I should add to the list of new features: - We're now continuing our rollout of editing Wikidata descriptions by expanding the languages for which descriptions can be added/edited. For more details, please see the announcement https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat/Archive/2017/04#Wikidata_description_editing_in_the_Wikipedia_Android_app on Wikidata.
Cheers!
On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 4:48 PM, Dmitry Brant dbrant@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hello!
We're pleased to bring you an updated version of the Wikipedia Android app, available now 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/2.5.195-beta-2017-04-21 ):
- Numerous improvements to the UI for managing your reading lists.
- Individual reading list articles can now be toggled on/offline.
- Improved caching of images for offline availability.
- Random feed card now pulls a random article from the user's reading
lists when offline.
- Many other bug fixes and design updates.
Many thanks to our volunteers who contributed patches to this release, including Amir Aharoni (IRC: aharoni, Wikipedia User:Amire80), Codrut Grosu (Github: superCodrut, Twitter: @GrosuCodrut), and Dinu Kumarasiri (IRC: sandaru, Github: sandarumk).
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/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-2.5.195-releasesprod-2017-04-21.apk the app directly.
Cheers,
-- Dmitry Brant Senior Software Engineer / Product Owner (Android) Wikimedia Foundation https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_mobile_engineering