My apologies for this poor experience! The app language and search language are tied together currently but the issue is being tracked here:
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T159000 Stephen On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 1:38 AM, Derk-Jan Hartman < d.j.hartman+wmf...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Changing the wiki language now also changes the app UI language. > > That doesn't sound too handy for myself. I often change to a different > language, many that I can't read at all. If the app's ui language were to > follow me in that, I'd be rather unpleasantly surprised. Is there some form > of confirmation or warning to the user (the first time this happens) ? A > way to override or avoid possibly ? > > DJ > > > On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 10:35 PM, Dmitry Brant <dbr...@wikimedia.org> > wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> We're excited to bring you an updated version of the Wikipedia Android >> app <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia&hl=en>, >> rolling out now to 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/;r/2.5.190-r-2017-02-24> >> ): >> >> - Contribute to Wikipedia by editing title descriptions for articles that >> you browse! (Powered by Wikidata, and currently limited to Russian, Hebrew, >> and Catalan Wikipedia. More languages will follow, once we analyze >> engagement data with this initial group of communities. If you're >> interested, here is the original project outline >> <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Short_descriptions>, and >> the rollout announcement >> <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Wikidata_description_editing_in_the_Wikipedia_Android_app> >> ) >> >> - Support for two-factor authentication when logging in. >> - Improved multi-window support for Samsung devices and for Android >> Nougat. >> - Improved network performance and offline support for cached page >> previews. >> - Minor UI refinements to image gallery, link previews, and reading lists. >> - Changing the wiki language now also changes the app UI language. >> - Numerous bug and crash fixes. >> >> Special thanks to the volunteer contributors who submitted patches for >> this release: >> >> The Discoverer - [[mw:User:The Discoverer]] >> Dinu Kumarasiri - IRC: sandaru, https://github.com/sandarumk >> Odysseas Kristalakos - https://github.com/OdysseasKr >> Kunal Grover - https://github.com/kunalgrover05 >> >> 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/Wikipedia_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-2.5.190-releasesprod-2017-02-24.apk> >> the >> app directly. >> >> -- >> Dmitry Brant >> Senior Software Engineer / Product Owner (Android) >> Wikimedia Foundation >> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_mobile_engineering >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mobile-l mailing list >> Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "android" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to android+unsubscr...@wikimedia.org. > To post to this group, send email to andr...@wikimedia.org. >
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