Title: Mobile Team Update – April 9th
Author: elibud
Published: April 9, 2019
Last modified: April 23, 2019

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2:36 pm _on_ April 9, 2019     
Tags: [mobile ( 216 )](https://make.wordpress.org/updates/tag/mobile/)

# Mobile Team Update – April 9th

WordPress iOSiOS The operating system used on iPhones and iPads. and Android version
12.2 will be available for testing later today. [Sign up here](https://testflight.apple.com/join/AkJQt8Pw)
to 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. program on 
iOS or follow [this link](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wordpress.android)
on your Android device, tap on _Become a beta tester_.

Highlights for the last two weeks:

 * BlockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, 
   composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress
   editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with
   shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and
   user experience. Editor: Better Unsupported Blocks, accessibilityAccessibility
   Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, 
   devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept 
   of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect
   access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example,
   computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility) work,
   various fixes and improvements. List Block support proving trickier than expected.
 * More Post List & FilterFilter Filters are one of the two types of Hooks [https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks](https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks).
   They provide a way for functions to modify data of other functions. They are 
   the counterpart to Actions. Unlike Actions, filters are meant to work in an isolated
   manner, and should never have side effects such as affecting global variables
   and output. improvements in Android.
 * Offline Support: Working on scoping the project for an enhanced posting experience
   while offline.
 * Infrastructure: Started working on the Block Editor Integration and UIUI UI is
   an acronym for User Interface - the layout of the page the user interacts with.
   Think ‘how are they doing that’ and less about what they are doing. tests.
 * Marketing: Finalized designs for the [https://wordpress.org/mobile/](https://wordpress.org/mobile/)
   [redesign](https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4096).

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