As a long-time PocketSword user, I am willing to contribute to this effort.
I am fairly familiar with the PocketSword source code, having built it several times about 5 years ago. Even at the time, it was already in the realm of "legacy"; I could tell that it desperately needed to be ported over to Swift. Back then, Swift was not directly interoperable with C++. You had to use Objective-C bridging headers. However, that changed last year or so and now Swift is directly interoperable with C++. The best way forward, in my opinion, seems to be porting PocketSword from Objective C++ to Swift. Tools like Github Copilot or Swiftify could make this a breeze. On Tue, Jan 14, 2025 at 5:57 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 >
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