We’re pleased to
announce that WordPress for Android 2.0 has been released to Android Market!
This version is packed full with new features to make your mobile blogging
experience better than ever. Check out the video and read more about what’s new
in the update below:
New UI: Action Bar and
Dashboard
The Dashboard
Everything you want to
do, all in one place. The Dashboard is the first thing you see when launching
the app and it provides one-tap access to the most common things you use such
as creating a new post or viewing stats. A new comment count ribbon shows you
how many unapproved comments you have in your moderation queue. Want to post
some media quickly? We added Quick Photo and Video buttons to take you right to
the camera so you can shoot the moment and instantly attach it to a new post.
Also new is the Action
Bar, which allows you to quickly switch blogs, refresh content or show the
Dashboard from wherever you are in the app at the time.
New Post Editor
The Post Editor
The post editor has
been revamped, allowing more control over the post content than ever before. A
formatting toolbar has been added above the keyboard that allows for easy rich
text editing and adding links. You can
now add media content wherever you like and edit the Title, Caption, Placement
and Size of images. The editor also is now full screen, so you can see as much
of the content as possible while editing.
We’ve also added
support for Post Formats, you’ll see a drop down menu in the post editor that
allows you to select the appropriate Post Format.
Tablet Support
Got an Android Tablet?
We’ve got you covered! We paid special attention to large screen devices in
this release. When you’re viewing Posts, Pages and Comments you will see a
scrolling list of items on the left, with a detail view on the right. Many
other areas of the app have been optimized for tablets including the post
editor and stats.
We’ve also added
support for the newer 7″ tablets, including the Kindle Fire (app will be
available in the Amazon Appstore soon).
More Changes
In addition to these
great changes above, here’s what else is new:
Stats chart
improvements
Background post
uploading
WordPress.com Read
feature improvements
Post Status is now
displayed in post list.
Reliability
improvements and more!
Get Involved
WordPress for Android
is an Open Source project. Many people contributed to this release, including
Anirudh who participated in the 2011 Google Summer of Code program and worked
on the app for his project. We’d also like to extend a big thanks to all of the
beta testers who helped test the app out on their devices before the release.
If you want to help make the app better, check out our developer blog for more
info.
Download
WordPress for Android
2.0 is available in the Android Market.
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