commons-app-documentation

App functionality

The Wikimedia Commons app offers the following functionality:

In-App functionality

User facing

• Show Tutorial
• Sign up to Commons
• Log in to Commons
• Show recent uploads
• Show upload / image
  • Share (=> external app)
  • Overflow
    • View in Browser
    • Download
• Show nearby places
  • Show as list
  • Show on map
  • Refresh
  • Show Place Details
    • Get directions (=> external app)
    • Commons Article (=> external browser)
    • Wikidata item (See edits)
• Select Picture from Gallery
• Select Picture from Camera
• Set data for Picture
  • title + description (Text)
  • licence (Dropdown)
  • “Use previous Title/Description”
• Check if picture already exists on Commons (“This file already exists on Commons. Are you sure you want to proceed?”)
• Upload Picture
• Suggest Category: Based on 1) image location or 2) user location
• Search for Category: prefix and fuzzy search
• Save chosen Category
• Settings
  • Enable/disable functionality
    • Automatically get current location for category suggestions (Yes/No)
    • Night Mode (Yes/No)
    • Use Wikidata (Yes/No)
  • Configure settings
    • Default Licence (Dropdown)
    • “Set Recent upload Limit” (Number)
  • Become a Beta Tester (=> external browser)
• Send feedback to developers (=> external app)
• Logout from Commons

Background

• Queueing of uploads and “changes”, asynchronuos sync TODO
• Caching of retrieved data TODO
• Logging of Events to Wikimedia

External functionality

• Adds logged in Commons account to Android -> Settings -> Accounts
• Adds “Share Intent” for images that accepts images into the Commons app