Hello all,

A new update (v.1.3.0) of the Wikisource Reader mobile application is now released for Android users at the Google Play Store.

Here are the updates:

Bugs resolved:

T408927: Text to Speech was not starting locally
T412043: The Text-to-Speech icon was missing in the Play Store production release.
T409625: Replaced confusing icon denoting years.
T409405: Adjusted the overlapping top bar on the category screen.

New features:

Books from the Arabic Wikisource project can now be read and filtered.
T406819: Start reading immediately after download instead of “Go to library” button
T407311: Sort the list of books alphabetically
T410595: Sort the list of books in a randomized manner
T407465: Share books from the library screen
T407639: Images of authors for thumbnails
T408176: Avoid downloading the same book multiple times

Other relevant updates:

We now have Levy Muguro, an Outreachy intern who will dedicate his time to working on the application until early March 2026. His contributions can be tracked here: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T405593
T408915: Epubs generated for Bangla and French Wikisource projects have unwanted lines due to recent Parsoid updates. This also negatively affects the books in the app for these two languages.
You can translate the interface of the app in your language from here: https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Translating:Wikisource_Reader

We sincerely thank everyone involved in updating the app.

Regards,

Sai Phanindra and Bodhisattwa

(both as volunteer capacity)