Gospel Library

September 23, 2024

• Updated app icon to work better with color tints in iOS 18. • Fixed an issue that prevented the History panel from loading on iOS 16. • Fixed an issue that could cause the back button to skip back too far. • Improved reliability when opening links to Gospel Library content. • Improved light/dark theming in the Help section.

September 7, 2024

Redesigned Home section • Updated Home to a more modern and delightful look and feel. • Improved how Home adjusts for landscape and large screens. • Added the ability to long-press and drag to rearrange sections in Home. Other improvements • Updated the study plans section of Home to accommodate more featured plans. • Updated Verse and Quote of the Day widgets to match the changes in Home. • Added Church Account profile image in Settings. • Changed media streaming and download to respect the “Limit Cellular Data Use” setting. • Improved stability in navigation, study plans, and other areas.

September 3, 2024

Redesigned Home section • Updated Home to a more modern and delightful look and feel. • Improved how Home adjusts for landscape and large screens. • Added the ability to long-press and drag to rearrange sections in Home. Other improvements • Updated the study plans section of Home to accommodate more featured plans. • Updated Verse and Quote of the Day widgets to match the changes in Home. • Added Church Account profile image in Settings. • Changed media streaming and download to respect the “Limit Cellular Data Use” setting. • Improved stability in navigation, study plans, and other areas.

June 27, 2024

• Added improvements to support Topics and Questions content. • Fixed an issue where tapping an item in Home sometimes opened a new screen. • Increased stability by refactoring code in various sections of the app.

May 16, 2024

• Added new content to the Help section, including overview videos and tips for using Gospel Library. • Added the ability for music coordinators to choose sacrament meeting hymns from either the hymnbook or Children’s Songbook. • Added the ability for music coordinators in multilingual wards to choose sacrament meeting hymns in any installed content language. • Added a quick edit button to the Sacrament Meeting Hymns, Elders Quorum Lesson, and Relief Society Lesson cards for users with edit rights. • Renamed the Hymns quick link to Music, and changed it to link to the Music section. • Fixed an issue that could prevent sacrament meeting hymns and elders quorum or Relief Society lessons from showing.

May 11, 2024

• Fixed an issue that prevented selecting sacrament meeting hymns for some users. • Fixed an issue where images were missing when creating a study plan. • Fixed an issue that could prevent accessing role-based content.

April 22, 2024

• Added the ability to print sheet music PDFs. • Updated the audio player to reload what was being listened to when the app restarts. • Fixed an issue where the audio player would sometimes show at the top of the screen. • Fixed an issue where text-to-speech audio didn’t work correctly in Chinese content. • Fixed an issue where Japanese text didn’t display correctly in the sidebar. • Fixed an issue where the sidebar width was reset after switching apps. • Fixed an issue that prevented adding tags to selected text on macOS.

March 20, 2024

New audio experience • Added support for Apple CarPlay. • Simplified the audio mini-player. • Changed the audio player to remain available while navigating throughout the app. • Added an expanded state for the audio player (tap or pull upward on the mini-player). Additional audio improvements • Added the ability to control playback speed and other settings separately for spoken content and music. • Added the ability to listen to study plans sequentially when they draw from multiple publications. • Added Shuffle, Repeat, and Audio Type options in the expanded player. • Added a Sleep Timer option in the expanded player for pausing audio after a set amount of time. • Added an option in the expanded player to navigate to the currently-playing content. • Added the ability to switch between music audio types (for example, Vocal or Accompaniment). • Added the ability to rearrange or remove items from the audio queue. • Improved stability for text-to-speech and general audio playback. Other improvements • Added spelling correction in Search. • Added a way to mark previous study plan items complete by long-pressing on a reading segment. • Added a Sign In Again option when a user is signed in but the session has expired. • Added a new Help section (new help content will be added in a future release). • Bug fixes and increased stability. iOS 15 is no longer supported (Gospel Library 6.8.0 requires iOS 16 or newer).

February 8, 2024

• Fixed an issue where ASL videos in the Book of Mormon weren’t playable. • Changed the Sacrament Meeting Hymns card to show all day on Sunday, for a better experience when local meeting times haven’t been updated in Leader and Clerk Resources.

January 23, 2024

• Fixed an issue that could prevent adding tags to an annotation. • Fixed an issue that made it difficult to choose between overlapping highlights. • Fixed an issue where a blank screen could load when viewing youth music. • Fixed an issue where the Come, Follow Me widget didn’t always show the correct image. • Fixed a crash when creating an annotation link on iOS 15.