iOS 14: Springboard - Phone Locked - Camera Wont Activate if Selected Via Icon on Springboard

 iOS 14

Camera activation via Springboard UI with phone locked 

Date: 09/17/20

Description:

I believe that this is a brand new problem with iOS 14. I am not getting this to reproduce on older iOS versions such as 12.3.1. on an iPad Mini, but I haven't checked it against the previous 13.7.

You can access the camera if the device is locked using the camera icon from Springboard. The camera turns on (green light activates, and blurry image of camera is in background) but the UI of Springboard is overlaid on top of it.

Other apps, like the Calendar option, allow user access via Springboard without difficultly. 

I believe that this is a new problem - the current behavior doesn't make much sense as it drains the battery. The user is able to take photos with the Springboard UI overlaid on the screen.

This is much easier to show than to describe, so please see the attached screenshots. 

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Update iOS device to iOS 14

2. Lock phone

3. Swipe left for Springboard

4. Select the search box

5. From "Siri Suggestions" select the Camera option (Camera activates with UI on screen)

6. Select "Cancel" option next to search box

Result: The camera is not automatically accessible when selected via icon from the Springboard UI while the phone is locked. The camera activates in the background, with UI overlaid onscreen 

Expected: Not this. Should it enter the user into the camera - in the same way that the camera is accessible if the user swipes right from the locked home screen?

The iOS device is locked. Swipe over to activate the SpringBoard UI...

Select inside the search box at the top of the SpringBoard UI...

The camera has now activated in the background with the SpringBoard still present on screen. User can take photos using the volume controls on the phone...

Hard to see green (yellow? white?) dot in upper right is the only indication that the camera is currently active. 

TikTok app for iOS: Springboard: Chinese language options appear on Springboard even though iOS device is English and Region is set to US

iOS: 13.3.1
TikTok app for iOS (version 14.7.0)
Date: 02/09/2020
iPhone Language: English
Region: United States

Description:

Here's a wacky bug that I keep getting with the current version (14.7.0) of the TikTok app for iOS.

TikTok's Springboard suggestions has an odd feature - instead of showing English language commands, it shows empty/blank button, and one labeled in Chinese.

Bizarre. The app was downloaded from the US app store. The language on my iOS device is set to English. And the region of the device is US. How and why is one button blank, and one in English?

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Download the TikTok app for iOS
2. Head to the Springboard - scroll down to "Edit"
3. Add TikTok and select "Done"
4. Notice that TikTok's suggestions on the Springboard have one blank button and one in English

Result: TikTok's suggestions on springboard feature one blank button and one in the Chinese language - even with my device set to English and the region of my device set to the United States

Expected: There should never be a blank button on any feature of the iOS. There should not be a button in the Chinese language if the language of my device is set to English and if the region of my device is set to the United States

iOS 13.2: Springboard:Microphone UI does not appear under Siri Suggestions after rebooting the device and then tapping on microphone

iOS 13.2 - Springboard Launcher
iPhone 8
Date: 10/30/2019

Description:

There's a minor bug that occurs when first using the microphone feature in the search bar located at the top of the Springboard launcher screen. After the user presses the microphone icon located inside of the search bar, the sound of the microphone is activated, but the UI of the microphone (the voice recognition indicator) does not rise up from the bottom of the screen.

This bug occurs after the user has changed languages on the phone or after the user has re-booted the device.

At first I thought that this had to do with the shortcut links that appear under Siri suggestions, after the user reboots the device. Now, I am not so sure.

This is difficult to describe, so please see the video attached to this Tweet. This video show what I am seeing immediately after changing languages on the device:

.@AppleSupport .@kediashubham .@conradev .@mattcassinelli A problem I keep getting with iOS 13.2: not sure if it is with shortcut links, or just a Springboard problem.

The microphone UI doesn’t rise up from the bottom. This seems to go against Human Interface Guidelines... pic.twitter.com/uz6fPj8pED

— Random iOS Bugs (@RandomiOSBugs) October 30, 2019

If this microphone option is working normally, this is what the user is supposed to see at the bottom of the screen:

This thing does NOT appear - which I would be witting to bet is a violation of whatever guidelines are requirements that all app developers must adhere to.


Steps to Reproduce:

1. Change the language of the phone or reboot the device
2. Unlock the device
3. Head over the Springboard (only "Siri suggestions" is on screen
4. Click on the microphone option repeatedly
5. Note that no microphone UI rises up for the bottom of the screen

Result: The microphone UI (the voice recognition menu with keyboard and globe option) does not appear after the user taps the microphone on Springboard's search box after the user has rebooted the device

Expected: If the user reboots the device, this menu option should always appear

Here's one of two methods I have found to get this bug to reproduce 100%. Change the language of the device...

After affirming that you want to change languages, the device reboots...

On this screen, where there are Siri Suggestions, and then these links below, if the user taps on the microphone, it will make a sound as if the microphone is being activated, but the UI does not rise up from the bottom of the screen. If you look closely, it looks as if the UI is appearing under the links.

iOS 13.1.3: Springboard: Changing language setting on the device results in Screen Time information being overlaid with itself

iOS 13.1.3
Date: 10/23/2019

Description:

There's a minor bug that I keep getting with the "Screen Time" preview section on Springboard. If you change the language setting of the iPhone, the phone re-boots. When you go back to Springboard, the "Screen Time" preview section frequently seems to look like this:

It is supposed to look like this:

This seems to happen when you extend the preview section of the Screen Time, then head into Settings, and then switch to from one language that uses Latin characters to another.

It only lasts until the user extends out this menu, but it sure looks unsightly.


Steps to Reproduce:

1. Select "Settings" on the iOS device
2. Select "General"
3. Select "Language & Region"
4. Select "iPhone Language"
5. Change the language setting (to French, for example. The device reboots)
6. After the device has rebooted exit out of "Settings" using the home button
7. Scroll over to Springboard
8. Scroll down to "Screen Time" preview section (should be "Temp D'ecran" in French)

Result: Switching languages on the iOS device (from one language that uses Latin characters to another) frequently results in the Screen Time information on Springboard being overlaid on top of itself

Expected: Not this - switching languages on the device should not result in menu items on Springboard being overlaid

With the language of the iOS device set to the French language, take a look at Screen Time section of Springboard. Extended it out. Then head into the "Settings" area of the device...

Switch from the French language to English...

Head back to Springboard and look at Screen Time...

snoww: track your skiing app for iOS: Canceling out passcode from SpringBoard shortcut results in a confusing error message

iOS 13
snoww: track your skiing app for iOS (version 2.1.5)
Date: 09/20/2019

Description:

There is a minor bug with the new Siri Voice command shortcut that is accessible from the SpringBoard. If the user selects this option with the phone locked, a passcode option appears.

If the user cancels out of the passcode option, an unusual error message appears.

The message states, "The request was denied by service delegate (SBMainWorkspace) for reason: Locked ("Unable to launch com.snoww because the device was not, or could not be, unlocked"). The request to open "com.snoww" failed."

This is a confusing error message. A similar error message occurs with the Google News iOS app with iOS 13.

This is easier to show than it is to describe, so please see the attached screenshots.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Enter into the snoww app with a snoww account
2. Select "SIRI VOICE COMMANDS"
3. Add a command to shortcuts (Like: "Let's Ski!")
4. Lock the phone
5. Head to SpringBoard
6. Select snoww's shortcut from SpringBoard
7. From the Passcode prompt, select cancel
8. Note the error message

Result: Canceling out of a snoww shortcut command from SpringBoard results in a confusing error message

Expected: There should be a clear error message about what the problem is - not gibberish

Activate a Siri voice command shortcut from inside the snoww app...

With the phone locked, swipe over to SpringBoard and select snoww's shortcut...

Select "Cancel" from the passcode...

This is the error message that appears...

Google News app for iOS - canceling out of shortcut from Springboard results in a horrid error message

iOS 13
Google News app for iOS (version 5.15)
Date: 09/20/2019

Description:

There's an odd and irritating bug with canceling out of these shortcuts that are so common now with iOS 13. And there's nothing, and I mean nothing, that drives me more up the wall than non sense error messages in consumer focused software.

If you your phone is locked, and then you select a shortcut, you are prompted for the pass code for your iOS device. If the user cancels out of entering in the pass code from the shortcut - a gibberish error message is presented to the user.

With the Google News app, the following error message is presented:

This is most likely the responsibility of the developer - and this reminds of an awful error message related to canceling out of Facebook sign-ins that lingered on for years. Hope that this is fixed - to have this appear from canceling out of a default shortcut is not a great user experience in my opinion!

This is a Springboard/Shortcut bug - not a Siri command bug.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Download the Google News app - sign into your account
2. From a news topic, select the "+ Add to Siri" option
3. From the "Add to Siri" screen, add in any command
4. Exit out of the app to the home screen, lock the phone
5. Head to Springboard (with the phone locked)
6. From Springboard, scroll down to the Shortcut section
7. Select the Google News shortcut
8. CANCEL out of entering the pass code

Result: Canceling out of entering the pass code that is prompted from the Shortcut area of Springboard results in a gibbering error message with the Google News app

Expected: No gibberish error messaging on iOS!

From inside the Google News app, select the "+ Add to Siri" option...

Enter in a Shortcut name...

With the phone locked, select the Shortcut from Springboard...

Cancel out of entering the Passcode....

Terrible error messaging!