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New Version - v.15.6

MySword 15.6's features include search improvements for Bible and Notes.

Please note that only the Free version is available in Amazon (also previously in Google Play and Samsung Galaxy Store) while the one available from this website can be upgraded to Premium or Deluxe version. The website version can always be installed over the Store version by enabling "Allow from this source" for the particular app that will open the APK (Chrome or any File Explorer/Manager) for new devices.

If your device is not Google Play Store enabled or you can't download the app from Google Play, in your Android device's browser, click either of the download links below.

Latest MySword for Android v.15.6 - 27 September 2024

Older version of MySword v.15.5 - 27 August 2024

If you want, you can also Download Old Versions of MySword here.

Note: When you download using Google Chrome in your Android device, a message will appear saying:

This type of file can harm your device. Do you want to keep mysword4android-{version number}.apk anyway?

This is just a generic warning from Google Chrome (other browsers may say a similar warning) because you are downloading an APK outside Google Play. Just tap OK.

Please also note that the latest version of MySword (MySword 11.1 and higher) requires Lollipop (Android 5.0) or higher. If your device is ICS (Android 4.0) up to Kitkat (Android 4.4), please download the older version MySword 11.0 below. If your device is Gingerbread 2.3.1 or Honeycomb, please download the older version MySword 9.1.2 below. If you still have Eclair or Froyo, please download an even older version of MySword 7.4 below.

Older version of MySword v.11.0 - 11 March 2020 (ICS, Jellybean, Kitkat)

Older version of MySword v.9.1.2 - 2 June 2018 (Gingerbread/Honeycomb)

Older version of MySword v.7.4 - 6 December 2016 (Eclair/Froyo)

For MySword to be properly installed in your Android device please see Installation Instructions.

1. Installation Instructions
2. What's new in Version 15.6
3. Bug Fixed in Version 15.6
4. What's new in Version 15.5
5. Bug Fixed in Version 15.5
6. Change Log of MySword - Old Versions to latest

Installation

After the download and you are prompted to Open, tap Open then select Package Installer if asked. If Chrome asked:

For security, your phone is not allowed to install unknown apps from this source.

Tap Settings, then make sure you enable installation by tapping Allow from this source. Then tap Back (or the top left arrow). Then tap Install.

If you missed tapping the Open and the dialog was closed after the download, you can still install via your File Manager/Explorer. Locate the downloaded APk file then tap it to install.

If a message from Google Play Protect shows:

Unsafe app blocked

MySword Bible

This app was built for an older version of Android and doesn't include the latest privacy protections...

Tap Install anyway. If the Install anyway option is not available, tap More details ⮟ to expand other options and tap Install anyway.

After successful installation, run MySword. For newer devices, the following message will appear:

Storage permission (access to files on your device) is required for downloaded modules like Bibles for MySword app to work. Please grant the permission on the next confirmation box.

Tap OK. Then tap Allow when this confirmation box appears:

Allow MySword Bible to access photos, media and files on your device?

You will then be asked to specify a folder in your SD card (or internal storage) as a place for the Bible, Dictionary and Commentary modules. You may choose to use the Default. After specifying that folder, you will be asked to download modules so that you can use MySword. You can choose the suggested modules (includes some popular English Bibles, Strong's dictionary and TSK commentary) or add more modules by tapping Bible, Commentary or Dictionary buttons and selecting modules).

You can also manually install any modules by downloading the GZip files from this site, unzipping them and copying them into the storage folder you had specified.

Enjoy God's word!

What's new in Version 15.6

1. Search improvements via new preferences:
   1. Bible: Book From changes To also. Option to not set the Book To to the same as Book From when From is changed. See the Menu then Preferences.
   2. Notes: Results sort order for non-FTS search type (see the bottom left button):
      1. By Book, chapter, verse (Default)
      2. By Date - from oldest (ascending)
      3. By Date - from newest (descending)
      4. By Title - ascending
      5. By Title - descending
2. Added new Bible view preference: Optimized indents (also available in the Preferences under Other Look and Feel, below the group related to paragraph). Previously indentations are automatically optimized for Poetry books (Psalms, Proverbs, Song of Songs, and Job 3-41 except 32) or chapters whose verses are all indented so that too much indentation on smartphones will not have wide left margin.
3. Alternate Title source (Preference) improvement: Psalms and Ecclesiastes titles are now excluded in the detection at first time load. Previously, if you start MySword on Psalms with a title like Psa 5, the Bible will be detected to have built-in titles so the alternate title source will no longer show up in other books. Starting at other books is fine though even when you go to Psalms.
4. In case settings.mybible file is corrupted (no such table: settings (code 1 SQLITE_ERROR)), there is now an option to revert file to fresh install state.

Bugs Fixed in Version 15.6

1. In paragraph mode for single verse poetry popup, optimize indents may outdent too much and cropped text if the first line is more indented than the next colon like in WEB Psa 2:7, 7:5, 17:14.
2. Dictionary lookup of Hebrew (Deluxe) may cause a crash if TBESH or other Hebrew dictionaries with no accent entry is present.

What's new in Version 15.5

1. The Editor's JavaScript library is updated from the old 2013 version to 2024. Note that Lollipop and Marshmallow's Android System WebView must be updated to at least version 60 for the editor to work.
2. New Preference (under Non-MySword modules): RTF font-size line height correction. Checked by default so Editor font-size less than 100% displays widely spaced while regular view is reduced but when unchecked both the Editor and regular view will render the line height almost similarly. When unchecked though, RTF modules with font-size may cause overlapping text like in Pilgrim's Progress from The Word.

Bugs Fixed in Version 15.5

1. Editor newly added lists (bullets or numbers), when poetry formatted verses are inserted/pasted some parts will move out of the list but Detect verses before insert will fix the problem.

Enjoy God's word even more!