Hi Pine,
To be clear, prior to this change, the app widened images in all cases
(regardless of connection quality). With this change, knowing that a
cellular connection is much more likely to be metered, this will benefit at
least those users.
There's no manual setting to enable/disable image widening, but the user
may still enable/disable images entirely (in Settings) if there are data
cost concerns on whatever network they currently are.
On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 8:17 PM, Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Michael,
Ok, after exploring this further I think that my question about
isActiveNetworkMetered() might be complicated enough that I should ask it
of Google. (: As you probably know, some wifi networks can be slow and/or
have a pay-per-unit fee or cap, while some cellular connections can include
"unlimited" data.
Is there a way that a user can manually select whether to enable or
disable "force downloading and widening HQ images when on a metered
connection" in the Wikipedia app for Android?
Thanks,
Pine
On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 10:42 AM, Michael Holloway <
mholloway(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hi Pine,
I followed the Android docs[1] in using the term "metered connection" in
the release notes, but in concrete terms, your connection is considered
"metered" if you're on a cellular (as opposed to wi-fi) network.[2]
Regards,
Michael
[1]
https://developer.android.com/reference/android/support/v4/net/Connectivity…
[2]
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/support/+/refs/heads/m…
On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 1:11 PM, Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Stephen,
No longer force downloading and widening HQ
images when on a metered
connection.
Thank you. May I ask how the app knows if the device is using a metered
connection at any given point in time?
Pine
On May 24, 2016 09:37, "Stephen Niedzielski"
<sniedzielski(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
The Android team[0] is pleased to announce a new
Wikipedia Android app
beta release, v2.2.146-beta-2016-05-23[1]. This revision contains the
following new fixes and functionality[2]:
* Introducing Reading Lists: In place of the old "Saved Pages", you can
now organize the articles you browse into reading lists, which you can
access even when you're offline. Create as many lists as you like,
give them custom names, and populate them with articles from any
language wiki!
* Update authentication to work with the latest server changes.
* Add "edit here" to the long press menu.
* Check Wikipedia Zero status on page load instead of on network state
change.
* Improved Wikipedia Zero banner design.
* No longer force downloading and widening HQ images when on a metered
connection.
* Numerous crash and bug fixes.
Included in this version are patches from first time contributors,
Michael Basil[3] and Elad Keyshawn[4], and repeat contributors,
maroloccio[5] and Dan Garry[6]. Nice work, devs!
You too can help make it better! Read our getting started guide[7]. 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/2.2.1…
[3]
https://github.com/intrications
[4]
https://twitter.com/EladKeyshawn
[5] IRC: maroloccio,
https://twitter.com/maroloccio
[6] IRC: Deskana,
https://twitter.com/danjgarry
[7]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team/Wikipedia_Android_app_ha…
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