Wikimedia Apps/Android FAQ/ja


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

全般的な情報

 * What is the difference between the Android app and the mobile web version of 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?

What devices are supported?
Our app works on all Android devices running version 2.3 (Gingerbread) and higher.

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.

アンドロイドのアプリではどんな機能を使えますか?
Tap the "Search Wikipedia" bar at the top, and type your search term. The app will give you a list of Wikipedia articles based on your search query. The app automatically searches articles based on their title, as well as their full text, to provide the best possible match.
 * Search for articles


 * Set/change Wikipedia language

Searching Wikipedia is performed only in a single language which, by default, is set to the language of your Android device. To change the Wikipedia language, go to the main app menu (top left) and select "More", then select "Wikipedia language".

From the top-right menu (three dots), select "Find in page". 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.
 * Search within page

From the top-right menu (three dots), select "Read in other languages". This will show a list of languages in which the current article is available for reading.
 * Read in different languages

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.
 * 興味を持ったことを SNS でシェアしませんか

右上のメニュー (点が3 つ) から「ページを保存」を選ぶと、オフラインでも後で読めるように、そのとき開いていたページを保存できます. アプリのメインメニュー (左上) から「保存したページ」を見ると、後で読もうと考えたページを探せます.
 * 保存したページ

アプリのメインメニュー (左上) から「この近く」を選ぶと、使用している機器の GPS 情報に基づき、ウィキペディアから近辺に関する記事を選べます. このアプリはいついかなる時もあなたの位置情報を追跡しません.
 * この近く

記事の編集を始めるには、節のヘッダの隣にある 「鉛筆」をクリックします. wikipedhiaの記事は MediaWiki formattingを使ってフォーマットしてあることに注目してください.
 * 編集

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. No, we don't track you and we don't use your data. The app allows sending usage reports, an action that implies logging user 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. There is no actual "report" generated from usage reports. Sending usage reports are activated by default in the app, when you leave the option activated, what happens is that certain actions are logged, by event logging. 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?

Readability and adjustments
From the top-right menu (three dots), select "Font and theme". This will allow you to increase or decrease the text size, as well as switch between a Light and Dark theme.
 * Can I change font size and background color?

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?

Can I download an APK version to install the Android app without a Google Play Store account?

APK files (for both the beta and stable versions of the app) are available on releases.wikimedia.org. Note that the app won't auto-update when installed this way.

Is the app available on F-Droid?

はい、2015年8月25日現在、F-Droid version を再度、更新しました.


 * 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?

App permissions
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)?

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?