[EPIC] Improve the multi-lingual experience on the Android app
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	RHo
	Mar 15 2017, 8:05 PM

Description

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Goal

Enable multilingual readers to more easily access and read content in multiple languages.

User stories

As a multilingual reader, when using the Wikipedia app, I want to...

...allow all languages I read to be set up in the app, so that I can access feed content in all the different languages in which I read Wikipedia.
...be able to quickly search across languages, so that I can easily find articles in all Wikipedia languages I read.
...be shown all relevant search results for articles in all languages I understand, so that I can quickly access the content (saving time spent on searching and navigating through articles).

Rationale (Why are we doing this)

Better supports a significant minority of multilingual users. Data obtained from the iOS app (which already enables user selection of multiple languages) shows that around ~10% of users switching between the language in their searches daily.
Improves access to more content for New readers. Many Indian New readers read content in English as well as in their native Indic languages. [1] This would allowing such users to access content across the various languages more easily.
Builds a foundation to enable content translation contributions on Mobile. There are plans for example to extend the Content Translation feature to mobile. [2]

Core tasks

The following may be broken up into further sub-tasks.

Feature/UI development:

Measurement and Testing:
- T190923: Perform user testing on new multilingual features
- T190931: Implement Analytics/Event logging instrumentation to measure new multilingual features

Documentation & Marketing
- T191640: Create an announcement card promoting the new multilingual feature on the Explore feed
- Update Android FAQs page
- Highlight/Promote the multilingual release in specific regions/countries/languages (?)

Links

[0] Design brief (extended version of task description): https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1q1kiRLBtwh8KZvRkP5WXqADJPVYBCZO_VK4S2cC7Tq8/edit#slide=id.p
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/New_Readers/Findings/India
[2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Content_translation/Roadmap/2017%E2%80%932018

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Status	Assigned	Task
Resolved	None	T160567 [EPIC] Improve the multi-lingual experience on the Android app
Declined	None	T119808 Allow UI language selection via settings (in addition to content language selector)
Declined	None	T142019 App language should replace system language
Resolved	• Niedzielski	T150812 Explore best practices for app specific UI localization
Duplicate	None	T97819 A user who is bi-lingual / trilingual can easily switch article language and favorite languages
Duplicate	None	T87154 Add an easier and faster way to change the search language
Resolved	• Mholloway	T73136 Improve language selection
Duplicate	None	T40510 add a "more languages" link to search results
Declined	RHo	T160437 Add a title to the dialog clarifying that changing the search language is changing the Wikipedia language
Resolved	cooltey	T190838 Add multiple language selection to app Settings
Resolved	cooltey	T191511 Detect and show suggested languages to Android app users
Resolved	Dbrant	T144316 [Spike] Investigate multi-locale support
Resolved	Dbrant	T193047 [SPIKE] Investigate keyboard languages detection to show in suggested languages to Android app users
Resolved	cooltey	T191515 View of "Other languages" an article is available in should show app languages in a preferred list
Resolved	RHo	T165533 Improve visual design of 'Other languages' selection screen
Resolved	Dbrant	T135536 Show "no languages found" message when search returns no results
Resolved	cooltey	T193775 Use standard dialog text styling throughout the app
Resolved	Sharvaniharan	T190839 Enable searching Wikipedia in multiple app languages
Resolved	Dbrant	T191075 [V2 Multilingual Enhancement] Show more relevant cross-language wiki results to multilingual users
Resolved	Dbrant	T190920 Enable customization of the feed in multiple languages
Resolved	Dbrant	T187549 App should cache data about feed content availability per language
Resolved	• Mholloway	T191785 Implement Content Service endpoint for availability of feed content by Wikipedia languages
Resolved	• Mholloway	T196402 Public rollout of feed content availability endpoint
Invalid	None	T192153 [V2 multilingual enhancement] Add an filter on the Explore feed to view cards in different app languages
Resolved	Dbrant	T192394 Update the Explore feed UI based addition of multilingual customization
Resolved	Sharvaniharan	T190922 Add language detection and selection to app onboarding
Duplicate	None	T190923 Perform user testing on new multilingual features
Resolved	Sharvaniharan	T190931 Implement Analytics/Event logging instrumentation to measure new multilingual features
Resolved	Sharvaniharan	T196783 Rename appInstallID, ts, sessionToken, timeSpent/duration property names in EL schemas
Resolved	Sharvaniharan	T191302 Show add languages prompt for existing multilingual users
Resolved	• bearND	T191640 Create an announcement card promoting the new multilingual feature on the Explore feed

Event Timeline

RHo created this task.Mar 15 2017, 8:05 PM

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Dbrant moved this task from Needs Triage to Product Backlog on the Wikipedia-Android-App-Backlog board.Mar 16 2017, 2:32 PM

RHo added a subtask: T119808: Allow UI language selection via settings (in addition to content language selector).Apr 6 2017, 3:24 PM

RHo added a subtask: T142019: App language should replace system language.Apr 6 2017, 3:30 PM

• Mholloway subscribed.May 17 2017, 3:22 PM

RHo mentioned this in T165533: Improve visual design of 'Other languages' selection screen.May 17 2017, 7:50 PM

RHo added a subtask: T165533: Improve visual design of 'Other languages' selection screen.May 25 2017, 12:37 PM

RHo mentioned this in T141397: Allow users to customize feed content.Nov 22 2017, 3:13 PM

RHo added a subtask: T97819: A user who is bi-lingual / trilingual can easily switch article language and favorite languages.Dec 12 2017, 3:45 PM

RHo added a subtask: T144316: [Spike] Investigate multi-locale support.Dec 12 2017, 3:47 PM

• Charlotte moved this task from Product Backlog to UX Debt Backlog on the Wikipedia-Android-App-Backlog board.Feb 14 2018, 4:47 PM

RHo triaged this task as High priority.Mar 5 2018, 3:09 PM

RHo added a project: Epic.

RHo updated the task description. (Show Details)

RHo added a subtask: T160437: Add a title to the dialog clarifying that changing the search language is changing the Wikipedia language.

• Mholloway unsubscribed.Mar 5 2018, 3:11 PM

RHo claimed this task.Mar 6 2018, 3:02 PM

RHo raised the priority of this task from High to Needs Triage.Mar 12 2018, 4:41 PM

RHo moved this task from UX Debt Backlog to Design Doing on the Wikipedia-Android-App-Backlog board.

RHo mentioned this in T142019: App language should replace system language.Mar 15 2018, 1:48 PM

RHo closed subtask T142019: App language should replace system language as Declined.

RHo renamed this task from Improve the multi-lingual experience on the Android app to [EPIC] Improve the multi-lingual experience on the Android app.Mar 26 2018, 5:00 PM

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RHo mentioned this in T119808: Allow UI language selection via settings (in addition to content language selector).Mar 26 2018, 5:25 PM

RHo closed subtask T119808: Allow UI language selection via settings (in addition to content language selector) as Declined.

• Charlotte added a project: Android-app-feature-Multilingual.Mar 27 2018, 4:34 PM

RHo removed a project: Android Design.Mar 28 2018, 12:22 PM

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RHo closed subtask T160437: Add a title to the dialog clarifying that changing the search language is changing the Wikipedia language as Declined.Mar 29 2018, 2:48 PM

RHo mentioned this in T150367: Static language table should include aliasing and type information.Mar 29 2018, 6:21 PM

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