The Android team is running an experiment to determine if a new activity tab has higher retention than our existing edit tab. If we decide to scale the feature and make it permanent we will want to have the most idea performance and user experience.
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resolved | JTannerWMF | T399727 [EPIC] AB Test new activity tab against existing edit tab | |||
| Resolved | HNordeenWMF | T406752 [Sub-epic] Scale Activity Tab | |||
| Resolved | cooltey | T404762 Ensure user navigates to previous position when leaving activity tab screen |
Testing on 2.7.50554-beta-2025-10-27
Back navigation is working well except for one area on the activity tab. Tapping into articles from top categories and then navigating back does not behave as expected.
Steps:
#Tap back
Expected result: Activity reappears
Actual result: Previously viewed articles appear, and the user has to tap back several times to arrive back at Activity.
Tested on OnePlus 8 on Android 13, and Pixel 6 on Android 16.
@ABorbaWMF Please file the above as a separate issue/request, since it does not seem related to Activity Tab, but rather to how our article navigation behaves with respect to new- and existing tabs.
When tapping on an item in a Category screen, it opens in an existing tab, so when you press Back, it will cycle through any previous pages in the tab that was opened. (this behavior might be unexpected for some, but was requested by others.)
Ready for release on 2.7.50554-beta-2025-10-27
Note: This ticket covers the remaining issues related to back T408725