Android: Notes

When reading or listening to a passage gives you ideas or feelings, Notes are a great way to journal, linked directly to a Bible text. You can keep your thoughts private, just for your own use (this is the default), share them so friends can see them, or add them as a Public Note so anyone can see them.

Add a Note

There are many ways to add Notes:

1. From the Home screen or More screen:
   1. Tap your Profile Picture (or Initial) on the Home screen or More screen.
   2. Select Notes.
   3. Top right: tap the pen icon.
2. From the Bible Reader:
   1. Select the Bible tab if it hasn’t been selected already.
   2. Locate the Bible verse(s) where you want to add a Note.
   3. Select each Bible verse you want to be associated with your Note. Dotted underlines will appear beneath the selected verses. A list of options will display at the bottom.
   4. Select Note from the options.
   5. Continue to common steps.
3. From the Notes screen:
   1. Bottom right: select ≡ (More), Notes.
   2. Top right: tap the pen icon.
   3. Continue to common steps.

Common Steps:

1. Bottom: select the text field, and type the contents of your Note.
2. To make your Note visible to only Friends or anyone (Public), tap Private Note and select the desired option. Notes are Private by default.
3. Add a verse by tapping + Add Verse, if needed.
4. If needed, you can add a highlight color to mark any verses associated with your Note. Swipe left for more colors.
5. Top right: select Save to keep your Note.
   Or
   Top: select ← to return to the previous screen without saving.
   In the Bible Reader, Notes will have a Circle ⊚ on the left margin of the first line of the verse.

View Your Notes

In the Bible Reader, any verse with a Note will have a ⊚ in the left margin of the first line when you are using the same Bible version the Note was initially created with. Anytime you see one of these Circles, you can tap it to open that Note. The procedures below let you view all your Notes in one convenient list.

1. Bottom right: select ≡ (More), Notes. All your Notes are listed, from newest to oldest.

Edit a Note

1. Bottom right: select ≡ (More), Notes.
2. Locate the Note you want to change.
3. At the bottom right corner of the Note card, select ⋮, then Edit.
4. Make any changes you want:
   1. Top: select whether you want your Note to be Private, visible to Friends, or visible to anyone (Public).
      You can connect additional verses with your Note, and even select a Highlight color to mark any verses associated with it.
   2. Bottom: select the text field to change the contents of your Note.
5. Top right: select Save to keep your Note.
   Or
   Top left: select ← to return to the previous screen without saving.

Delete a Note

1. Bottom right: select ≡ (More), Notes.
2. Locate the Note you want to remove.
3. At the bottom right corner of the Note card, select ⋮, then Delete.

Troubleshooting Notes on Android

1. I can’t see my Notes in the Bible Reader.
   Notes are only visible in the Bible Reader if you are using the same Bible version the Note was initially created with. To view a Note in the Bible Reader, check the Bible version listed for the Note on the Notes screen, then switch to that version in the Bible Reader.