Offline reading and updates

Haribol runs as an Android app, a Mac app and a web app at haribol.app, with the same library in each. The versions differ in what they keep on your device.

Version	How to get it	Offline reading
Android app	Download and install	English library included
Mac app	Download and install	English library included
Web app	Open haribol.app in any browser; optionally install it	After you download the offline library

There are no apps for iPhone, iPad or Windows; on those devices, use the web app.

Opened from Instagram or Facebook

Apps like Instagram and Facebook open links in their own browser, where Haribol may not start and Google sign-in does not work. Haribol then shows a message at the bottom of the page. Select Open in browser (on Android), or choose to open the page in your browser from the app’s ⋯ menu. You can also select Copy link and paste the link into your browser.

Read without a connection

Version	Available offline	Requires a connection
Android and Mac apps	The English library: books, letters, the text of the talks, the index and the dictionary. Pictures and Sanskrit recitations, once opened.	Recordings of the talks; other languages unless downloaded
Web app	The English library, after you download the offline library	Recordings of the talks; other languages unless downloaded

To download other languages, see Languages.

To download the offline library in the web app:

1. Select ⋮ › Get the app.
2. Under Offline library, select Download the library. The page shows the download size and the space required on your device.
3. Keep the page open until the download completes. You can continue reading in the meantime.

Every page then opens without a connection, and search works. Offline, search matches whole words and word beginnings; online it also matches text inside words.

When the page shows A newer library is available., select Update the library. To free the space, select Remove from this device.

Note

Some browsers allow only one Haribol window or tab to use the offline library. If the page reports that the library is open in another window, close that window and select Try again.

New versions

Haribol shows a notice at the top of the screen when a new version is available.

Version	Notice	Action
Web app	A new version of Haribol is available.	Select Reload.
Android and Mac apps	Haribol version is available.	Select What’s new to read the release notes, or Download to get the new version.

On Android, the new version installs over the old one. On a Mac, replace the app as described in Install on a Mac. Release notes for every version are on Get the app.

Open haribol.app links in the app

Links shared from Haribol are haribol.app addresses, such as haribol.app/bg/2/13, and open in any browser.

• Android app: links to books, chapters, verses and the dictionary open in the app. To open them in the browser instead, turn off Open haribol.app links in this app under ⋮ › Get the app › Links.
• Web app on Android or a Mac, with the app installed: ⋮ › Open in the app opens the current page in the app. To open every haribol.app link in the app, turn on Open haribol.app links in the Haribol app under ⋮ › Get the app › Links. The browser may ask for permission once.