Hello all,
Hope you have been well! We have just released v5.1.0 of the Commons
Android app to production. The update is now available on Play store
(beta track) [1] and F-droid [2]. You could also build the app directly
from our GitHub repository [3].
This release includes the improved upload queue that was specified in
the previous release post. This was contributed by Kanahia during
Google Summer of Code 2024[4]! He was mentored by Nicolas and Ritika.
The new upload queue system ensures smoother, sequential processing and
better progress tracking. It also provides more flexibility with
managing your whole upload queue by allowing to pause / resume / cancel
all ongoing uploads.
With this enhancement, we have retired the "Limited Connection Mode".
However, the new upload queue's pause provides flexibility similar to
the old mode. We would love to hear any thoughts / concerns about this
change.
Other significant changes:
- Fixed an UI issue where the 'Subcategories' and 'Parent Categories'
tabs appeared blank in the Category Details screen. Resolved by
optimizing view binding handling in the parent fragments.
- Added an option in "Nearby" feature enabling users to provide feedback
on Wikidata items. Users can report if an item doesn’t exist, is at a
different location, or has other issues, with submissions tagged for
easy tracking and updates.
- Improved the "Nearby" feature by splitting the query into two parts
for faster loading and better performance, especially in areas with
dense amount of places. This update also resolves issues with pins
overlapping place names.
- Upgraded AGP and target/compile SDK to 34 and make necessary
adjustments to the app such as adding "Partial Access" support.
- Fixed an issue where editing depictions removed all other structured
data from images. Now, only depictions are updated, preserving other
associated data.
- Fixed map centering in the image upload flow to use GPS EXIF tag
location from pictures and ensured "Show in map app" accurately
reflects this location.
- Fixed navigation after uploading via Nearby by directing users to the
Uploads activity instead of returning to Nearby, preventing confusion
about needing to upload again.
These are only a small chunk of all the changes that were part of this
release. Checkout our release notes [3] for a more detailed set of
changes since the last announcement.
As always, feel free to reach our to us with your valuable feedback.
You could share feedback in our talk page [5] / by writing an e-mail
to [email protected] / via our issue tracker [6].
[ References ]]
[1]: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fr.free.nrw.commons
[2]: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/fr.free.nrw.commons
[3]: https://github.com/commons-app/apps-android-commons/releases/tag/v5.1.0
[4]: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T360265
[5]: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Mobile_app
[6]: https://github.com/commons-app/apps-android-commons/issues
Best regards,
Sivaraam (User:Kaartic)
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