Picture of the Day Widget Opens to Featured Article Instead of Picture of the Day
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	ARamadan-WMF
	Jan 31 2024, 10:07 AM

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Picture of the day widget has been opening to featured article for about 2 years now

Version: WikipediaApp/7.4.6.2972 (iOS 17.1.2; Phone)

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Please also regression test the Explore feed on this one.

Related Objects

Mentioned Here: T178212: As a reader, I want to read more about the subject of a "Picture of the day" image
T300585: Picture of the day is not displaying in some non-English languages
T328751: Strange writing on the picture of the day widget
T345828: Bug: Issue with Picture of the Day Widget Not Updating

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ARamadan-WMF created this task.Jan 31 2024, 10:07 AM

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@ARamadan-WMF I slowed down the video and it appeared like the user had a Picture of the day card in their explore feed, but can we check with them to confirm whether they currently have Picture of the day turned on in Settings > Explore feed > Picture of the day? This may help us understand some of the bounds of this problem.

JTannerWMF triaged this task as Low priority.Feb 6 2024, 7:09 PM

Emailed the user and I will update the ticket when I get their reply.

@Dmantena , check this:
I have nothing turned off

Related tasks that Robin gathered in slack:
⚓ T345828 Bug: Issue with Picture of the Day Widget Not Updating
⚓ T328751 Strange writing on the picture of the day widget
⚓ T300585 Picture of the day is not displaying in some non-English languages
⚓ T178212 As a reader, I want to read more about the subject of a "Picture of the day" image

We should prioritize this once we get through our current work

Shilanpatel claimed this task.May 2 2024, 11:18 AM

Hi all, volunteer here!

I've raised a PR which should hopefully address some of these issues: https://github.com/wikimedia/wikipedia-ios/pull/4836

Just one observation regarding the video attached to this ticket. The ticket states that the widget is opening on the "Featured Article" but I think this may just be a coincidence. What I think is actually happening it's trying to opening the POTD while a refresh is in progress. Because it's failing to open the POTD, you instead see the app refreshing (scrolling to the top) where the Feature Article happens to be.

Also a couple of notes on how I reproduced this issue:

Fresh install of the app (primary language English)
Background the app > add POTD widget to home screen
Tap the widget (it deeplinks to the POTD gallery view) ✅
Settings > My Languages > Add language (e.g. Spanish)
Change the primary language (e.g. to Spanish)
Close settings > refresh the Explore tab (pull-to-refresh)
Background the app > tap POTD widget

Actual behaviour: the app launches but the deeplink does nothing (it actually only works against the original primary language i.e. English) ❌
Expected behaviour: the app should launch and open the POTD image gallery view ✅

Anyway, I hope all this helps - I love your app, btw!

Tsevener edited projects, added Wikipedia-iOS-App-Backlog (iOS Release FY2023-24); removed Wikipedia-iOS-App-Backlog.May 24 2024, 6:56 PM

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Tsevener removed Shilanpatel as the assignee of this task.Tue, Jun 4, 1:44 PM

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