation
- The visual cue reference locator is missing
- The section controls can't be invoked when viewing a media-only resource
- The Groups menu item is missing (in the Bible app)
- After viewing a Prayer List, tapping the back arrow exits the Prayers panel
- Split-screen position isn't saved after a restart
- It takes a few minutes for scrolling Text Comparison to load after Signing in
- The + icons to the left/right of the first/last worksheets aren't visible on tablet size devices
- "Navigation failed" appears when accessing FSB links (although the content opens as expected)
- After closing a split-panel tab and opening another, the previous resource bitmap overwrites the "Open from the library" link
- Presentations are missing in the Biblia app
- Superfluous View Settings are still present

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Comments

  • Kevin A. Purcell
    Kevin A. Purcell Member Posts: 3,405 ✭✭✭

    - Tabbed Browsing: Open multiple books, tools and documents in tabs and navigate between them

    I like the new interface, but as a friend pointed out, using the word tabs means you can usually see the tabs on the screen. He didn't like the terminology. I do, but wish I could show the actual tabs on a larger device like a tablet or Chromebook.

    Just a thought.

    Dr. Kevin Purcell, Director of Missions
    Brushy Mountain Baptist Association

    www.kevinpurcell.org

  • Mark Barnes
    Mark Barnes Member Posts: 15,432 ✭✭✭

    I like the new interface, but as a friend pointed out, using the word tabs means you can usually see the tabs on the screen.

    There was debate about the terminology during the beta. But the usage of the word 'tabs' is definitely consistent with the way in which Apple use the term in Safari on iOS. And I'm pretty sure that Chrome doesn't display a tab bar by default on Android, but instead has a square icon with the number of 'open' tabs listed within it. Isn't that the case?

    This is my personal Faithlife account. On 1 March 2022, I started working for Faithlife, and have a new 'official' user account. Posts on this account shouldn't be taken as official Faithlife views!

  • Kevin A. Purcell
    Kevin A. Purcell Member Posts: 3,405 ✭✭✭

    I like the new interface, but as a friend pointed out, using the word tabs means you can usually see the tabs on the screen.

    There was debate about the terminology during the beta. But the usage of the word 'tabs' is definitely consistent with the way in which Apple use the term in Safari on iOS. And I'm pretty sure that Chrome doesn't display a tab bar by default on Android, but instead has a square icon with the number of 'open' tabs listed within it. Isn't that the case?

    Very good point that I also had not thought about.

    Dr. Kevin Purcell, Director of Missions
    Brushy Mountain Baptist Association

    www.kevinpurcell.org

  • Daniel Di Bartolo
    Daniel Di Bartolo Member, Logos Employee Posts: 326

    I like the new interface, but as a friend pointed out, using the word tabs means you can usually see the tabs on the screen. He didn't like the terminology. I do, but wish I could show the actual tabs on a larger device like a tablet or Chromebook.

    In the future, we'd like to explore optimizing for tablets-- which would include making use of the additional screen space that tablets afford. 

    @kevin, what other types of things would you like to see for tablets/Chrome Books/ convertibles?