Wikimedia Apps/Feedback Loop

Background
The Apps team receives regular requests from the community through a variety of channels. Our requests come in through:


 * Apps Stores
 * Support email accounts
 * MediaWiki Talk pages
 * Village pump
 * Events
 * and More

Some things we are able to get to relatively quickly while others are technically complex or politically triggering. Historically we have kept track of requests using internal documentation. To increase visibility of app features requested through our various channel, we will migrate our mega chorewheel to MediaWiki. We will update this mega choreweheel on a monthly basis.

If you are ever curious of what the apps are currently prioritizing, you can visit the Android and iOS project page for updates.

Engagement Guidance
If there is a request you have, scan the feedback loop and see if it exists. If your request exists, review the corresponding phabricator ticket and add a comment directly to the Phabricator ticket with any questions or suggestions you may have. We also encourage you to subscribe to see how things are advancing. If your request isn't present, you can share it by following the instructions on our App Requests page. If you are having challenges with Phabricator, feel free to leave your request on our Talk Page or on the Movement Forum. Once we begin working on a request, we will remove it from the feedback loop list.

Repeated Feature Requests

 * Better/Different edit capabilities
 * Visual editing (Android - T276785, iOS - T302615)
 * We are researching creative ways to achieve this during 10% time. Our current findings show it will be a multi-year effort to pull this off with our current staffing resources.
 * Create new articles (T131284)
 * Reading list enhancements
 * “Read later” option which can sync through desktop and mobile app (T145876)
 * This is working for iOS via the browser extension, please see instructions at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Synced_Reading_Lists.
 * Sub folders for reading list (T274008)
 * Able to sort the reading lists manually (T244171)
 * Provide search input when saving to reading lists (T271537)
 * Dark/black mode optimizations
 * Dark mode for Today on Wikipedia page (T276815)
 * Better Media
 * Read text out loud feature (T114525)
 * Implement text to speech support (T126889)
 * This should work on iOS with Voice Over.
 * Upload images to Commons from the Wikipedia app (T88746)
 * Machine translation service when reading articles
 * Wikipedia translation service (T304485)
 * Include Google Translate (T318041)
 * Better contribution stats [ANDROID]
 * Request for edit counts to be reflective of the user's total edits and not just edits on the app. (T255275)
 * Print articles option
 * Add print option (T126926)
 * Donations via Google Play Store
 * Create an option to donate through Google Pay (T183331)
 * Creation option to donate using Apple Pay (T288285)
 * Better tab UX
 * Place tabs at the bottom
 * Tabs are confusing
 * Update widget designs
 * Feature request: update widget designs (T193485), and make more types of widgets (T330041)
 * Android-only, iOS has updated widgets
 * Optimize table formatting in articles
 * (...) however, tables and portals are annoying to use, they're too wide to look at all the information, and i have to scroll horizontally in a small area on the left side because if i scroll on the right side, the contents tab opens up (2021-02-20)
 * Be able to sort tables (T181452)
 * Add Nearby back in Android
 * Add Nearby/Places to the Android App (T324068)

Requests Completed or in Active Development

 * Full page Editing
 * Edit Notices and Blocked Messages
 * Native Talk Pages
 * Archiving Talk Pages
 * Categories
 * Add images to an Article
 * Math equations are not visible in Dark Mode
 * Make Notifications and Alerts more prominent
 * Native Watchlist
 * Load images in metered networks only on demand
 * Search within an article on iOS