[mobile-devel] A new build of And Bible is now available

Fri Mar 25 09:32:05 MST 2011

Hi Michael,

I haven't done any translations but as a developer here are my thoughts.

There is not actually very much that has changed so do not translate
everything again.  From memory an overview of changes are:
    strings.xml has a few extra strings including strings for a new Speech
Dialog
    arrays.xml has a new string at the top (Book for the new Book module)
and a list of languages which you can optionally translate
    There are other small changes too that either side-by-side comparison of
a file comparison tool will show

Unfortunately there is no programmatic translation update support.  The way
I believe must people approach it is to
    visually compare the previous Hebrew translation with the current
English translation and add the missing lines
or
    use a file comparison tool to compare the English translation for ver
2.0.01 with the latest English translation to work out the differences and
amend the previous Hebrew translation
or
    I can send you a general list of changes to assist you if you wish

There are various file comparison tools.  I tend to use text editors like
TextPad or NotePad++ (not the default Notepad) to show differences between
files.

There is a facility to edit files directly in the browser if that is easier.
 For example if you

   -     go to
   http://code.google.com/p/and-bible/source/browse/trunk/AndBible/res/values-he/strings.xml
   -     then press the 'Edit file' link near the top in the middle
   -     pressing save will create an issue with a difference between the
   checked in file and the file when you pressed save
   -     I will then need to apply the diff file to update the translation

I was originally hoping to do a build for release this evening, although it
will probably slip to tomorrow morning, so I was wondering when you were
thinking of doing the translation.

Best regards
Martin

If anybody would like to investigate Translation Launchpad integration it
may simplify things.

2011/3/25 מיכאל בר-דוד <michael at mail.org.il>

>  Hello
>
>
>  What's the best way to update Hebrew translation only with the new
> strings?
>
>
>  BTW, attached fixed hebrew books names file
>
>
>
>
>   מיכאל בר-דוד Michael Bar-David michael at mail.org.il
>
>
> On 03/18/2011 05:41 PM, מיכאל בר-דוד wrote:
>
> You guys are awesome. Every feature I ever wanted is now in and-bible.
>
> I'll update Hebrew translation and send it soon.
>
> Till now I didn't have any problems (Motorola Milestone(Droid) with 2.1)
>
>
>  Shabat Shalom
>
> (Have a blessed Saturday)
>
>  מיכאל בר-דוד Michael Bar-David michael at mail.org.il
>
>
> On 03/18/2011 04:46 PM, Martin Denham wrote:
>
> Hi,
>  *
> *
> *Release Plan*
> I have built And Bible version 0.3.00rc1<http://and-bible.googlecode.com/files/AndBible-0.3.00rc1.apk> for
> Android and it may be downloaded from and-bible downloads<http://code.google.com/p/and-bible/downloads/list>.
>  My plan is to do some more testing, integrate any new or updated
> localisations and then do another build for App Market at the end of next
> week.
>
>  *User Interface Localisations*
> Now would be a good time for people who have contributed localisations to
> consider if they would like to update the localisation text to reflect
> recent changes and amendments to the And Bible interface.  Any new or
> updated localisations can be included in a release build at the end of
> next week.
>
>  *Text Changes*
> There is a new Speech Dialog with associated text, a list of languages
> used for localisation switching (see more below), a few new Options and
> other small changes which are fairly localized and should require only
> modification of localisations not a rewrite.  I have tried not to reorder
> text lines so you can tell what has changed.  Here is the basic And Bible localisation
> guide <http://code.google.com/p/and-bible/wiki/UserInterfaceTranslation>.
>
>   If there is a translator who would like to volunteer to be a central
> point of contact for translators, to guide and assist new translators, and
> to improve the localisation process then it would be a big help.
>
>  Point of interest: I don't have geographical statistics on And Bible use
> but noticed that there are more hits on the And Bible development web site<http://code.google.com/p/and-bible/>from the Czech Republic than from any other country except USA.
>
>  *Testing*
>  *If you install this version I would be grateful if you inform me of any
> errors you notice and it would also help, if you are using Android 1.6, 2.1,
> 2.3 or 3.0, to tell me if you do NOT find any errors because my own mobile
> runs Android 2.2 and I only do selective testing on other versions.*
> *
> *
> *Changes in this version*
>
>    - Ability to search in Chinese bibles (contributed by Guan)
>    - Ability to share a verse via Twitter and Facebook (contributed by
>    Filipe)
>    - Ability to display one verse per line (contributed by Stephen)
>    - More powerful speech control
>       - speak multiple chapters
>       - use local pronunciation
>       - repeat speech
>       - speaks bibles, commentaries, dictionaries and books
>    - General books e.g. Calvin's Institutes, Hodge's Systematic Theology,
>    Pilgrim's Progress
>    - Gill's Commentary now available
>    - Limited Xiphos repo integration
>    - Quick links to module list and navigation in header
>    - Change user interface language
>    - Structured document selector
>    - Fix Strong's links in Russian bibles
>    - Several bug fixes
>
>  Here are comments on a few of the above changes.
>
>  Chinese Search
> Many thanks to Guan who has done an excellent job selecting an appropriate
> Lucene Analyzer (mmseg4j <http://code.google.com/p/mmseg4j/>), integrated,
> and tested it.  The Chinese analyzer used by JSword was too resource hungry
> for mobile phones and so, prior to Guan's work, had been disabled.
> *
> *
>  *Books & Xiphos*
> These took a bit longer than expected.  Android has no tree control so I
> use a long list for the contents.  You can use the Speech Control to speak
> any module type including General Books and it normally works well.  I have
> enjoyed listening to Hodge's Systematic Theology recently.  Xiphos repo
> contains some good books and so some of the books you see in the download
> list are from the Xiphos repo but integration with Xiphos is not yet perfect
> so I manually included a few selected books and also Gills Commentary.
>
>  *Change User Interface Language*
> *This was done partly to support languages like Faroese and Welsh that do
> not have a locale selectable on the mobile phone but I also thought it might
> be useful for others.*
> *
> *
> *Go to Options screen and you will find it near the bottom.  After
> changing locale and exiting Options the app will restart with the new
> locale.  The setting is persistent.  To revert to the default locale select
> Default from the list of languages.  *
> *
> *
> *Not Done*
> There is a lot that has not been done but the work continues.  One area I
> need advice on is font inclusion to improve support for Greek and Hebrew and
> the more widely used foreign languages.
> *
> *
> Best regards
> Martin
>
>
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