WelcometoWikipediaBetaforAndroid!YoucaninstallWikipediaBetaalongsideyourcurrentversionofWikipediaforAndroid,soyoucantestournewfeaturesbeforetheygoliveforallWikipediaforAndroidusers.Yourfeedbackwillhelpusfixbugsanddecidewhatfeaturestofocusonnext.
Pleasehelpusimprovethisappbyleavingfeedbackhereorsendinganotetoourmailinglist,mobile-android-wikipedia@wikimedia.org.
Features:
Explorefeed:Recommendedandconstantly-updatingWikipediacontentrightonthehomescreen,includingcurrentevents,trendingarticles,eventsonthisdayinhistory,suggestedreading,andmore.Thefeedisfullycustomizable—youcanselectthetypesofcontentyouwanttosee,orrearrangetheorderinwhichdifferenttypesofcontentappear.
Colorthemes:WithachoiceofLight,Dark,andBlackthemes,aswellastextsizeadjustment,youcancustomizetheappforthemostcomfortablereadingexperience.
Voice-integratedsearch:Easilyfindwhatyou’relookingforwithaprominentsearchbaratthetopoftheapp,includingvoice-enabledsearchonyourdevice.
Nearby:Learnmoreaboutwhat’saroundyoubyselectingpointsonaninteractivemaptoseearticlesrelatedtoyourcurrentandnearbylocation.
Languagesupport:Seamlesslyswitchtoreadinganylanguage-supportedWikipedia,eitherbychangingthelanguageofthecurrentarticle,orchangingyourpreferredsearchlanguagewhilesearching.
Linkpreviews:Taponanarticletopreviewit,withoutlosingyourplaceinwhatyou’recurrentlyreading.Pressandholdalinktoopenitinanewtab,allowingyoutokeepreadingthecurrentarticlewithoutlosingyourplace,andswitchtothenewtabwhenyou'reready.
Tableofcontents:swipeleftonanyarticletobringupthetableofcontents,whichletsyoujumptoarticlesectionseasily.
Readinglists:Organizethearticlesyoubrowseintoreadinglists,whichyoucanaccessevenwhenyou'reoffline.Createasmanylistsasyoulike,givethemcustomnamesanddescriptions,andpopulatethemwitharticlesfromanylanguagewiki.
Syncing:EnablesynchronizingreadingliststoyourWikipediaaccount.
Imagegallery:Taponanimagetoviewtheimagefull-screeninhighresolution,withoptionstoswipeforbrowsingadditionalimages.
DefinitionsfromWiktionary:Tap-and-holdtohighlightaword,thentapthe"Define"buttontoseeadefinitionofthewordfromWiktionary.
WikipediaZero:AccessWikipediaforAndroidfreeofdatachargesforparticipatingmobileoperators.
Sendusyourfeedbackabouttheapp!Inthemenu,press"Settings",then"AbouttheWikipediaapp",then"Sendappfeedback".
Thecodeis100%opensource.IfyouhaveexperiencewithJavaandtheAndroidSDK,thenwelookforwardtoyourcontributions!https://github.com/wikimedia/apps-android-wikipedia
Byusingthisapp,youagreetotheautomatictransmissionofcrashreportstoathird-partyserviceprovider.Ifyouwouldliketodisablethisfeature,pleasepress"Settings,"thentoggleoff"Sendcrashreports"undertheGeneralsection.
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