Crossconnect Bible

CrossConnect 2.5 Live and Open Sourced!

2010-11-24T17:53:00.001-08:00

Hi All,

It is with great joy I want to thank you all for helping me test out the new version of CrossConnect Bible. I hope that it will continue to help you grow in your walk and love of Christ.

You will be able to find the latest version on the market here:
http://market.android.com/search?q=pname:com.smurphete.android.esv

The app has also been open sourced and can be found here:
Source Code

Changelog:
-Open Sourced
-Download free Offline Bible texts
-KJV Audio Bible
-Word Search
-Faster sermons
-Apps2SD enabled

Please help support us by sharing this app with your friends.

And do not hesitate to send me any bugs or questions you may have to me.

God Bless,
Gary

Changelog

2010-09-18T07:23:00.001-07:00

Beta Release 2 Changelog
-Fixed Installer bug - Sometimes when trying to install it does the download does not start. This should now be fixed. Thanks Alice, Simon, Celia, Chi and Vincy for reporting this.
-Removed some of the sources, now only Crosswire is available as some of the sources were causing long delays
-Refresh when New Book Selected-When changing books on bookshelf the text now automatically refreshes - thanks Steve for reporting
-Changelog and Sharing-Added functionality to view changelog when a new version is installed. Also added ways to tell others about the app and supporting the app if you want to.
-Facebook Sharing-Fixed Facebook sharing bug
-Fixed bug with some texts such as ISV and JP
-Cleaned up some more HTML bugs
-About modules for installed modules now works properly
-Fixed a problem with DesiringGod 1Peter, 1 Timothy 1 Cor etc.

Beta Release1 Features
- Lots and lots of Offline Bible Texts (I've only really tested KJV and ESV)
- KJV Audio (It only has chapter by chapter no verse by verse like ESV)
- Highlight any portion of text (Simply long click on the text)
- Faster Sermon Integration
- Whole bunch of bug fixes
- Word Search should come soon

Open Beta for v2.5

2010-08-16T05:16:00.001-07:00

I finally managed to squeeze out some time to work on the app. The next version will contain the following features:

Offline Bible Integration for all/most texts that can be found here all completely free: http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModDisp.jsp?modType=Bibles

Fast Word search.

Online KJV audio and text.

Fix alot of bugs.

Send me an email if you're interested in helping test this next version! I'm guessing in around a months time I should have it ready for testing.

Email me at crossconnectbible(AT)gmail.com

FAQ

2010-06-08T01:56:00.000-07:00

How can I help CrossConnect Bible?

I think you help CrossConnect Bible when you love God, that is why I do this, in hope that the word leads people to love God more. Prayer would be much appreciated also, that this project continues to be centered on Christ and nothing else (many people have tempted me to put ads/charge for it). If you are a Java developer and would like to help, feel free to drop me a line and I really wished that we had a graphics designer so I can stop doing these failed pictures on paint. If you also know of technological people who are related to theological content, then it would be great if they could get in touch with me. I've tried contacting DesiringGod, and also MarsHillChurch, but both of which have ignored my emails =(.I also have a donate button below if you would like to support me financially, I do, do this just in my free time.

CrossConnect Bible freely brings you God's word, it'd be much appreciated if you could help continue this ministry.

Why do you want access to our storage, and the ID of the people we call? Do you sell this information? Why do you need full internet access to view what sites we visit?

No we do not sell or in fact we do not even collect the information. Internet access is required to request the data from the server. You can find more information here www.esvapi.org . No caller id information is read at all, but unfortunately in android to detect an incoming call, so that the audio can be paused, it uses the same permissions unfortunately. Storage is used to store the audios which are downloaded for the app.

How do you pause, start and stop audio?

Please refer to the Listen section on the help page

Will this app ever be released in the NIV/NLT/Some other copyrighted pay version?

Unfortunately I do not get any funding and cannot pay licensing fees to develop apps for them. I'm not sure how the other apps do it, but I intend to follow the law and stay on the safe side. ESV is very generous and explicitly has created an API for us developers to use so that God's word can be spread. DesiringGod.org is also extremely generous allowing us to use their resources. So unless someone drops me a license I don't see how I will be able to do this. Or perhaps I'm wrong about this and you're a lawyer, please let me know.

Will this app ever be released in KJV/ASV/Some other free version?

I have looked into KJV and it does look possible (for the audio side of it as well), however I havn't had the time to do it as yet, but it is definitely a potential candidate for future releases. If you are a Java developer and am willing to help please drop me an email.

How do I copy and paste? What about a specific verse?

At the moment, simply press menu, share. This will copy all the current text to your clipboard. Then go into a textbox and long press until the context menu appears, then press paste. To copy a specific verse press the search button and type in the actual reference e.g. John3:16-17. Then repeat the above steps.

How do I read the text offline?

Unfortunately under the current ESV terms and conditions this is not possible. If you are super rich or the owner of ESV then feel free to buy me a license and I'd be more than happy to make the text available offline for people.

v2.1 Released and v1.32 Released for Cupcake

2010-06-06T21:25:00.000-07:00

The new release of the app has been released. If you are viewing this on an android device, get it here: New Release

Main upgrade is the integration with www.desiringGod.org . Enables you to view sermon outlines, stream sermons and download sermons. Simply hit menu-> sermons.

A big shoutout to our Beta Testers: Alice, Barrone, Gaines, James, Jim, Joel, Matt, Neil, Sean and Spikey and Felix for the graphics. Thanks for all your help in making this possible!

Hope you continue to enjoy God's word.

Changelog CrossConnect Biblev2.1

DesiringGod Sermon Integration
Major rework of background audio service
Fixed froyo search bug
Improved layout with buttons overlaying text
Pause on incoming call
Fixed the elusive double quotes in the text
Retry button on failed attempts
Book list now defaults to whatever your current verse was on
Improved autocomplete a little
Added policy notification on downloading audios
Re-added daily verse
Improved daily verse logic (should get less repeated verses)

Changelog CrossConnect ESV Bible for 1.5 v1.32

Added policy notification on downloading audios
Added a upgrade feature if it detects the Android version is 1.6 and up

Final Beta Testing

2010-05-31T21:00:00.001-07:00

Hi guys,

Just a quick update, the first iteration of DesiringGod.com integration is complete. It contains sermons and articles by scripture. It is just finishing the final beta test and should be available in the market very soon.

Thanks again to all the beta testers who volunteered.

Cheers,
Gary

v2.01 now available on the market

2010-04-16T15:55:00.001-07:00

Changelog:

A fix for the force close when SDcard is mounted.

Version 2.0 is Out!

2010-03-31T23:19:00.001-07:00

Version 2.0 is out!

Android users get it here!: Download

Changelog:

Complete facelift - Thanks Felix for the Icons

Improved the Navigation

Audio Media controls service in the background

Fixed up alot of the text mistakes

Better way of sharing verses

Customizable text sizes, fonts and colors

Daily Verse Widget can manually refresh when it fails

Caching on SDCard

Help

2010-03-31T03:56:00.000-07:00

Sermons

Browse through the rich resources of DesiringGod.org for the passages you are looking at. To read the sermon click the article name, to stream the sermon press the play button and to download press the download button.

Flick through the Books

You can access the book list through the menu. This view allows you to swipe left and right quickly to the passage you want. It is in the same order as you would find the bible. Also there are built in shortcuts to get you where you want fast. Then simply press GO to go to the passage.

Listen

Access the audio by pressing menu and then listen on the passage you wish to hear read out to you. A new status icon will appear on your notification bar which you can select go quickly go to your media controls. The media controls view also gives you a list of already downloaded mp3's. Please use this feature with regard to the agreed terms and conditions.

Once downloaded you can also choose to open up your media player and play the mp3's directly in that way.

Customize

Tailor the app to your own tastes with text color, font type and sizes. Simpy press menu, more and settings.

Share

When you press share the text is automatically copied to the clipboard. So wherever it is valid to paste to share God's word, you can long press and paste. Also it has built in integration with your favourite apps such as facebook, gmail, messaging and twitter.

Find your passage

To find a verse simply press the search button and type in the verse reference. The suggestions will also assist you in finding your verse.

Below are all valid verse references:

Chapter

John 3

Verse

John 3:16

Range

John3:16-17

Shorthand

Jn3:16

Widget

Add the daily verse widget to your home screen. Simply press add widget and verse of the day widget on your home screen.

Next Chapter and Previous Chapter

Simply swipe the screen quickly from left to right to go to the previous chapter or press one of the buttons at the top

Get Vitalized

Press menu and hit bible bites, for a selection of some of the most famous bite sizes verses.

v134 and For Android 1.5

2010-01-12T01:48:00.000-08:00

Sorry guys, the latest update published I forgot to update the minimum SDK required and thus if you updated and were on Android 1.5 you would have been met with force close problems. The latest update v1.34 rectifies this problem.

For the cupcake users, I have since uploaded a cupcake version onto the market, which you can find by searching Crossconnect ESV Bible for 1.5.

Sorry for all the troubles.

Version 1.33

2010-01-09T19:42:00.000-08:00

Version 1.33 is now released into the market!

New goodies included:

Search suggestions when navigating through verses
Global search box will show up with passages so you dont have to go into the app first. Eg. type in John in the google search widget and one of the suggested will be CrossConnect ESV. (You will have to enable this in Settings -> Search)

Upcoming Release:

Caching - Requires less downloads, and faster load speeds
Redo audio service - Playing, pausing, storing, displaying downloading revamp.

New Home

2010-01-09T17:55:00.000-08:00

Crossconnect ESV Bible now has a new home! I didn't like the idea of using my church's resources for my own personal ventures that is making this app.

I havn't had much time to spend on this app, but stay tuned for some exciting releases in the months to come.