Hi
This was a long standing feature request and not the easiest one to
implement, that's why the Kiwix development team is pretty proud to
announce the release of Kiwix for iOS v1.0.
With Kiwix for iOS you can easily download/read recent snapshots (with
or without pictures) of all Wikimedia projects with your iPhone/iPad.
This first version of the app provides basic functionalities like:
* ZIM reader
* Navigation through articles
* Search based on article title
* Content library/downloader
* Bookmarks
* Browse history
* iTunes sync (already in beta testing for v1.1)
The app has been developed for the last 18 months by Chris, a New-York
based developer. He was (a bit) mentored by an older member of the Kiwix
dev team and the project was supported by WikimediaCH for the
administrative work with Apple and the coverage of mandatory hardware costs.
With this last stone, Kiwix which is already available for Windows, OSX,
Linux and Android, has reached a milestone. 10 years after the project
creation, Kiwix is a a cutting-edge solution to access Wikipedia (and a
lot more) offline - with most of the computers - whatever the platform.
Download Kiwix for iOS on Itunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kiwix/id997079563
Have a look to the source code:
https://github.com/kiwix/iOS
Regards
Emmanuel
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The 2015-05 enwiki nopic dump is a great resource for getting bulk
article text – much better in my experience than using scripts that
try to strip it out of XML dumps, or wrestling with a full MW+Parsoid
system.
I see threads from earlier in the year that the goal is monthly ZIM dumps.
Any projections for when that might be achieved, or perhaps just when
the process that succeeded in creating the 2015-05 dump(s) might be
repeated as another one-off?
- Gordon
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Regards
Emmanuel
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Hi
Last June, the Kiwix team has organised a hackathon focused on mobile
technologies in general and Android in particular.
http://www.kiwix.org/wiki/Hackathon_Mobile_2015
Sponsored by Wikimedia Switzerland, this one week long event has been
the occasion to do a few steps forward thx to the hard work of the 4
volunteer developers.
As a result, we are proud to announce the release of Kiwix for Android
1.94/1.95 which brings a lot of improvements. Among others:
* NEW: Revamped tabs system
* NEW: Revamped zoom system
* NEW: Audio/Video suport
* NEW: Updated "Ray Charles" ZIM demo file
* FIXED: AutoCompleteTextView in landscape mode
* FIXED: PDF & EPUB viewing
* FIXED: Many bugs related to "night mode"
* REMOVED: Gingerbread support
* REMOVED: Share with friends
* REMOVED: Zoom button
Install in one click on your device:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kiwix.kiwixmobile
We have also created a new set of tools allowing us to generate and
publish quickly Android Bundle Apps (app+content). These apps are really
useful for users because in one click in the Google Play Store they have
what they want. We have started to use these tools and have already
released two high value apps:
* Wikivoyage in English:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kiwix.kiwixcustomwikivoya…
* Wikimed in English:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kiwix.kiwixcustomwikimed
An other consequence of this bundling software solution is that it is
now trivial for NGO & Companies to distribute devices with free content
pre-packaged on it.
Regards
Emmanuel
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