Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Using the LCP 2 App for Reading the Bible on the iPhone 5s

Launch Center Pro 2 and
Bible Group Actions on the iPhone 5s

Excluding the two readings embedded in "10 Commandments" Launch Center Pro (LCP) launch grid, the 66 books of the Bible are thematically categorized into ten groups. They are placed in five Old Testament (OT) groups, and five in New Testament (NT), respectively.

By using the URL schemes, each book of the Bible can be launched instantaneously by chapter, or chapter and verse. For example, on the iPhone 5s with the LCP active, if one selects the grid "NT-The Gospels" and drill down to "John", and tap in on the keypad prompt "1.4", the iOS associated bible app will display within 1-2 seconds - John 1:4 (NASB). This kind of fast action efficacy is simply not achievable by tapping and searching through the stand-alone bible app.

The LCP 2 is designed for iOS 7 for iPhone 5/5s utlizing 3 columns by 5 rows. Each grid can be drill-down to a second level of 3c x 5r action launch grids. Although the app is compatible to use on the iPhone 4/4s and iPad 3, it's not very ideal. These older Apple devices truncates the LCP app's 5th row, and thereby eliminating 45 action launch grids. That's a lot of estate to give up. Because of this behavior, actions developed on the iPhone 5/5s should not transfer or backup to the iPhone 4/4s or iPad3, and vice versa.

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