Mobile-l February 2016

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Android app now requires "run at startup" permission?
by Legoktm 19 Feb '16

19 Feb '16

Hi, When I upgrade from 2.1.137-fdroid to 2.1.141-fdroid (I fell a little behind in staying up to date), the Android Wikipedia app requests the "run at startup" permission. Is this intentional? Why does the app need to run at startup? Thanks, -- Legoktm

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by Josephine Lim 18 Feb '16

18 Feb '16

Hi all, I've been working on a project to improve the categorization of pictures in the Upload to Commons Android app <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T115101> as part of the Outreachy Dec '15 program, which is soon drawing to an end. To summarize, 3 new features have been implemented in this app: 1. If a picture with geolocation is uploaded, nearby category suggestions are offered (based on the categories of other Commons images with similar coordinates) 2. If a picture with no geolocation is uploaded, nearby category suggestions are offered based on the user's current location. This is optional and only works if enabled in Settings. 3. Category search (when typing in the search field) has been made more flexible, whereas previously this was done solely by prefix search. E.g. now searching for 'latte' should be able to return 'iced latte'. The latest version of the app is v1.11 and can be downloaded at <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fr.free.nrw.commons>. Please feel free to leave feedback or bug reports at <https://github.com/nicolas-raoul/apps-android-commons/issues>. I have had an amazing time working on this app as part of the Outreachy program, and I greatly appreciate all the support and help that the WMF community has given me. :) Cheers! -- Regards, Josephine

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Re: [WikimediaMobile] Update on Upload to Commons Android App project
by Bahodir Mansurov 17 Feb '16

17 Feb '16

Thank you! I use regularly use this app and improvements are always welcome. On Wed, 17 Feb 2016 00:48:53 -0500, Josephine Lim <josephinelim86(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > I've been working on a project to improve the categorization of > pictures in the Upload to Commons Android app > <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T115101> as part of the Outreachy > Dec '15 program, which is soon drawing to an end. To summarize, 3 new > features have been implemented in this app: > > 1. If a picture with geolocation is uploaded, nearby category > suggestions are offered (based on the categories of other Commons > images with similar coordinates) > > 2. If a picture with no geolocation is uploaded, nearby category > suggestions are offered based on the user's current location. This is > optional and only works if enabled in Settings. > > 3. Category search (when typing in the search field) has been made > more flexible, whereas previously this was done solely by prefix > search. E.g. now searching for 'latte' should be able to return 'iced > latte'. > > The latest version of the app is v1.11 and can be downloaded at > <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fr.free.nrw.commons>. > Please feel free to leave feedback or bug reports at > <https://github.com/nicolas-raoul/apps-android-commons/issues>. > > I have had an amazing time working on this app as part of the > Outreachy program, and I greatly appreciate all the support and help > that the WMF community has given me. :) > > > Cheers! > > -- Baha

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Update on Upload to Commons Android App project
by Josephine Lim 17 Feb '16

17 Feb '16

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Re: [WikimediaMobile] Contributing to Wikipedia Android App(GSoC 2016)
by Dmitry Brant 16 Feb '16

16 Feb '16

Hi Donald, Thanks for your interest in our Android app! To get started with contributing, check out this wiki page: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team/Wikipedia_Android_app_ha… It contains all the information you'll need for setting up a build environment, setting up an account on our code review system, and links to our bug and feature tracker. If you have any questions or issues, don't hesitate to ask (via email, or on IRC at #wikimedia-mobile on freenode). Looking forward to your contributions! On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 10:25 AM, Donaldson Epignosis <epignosisd(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Guys, > > My name is Donald, I am 23, and also a second year undergraduate student > from Nigeria. I am interested in contributing to the Wikimedia > foundation[WMF] with intentions to eventually enrol in the GSoC 2016 > program if the Foundation would be participating . > > I am particularly interested in the Wikipedia Android App development, I > have over 3 years worth of Android development experience which I acquired > before I enrolled into a university. > > I am very inspired about the work you guys do at Wikimedia, I am a heavy > user of your softwares, they have made a huge impact in my life and I am so > excited about contributing to this amazing project . I would appreciate any > advice from the team on where best to start. > > Thank you. > > _______________________________________________ > Mobile-l mailing list > Mobile-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l > > -- Dmitry Brant Senior Software Engineer / Product Owner (Android) Wikimedia Foundation https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_mobile_engineering

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Contributing to Wikipedia Android App(GSoC 2016)
by Donaldson Epignosis 16 Feb '16

16 Feb '16

Hello Guys, My name is Donald, I am 23, and also a second year undergraduate student from Nigeria. I am interested in contributing to the Wikimedia foundation[WMF] with intentions to eventually enrol in the GSoC 2016 program if the Foundation would be participating . I am particularly interested in the Wikipedia Android App development, I have over 3 years worth of Android development experience which I acquired before I enrolled into a university. I am very inspired about the work you guys do at Wikimedia, I am a heavy user of your softwares, they have made a huge impact in my life and I am so excited about contributing to this amazing project . I would appreciate any advice from the team on where best to start. Thank you.

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[Apps] New Android production release
by Dmitry Brant 15 Feb '16

15 Feb '16

Hi all, We've just released an updated version of the Wikipedia Android app[1][2], rolling out as we speak to the Google Play store! Here are the highlights from this update: * Support for animated images throughout the app (image gallery, lead images, search results, etc). * When saving media from the gallery, the files are now downloaded in their original form and resolution to your device's external memory, and made available in the device's Gallery app. * Improved memory consumption in the app when browsing lots of pages and images. * Improvements to the networking layer and stability. * Fixed account creation without an email address. * Fixed ability to copy large amounts of text to the clipboard. * Numerous miscellaneous bug and crash fixes. Thanks to the following contributors for their patches: * Yuvi Panda * Dan Garry (Deskana) * Justin Du (MtDu) * You?[3] [1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia&hl=en [2] https://releases.wikimedia.org/mobile/android/wikipedia/stable/wikipedia-2.… [3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team/Wikipedia_Android_app_ha… Cheers, -- Dmitry Brant Senior Software Engineer / Product Owner (Android) Wikimedia Foundation https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_mobile_engineering

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Someone please announce/explain T119235 (RESTBase for Wiktionary)
by Federico Leva (Nemo) 15 Feb '16

15 Feb '16

All my requests were ignored: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T119235#1951362 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T123142#2025816 https://en.wiktionary.org/api/rest_v1/?doc#!/Page_content/get_page_definiti… appeared but nobody bothered to tell people and plans for the thing seem to be unknowable (or secret). Nemo

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[OFFLINE] Kiwix for iOS 1.4 released
by Emmanuel Engelhart 14 Feb '16

14 Feb '16

Hi A new version of Kiwix for iOS has been released: 1.4. This version is thought to work on iPhones, iPads and iPods running iOS9+. Here are the last improvements: * New search interface * Better download/content manager * Better support of multi-core CPUs * Better support of chucked ZIM files If you love please, please leave a feedback on iTunes! Regards Kelson -- Kiwix - Wikipedia Offline & more * Web: http://www.kiwix.org * Twitter: https://twitter.com/KiwixOffline * more: http://www.kiwix.org/wiki/Communication

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[Apps] Android Wikipedia beta app release (2.1.141-beta-2016-02-10)
by Stephen Niedzielski 10 Feb '16

10 Feb '16

The Android team[0] is happy to announce a new Wikipedia Android app beta release, v2.1.141-beta-2016-02-10[1]. This update fixes a few crashes and bugs[2] found in the previous beta. You too can help make it better! Read our getting started guide[3]. We can't wait for your contributions! -The WMF Android team [0] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team#Android_App [1] Rolling out at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia.beta [2] A complete list of changes is available at https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/APAW/history/master/;beta/2.1.1… [3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team/Wikipedia_Android_app_ha…

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