Mobile projects/Platforms Support Status
Applications
Below you'll find both officially supported Wikimedia Foundation and community developed mobile apps. Do note that non-official apps may be in an inactive development state and you should contact the maintainers for more info.
| App | Technologies | Android | BlackBerry | iOS | Series 40 | Symbian | Windows Phone | Windows 8 | Maintainers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | PhoneGap/J2ME | Market, Direct | Playbook | App Store | Windows Store | Brion & Yuvi | |||
| Wiki Loves Monuments mobile application | PhoneGap | discontinued | discontinued | ||||||
| Commons Mobile upload app | MediaWiki API | Pre-release | Pre-release | User:YuviPanda (Android) Brion Vibber (iOS) |
| App | Technologies | Android | BlackBerry | iOS | Series 40 | Symbian | Windows Phone | Maintainers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WikiSnaps | MediaWiki API | discontinued | User:TheDJ | |||||
| WikiSnaps (Android) | MediaWiki API | Pre-release | vivekkhurana | |||||
| Upload Wizard | MediaWiki API | Pre-release | User:Tpt | |||||
| WikiShoot | MediaWiki API | Pre-release | pypt | |||||
| shareWithCommons | MediaWiki API | Pre-release | michiel1972 | |||||
| Wikipedia-App | MediaWiki API | Pre-release | benbenbob1 | |||||
| Wiktionary app | MediaWiki API | KiwiDict | Pre-release | User:AKA MBG |
Integrated services
| Platform | Browser bookmark | Desktop bookmark | Search | Share target | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Android | ? | ? | user | ? | ? |
| Bada | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| BlackBerry | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| iOS | ? | ? | X | X | ? |
| Series 40 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Symbian | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Windows Phone | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Windows 8 | ? | YES | YES | ? | ? |
Legend / instructions
- Bookmarks in the Browser app or in the device desktop are shortcuts leading to a Wikimedia URL.
- Search integration offers the possibility to define e.g. Wikipedia as a preferred or additional target. This search engine might be part of the platform's system UI, be part or an extension of the browser, be provided by an application...
- Share integration offers the possibility to upload content to Commons directly from the default camera app, the media player, the file manager...
- Accounts integration offers the possibility to log-in users automatically and set some preferences from their mobile devices, enhancing the user experience when interacting with the Wikimedia sites and services.
- Meaning of some statuses of features:
- ?: unknown
- X: feature not available in this platform
- YES: feature supported out of the box
- user: feature enabled out of the box but the user needs to configure it
- 3rd party: feature not available out of the box but can be obtained through 3rd party software
- pics, video, audio can be used to provide more details in Share.
- You are encouraged to explain more details in the Observations section below.
Observations
Add here any comments you want to add to the table. Keep the alphabetical sorting of platforms and sign your comment, please.