Hi Yann, most of the issues you're describing sound like straight-up bugs. When it comes to Android, it helps to know about issues that affect some models but may not come up on the model/version that the developer is using for testing. I think it's safe to say that the S4 is a '''must work''' Android platform. Some of the open bugs already filed might apply; if there are closed bugs that aren't fixed on S4, they may need to be reopened with a comment. And some of the issues you've mentioned don't seem to be captured at all: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?component=Android&list_id=34… IMO, we should be as diligent as possible when it comes to filing bugs in the bug tracker. There are lots of concerns about the quality of software that have been expressed here. Whether you happen to be technical or not, this is one of the best ways each and every one of us can do our part to build better software for our community. Now that I've preached it, it's off to practice for me. I'm downloading the commons app on both of my Nexus devices now and will file any bugs I see. If anyone would like to join me and Yann, you can install the app on your Android device here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikimedia.commons&hl=… ,Wil On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 11:54 AM, Yann Forget <yannfo(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I am not a mobile user. So for the first time, I used the Mobile App > on a Samsung S4 to upload a few pictures. I am quite disappointed, to > say the least. I stopped counting how many times the application > crashed while uploading just a few pictures. Then in reviewing my > uploads, I can't see the description or the license, the field is > blank. Then I discovered that the Application does not check if the > name already exists, and uploads over the old file without warning. > Luckily I didn't upload over someone else files. Then the categories I > choose were not included, and also no warning there. It is a bit less > bad on a tablet, where I can read the description and the license, but > I can't add any category. I wonder how a software in such a bad > condition gets deployed... Now it is much easier than on the desktop, > and I understand why we get so many useless pictures from mobile > uploads. > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Mobile_app#Feedback_on_Andr… > > Regards, > > Yann

I don't know what you mean by "entering an email", but when you add

Yann, The Commons app would need lots of love to continue to be worth advertising as a mainline app. It's not been updated since October, and code rot sets in after a while (I can easily reproduce crashes when logging in with an account that has pre-existing uploads, which it tries to display for convenience but quickly chokes on). With the small app team we have, our focus is mainly on the official Wikipedia apps right now, which are already quite solid and receiving very positive reviews, esp. the Android app. [1] The team is discussing whether the Commons app should be sunset (which would still leave open the option of community maintainership) based on the numbers, and will be posting an update later this week. Erik [1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia

On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 11:30 AM, Erik Moeller &lt;erik(a)wikimedia.org&gt; wrote: advertising already [1] the Hi Erik, The Wikipedia app description includes "Share: Use your existing social networking apps to share in the sum of all human knowledge." Does it support uploading media to Commons? Does it fix the problems with the official Commons app? If so, can they share a library which would allow the Commons app to be more of a specialised front-end to the same functionality that the WMF mobile apps team are developing for Wikipedia? -- John Vandenberg _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

Yann, The Commons app would need lots of love to continue to be worth advertising as a mainline app. It's not been updated since October, and code rot sets in after a while (I can easily reproduce crashes when logging in with an account that has pre-existing uploads, which it tries to display for convenience but quickly chokes on). With the small app team we have, our focus is mainly on the official Wikipedia apps right now, which are already quite solid and receiving very positive reviews, esp. the Android app. [1] The team is discussing whether the Commons app should be sunset (which would still leave open the option of community maintainership) based on the numbers, and will be posting an update later this week. Erik [1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia -- Erik Möller VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

Hi Dam, thanks for your responses. If the Wikipedia app doesnt have Commons upload capabilities, what is the viable replacement app for Commons uploading?