圣经应用程式构建工具
圣经应用程式构建工具允许您创建一个完整的安卓应用程序，以便向任何拥有安卓手机的人分发圣经文本和音频。完成后，可以通过多种方式将成品分发给世界各地的用户，以便他们可以用自己的语言与圣经互动。
使用圣经应用程式构建工具，您无需自己编写安卓应用程序的程式码。只需启动程式并按照新建应用程序向导的步骤，添加圣经和相关文件。您可以在几分钟内创建一个有用的安卓应用程序，无需任何程式设计经验。
圣经应用程式构建工具使用Paratext或数字圣经图书馆的原始文件，提供了多项好处：
为了安全，圣经文件经过加密，无法被复制并用于其他用途。
- 无需将您的文件转换为其他格式。随着您继续翻译，您可以简单地用新文本更新应用程序。这样可以实现诸如在完整测试或甚至完整书籍完成之前发布应用程序供审阅者或早期版本。
- 应用程序可以充分利用Paratext文件中的功能，包括词汇条目，交叉引用和脚注。
- 搜索功能更强大，因为它正在查看原始文件。它不受呈现格式的限制，有时可能会发生这种情况。
- 由于这些文件是文本文件，因此可以进行大量压缩，从而生成小型应用程序。完整的圣经新约应用程序可以小至2 MB，完整的圣经应用程序则为4.5 MB。
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A powerful feature of Scripture App Builder is the ability to include audio with the text. An audio MP3 file can be associated with each chapter of a book. With the addition of timing files, verses or phrases can be highlighted as the audio is played. The user can control the playback by moving between verses or sections. This feature opens the app up to people who are learning to read in their language.
The audio files can be included with the app or made available in other ways including directly from Faith Comes By Hearing.
Once you have built the app, you can choose the best ways to distribute it to users. Depending on how you incorporate the audio files, the app can be used and shared completely offline. This means that it can be distributed via Bluetooth, microSD, wireless (BibleBox or LightStream), email, websites or the Google Play Store. Even if the audio files are stored online, users can still access the text immediately.
Include the fonts that work best with your text, whether they are Roman or Non-Roman script, left-to-right or right-to-left. Apps can be packaged with the Grandroid font-rendering library, developed by SIL’s Non-Roman Script Initiative.
The app that you create can be fully customized to work for you context:
The user interface in Scripture App Builder itself can be displayed in English, French or Spanish.
- You can design your own app icon and optional splash screen. The files are standard PNG images that can be created in popular photo editing software.
- Along with a number of color schemes, you can adjust the colors of individual items to better meet the culture of the audience.
- All of the app interface text can be translated and localized.
With Scripture App Builder, you are not limited to publishing books of the Bible. You can also build apps with the following types of content:
You just need to use standard format markers, like \c for chapter, \p for paragraphs, \q for poetry and \s for sub-headings.
- Front matter: introductions, alphabet description, etc.
- Song books
- Picture story books
- Commentaries and devotional material
As well as building smartphone apps, Scripture App Builder can create e-books in EPUB format. EPUB documents are readable by a number of e-book readers on Windows, Mac, iOS and Android platforms. If you have timing files for your audio, the e-books can contain ‘Read Aloud’ text-audio synchronization.
