Hi all,
We're excited to bring you an updated version of the Wikipedia Android app
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia&hl=en>, now
available on the Google Play Store! [1]. Here are the highlights from this
update (or browse the complete change history
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/APAW/history/master/;beta/2.6.201-beta-2017-08-10>
):
- New: lazy-loading of images! When browsing articles, images will be
loaded only when they are scrolled into view.
- Improvements and fixes for saving and managing offline reading list
articles.
- The dark theme can now be enabled from the app settings, as well as from
the article overflow menu.
- Improved dark mode color scheme.
- Minor design enhancements throughout.
- Numerous bug fixes.
Special thanks to the volunteer contributors who submitted patches for this
release:
- Jorge Casariego, (IRC: Jcasariego, Github:
https://github.com/jorgecasariego)
- Yashasvi, (
https://about.me/yashasvigirdhar)
- Florian Schmidt, (IRC: FlorianSW, GitHub:
https://github.com/FlorianSW)
- Amir Aharoni (IRC: aharoni, Wikipedia User:Amire80)
- Kaartic Sivaraam (GitHub:
https://github.com/sivaraam)
If you'd like to help improve the app yourself, take a look at our getting
started
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team/Wikipedia_Android_app_hacking>
guide.
We're looking forward to your contributions!
[1] For devices without Google Play services, you may download
<https://releases.wikimedia.org/mobile/android/wikipedia/stable/wikipedia-2.6.201-releasesprod-2017-08-10.apk>
the app directly.
Cheers,
--
Dmitry Brant
Senior Software Engineer / Product Owner (Android)
Wikimedia Foundation
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_mobile_engineering