Changing the wiki language now also changes the app UI language.
That doesn't sound too handy for myself. I often change to a different language, many that I can't read at all. If the app's ui language were to follow me in that, I'd be rather unpleasantly surprised. Is there some form of confirmation or warning to the user (the first time this happens) ? A way to override or avoid possibly ?
DJ
On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 10:35 PM, Dmitry Brant dbrant@wikimedia.org wrote:
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, rolling out now to 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/;r/2.5.190-r-2017-02-24 ):
- Contribute to Wikipedia by editing title descriptions for articles that
you browse! (Powered by Wikidata, and currently limited to Russian, Hebrew, and Catalan Wikipedia. More languages will follow, once we analyze engagement data with this initial group of communities. If you're interested, here is the original project outline https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Short_descriptions, and the rollout announcement https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Wikidata_description_editing_in_the_Wikipedia_Android_app )
- Support for two-factor authentication when logging in.
- Improved multi-window support for Samsung devices and for Android Nougat.
- Improved network performance and offline support for cached page
previews.
- Minor UI refinements to image gallery, link previews, and reading lists.
- Changing the wiki language now also changes the app UI language.
- Numerous bug and crash fixes.
Special thanks to the volunteer contributors who submitted patches for this release:
The Discoverer - [[mw:User:The Discoverer]] Dinu Kumarasiri - IRC: sandaru, https://github.com/sandarumk Odysseas Kristalakos - https://github.com/OdysseasKr Kunal Grover - https://github.com/kunalgrover05
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-2.5.190-releasesprod-2017-02-24.apk the app directly.
-- Dmitry Brant Senior Software Engineer / Product Owner (Android) Wikimedia Foundation https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_mobile_engineering
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