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Retain user's chosen language once chosen in Places feature, then proceeding to Search
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Description

Background
Places feature usability testing revealed that we are not honoring the language users have chosen in the Places feature if they are in the Map view, then go to the Search interface.

Task

  • Honor the last selected language chosen by user in Places when navigating to Search.

User Story
As a Places user on Android, I want to select German in Map view, and then see German language choices when going to the Search interface.

Reference
Video of Behavior


APK: https://github.com/wikimedia/apps-android-wikipedia/pull/4793/checks

Event Timeline

Dbrant renamed this task from Retain user's chosen language once chosen in Places feature to Retain user's chosen language once chosen in Places feature, then proceeding to Search.Jun 28 2024, 8:28 PM
Dbrant updated the task description. (Show Details)
JTannerWMF triaged this task as Medium priority.Jul 3 2024, 2:28 PM
cooltey added subscribers: AlexHollender-WMF, cooltey.

Hi @AlexHollender-WMF

The change has been made, please download the APK from the description to check it, thanks!

Looks good. I switched my language to Japanese, then tapped the Search bar:

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