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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