Updates to JW Library (iOS, Android, Windows)

[jwhess]

Has it changed from the previous format? It may change pending on text size adjusting or screen size (8 inch tablet vs 25 inch desktop monitor).

[SUNRAY]

12 hours ago, Friends just call me Ross said:

If you go to this thread :   

You will find an answer...actually, a LOT of answers.  

	GM! I checked my Samsung phone, and the Questions were still downloaded, but I got thinking...My devices are not automatically updated in the Play Store, so I checked, and sure enough..there was..a small one..So after I updated my phone, the Questions were removed under "what's new"..however, when I checked under Publications, it was still downloaded and has same content when opened!!

[Qapla]

It must be your screen resolution and/or text size

[jwhess]

I also have no changes.

 

 

[Qapla]

OK - I played around with my screen settings on my Windows 10 PC

 

I usually have resolution set to 1920 x 1080 with 125% scaling

 

When I change the scaling - the placement of the Bible books changes accordingly. I set the scaling to 175% and it placed the Greek Scriptures completely below the Hebrew

 

Where and how they are displayed is directly tied to your screen settings

[AH173]

I never gave any thought as to change the display resolution and scaling for JW library. Thanks 

[On the huh]

I'm sure that there was a separate topic for a wishlist for JW Library, but I can't find it

I was doing my bible reading, and I was thinking that I wished there was a way to hide the verse numbers.  When reading, the numbers sometimes interrupt my flow of reading, I pause or hesitate when I shouldn't because I see a number.  If I could hide the numbers, it would flow better and sentences wouldn't break up.

[SUNRAY]

I just noticed a feature at the top of Books, Brochures, and Tracts to list by Title or Year..Interesting!😎

[SUNRAY]

I just noticed that when I went to the new Oct. Watchtower, after the list of contents there is something I never saw before.."Featured Content in JW Library and on JW ORG". I looked at another study Wt., and saw the same thing! I don't see this for Awake, brochures, books, workbooks. Has anyone noticed when this began?

[Tortuga]

21 minutes ago, SUNRAY said:

I just noticed that when I went to the new Oct. Watchtower, after the list of contents there is something I never saw before.."Featured Content in JW Library and on JW ORG". I looked at another study Wt., and saw the same thing! I don't see this for Awake, brochures, books, workbooks. Has anyone noticed when this began?

I believe that started back in January. It's an addition to the content of the magazine and doesn't have anything to do with updates to the app.

[Old]

On 6/16/2019 at 5:10 AM, jayrtom said:

You might notice there are several (I would say a lot) of texts that don't have any enter on the reference guide but do have on the index. Also, if you look into the most recent references on the index you'll be fine. I just go to older ones when there is none in the recent years

 

Example:

On the latest midweek meeting, if you searched for references on John 9:7 you wouldn't find anything . But using wol you would find an explanation to why did Jesus sent the blind man to siloam

Brother Joao, I don't use WOL to a great degree, but your comment highlighted my curiosity. I went to Jorn 9:7 in WOL and can't find an explantion of why Jesus sent the blind man to Siloam. Where did you find it?

[Guri]

7 minutes ago, Old said:

Brother Joao, I don't use WOL to a great degree, but your comment highlighted my curiosity. I went to Jorn 9:7 in WOL and can't find an explantion of why Jesus sent the blind man to Siloam. Where did you find it?

Br. Jerry, 

Yes me too, I found this one only  in Study Bible note. 

 

 

Edited June 28, 2019 by Guri

[Thesauron]

Br. Jerry, 
Yes me too, I found this one only  in Study Bible note. 
 
 

The screenshot is from JW Library. WOL is the Watchtower Online Library.

[Tortuga]

On 1/4/2019 at 7:57 PM, Tortuga said:

Do we have a wish list for JWLibrary changes?

 

I would like the magazine mp3s included in the Media > Audio section so you can listen to them without streaming..

Ooohhh...someone was listening....

 

Ok, my next wish list item is more for WTLIB. I would like the Broadcasts Talks, Morning Worship talks, Annual Meeting Talks and Gilead talks indexed and included in the Publications Index.

When I research a scripture or subject in the Pub Index, I want all of the relevant talk videos titles that discuss that scripture or subject included with the list of publications.

 

Edited June 30, 2019 by Tortuga

[jayrtom]

On 6/28/2019 at 11:51 PM, Old said:

Brother Joao, I don't use WOL to a great degree, but your comment highlighted my curiosity. I went to Jorn 9:7 in WOL and can't find an explantion of why Jesus sent the blind man to Siloam. Where did you find it?

Here:

[Jako]

I noticed something while updating our KH Laptop for the month's media.

 

When I updated, the following videos was not yet available.

 

July 15-21 - Intro to 2 Thessalonians  (This one became available the next day)
July 22-28 - Intro to 1 Timothy

 

But what I've noticed is that if you click on the link in the actual workbook, and the video is not found (I imagine this would be true if there is no internet connection), it presented an opportunity to upload the media from another location. In our case, we don't have an internet connection at the KH, so I can download it on USB and then upload it to the JW Library app and it can be played as per normal.
Previously, you' have to either play it external to the app or connect to the internet via Hotspot, which has it's own challenges.

 

 

 

 

This has probably been mentioned elsewhere.

 

 

Edited July 5, 2019 by Jako

[SUNRAY]

I would love to have the "earphone" option for our Daily Text. Also, if I am not being too greedy, having the reader also read any included scriptures, like the reader of our Watchtower reads the Read Scriptures!😍

[SUNRAY]

Has anyone noticed that there are pictures, images now in the Study Bible gems? I just noticed them..

[jayrtom]

50 minutes ago, SUNRAY said:

Has anyone noticed that there are pictures, images now in the Study Bible gems? I just noticed them..

And videos 😉

[Thesauron]

Has anyone noticed that there are pictures, images now in the Study Bible gems? I just noticed them..

Yes, the Study Bible is a constant work in progress.

[SUNRAY]

On 4/8/2019 at 9:32 AM, Tortuga said:

Wish list item: The ability to store the Publications on the SD card.

 

My wife's phone is full and I found that JWL was 3.3 GB. That's not a real number because it includes the Media that is stored on the SD card. I deleted all of the bibles except the Study bible and I deleted the 2016 and 2017  magazines she had installed. It cleared almost a GB of space. It would be nice to keep the Publications on the SD card...

I also would like this option in Settings!

[Floyd]

You can move the app itself to the sd card then I think the publications will be stored there as well.

[jwhess]

49 minutes ago, Floyd said:

You can move the app itself to the sd card then I think the publications will be stored there as well.

My personal experience is usually you need a file manager app to move it and in my experience, it does not always stay there.  If you get an update or some change in the Library app it reverts to the main memory storage and sometimes it does not take the SD card data with it.

 

I am not an Apple fan but I finally gave in and bought an Ipad-Pro and purchased it with 512 GB of storage.  There is no SD card. It puts everything in one place and I have room for all of it.  End of story.  Even smart phones can be purchased with 256 or 512 GB or memory today (android or whatever)..

[fernovaes]

Você não tem problemas no iOS 13. Uma barra para a seleção de mensagens ou reuniões não funciona. Para alterar o que quer que seja, tenho que enviar-lo no modo paisagem. Alguém mais tem um problema assim?

 

TRANSLATION: "Don't you have this problem in iOS 13? The bar to select messages or meetings doesn't work. In order to change anything I need to turn the device into landscape mode. Anyone else with the same issue?"

 

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Edited August 5, 2019 by carlos

[AH173]

There's an update to Android and windows JW library today.