Title: Call for Testing: WordPress for Android 6.1 Author: Rachel Published: October 27, 2016 --- [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rachelmcr/) [Rachel](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rachelmcr/) 1:41 pm _on_ October 27, 2016 Tags: [Android ( 166 )](https://make.wordpress.org/mobile/tag/android/), [beta ( 47 )](https://make.wordpress.org/mobile/tag/beta/), [needs-testing ( 32 )](https://make.wordpress.org/mobile/tag/needs-testing/), [wpandroid ( 34 )](https://make.wordpress.org/mobile/tag/wpandroid/)    # Call for Testing: WordPress for Android 6.1 WordPress for Android version 6.1-rc-1 has been released in the Google Play Store. You can join the betaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. from the [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wordpress.android) on your device (under “Become a beta tester”), and comment here or join the [Google Plus beta community](https://plus.google.com/communities/108813167297661427043) for more discussion with other testers. (**Note:** If you see a message that the beta testing program is full, you’ll need to wait for space to open up before you can join the beta. Thanks for your interest!) ## What to Test: ### New: Voice comment replies for Android wearables You can now reply to comments directly from your Android wearable device, using dictation (voice reply)! Test it out with your wearable device: 1.  Make sure your wearable device has access to your notifications: 2. * In Android 4.4: Go to **Settings **> **Security **> **Notification Access** * In Android 5.0+: Go to **Settings **> **Sound & Notifications **> **Notification Access** * On the **Notification Access **screen, make sure “Android Wear” is checked. 3. Trigger a new comment notification on a post you published (ask someone to comment on your post, or comment from a different account you own). 4. Check the notification on your wearable device. 5. Swipe left on the notification and tap “Reply.” 6. Speak or use emojis to reply to the notification. #### Feedback: * Did the comment notification appear on your device? * Did the notification look ok and include enough detail for you to reply from your device? * Was your comment reply posted as expected? (Related GithubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged by the repository owner. [https://github.com/](https://github.com/) [issue](https://github.com/wordpress-mobile/WordPress-Android/issues/4032) and [pull request](https://github.com/wordpress-mobile/WordPress-Android/pull/4646).)   ### Updated: Redesigned Reader post screen The Reader post screen (for individual posts) was redesigned to match the latest design in the Calypso (web) Reader. Changes include: * A redesigned headerHeader The header of your site is typically the first thing people will experience. The masthead or header art located across the top of your page is part of the look and feel of your website. It can influence a visitor’s opinion about your content and you/ your organization’s brand. It may also look different on different screen sizes. for the post which includes the site blavatar + author avatarAvatar An avatar is an image or illustration that specifically refers to a character that represents an online user. It’s usually a square box that appears next to the user’s name. (or just avatar if there is no blavatar) * A shortened dateline which includes both the primary and secondary tags on the post * The like & comment icons in the footer now include text * A redesign of the related posts section, which now has a “More in [site]” section and a “More on WordPress.comWordPress.com An online implementation of WordPress code that lets you immediately access a new WordPress environment to publish your content. WordPress.com is a private company owned by Automattic that hosts the largest multisite in the world. This is arguably the best place to start blogging if you have never touched WordPress before. [https://wordpress.com/](https://wordpress.com/)” section [](https://make.wordpress.org/mobile/files/2016/10/wpandroid-reader1.png) [](https://make.wordpress.org/mobile/files/2016/10/wpandroid-reader2.png) #### Feedback: * Do the design changes appear as described above? Do they look good in both portrait and landscape? * Do you see any strange or unexpected design changes on posts you read? (Watch or test for edge cases, such as posts with no avatar or blavatar, very long tags, etc.) * Are you able to interact with the post (tapping on tags, likes, comments, related posts) and continue navigating through the Reader as expected? (Related Github [issue](https://github.com/wordpress-mobile/WordPress-Android/issues/4581) and [pull request](https://github.com/wordpress-mobile/WordPress-Android/pull/4672).)   ### New: Shortcut to System Settings from App Settings There is now a shortcut to your device System Settings from the App Settings section. Test it out: 1. Open the Me tab in the app (the person icon). 2. Open **App Settings.** 3. Tap on “Open device settings.” 4. Confirm that your System Settings open to the WordPress app setting screen. #### Feedback: * Did the System Settings open to the right screen? * Was the shortcut clear and discoverable in the app? * Were you able to get back to the app afterwards to continue? (Related Github [issue](https://github.com/wordpress-mobile/WordPress-Android/issues/4624) and [pull request](https://github.com/wordpress-mobile/WordPress-Android/pull/4638).)   ## Flow Testing: In addition to testing new features, as beta testers we can give feedback about the flow through the WordPress app. (Not sure what I mean? Check out how the [WordPress Flow team](https://make.wordpress.org/flow/) tests and what we mean by [flow](https://make.wordpress.org/flow/glossary/#flow).) Here are some things to consider or try out in this release: * Take a screenshot of each step as you test the new and updated features above. Upload your screenshots (you can create a gallery on [Cloudup](https://cloudup.com/)) and share them in a comment here. * As you go through each step, pay attention to how you feel. Are you ever confused, lost, surprised (pleasantly or not), frustrated, anxious, or experiencing something else in reaction to what you are doing or seeing? Share those reactions in a comment. * With each new and updated feature, can you start interacting with the feature, complete the process, and move on to your next intended task? If you get stuck or don’t finish where you expected, share that in a comment. ## Bugs & Feedback Did you find a bug or come up with a feature request while testing? Did you try the additional flow testing? You can discuss it here, report it using the “Enter feedback about the app” form in the Google Play Store, or head straight to the [Android Github repository](https://github.com/wordpress-mobile/WordPress-Android) and [open a new issue](https://github.com/wordpress-mobile/WordPress-Android/issues/new). 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[hoverduck](https://profiles.wordpress.org/srstancil/) 3:49 pm _on_ October 27, 2016 3. I tested the notification updates with a LG G Watch running Android 6.0.1 (Wear 1.5.0.3058194) 4. I’m not writing GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged by the repository owner. [https://github.com/](https://github.com/) tickets for these problems yet, waiting on feedback from the developer… 5. 1) My watch is only showing the “Reply” option, not Like or Approve 2) Replying from the watch doesn’t actually send the reply, it just opens the app on the phone and populates the reply field, giving the user no indication that further action is required. 3) If a previous reply has populated that field with unsubmitted text, then replying to a notification from the watch does nothing but open the app to the new comment with the old reply still sitting there. 6. * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b7a466fae893e03892dbfa7a8ab9afb055285af6ff2e7b22f09d67306449116e? s=32&d=mm&r=g) * [hoverduck](https://profiles.wordpress.org/srstancil/) 3:50 pm _on_ October 27, 2016 * Forgot to mention, the phone I used was Nexus 6P running 7.1.1 (betaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process.) * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b7a466fae893e03892dbfa7a8ab9afb055285af6ff2e7b22f09d67306449116e? s=32&d=mm&r=g) * [hoverduck](https://profiles.wordpress.org/srstancil/) 4:11 pm _on_ October 27, 2016 * Tested the new Reader changes and mostly looks good, but found that posts with no user icon are being shown with somebody else’s face instead of the blank user – [https://github.com/wordpress-mobile/WordPress-Android/issues/4709](https://github.com/wordpress-mobile/WordPress-Android/issues/4709) - ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f91149d655faaebfe941e8991eaba1d4a4e0c42c2200f1053ff4cbb7f13ff1d2? s=32&d=mm&r=g) - [Lance Willett](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lancewillett/) 10:06 pm _on_ October 27, 2016 - I saw this same issue today, left a comment plus screenshots on the GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged by the repository owner. [https://github.com/](https://github.com/) issue. * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d22f6ba6d85c238dedd9b3c12cea51dea344edc7b65570c56e1ba696455e152b? s=32&d=mm&r=g) * [mzorz](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mzorz/) 12:38 pm _on_ October 28, 2016 * Points 2 and 3 were fixed but didn’t make it to the WPAndroid 6.1 window on time (just 1 day late it seems). Will check internally how to make these in, and will check point 1 too. - ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d22f6ba6d85c238dedd9b3c12cea51dea344edc7b65570c56e1ba696455e152b? s=32&d=mm&r=g) - [mzorz](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mzorz/) 1:18 pm _on_ October 28, 2016 - Checked internally regarding the Voice Reply feature in Android Wear – unfortunately the fix didn’t make it to 6.1 and will have to wait for the next release window. I’ve asked to take care that we don’t announce the feature in the release notes in order to avoid calling users to a bad UXUX UX is an acronym for User Experience - the way the user uses the UI. Think ‘what they are doing’ and less about how they do it.. Will work on a fix for point 1 as well. Will try to get everything wrapped up before window closes next time. 7. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5058d52425c1e7f41d9e5303d1d8adfaf3a25aa78c62c6e4ebe0ecce5329090b? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 8. [designsimply](https://profiles.wordpress.org/designsimply/) 8:30 pm _on_ October 27, 2016 9. I tested the Reader full post view, the shortcut to system settings, and the new post flow using WPAndroid 6.1-rc-1 on a Samsung Galaxy Tab4 (SM-T330NU) Android 5.1. No blockers found. Spotted a few nitpicks which I will add in separate comments. 10. I did not test voice comment replies for Android wearables as I don’t have a device like that. 11. ### Assumptions & Caveats 12. Regarding the redesigned Reader post screen, I follow a lot of non-WordPress.comWordPress. com An online implementation of WordPress code that lets you immediately access a new WordPress environment to publish your content. WordPress.com is a private company owned by Automattic that hosts the largest multisite in the world. This is arguably the best place to start blogging if you have never touched WordPress before. [https://wordpress.com/](https://wordpress.com/) blogs and I didn’t see the “More in [site or WP.com]” sections for those. I assume this is intentional. 13. Here’s another new Android user caveat in addition to the one from last time… When I was in edit mode for the post, I noticed the title disappeared, and I had no idea how to get back to the previous screen for a minute! Eventually, I figured out I had to tap the back button on the Android device itself—I’m sure this is common Android user knowledge but it threw me off a little! (Erhm, user error 🙂 not a bug, haha.) 14. ^(New post screen on WPAndroid 6.1-rc-1 on a Samsung Galaxy Tab4 (SM-T330NU) Android 5.1.1) 15. * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b6696bb7dcff4f27b8cbc28b2414838823dfa2a83532f46fe75774aa1df2474f? s=32&d=mm&r=g) * [Rachel](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rachelmcr/) 9:11 pm _on_ October 27, 2016 * This is a fairly new Android device and recent app install, right? Have you intentionally changed the “Show visual editor” setting under App Settings in the app? * Your editor screenshots are showing the app’s legacy editor, instead of the newer visual editor. You can get the latest editor experience by toggling on the “Show visual editor” setting in App Settings. That should improve some of these things for you! I’m curious if that setting was off for you by default, though — that’s unexpected. 16. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5058d52425c1e7f41d9e5303d1d8adfaf3a25aa78c62c6e4ebe0ecce5329090b? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 17. [designsimply](https://profiles.wordpress.org/designsimply/) 8:33 pm _on_ October 27, 2016 18. Nitpick: there’s a teensy typo in the Profile > “App Settings” > “Open sourceOpen Source Open Source denotes software for which the original source code is made freely available and may be redistributed and modified. Open Source **must be** delivered via a licensing model, see GPL. licenses” page: 19. ![](https://cldup.com/rIb0nnov83.png) 20. * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5058d52425c1e7f41d9e5303d1d8adfaf3a25aa78c62c6e4ebe0ecce5329090b? s=32&d=mm&r=g) * [designsimply](https://profiles.wordpress.org/designsimply/) 9:07 pm _on_ October 27, 2016 * Filed at [https://github.com/wordpress-mobile/WordPress-Android/issues/4714](https://github.com/wordpress-mobile/WordPress-Android/issues/4714) 21. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5058d52425c1e7f41d9e5303d1d8adfaf3a25aa78c62c6e4ebe0ecce5329090b? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 22. [designsimply](https://profiles.wordpress.org/designsimply/) 8:43 pm _on_ October 27, 2016 23. Nitpick: sometimes there are sharing links that look janky and unprofessional and do not work—tapping on them just seems to open an image instead of starting a new action which I would have expected. 24. ^(Clicking the share icon and then “Copy to clipboard” resulted in this text: Being organized about computer security – [http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/unclutterer/~3/0cQBz0bpX9A/](http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/unclutterer/~3/0cQBz0bpX9A/)) 25. The same images do not appear when viewing the same post in the Reader on the web. 26. ^(Seen at [https://wordpress.com/read/feeds/5649174/posts/1202645527](https://wordpress.com/read/feeds/5649174/posts/1202645527) using Safari 10.0 on Mac OS X 10.11.6) 27. * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5058d52425c1e7f41d9e5303d1d8adfaf3a25aa78c62c6e4ebe0ecce5329090b? s=32&d=mm&r=g) * [designsimply](https://profiles.wordpress.org/designsimply/) 9:15 pm _on_ October 27, 2016 * Filed at [https://github.com/wordpress-mobile/WordPress-Android/issues/4715](https://github.com/wordpress-mobile/WordPress-Android/issues/4715) 28. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5058d52425c1e7f41d9e5303d1d8adfaf3a25aa78c62c6e4ebe0ecce5329090b? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 29. [designsimply](https://profiles.wordpress.org/designsimply/) 8:57 pm _on_ October 27, 2016 30. After closing and reopening a local draft, images appear as htmlHTML HTML is an acronym for Hyper Text Markup Language. It is a markup language that is used in the development of web pages and websites. and I wasn’t expecting that. 31. ^(New post screen on WPAndroid 6.1-rc-1 on a Samsung Galaxy Tab4 (SM-T330NU) Android 5.1.1) 32. * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5058d52425c1e7f41d9e5303d1d8adfaf3a25aa78c62c6e4ebe0ecce5329090b? s=32&d=mm&r=g) * [designsimply](https://profiles.wordpress.org/designsimply/) 9:18 pm _on_ October 27, 2016 * Filed at [https://github.com/wordpress-mobile/WordPress-Android/issues/4716](https://github.com/wordpress-mobile/WordPress-Android/issues/4716) 33. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f91149d655faaebfe941e8991eaba1d4a4e0c42c2200f1053ff4cbb7f13ff1d2? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 34. [Lance Willett](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lancewillett/) 4:29 pm _on_ October 28, 2016 35. I found a bug in Notifications, with the comment reply text. Once you type a comment reply, the comment reply form field persists the text across other comments (even on other posts). 36. It should be empty the next time you open the comment text area. 37. Added to GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged by the repository owner. [https://github.com/](https://github.com/) with [https://github.com/wordpress-mobile/WordPress-Android/issues/4724](https://github.com/wordpress-mobile/WordPress-Android/issues/4724) 38. * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f91149d655faaebfe941e8991eaba1d4a4e0c42c2200f1053ff4cbb7f13ff1d2? s=32&d=mm&r=g) * [Lance Willett](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lancewillett/) 5:56 pm _on_ November 4, 2016 * This is fixed in alpha-27. 39. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b6696bb7dcff4f27b8cbc28b2414838823dfa2a83532f46fe75774aa1df2474f? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 40. [Rachel](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rachelmcr/) 5:34 pm _on_ November 2, 2016 41. The Reader refresh is looking great on single posts, but I noticed that blavatars are now missing on the Reader post list even when they appear on the single post. Reported it here: [https://github.com/wordpress-mobile/WordPress-Android/issues/4741](https://github.com/wordpress-mobile/WordPress-Android/issues/4741) ### Leave a Reply 󠀁[Cancel reply](https://make.wordpress.org/mobile/2016/10/27/call-for-testing-wordpress-for-android-6-1/?output_format=md#respond)󠁿 You must be [logged in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmake.wordpress.org%2Fmobile%2F2016%2F10%2F27%2Fcall-for-testing-wordpress-for-android-6-1%2F&locale=en_US) to post a comment. # Post navigation [← Call for Testing: WordPress for iOS 6.6](https://make.wordpress.org/mobile/2016/10/12/call-for-testing-wordpress-for-ios-6-6/) [Call for Testing: WordPress for iOS 6.7 →](https://make.wordpress.org/mobile/2016/11/03/call-for-testing-wordpress-for-ios-6-7/)