How can I download Wikipedia on mobile?

If you are using an Android device (phone, tablet), follow the steps below to download the Kiwix app.

  1. Go to ‘Google play store.
  2. Select the search icon and type the app name to search.
  3. The search would bring out Wikipedia app in its result.
  4. Then select the app and click install.

Can I download Wikipedia database?

Wikipedia offers free copies of all available content to interested users. These databases can be used for mirroring, personal use, informal backups, offline use or database queries (such as for Wikipedia:Maintenance).

How do I download Kiwix from Wikipedia?

Use Kiwix

  1. Install the Kiwix Chrome Extension.
  2. Read this explanation of what the Zim file names mean.
  3. Download the Wikipedia Zim file archive you want.
  4. Open the Kiwix extension and go to the configure tab.
  5. Point it at the file you’ve downloaded.
  6. Read Wikipedia offline.

Can you download Wikipedia on Android?

A number of organizations within the Wikimedia movement including the Wikimedia Foundation publish official mobile apps for using Wikipedia on mobile device operating systems. All are available for free via the appropriate app store (e.g. Google Play, App Store, Microsoft Store, F-droid).

How do I get data from Wikipedia?

You can download the Wikipedia database directly and parse all pages to XML with Wiki Parser, which is a standalone application. The first paragraph is a separate node in the resulting XML. Alternatively, you can extract the first paragraph from its plain-text output.

How do I download Wikipedia offline?

To start getting your own offline Wikipedia, you’ll be downloading a Wikipedia database file and the WikiTaxi application from the Internet. The application has the offline Wikipedia viewer and importer you need. Then you’ll be importing the database file into a WikiTaxi database you can use.

Does Wikipedia have a mobile app?

Related apps It is not integrated with the official article display app. There is an Android app for Wikimedia Commons which is community maintained, and described on the Commons mobile app page.

Is Wikipedia a database or website?

Wikipedia is a free, web-based, collaborative and multilingual encyclopedia website and project supported by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. It has more than 48 million articles (over 6.51 million in English) written collaboratively by volunteers around the world.