Malayalam Bible is an app by David A. Madore in the Books & Reference category, listed since at least June 2021. It has no native code, so it runs on any Android processor.
It asks for 1 permission, 1 of them sensitive: modify shared storage.
What's new in v1.6
* Fix crash for certain devices
Description
From the listing uploaded by “appupdater”.
Malayalam Bible for Android
First Unicode Malayalam Bible for Android with English KJV and ASV versions.
Version 1.6
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Fix crash on certain devices
Version 1.5
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Support for Android 11
Version 1.4
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Better font support for devices with JellyBean and above
NOTE: ICS users, please change Menu -> Preferences -> Unicode Rendering Fix to "Alternate Fix" to get good rendering.
Version 1.3/1.2
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Copy/Share/Bookmark verses. Swipe left/right for chapter navigation.
Version 1.1
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NOTE: Please uninstall (Home -> Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications -> Bible -> Uninstall) and re-install if you have trouble updating to new version. Contact developer for any issue.
For devices with Android v2.2+, preferred location of the app is SD card. Content database will be installed in SD card, if SD card is available. So app now requires permission to write to SD card.
Now you can customize the app through preferences menu available under device menu button.
Available options are:
Languages - Select primary and secondary languages to display
Display Layout - Choose one of the three layout options for displaying multiple versions
Font Size - Increase/decrease content font size
Theme - Select one of five background colors
Unicode Rendering - If your device (e.g: LG Optima) does't display Unicode characters properly, try "Alternate Fix" or "No Fix"
Malayalam content for this App is obtained from "The Complete Malayalam Bible In Unicode Ver 2.4" encoded by Nishad Kaippally. It may have minor errors. Any help in proof checking will be greatly appreciated. I will push updates to the content as a new version as it is available.
English content for this app is obtained from public domain.
Disclaimer: As Android doesn't support complex text layout for Malayalam unicode characters yet, there were some non-standard ways used to get the rendering (Like reordering the unicode characters on the fly, etc.) as a temporary solution due to Google's total disregard for incorporating the scripts of over 1.2 billion people. Author of the Malayalam content for this app doesn't endorse any non-standard implementation used in this app as it is counter productive to the objective of the project.
Security & authenticity
Security rating: Trusted
Signing certificate
Certificate issued to “Jeesmon Jacob”The developer's name — though anyone can put any name in a certificate.
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Permissions (1)
Malayalam Bible requests 1 permission, 1 of them sensitive.
Can I install this APK over the version I already have?
Only if it is signed with the same certificate as the copy on your phone and isn't an older version. If Android says “App not installed”, the certificates differ; uninstalling your copy first works but deletes its data unless it is backed up.
Is the Malayalam Bible APK safe?
No one can promise that a file is safe, but some things can be checked. The source store rates this file Trusted. After downloading, check that the file's MD5 is 72e5124bf87ac8a98a28add21321e328.