Updates to JW Library (iOS, Android, Windows)

[jrnievas]

3 hours ago, Watching and Waiting said:

 

A video link (or any other type link from jw.org or secular) pasted into a study note can be opened by selecting or highlighting the link, and choose Open Link in the bar that pops up.  It will open the video in a separate window.  That's all there is to it.  It essentially converts the 'text' into a live link and opens it.

 

The tricky part is when adding to a study note or opening a link in a study note you've created in an article, you have to choose 'Edit' by clicking on the 3 small dots in the upper right corner of your created note. In 'Edit' mode, you can edit the text body, the title of the note, and add or open link text by highlighting it.

 

If you are doing your editing from the Personal Study tab, it's easier to edit, add link text, 'Open Link',  add tags, etc. Might have to 'right click' or similar to get the edit bar/box to pop up. There are slight differences depending on what device/brand/op system, etc. you are using.

 

Here’s a screen shot of 3 links, one a video, one a Watchtower article, and one, a secular link on an unrelated topic in our Weekly Bible reading, just for illustration that a secular link also can be added:

 

 

Study notes are light years ahead of where we started and keep getting better all the time.  

Just make sure that on the setting of the app from phone setting, make sure that in 'Open by default', the www.jw.org is checked ✅

 

So it will automatically open any link from jw.org to the JW Library app

[Floyd]

On 6/21/2024 at 11:37 AM, gusdn1 said:

 

• The current Watchtower study article displays directly on the Meetings tab.

 

I am not seeing anything different.

[jwhess]

1 hour ago, Floyd said:

 

I am not seeing anything different.

If you are using Windows, it hasen't updated yet.  If you are using Apple or Android and have updated the JW Library, the <meetings> icon used to automatically open to a Watchtower header (see below).

 

Now, when you click on <meetings> it automatically just opens the appropriate Watchower directly into the study.

 

 

[gusdn1]

JW Library® 

Version 15.0.1

 

- In the text view of a sign language publication, selecting a Bible citation now displays parallel translations in the study pane.

- Several issues are fixed, including some causing the app to crash.

Edited June 28 by gusdn1

[1MKnight]

12 hours ago, gusdn1 said:

In the text view of a sign language publication, selecting a Bible citation now displays parallel translations in the study pane.

 

Hey! This was something I was just lamenting to my wife lol. Has Bethel bugged my house? lol. 

[jwhess]

I have not seen the version 15 for Windows yet.

[Roberto]

2 hours ago, jwhess said:

I have not seen the version 15 for Windows yet.

I have just updated app on my phone (android). Maybe will pop up later for windows. they don't always come out at the same time, each system (iOS, windows, android) has different adjustments/updates some time. But this update could be for all platforms I think.

[Floyd]

On 6/22/2024 at 12:52 AM, ➕👇 ꓤꓱꓷꓠꓵ🎵Tone said:

I have v15 on my Android phone now. The side study panel now shows highlights!
Wooo hoooo
(See update list 4 posts earlier)

Old (Downunder) Tone




 

 

Neither of my devices gives me the option to do that. I can select the text and I have Copy, Select all, Share, Web search, and Manage apps. Nothing about choosing a color for highlighting.

 

 

[gusdn1]

12 minutes ago, Floyd said:

 

Neither of my devices gives me the option to do that. I can select the text and I have Copy, Select all, Share, Web search, and Manage apps. Nothing about choosing a color for highlighting.

 

 

 

It will only display highlights in the Study pane but not customize the highlights. (It is not yet possible at this time) You will still need to use the content pane to interact with highlights.

Edited July 3 by gusdn1

[1MKnight]

Gotta say, waiting for the Windows update is KILLING ME! lol. I like having ASL features on my tablet and phone, but I wish I could start using them on my PC xD 

[jwhess]

1 hour ago, 1MKnight said:

Gotta say, waiting for the Windows update is KILLING ME! lol. I like having ASL features on my tablet and phone, but I wish I could start using them on my PC xD 

Still not yet.  No verion 15 and no version 15.0.1 either.  Keep waiting.

[jayrtom]

 

 

On 6/22/2024 at 6:14 AM, Beggar for the Spirit said:

1 of the explanations for the new update on JW Library stated,
 

 

With this update, now in any article, whether a WT study article or any Awake article or a paragraph from a book, if you highlight a word/phrase on let’s say Paragraph #3, and THEN you also CREATE A NOTE from the word/phase you highlighted, now this note will be ADDED to the new “STUDY PANE” on the right with the same color with the #3 on top of the note!  Here is an example below I made of just 3 notes for this week’s WT study lesson.

(I just added a bunch of letters to each note to create quick notes so I could show this example)

 

 

 

 

So now we all can create notes on any article or book, just like before, BUT NOW thanks to this update our notes will all be saved together in a visible study pane, exactly like in the Bible where we have been adding notes and these are saved together in the study pane on the right along with the “Study Notes” that are provided by the FDS.

 

Especially for our books will this be helpful, as we can go back years later and quickly examine all the notes on the “Study Pane” if we are looking for a thought we wrote down from years ago. But before this update, we would have had to go back and open each colored “square” like this  🟨  that contained a note inside we had created and this would take a long time to go through each square/note one at a time.  So this new study panel will help a lot when we go back and review articles/books in the future! 👍 

 

On 6/24/2024 at 6:04 PM, Ysaias said:

The novelty is that now your personal notes are arranged below the number of the paragraph it belongs to. Prior to this, although they were in order, you had to tap on the note to see to which paragraph it is connected to.

 

 

There is nothing new there. The notes have been ordered and colored for quite some time now

 

Look this screenshot from windows (which is not yet updated)

 

[gusdn1]

Nice colors, isn’t?

Edited July 8 by gusdn1

[jwhess]

On my Apple devices the JW Library has added to my Bible.  I go to the Bible and check the "media download" icon.  It used to say 1189 audio files and 85 video files.  The was a button to "check" if there were additional updates.

 

There was a "trashcan"" icon if you wanted to remove them.  Now I have a prominent "REMOVE" button plus the Trashcans.

 

Is this 'remove' and option or a direction and what is it for?

 

Windows still has not upgraded to any version 15 (yet).

 

 

Edited July 12 by jwhess

[Tortuga]

19 minutes ago, jwhess said:

Is this 'remove' and option or a direction and what is it for?

It's just a header. It doesn't do anything.

[ChrisC]

Is Personal Study > Restore Backup working for others?

For me, even if it manages to open the file browser it still doesn’t load the file.

(iPhone and iPad.)

[gusdn1]

5 minutes ago, ChrisC said:

Is Personal Study > Restore Backup working for others?

For me, even if it manages to open the file browser it still doesn’t load the file.

(iPhone and iPad.)

 

It is working fine for me. (v15.0.1 b451570)

[ChrisC]

Thanks. Even if it lets me choose a file it won’t actually load it and there is no confirmatory pop-up.

v.15.0.1 451570 (No letter b)

 

Also not working on Macbook.

[gusdn1]

44 minutes ago, ChrisC said:

Thanks. Even if it lets me choose a file it won’t actually load it and there is no confirmatory pop-up.

v.15.0.1 451570 (No letter b)

 

Also not working on Macbook.

 

Try to restart the application by killing it and opening it again. Also check to make sure you have the latest version of the app. 

If that didn't work, restart your phone.

If  it still didn't, contact your branch they will give you a code to see your device specs and figure what they can do.

Or you can reinstall the app.

Edited July 16 by gusdn1

[ChrisC]

I think it’s since v.15.xx.

Nothing has copied to my phone for a few weeks. I thought it might be a wifi restriction by our new router but it doesn’t work over cellular. It also won’t work with a fresh JW Library installation on my old phone.

 

At least my main device is up to date. 🙂

[gusdn1]

I was able to locate in my photo archives the photo of the developer settings in JW Library app.
 

This area is hidden in the app. There were 6 levels of development at that time this photo was taken.

 

Edited July 19 by gusdn1

[jwhess]

Still no version 15 in my Windows devices.

[foghorn]

10 hours ago, gusdn1 said:

developer settings in JW Library app

That's very interesting. Do you have any information on how that feature is being used? ...and who might use it?

[gusdn1]

4 minutes ago, foghorn said:

That's very interesting. Do you have any information on how that feature is being used? ...and who might use it?

 

This is only for developers who are involved in production of the JW Library app.

This area allows you to access and enable early features of the JW Library.

Edited July 19 by gusdn1

[Dages]

2 hours ago, gusdn1 said:

This is only for developers who are involved in production of the JW Library app.

This area allows you to access and enable early features of the JW Library.

Hoooo... nice