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
Awesome work on the latest release all!
All of the focus on offline support is really cool… I’m sure there will be lots of happy users!
On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 9:49 AM Dmitry Brant dbrant@wikimedia.org wrote:
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
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Congratulations for the release! I want to particularly congratulate the team on the improvement of offline support. Thank you and keep on rocking!
On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 8:45 AM, Corey Floyd cfloyd@wikimedia.org wrote:
Awesome work on the latest release all!
All of the focus on offline support is really cool… I’m sure there will be lots of happy users!
On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 9:49 AM Dmitry Brant dbrant@wikimedia.org wrote:
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
-- Dmitry Brant Senior Software Engineer / Product Owner (Android) Wikimedia Foundation https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_mobile_engineering
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