Sacred Music

• Added a top bar when viewing a song in full screen mode. • Improved stability in playlists and downloaded media. • Improved accessibility for blind users. • Fixed an issue that prevented switching languages while viewing a PDF. • Fixed an issue where the play button at the top of a song didn’t go away when scrolling.

• Added Audio Type, Features, and Topics filters when viewing a list of songs. • Added a Display Options panel to customize how sheet music or lyrics are displayed. • Added the ability to switch between list and grid mode in a folder. • Improved experience for choosing between audio types. • Improved relevance ranking for search results. • Improved accessibility for blind users. • Fixed an issue that sometimes prevented content from loading.

• Added resizable sheet music for the hymnbook and Children’s Songbook. • Added a setting to choose between resizable and PDF sheet music. • Added the ability to share or print sheet music. • Added the ability to add all songs from a publication, topic, or playlist to another playlist. • Added support for viewing content in two languages side-by-side on iPad (with iPadOS split view). • Updated language switching to stay on the same song when switching languages. • Updated the audio player to remember what you were listening to when the app restarts. • Fixed an issue where items in a playlist would sometimes load in the wrong language. • Fixed slowness on certain devices when rotating or navigating throughout the app.

Sacred Music 2.0 has been rewritten from the ground up with a modernized look and feel, as well as a modernized codebase and a new content delivery system behind the scenes. We are continuing to make improvements, so watch for more updates in the future! What’s new: • Modernized look and feel. • Added the ability to play or shuffle a list of songs without drilling into an individual song. • Added the ability to download the audio for a list of songs. • Added an options menu for each song to be able to quickly download, play, or add the song to a playlist. • Added tabs when viewing a song to easily switch between sheet music and lyrics/video content. • Added a long-press menu to play and shuffle buttons to choose between audio types. • Added the ability to change the font size and style in the lyrics view. • Added a setting to control whether sheet music adjusts for dark mode. • Added a topics index for each publication (in addition to the global topics index at the bottom). • Split content into a separate database for each language, to reduce the initial download size. • Added additional content that was previously only available on the Church website (see below). • Added folders in the library to allow for better content organization. • Fixed several bugs. Additional content: • Simplified hymn arrangements. • Featured music for choirs • Featured arrangements from past music submissions. • Archived music from Church magazines. • Archived youth and seminary music. • Music from Church pageants and productions.

• Added dark mode support. • Fixed issue where songs didn’t appear after being added to a playlist. • Fixed issue where sheet music would scroll under the notch when rotating or switching songs.