Search bug

Thank you to Jon S. for pointing out that if a word has an "*" attached to it (denoting a footnote), it will not turn up in search results. Will fix this for the next release!

4.1 update

The 4.1 update has been submitted to the App Store. Hope to have it available in about a week.

Included in this update:

• Added backup & restore of Bookmarks and Highlights for iOS 4 devices (see product page for details) 
• Fixed lingering Reading Plan bugs; improved Reading Plan performance 
• Fixed two start-up crashes experienced by some older devices 
• Tuned how & when books search bar is hidden; fixed infrequent crash

Hidden in this update are under-the-hood changes made in anticipation of the iPad release. Hopefully these did not introduce additional issues!

UPDATE 14-Apr:

This update is now available in the App Store.

Backup & Restore preview

You can read about the new Backup & Restore functionality coming in the 4.1 update.

This new functionality is ready, and I've been able to fix yet more Reading Plan and Footnotes bugs since 4.0.2, but there are a couple of crash bugs that I want to make sure are gone. I was in a big hurry to fix things in the 4.0.1 and 4.0.2 updates and want to be more deliberate this time around.

Thank you for your patience!

Crashes on older devices

Two issues to report.

• On devices using iOS 3, trying to Share verses causes a crash.
• On older devices using iOS4 (like the iPhone 3G), a crash can occur on start-up. For those affected, it happens repeatedly.

Working on both of these, will include them with the 4.1 update.

Highlights/Bookmarks backup & restore

I've received a couple emails asking questions about protecting one's Highlights and Bookmarks in the case of having to delete and re-install VerseWise Bible.

User data is included when your device is backed up during a sync with iTunes. So one could do a device restore to get Highlights and Bookmarks back. But this can be complicated and sometimes one doesn't want to restore an old device backup, losing what one has done in other apps since that backup. This can be particularly so if you don't do regular backups.

So I am working on a way for a user to save Highlights and Bookmarks files from VerseWise Bible, view and edit these files on your computer if desired, and re-import them. I am planning on a 4.1 update that will include this and a couple bug fixes.

iPad update

If you've been wondering what's been happening on the iPad front, unfortunately I've been occupied with other things! This won't last forever, however, so I hope to work soon.

Crash reports

I've gotten some emails about VerseWise Bible crashing in some circumstances. I'm collecting crash report files, which are very helpful in tracking the problems down. If you're experiencing crashes, please contact me!