Search 'Alkitab' or 'Quick Bible' in your device's Play Store app, and choose the Yuku version. Scroll down to the bottom and you should see "Become a beta tester" section. Click "I'm in" and after a few minutes you should be able to update the app to the Beta version.
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Fix for jump back/forward buttons overlapping with bottom toolbar
Removed limit of 30 pericopes per chapter
Removed message that asks users to install fonts for ta/te/my/el languages
Removed checking of external storage state
Updated translations
A new button to jump back to a previously viewed verse, and another to jump forward.
A tutorial to hold the verse reference button to open the history of opened verses.
Fixed bug in Android 8 and earlier where the text display became messy when changing the Bible text size.
Support italics on cross reference title.
Bug fixes:
- Crash when loading songs and sharing verses
- Height of verses did not follow text size on Android 4.x
Bug fixes:
- Error downloading Bible translations and songs on Android 4.x (need Google Play Services)
- Crash on verse dialog, devotion reminder, and verse selector
Bug fixes:
- Crash opening songs on Android 5.1
- Could not change app language
- Error -38 at the end of a song
Book selection screen is shown more clearly.
Songs can be played quicker.
Verses are shown faster.
Bible translations and songs can be downloaded on Android 4.x.
New app icon on Android 8+.
Show position and duration when playing songs
Fix text verses on songs
Remove mdpi assets
Minimum Android version is now 4.2
Use Firebase analytics instead of Google analytics (which is going to be shut down)
Add a menu to give correction to AYT translation
Fix download a version from URL
Fix crash when updating widgets on Android 8.0 and up
Target SDK is now set at 27 (Android 8.1)
Notifications have categories so you can modify them by yourself. There are currently four kinds of notifications: announcements, devotion downloader, translation downloader, and devotion reminder.
Copying or sharing a secondary-version verse will prepend the book name from that version instead of the primary version.
Removed city, church, and religion fields from sync user registration.
Changed official website from www.bibleforandroid.com to alkitab.app
Removed "show hidden versions" from options.
Grouping of languages on list of translations.
Added Italian (it) and Turkish (tr) UI languages. Thanks to the translators.
Source code is updated for use with Android Studio 3.1.3.
Uses internal download manager instead of the system one. The internal download manager is transient - does not support resuming and will stop if you terminate the app. This should fix the problem when system's download manager is not available like on Kindle Fire devices.
Fixed sharing Bible files
Update translations
Fix appearing shortcut to other apps when opening app in landscape
No longer uses paragraph spacing for start of the paragraph, since it causes problems on many devices
Fix "up" button on the help page
Remove option to change UI text size (not ready)
Fix hang when setting or turning off devotion reminder
Add Vietnamese UI language
Added a new feature to use super big text size for UI elements
Fix search results checked unintentionally when opening search results
Long book names do not cause the chapter number to hide on the verse reference button
Move "bible" folder for versions and fonts to private storage
Fix preloading devotions when switching devotion kind
Fix paragraph spacing in Android 7.0
Fix history dialog not closing
Fix can't add label on bookmark dialog
Fix book selection on search
Fix widget light text color
Fix font preview images not shown
Fix crash when sending feedback
Fix short hang when processing downloaded version
Fix detecting verse reference containing space between numbers without punctuations
Fix detecting verse reference not detecting "da" but "Da"
Long-press the Play button to play songs on a loop
Disabled sync set no longer makes other sync sets disabled
Fix per-version relative font size causing crash when app is opened from other app
Show progress bar when opening download pages e.g. reading plans
Add Korean, Danish, Bulgarian UI languages
Fixed crash when partial highlight start and end offsets are reversed
New devotionals: My Utmost For His Highest, Reforming Heart (Indonesian)
Add Thai UI language
Disabled sync set no longer makes other sync sets disabled
Hopeful fix that verse contents are no longer truncated
Fixed bug where there are gaps when text is made very small
Fixed line spacing bug in Android 6.0 when there is a paragraph spacing
Fixed restoring markers from old backup sometimes forgets to assign labels to certain bookmarks
Fixed version selector appearance in Android 6.0.1
Copy/share primary/secondary/both versions
Able to set per-version relative font size by enabling Split and then opening Display
Close drawer after opening the pin list dialog
Fixed restoring markers from old backup sometimes forgets to assign labels to certain bookmarks
Put × on grid navigation selected book/chapter to indicate that if you click on it, the selection will be cancelled
Support "ahead of schedule" on reading plans
Bookmark, note, pin, and map indicators change their size according to the text size
Clear version cache after updating a Bible version
Updating a Bible version no longer changes its ordering
Clear search history by selecting the last item on the search suggestion drop-down
Phrase search works across formatting tags and punctuations (blog)
Fixed detecting verse reference in notes that is followed by the word "the"
Fixed bug where there are gaps when text is made very small
Fixed line spacing bug in Android 6.0 when there is a paragraph spacing
Fixed sync login always failed
Fixed version selector appearance in Android 6.0.1
Hopeful fix that verse contents are no longer truncated
Private song books (marked in teal)
Searching non-ASCII Bible text now works properly
Zooming on songs will automatically reflow text
Fix preference screen UI on Android 4.0 partially
Migrate all preference screens to use the support library version
Revert: Top and bottom paddings no longer crop text on note editor
Option to navigate without entering verse number
No longer auto-selects a verse when entering screen, just a brief lighting
New layout for dialer mode
Backspace on the dialer mode instead of clear all
New devotionals: My Utmost For His Highest, Reforming Heart (Indonesian)
Save split mode height/width proportions
The correct height of toolbar is used when rotating screen
Compatible with Android 6.0 full backup system
Auto-complete book name and try to understand chapter and verse in direct mode
No longer ask for importing old markers from different app package. Use "Import old markers" instead.
Compatible with Android 6.0 permission model
Fix scrolling reading plan description in the left drawer
Top and bottom paddings no longer crop text on note editor
Select and copy verses from search results page
Fix crash when upgrading from app version 1.9.0 or older
Fix crash when user opens and closes the versions dialog when the current Bible version has been deleted
Fix crash when accessibility service calls an invalid position on the verse ListView
Fix markers not loading on Android 4.1 and lower
Fix crash when updating from app version 1
Less memory needed when syncing large amount of data
Update translations and internal versions
Feature Guide Video (YouTube link)
Fix a crash when adding or removing markers and then going back to the marker list
Filtering markers by text is done instantly
Sorting in marker list is shown in submenu instead of a separate dialog box
Fix can't open search results or any other verse links when opening app from widget
Add a beta tester link on the About screen
Recent verses from other devices are marked in teal
Export/view sync data from the web. Open www.bibleforandroid.com/cloud to begin (blog)
Support for extension apps: Create your own app that enrich user-selected verses! (docs)
Fix unresponsive pointer when dragging the verse floater
Fix memory leaks
Integration with Bible Maps (blog)
Verse sharing pages support formatted verses (like poems or italics)
Option to put the verse navigation toolbar at the bottom of the screen
Fix blank space on navigation bar when full screen
Fix bug where left/right verse navigation buttons were very hard to tap
Partial sync – helps successfully sync large amount of data (blog)
Option to disable tap to edit note, to prevent accidental editing of existing notes
Mark as read up to a specified date for a reading plan by long-pressing an item on the details
Move sync triggering each time the Bible screen is opened to when the app process is started up.
Do not show Google Play Services install prompt on Kindle and BB10 devices
Fix bug where announcements could not be viewed
Fix bug where reading plan progress bar was not updated after changing start date
Fix a critical bug where opening markers, share, font manager, and help screens caused crash
Changing UI language from Settings immediately takes effect
Show a dropdown arrow on the heading of reading plan to indicate that it can be tapped
Check if dictionary is installed before activating auto lookup dictionary in settings
Sync reading plan progress (blog)
Restart a reading plan from the beginning
Set starting date of a reading plan manually
"Progress marks" are now called "Pins" in English
On light background, scrollbars are now still visible (Android 5.0+)
Sync progress marks (blog)
When dragging progress marks, the drawer will be closed immediately so you can see the verses clearly
Default selected verse background color is changed and no border is shown
No longer able to select alpha for selected verse background color
More localizations on the about screen
Fixes to partial highlight where the soft keyboard covers the OK button
In night mode, the action bar and the split version handle are shown in dark (blog)
Fixes to settings screen, now uses entirely Material Design
Highlight a part of a verse instead of the whole verse (will revert to the whole if Bible version is changed) (blog)
On marker list, the time of last edit is displayed instead of the date if the edit occurs in the same day
Current reading is shown on the Bible text screen after clicking one of the readings from the reading plan list
Option to change the background color of selected verses (blog)
When copying or sharing verses, a share URL will be created so you can share verses by link (disableable) (blog)
Clicking on saved note on a certain position immediately edits the note at that position
Verse popup and reading plan now abbreviates references (Matthew 5:3–12 instead of Matthew 5:3-Matthew 5:12)
Delete one song book instead of all
When comparing versions, load data when scrolling, not immediately
When TalkBack reads verses, verse number is spoken correctly before the verse text
Speak the availability of bookmarks, notes, and progress markers on a verse when using TalkBack
Fixed when showing songs from a list of many songs, app stops responding to almost all presses
Fixed search engine crash when cannot load a chapter when looking for a word by grepping
Fixed crash when updating app from versions before 1.9.0
New style on suggest screen
Dictionary, Guide, and Commentary menus are disabled on Quick Bible, since all of them are in Indonesian
Download additional songbooks via web page (blog)
More flexible system for Devotion
"Send correction" link is only effective if the song is less than 3-weeks old
New action bar icons for Dictionary, Guide, and Commentary
Links of long dictionary words can be clicked at the middle
Permanent icons for Dictionary, Guide, and Commentary on tablets
Show version name when copying/sharing verses (optional) (blog)
Settings for copying and sharing is separate
Option to keep dictionary words automatically looked up when selecting verses
Integration with Dictionary app (blog)
Integration with Guide app (blog)
Integration with Commentary app (blog)
GET_ACCOUNTS permission is no longer needed
Fix transparent activity for verse popup dialog so that no weird fall-down animation is shown on Lollipop
Fix display of dropdown to change the song book
Put the 0 button on Songs keypad exactly below the 8 button
Backspace key on Songs keypad
Opening the verse text from within the app does not ask to open it with other app variant any more
Create and add custom reading plans (blog)
Update to Play Services 7.3.0 and Support Library 22.1.1
Fix widget crash on Android < 5.0
(finally!)
New application theme color (Material Blue Gray 700)
Do not use form encoding when uploading sync data, RAM for app is not enough
Overflow menu on action bars are always shown, not considering the hardware menu button
Add missing up button on the file chooser
Sync promotion on the Markers screen is removed if user already has Sync set up
Update Home screen widget preview image
Custom color theme selector now does not use the weird "..." button
DIALER navigation selection box now has an accent border color instead of filling the whole box
Default text appearance is now black on white
Workaround for text line spacing not applied on the last line on Lollipop
Reading Plan progress is refreshed automatically when re-opening the screen
Fix long-standing widget refresh problem where the verse reference and text do not match
Verse navigation screen now is a popup dialog on large screens
Note editor appearance follows the text appearance
More popup dialogs are shown using Material Design theme
Semi-transparent Home screen widgets
Switches on the drawer now does not show text, just off-on switch
Option to set volume up/down button as page up/down
Fix wrong color of checkboxes on Reading Plan screen
"Create new label" is now on the top of the label list
Sort labels alphabetically
Remove "Cancel" or similar buttons on dialogs that does nothing, except confirmation dialogs
Fix syncing more than 2MB data (Android cursor window size has max of 2MB)
Made the fast scroller on Versions screen do not interfere with checkboxes
When copying/sharing a verse that has poem formatting, spaces were missing
Announcement system: a weekly check is performed by the app to check messages from the server
Open the about screen to check announcements manually
Split version (2 Bible versions shown at once) works horizontally (left and right)
On small screens (< 320dp) the left and right navigation buttons are made narrower
Caching in RAM of Bible versions to make faster repeated Compare operations
Bring back crash reporter: unexpected crashes will be immediately sent to server for inspection
Keep screen on setting is applied to Songs screen as well
Some popup dialogs are now Material Design-themed even on Android < 5.0
Fix marker migration fatal bugs
Search text box is automatically focused when the screen is opened
Show book name, chapter, and number of verses selected when selecting verse(s)
Max label caption length increased from 24 to 48 characters
Ask to migrate markers from v3 (yuku.alkitab and yuku.alkitab.kjv) on v4 of the new app (org.sabda.online)
Quick Bible is now published by SABDA, because Yuku is unable to publish it
Change many icons to match the Material Design style
Change label appearance
You can update a song book without deleting it first, because now there are tens of changes every week
Fix GRID navigation not showing the correct number of items per row
Revamp of Reading Plan screen appearance
Change search hint from "lord god" to "city of david"
Implement loading song indeterminate progress bar because the new appcompat library does not support it
Make sure old recent verses are imported
Automatically switch to DOWNLOADED tab when opening pdb/yes file
Fix bug label color could not be white #ffffff
No more provider conflict between Alkitab, Quick Bible and other variants. You can install all on one device
Integrate devotion reminder (was a separate app)
Dialog boxes now say the verb (e.g. Delete) instead of just Ok or Cancel
Able to selectively disable and enable devotions from build config (e.g. Quick Bible should not have RH)
Material Design. Holo design is now switched to Material Design, following style of Android Lollipop.
Smaller apk because of Play Services library split
Sync recent verses, useful if you have multiple devices
Upgrade Google Analytics to v4
Text appearance panel now does not use the whole screen width (looked weird on big screens)
Fix full screen mode on Android 4.4
Sync: remotely synchronize bookmarks, notes, highlights, and labels and across devices.
Margin of text from the side of the screen can be enabled or disabled from settings
On GRID navigation mode, chapters and verses are now shown in multiples of 5 or 10.
Full screen mode now works better, and clicking on verses does not cause the whole screen to shift down.
Rearrange Bible versions by dragging
View the list of progress markers
Notes are now displayed and edited in full screen
Create links in notes by writing verse references e.g. (Gen 3:1 or Genesis 3:1-5)
Automatically detect installed Bible versions that were carried over from version 3
Moving between Bible, Songs, Devotion, and Reading Plan does not make activities stack too high
Link to send corrections on Songs and some devotions
Add yes file from Internet URL directly without using a separate downloader
(since v3, just an overview)
New UI theme
Dark theme for your eyes' comfort
Navigation drawer (pull from the left), no more extra-long menus
Narrower text on large screens
Gestures
Swipe left/right to change chapters
Two-finger up/down to enable/disable full screen mode
Two-finger left/right to quickly scroll through chapters
Pinch to zoom
Multiple bookmarks/notes and multiple verses
Add multiple bookmarks/notes on a verse
Assign a bookmark/note to multiple consecutive verses
Progress
Tap on a progress icon on the left drawer to jump directly
Long-press and drag progress icon from the left drawer to stick it to a verse
Translations/Versions
Background download of new versions
Version list can be updated without app update
Online updates on available versions
Search
Change Bible version to be searched directly from Search screen
Select book categories to be searched (Pentateuch, Gospels, etc.)
History of recent searches
