Wikimedia Apps/Android FAQ/de


 * If you are looking for iOS FAQ, please check here

Allgemeine Informationen

 * Wo ist der Unterschied zwischen der Android-App und der mobilen Internetseite von Wikipedia?

The Wikipedia App provides an optimized and streamlined experience for searching and reading Wikipedia content. Being a native app, it allows articles to load faster, and with less data usage. It also delivers a more responsive interface that is more consistent with other Android apps that you love. It adds features that are not available (or not possible) in the Web version of Wikipedia, such as saving pages to the device for later reading, and sharing content and images from articles to your favorite social media apps.

Of course, the app is still under development, and does not yet have some of the features that are available on the Wikipedia mobile website, such as watchlists, collections, and notifications.

The most recent changes to the app may be found in the Play Store listing for the app, or here.
 * Where can I find the latest release notes?

Check our team page to find out more
 * Who develops the Android app?

Welche Geräte werden unterstützt?
Unsere App funktioniert auf allen Android-Geräten ab Version 2.3 (Gingerbread).

As of September 30 2015, we will stop active support for the app on devices with Android version 4.0 and below. If you have a device that runs Android Gingerbread, Honeycomb, or Ice Cream Sandwich, you will still be able to install the app from the Play Store, but it will be a "frozen" version of the app, and will no longer receive updates, with the possible exception of occasional critical security patches or crashing bugs. We will, of course, continue active development of the app for devices with Android 4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich MR1) and higher.

Welche Funktionen sind in der Android-App verfügbar?
Tippe auf „Wikipedia durchsuchen“ in der Leiste am oberen Bildschirmrand und gebe deinen Suchbegriff ein. Die App wird dir basierend auf deiner Suchanfrage eine Liste von Wikipedia-Artikeln anzeigen. Die App durchsucht sowohl den Titel als auch den Volltext der Artikel automatisch, um das bestmögliche Ergebnis zu liefern.
 * Suche nach Artikeln


 * Festlegung/Änderung der Wikipedia-Sprachversion

Die Suche in Wikipedia wird nur in einer Sprache durchgeführt. Dies ist standardmäßig die Systemsprache des Android-Gerätes. Um die Sprache zu ändern, öffne im App-Hauptmenü (oben links) den Punkt „Einstellungen“ und tippe dann auf „Wikipedia-Sprache“.

Wähle im Menü oben rechts (drei Punkte) den Punkt „In Seite finden“ aus. You will be able to type text to search within the current page, and the search results will be automatically highlighted and scrolled into view.
 * Suche innerhalb einer Seite

Wähle im Menü oben rechts (drei Punkte) den Punkt „In anderen Sprachen lesen“ aus. This will show a list of languages in which the current article is available for reading.
 * Lesen in verschiedenen Sprachen

When you long-press on the text within an article, you can highlight portions of the text, then use the buttons in the top menu to "copy" the selection to the clipboard, or "share" the selection. If you select "share", you will be able to share the selection as plain text, or an image card that contains the text printed on top of the most relevant image from the article.
 * Teilen interessanter Fakten über Social Media

Wähle im Menü oben rechts (drei Punkte) den Punkt „Seite speichern“ aus, um die aktuelle Seite für später zu speichern und sie auch offline lesen zu können. Deine gespeicherten Seiten findest du unter „Gespeicherte Seiten“ im App-Hauptmenü (oben links).
 * Gespeicherte Seiten

Go to the main app menu (top left) and select "Nearby" to see Wikipedia articles about places near you, based on the GPS location of your device. We do not store or track your location over time.
 * In der Nähe

Tippe in einem Artikel auf das Bleistift-Symbol neben der Abschnittsüberschrift, um eine Bearbeitung zu beginnen. Beachte, dass Wikipedia-Artikel mit MediaWiki-Markup formatiert werden.
 * Bearbeiten

Offline reading and data
From the top-right menu (three dots), select "Save page" to save the current page for later reading. You will be able to access your saved pages by going to the main app menu (top left) and selecting "Saved pages", even when you're offline. No, currently we don't have this functionality. Unfortunately, if you delete the app's data your saved pages are gone. If your mobile carrier supports Wikipedia Zero, the app will automatically access Wikipedia for free, and it will notify you when you are within a Zero-rated network. If you do not see a notification about this in the app, you may be charged for accessing data from Wikipedia. Yes, we do track some of your actions. Sending usage reports can be deactivated by going to the "More" option of the left navigation menu, and unchecking the "Send usage reports" checkbox. Different data is collected, specifics of which can seen on the event logging page. For example, it records the average delay between typing a search term and receiving search results, or the number of times the Share button is clicked, or whether the font size was increased or decreased. This is all used to better understand user engagement, and guides us to improving and enhancing the features that the app offers. When you click Nearby, the app requests access to your geolocation data, and offers you a list of up to 50 articles that are within 10 kilometers of your location. Nearby doesn't track your location or store your geodata.
 * Can I save articles for offline reading?
 * Are saved pages synced with other devices or browsers via my account?
 * Can I access Wikipedia for free with your app?
 * Does your app track me? Do you use my data?
 * What information does the usage report contain?
 * How does Nearby work?

Lesbarkeit und Anpassungen
Wähle im Menü oben rechts (drei Punkte) den Punkt „Schriftart und Farbschema ändern“ aus. Dann kannst du sowohl den Text vergrößern und verkleinern, als auch dich zwischen einem hellen und dunklem Farbschema entscheiden.
 * Kann ich die Schriftgröße und die Hintergrundfarbe verändern?

Yes! When an audio clip appears inside an article, tap on the "Play" button to start playing the audio. When an article contains a video clip, tap on the video thumbnail to start playing the video.
 * Can I listen to media or watch videos on the app?

Download and bug reporting
Please do. Our repository is available on github. Please check details for contribution.
 * I am an Android developer, may I fork your app?

Kann ich eine APK-Version herunterladen, um die Android-App ohne Google-Play-Store-Account zu installieren?

APK-Dateien sind (sowohl für die Alpha-, die Beta- als auch die stabile App-Version) auf releases.wikimedia.org verfügbar. Beachte, dass eine auf diese Weise installierte App nicht automatisch aktualisiert wird.

Ist die App in F-Droid verfügbar?

Ja, seit dem 25. August 2015 gibt es wieder Updates für die F-Droid-Version.


 * Where do I report bugs?
 * If the app crashes, it will automatically display a dialog that asks you to specify what you were doing when the crash occurred. It will then automatically draft an email (in your preferred email app) that contains the report, which you can "send" when ready.
 * If you see another bug (and not a crash) or have a suggestion or feature request, you can send feedback [mailto:mobile-android-wikipedia@wikimedia.org here].

Editing
No. You can edit without creating a username or logging in, but note that your IP address will be associated with your edits, and will be visible to anyone who reads the page's history. Not yet. This is not yet supported in the app.
 * Do I have to be logged in to edit?
 * Can I upload pictures?
 * Can I view a page's history and talk pages?

Security
This permission is used for the Nearby functionality only. If you don't use it, we don't request your current location. This permission seems a bit mislabeled by the Play Store. Even without this permission an app could read photos and media files. The app needs this permission to be able to write to external storage so it can temporarily save images for sharing them to other apps. Technically we wouldn't need it on the latest Android versions, but we also support older Android releases
 * Why does the app need the Location permission (ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION)?
 * Why does the app need the Photos/Media/Files permission (WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE)?
 * Is the connection between the app and Wikipedia encrypted?

Getting in touch
You can email us at: mobile-android-wikipedia at wikimedia.org
 * If I have a question or a suggestion, how do I reach out?