Pro Tips

Pro Tips On Using Lifeline

Listen To Tapes Preached On This Day

Many believers enjoy the many tools in Lifeline as part of their daily Quiet Time routine. Many of us also enjoy Tapes that were preached on this day.

From either the Quote Of The Day or the On This Day page, select a Tape preached on this day, and that will open that Tape in The Table app.

Re-mark A Post As "New" As A Reminder To Watch It Again Later

Have you ever wanted to re-mark a post as "new" on Lifeline, so that it would remind you to watch it again later?

If you have, here is a feature that can do just that:

  1. Open Lifeline
  2. Press and hold one of the audio thumbnail squares that does not have a "new" tag.
  3. Slide your finger upwards onto the little watch icon that appears.
  4. Lift your finger off the screen, and that audio post will now be marked as "new" again.

Marking as "new" can be done on any audio, video, wallpaper, or On This Day post that is on the main screen of Lifeline.

Set The Quote Of The Day And Audio Posts To Autoplay

Use the Autoplay Audio setting in the Lifeline application to autoplay the Quote Of The Day and other audio content. When you open an Audio post, Quote of The Day or Podcast, the audio will automatically begin playing without having to press the play button.

How To Turn On Autoplay Audio:

  1. To turn on Autoplay, scroll down and select Settings at the bottom of the application home screen.
  2. Scroll down to Autoplay Audio and select yes.
  3. When you open audio content, it will automatically begin to play.
Quickly Open The Voice Radio Using A Shortcut

You can quickly get to The Voice Radio from your device home screen.

Simply hold down on the Lifeline app icon. Several quick options will appear, including one that opens directly to The Vocie Radio.

Find The Title Of A Tape Recently Played On The Voice Radio Schedule

Do you ever want to re-listen to a Tape you heard on The Voice Radio but cannot remember the title or date code?

While in The Voice Radio, you can view The Voice Radio play schedule by selecting the bell icon. Scrolling up allows you to view the last eight Tapes played. If it was played fairly recently, you will be able to find the title and date code by comparing it to the schedule time.

Set A Reminder To Be Notified Before An Upcoming Tape Starts

You can set a reminder to be notified before an upcoming Tape starts on The Voice Radio.

While in The Voice Radio, select the bell icon to open the schedule.

Once the schedule is open, you will see another bell icon to the right of the date code and title of upcoming Tapes. Select it be notified before The Tape starts.

For detailed instructions, please see: Notifications

Download Audio To Be Played When Offline

Selecting the cloud icon while in The Voice Radio schedule allows you to download audio files to be played when offline. If the audio file is not found on your device, the cloud icon will appear light gray. Once the audio file has been downloaded, or is already stored on your internal memory or SD card, the cloud icon will appear green to signify is available to play offline.

For detailed instructions, please see: Download Audio

Continue In Table App

If you are listening to a Tape playing on The Voice Radio and would like to follow along in the text and make notes and highlights, use the continue in Table app option.

This allows The Table app to take over playing the Tape and will automatically advance you to the corresponding text of the currently playing audio if Read Along mode is turned on in The Table app. If Read Along is not turned on, it will open to the beginning of the Tape while continuing to play the audio. You will have to manually scroll to find the spot in the text.

To use Continue In Table App:

  1. While the Voice Radio is open, select the menu icon(three bars) in the bottom of the screen.
  2. Select continue in Table App.
  3. The Table app will open and take over playing the Tape, automatically advancing you to the corresponding text of the currently playing audio if Read Along is turned on.

For more details instructions on using continue in table app, please see: Continue In Table App

To learn how to turn the Read Along feature on in The Table app, please see: Read Along

How To Mark Quotes You Would Like To Return Back To While Playing The Voice Radio Using An Apple Device

If you are playing The Voice Radio using air pods or wireless headphones with a mic and hear a quote you would like to view later, you can say, "Hey Siri, take a screen shot." The Voice Radio will continue to play while capturing an image of the time stamp of where you are at in the Message currently playing. The image saves to your photos.

This is a convenient way to mark quotes you would like to return back to later in The Table app.

How To Play Audio From Your Apple Watch Without Your Phone Present

If you would like to play upcoming Tapes listed on The Voice Radio from your Apple Watch without your phone present, please follow these directions: How To Play Audio From Your Apple Watch Without Your iPhone Present

Send Lifeline Feedback

Have you ever wanted to send feedback about the Lifeline app or a testimony, but didn't know where to send it from?

In addition to the comment section of the five star rating dialog that appears after opening new content, there is a Feedback option in the settings section located at the bottom of the home screen of the app, as well. You don't need to wait for new content to send your feedback.

We'd love to know what you think about the Lifeline App! Please feel free to leave us feedback and let us know what you like, dislike, or would like to see on the App. Have a testimony or story of your own? We'd love to see it!

To send feedback

  1. From the settings section, select feedback.
  2. Enter your feedback, name and email address.
  3. Select the submit button in the top right corner of the dialog box.