Android mobile devices do not have that capability natively. A PDF viewing app needs to be installed from the app store.dsesplin wrote:I don't even have the ability to view a PDF file of the article or lesson. how do I get that option?
I realize that and I have several PDF viewing applications. What I meant is that I see no way in gospel library to link to the PDF version of an article.jdlessley wrote: Android mobile devices do not have that capability natively. A PDF viewing app needs to be installed from the app store.
There is no link in Gospel Library to download the PDF copy. The PDF file of an article is downloaded from LDS.org using a browser.dsesplin wrote:What I meant is that I see no way in gospel library to link to the PDF version of an article.
Now I am confused. If it isn't possible from gospel library why is this discussion in the Android Gospel Library forum? I assumed that the 'related media' comment from the OP was referring to an option in Android Gospel Library. I was just wondering how to get to it.jdlessley wrote:There is no link in Gospel Library to download the PDF copy. The PDF file of an article is downloaded from LDS.org using a browser.
The OP was asking how to get the full PDF. The team member and developer for the Android Gospel Library, jasonhyer, explained in the next post that the best method to get full PDF containing the media content was to download it from LDS.org. That means using a browser. His exact words were:dsesplin wrote:Now I am confused. If it isn't possible from gospel library why is this discussion in the Android Gospel Library forum? I assumed that the 'related media' comment from the OP was referring to an option in Android Gospel Library. I was just wondering how to get to it.
jasonhyer wrote:If you want the full PDF you will need to go to LDS.org and download it from there.
That's a fine response for the question about how to get the full PDF.jdlessley wrote:The OP was asking how to get the full PDF.dsesplin wrote:Now I am confused. If it isn't possible from gospel library why is this discussion in the Android Gospel Library forum? I assumed that the 'related media' comment from the OP was referring to an option in Android Gospel Library. I was just wondering how to get to it.
Thank you. You explained it better than I. That is exactly what I was trying to ask.aebrown wrote: The followup question from dsesplin is how to download those individual PDFs that the first two posts said could be done from Gospel Library. I have tried to find the PDFs for a couple of GC talks and a couple of Ensign articles, and I am also unable to figure out how to download any PDF through Android Gospel Library. That's the open question, and I'm curious about the answer as well.
I still haven't figured it out. Can anyone tell me how to access the 'related media' from the gospel library on android as mentioned above? I can't see any way to do it.davejgreen wrote:When viewing an Ensign article (or a section from a manual) I am able to download related media so I can view the PDF version of that article (or section) only. ...Thanks, Dave.
I suppose that speculation can't be entirely ruled out, but the fact remains that in this post, Jason Hyer (who describes himself in his signature as working on Gospel Library for ANDROID) said that it was possible in Gospel Library to download the PDF for a particular article. No one has been able to explain how to do that.russellhltn wrote:I'm not entirely sure that this thread has anything to do with Android. The OP may have started it in the wrong forum.
Except there's nothing in his post that references GL or Android (other then his signature). But because of his work in GL he probably has inside knowledge of content. And since this was pointed in the Android GL section, he responded. But he'll have to clarify his post.aebrown wrote:I suppose that speculation can't be entirely ruled out, but the fact remains that in this post, Jason Hyer (who describes himself in his signature as working on Gospel Library for ANDROID) said that it was possible in Gospel Library to download the PDF for a particular article. No one has been able to explain how to do that.
except that jason says that they don't have plans at the present time to download the full pdf you have to go to lds.org do that. this implies that the Android app can download individual articles. JasonHyer can you clarify?jasonhyer wrote:...At this time we don't have plans to do the full download of the book or magazine via PDF. If you want the full PDF you will need to go to LDS.org and download it from there. You will notice that in addition to the full PDF download that each article or lesson is available for download and that is where we pull the content from.
Found it. The key is in the OP.dsesplin wrote:this implies that the Android app can download individual articles.
Note that this doesn't work everywhere. For example, although Jason used the term "talk", there are no PDFs for General Conference (but the Ensign GC issues do have them). Some manuals also have no PDFs (which is why I couldn't see this option -- I was looking at the D&C teacher's manual).russellhltn wrote:1) Be IN the article of interest (not at the index).
2) Press the right arrow button (looks like a "play" icon)
3) One of the options is "View PDF"
The option is still there in the latest version for Android Gospel Library (2.6.1.7). As was noted earlier, the "View PDF" option is not available for all content. To be specific, I tested this by going to Manuals > Teachings of Presidents > TOPOTC: Lorenzo Snow > Chapter 1. Then I tapped the triangle (looks like a "Play" button) in the action bar at the bottom, and indeed the View PDF option was there (and it worked properly).dsesplin wrote:The view pdf option seems to have disappeared in the latest release. Has anyone else seen this?