What's New (in versions 0.7.83-Beta through 0.7.87-Beta)
Several new English versions added:
- LSB — Legacy Standard Bible (by user request)
- BSB — Berean Study Bible
- FBV — Free Bible Version
- RAD — Radiate New Testament
- NASB2020 — New American Standard Bible (NASB1995 still available to choose)
- PEV — Plain English Version
- If you choose this version be sure to unselect all books that the King James Version (KJV) has that the PEV does not, otherwise you will encounter lots of references that won't open in the Bible app.
- MP1781 — Scottish Metrical Paraphrases 1781
- This version won't open in the Bible app in most cases because the version does not contain all the verses that the King James Version (KJV) has and currently all randomly picked Bible references are based on the KJV.
Android 4.1 and higher
- Devices running these versions of android should receive this app update as soon as it is approved for release in the Play Store and begins a rollout to all devices.
Android versions 4.0.3 and lower
- Devices running these versions of android will not see an available version of the app in the Play Store. If they already have an older version of the app installed it will remain playable but if uninstalled the app may be lost until a newer version of android is used. Android Studio and the Play Store are constantly requiring newer and newer versions of android and as such older versions are no longer supported. Upgrade your version of android to get access to this app. As of today >99.9% of all active android devices in the world run versions newer than this. As for this app specifically all current users are running newer versions of android than this.
Road Map
- Stop converting between versions
Redesigning so that it no longer picks random verses from only the King James Version. Currently it picks those then tries to convert those to other Bible versions. Instead it needs to randomly pick from the other versions directly. In doing that, all selected verses will work and even the book names will appear as they do in those other versions. - More Bible versions and languages
If you use this app and would like a specific Bible version added please find it on this page of Bible versions and contact me through the app to let me know. No promises, but I'll see what I can do. - Recent History
I want to keep a small recent history list so that users can easily go back to verses they have gone to before from the app. - Widget
Add widget with an occasionally changing verse reference. - Other Bible Apps
Ability to open verses with many other popular Bible apps, currently it always opens in the most popular Bible app. Adding BibleGateway should be pretty easy to do someday and will likely be the next one I try to integrate. If you prefer another Bible app and would like verses to open in it please contact me through the Random Verse app to let me know. I won't be able to add these for sometime, if ever, but I would really like to start keeping a list of which Bible apps users want the most. It's actually very hard to do and may not be possible to do, as it depends heavily on their app and how they have it setup to open outside links. - Watch
Would love to get this running on an Android watch someday.
