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The app doesn't show videos and many other filetypes
What is the user problem or growth opportunity you want to see solved?
This could also be a bug. These file-types seem to get deliberately excluded. They should be shown and discoverable for mobile users just like for desktop users.
How do you know that this problem exists today? Why is this important?
The same reasons for why it is possible to upload and watch videos, animations, and some other app-excluded file-types on the desktop websites. Don't know why they currently are not showing up. Especially explanatory videos would be useful/important but anything is so I don't know why mobile users are discriminated against when these are well-known to become even more numerous and important than desktop readers in terms of Future Audiences.
Who will benefit from it?
All the current, future, and potential WMC mobile app users. Improving the WMC app to a reasonable standard is high-impact / of high importance since most readers probably use WMC via smartphone by now and many of these either use the app or could be while the current quality is quite low (lots of potential).
Anything else you would like to add?
Videos are a major filetype of the desktop site. I haven't checked all the different filetypes (like webm, opus, gif) to come up with a list of all the excluded filetypes – if somebody knows of such a list or could create it, please put it here.
respected ma'am @RitikaPahwa4444 @nicolas-raoul @prototyperspective I aim to contribute to this issue by throughly investigating why certain file types are excluded from mobile platforms and proposing solutions to make them accessible to users. My approach involves analyzing the current codebase, researching best practices for mobile file handling, and collaborating with the development team to implement necessary changes. By addressing this issue, I aim to enhance the user experience for all Wikimedia Commons mobile app users, ensuring equal access to valuable content such as explanatory videos and other excluded file types. please assign me this task, It would be very helpful for me
Welcome @aman0khan !
Please carefully read https://github.com/commons-app/commons-app-documentation/blob/master/android/Volunteers-welcome!.md#developers especially the part about labels. 🙂
respected Sir @nicolas-raoul i want you to assign me this and also i have read the documentation carefully and i think i can contribute my best in this project let me know further regrading about it, so i can contribute my best in it.
Hi @aman0khan, issues with an "enhancement" label are usually assigned to contributors who have over 5 merged pull requests for this app. For new contributors, choosing issues with labels like "good first issue" and "bug" is generally suggested. Please feel free to filter out issues using these labels and let us know if you need any help with this🙂
Just a note that I'm not sure whether the "enhancement" label is fitting, it seems more like a bug or something of that sort since that is a major filetype one would expect the app to also show and isn't really handled differently than any other media type so it seems like either something is broken or these filetypes are just filtered away.
The Wikipedia app can also show videos. I don't know why they aren't showing in the app until now, seems like a big problem, there are many videos on WMC and for example ~one is featured on its frontpage daily where there also are prominent links to the Videos category.