STEPBible is also on IOS. AFAIK it uses sword internally. and is open source.
On Tue, Jan 14, 2025 at 6:47 AM Troy A. Griffitts <scr...@crosswire.org> wrote: > Hey guys, > > As Fr. Cyrille mentions, Bishop is available on iOS. > > Bishop builds Swift wrappers around the SWORD C++ engine and uses those > for delivery of the cordova plugin for the SWORD library: > > https://www.npmjs.com/package/cordova-plugin-crosswire-sword > > This should already make available the full SWORD engine to anyone > wishing to write an iOS app in JavaScript/TypeScript. > > Bishop does this and compiles for both iOS and Android: > > https://crosswire.org/applications/#bishop > > It's not a bad starting point for continued development. I use it each > day for my daily reading and to show manuscript evidence to people when > they doubt the historicity of Scripture. > > The Android version is one or two releases ahead of the iOS version > simply because I don't keep active a macOS virtual machine around to > build. Would be nice to have something like that available for CI/CD. > > Troy > > > On 1/14/25 12:46 PM, David Haslam wrote: > > FYI. > > > > I emailed Nic Carter and he responded with a cc: to Michael. > > > > In his second paragraph, he made these technical observations: > > > > //Given the rapid development of Apple’s frameworks on iOS, it’s hard to > keep an app “up to date” and even compiling on iOS! I have looked a little > at the situation and in the end I decided there was so much work required > updating the ObjectiveC++ app that it would be a much better idea to simply > port it over to Swift, rather than port it over to the new ObjC frameworks > at this point. Some parts can be left as ObjC, but that’s pretty much just > the libsword C++ wrappers, all the UI should be ported given it’s possible > ObjC support could be dropped by Apple any time in the next 5 years?// > > > > Best regards, > > > > David > > > > Sent with Proton Mail secure email. > > > > On Tuesday, January 14th, 2025 at 2:56 AM, Kahunapule Michael Johnson > <kahunap...@ebible.org> wrote: > > > >> I discussed this with a volunteer developer, today. We agreed that > probably the best way forward was a rewrite/replacement. If anyone wants to > contribute to that effort, please let me know. > >> > >> > >> On 1/13/25 00:26, David Haslam wrote: > >> > >>> FYI: I've just noted the discovery in the developers' wiki > >>> > >>> https://wiki.crosswire.org/Frontends:PocketSword > >>> > >>> Best regards, > >>> > >>> David > >>> > >>> Sent with Proton Mail secure email. > >>> > >>> On Sunday, January 12th, 2025 at 10:12 PM, David Haslam > dfh...@protonmail.com wrote: > >>> > >>>> Dear all, > >>>> > >>>> Today I discovered that PocketSword is no longer downloadable from > the App Store! > >>>> > >>>> NB. I've already alerted Michael Johnson via Messenger. > >>>> > >>>> cf. The original developer (Nic Carter) stopped developing the > software after he moved to teach in New Zealand several years ago. > >>>> > >>>> Presumably, Apple has ruled that those apps that were designed only > for iOS 10 or earlier should be removed from the store. > >>>> > >>>> cf. Back in late 2020, I ask them "Is there a high risk that next > month Apple may disqualify PocketSword from the App Store if it’s not > updated to their latest data privacy standards?" > >>>> > >>>> Michael informed us in May 2022 that his friend Craig Ahlman had > volunteered to work on PocketSword. Even so, there's been no news of any > progress since then. > >>>> > >>>> I would be very sad if this excellent front-end app for iPhone and > iPad devices could not be brought back to see the light of day. > >>>> > >>>> Best regards, > >>>> > >>>> David > >>>> > >>>> Sent with Proton Mail secure email. > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org > >>>> http://crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > >>>> Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org > >> http://crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > >> Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page > > _______________________________________________ > > sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org > > http://crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page > _______________________________________________ > sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org > http://crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page >
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