Version 2.5.0 Released

Thursday 6 June, 6:10am NZT: Version 2.5.0 has been approved for the App Store.

Version 2.5.0 contains the following:

  • Renewed support for Chinese Pinyin! Avoiding copyright issues, this new approach uses the Chinese Simplified content you have cached directly from jw.org, and the Pinyin is being dynamically transliterated from the characters and placed above the characters in a 2-line format. I have tightly integrated this feature with the Bible and all publications in the Library - for example you can now see Pinyin in the Daily Text and Songbook. See the screenshots below for examples of what this looks like. 
    • To enable the 2 Line mode, just look for the new Language in the menus called "Chinese (2 Lines)". 
    • Scripture links are also still supported in the 2-line view. 
    • You can also change a setting in Admin so that all Simplified content in your Briefcase uses the 2 Line format.
    • Please note that there are some limitations with the technique being used:
      • The transliteration does not separate the words out - it simply puts the Pinyin above the Characters as they appear in the source material from WOL.
      • You cannot email or copy and paste the Pinyin - copying will only copy the Simplified Characters.
      • The characters may appear slightly stretched horizontally as they scale to fit with the Pinyin above it.
      • The transliteration accuracy is "best attempt" - although it seems to have a reasonably high accuracy rate.
      • Despite these limitations I really hope that this feature proves helpful to my brothers and sisters working so hard in the Chinese field.
  • Improved rendering of publication Images - they now scale to the screen size and have greater impact and visibility. Improved support and formatting of the image captions.
  • Images added for the Bible Teach Book (English Only).
  • iPhone and iPod Touch will now auto-scroll to the verse in Single Language View! You can turn this off in Admin > Bible if you want the old behaviour so that you can select multiple verses and then manually scroll.
  • Improvements to the Browser windows for JW.org and WOL. The pages should complete loading slightly faster, and you can now rotate the device without losing your place on the page, or having the videos restart half-way through playback.
  • Adding new language "Kirundi" - NWT Bible, Books: Bible Teach, Gods Love, Draw Close to Jehovah, Come Be My Follower, Jeremiah, Ministry School, Sing Praises, Great Teacher. Brochures: Bible's Message, Good Land, Was Life Created, Listen and Live, When Someone You Love Dies.
  • Adding new language "Tongan" - NWT Bible (Greek Only), Books: Bible Teach, Gods Love, Draw Close to Jehovah, Ministry School, Great Teacher. Brochures: Good News, Jehovah's Will, Listen and Live, When Someone You Love Dies.
  • Adding new language "Tsonga" - NWT Bible, Books: Bible Teach, Draw Close to Jehovah, Come Be My Follower, Jeremiah, Ministry School, Sing Praises, Reasoning, All Scripture, Great Teacher. Brochures: Bible's Message, Gods Love, Good Land, Was Life Created, Listen and Live, When Someone You Love Dies.
  • Added Come Be My Follower in Punjabi
  • Fixed bug with Spanish scripture lookup not working for "Salmo" (singular)
  • Fixed bug with showing multiple Bible languages and the last one not updating / resizing correctly
 
Sample screenshots...
 
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