Mobile Team Update – May 3rd

WordPress iOSiOS The operating system used on iPhones and iPads. and Android version 19.8 is available for testing. Sign up here 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 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: Made a significant improvement to the performance of blocks that use RichText, we added featured imageFeatured image A featured image is the main image used on your blog archive page and is pulled when the post or page is shared on social media. The image can be used to display in widget areas on your site or in a summary list of posts. settings to Latest Posts block, we prevented incorrect notices displaying when quickly switching tasks, and we fixed a crash in Quote block v2. We also improved the post preview experience on Android.
  • Other Projects: On Android we fixed an upload failure for non-latin filenames and a bug resulting in blurred featured images. We also fixed a media picker 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) issue. On iOS, we fixed an artificial video length restriction issue.

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