Hi everyone,
We're excited to present our latest update to the Wikipedia Android app[1][2], available now on the Google Play store! Here are the major highlights from this release:
- Link previews: tapping on a link will now show you a quick "preview" that contains the first two sentences of the article, plus a swipeable gallery of image thumbnails from the article. This lets you get the gist of the link subject without losing your place in the article you were reading. You can tap on the image thumbnails to view them full-screen, or tap on the overflow menu (three dots) to save the article for later reading offline, or share it with other apps. And of course, you can easily continue to the linked article if you'd like to delve further into it.
- More options when pressing-and-holding links: In addition to opening a link in a new tab, you can now save the linked article for offline reading, share the link to another app, or copy the link to the clipboard.
And some further minor enhancements:
- Better search result ordering
- Improved handling and refreshing of saved pages
- Improved screen rotation behavior
- More Material Design components and styles
- Share link to the current article from main overflow menu
- Lots of bugs fixed and translations updated[3]
Until next time, happy reading!
Cheers,
Dmitry Brant
Product Owner (Android), Mobile Apps Team