Saturday, May 29, 2021

Poparazzi app for iOS: User Restriction of camera roll access is not respected

 iOS 14.6 on an iPhone 8

Poparazzi app for iOS (version 1.0.6)

Date: 05/29/2021


Description:

There's a problem with the Poparazzi app and a camera roll permission prompt. 

After first entering into the app, after account creation, the user is left on a black screen that looks like this:


The user has an option to select the square that is indicated by the arrow. This is album access option. This option brings up a permission prompt to the camera roll...


The user is presented with a permissions prompt about access to the camera roll. If the user selects "Don't Allow"....


Nothing happens! The app still has access to the camera roll! I thought that the new permissions prompts were supposed to specifically handle this functionality better. 

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Launch the app
2. Create an account
3. From the landing screen, select the album icon
4. From the "Would like to access your photos" prompt, select "Don't Allow"

Result: The Poparazzi app has access to the iOS camera roll even after the user specifically selects "Don't Allow" from the prompt

Expected: Not this! This prompt can be more specific



Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Craft - Docs and Notes Editor app for iOS: Awkward Error Messaging after Cancelling Out Apple Sign-In During Account Creation

 iOS 14.4.2

Craft - Docs and Notes Editor app for iOS (version 1.5.4)

Date: 04/27/21


Description:

There is a less than user-friendly error message that is displayed by the Craft app during account creation. This error message appears when the user cancels out of creating an account using the Apple Sign-in option.

Take a look at the error message that is displayed:


Not the most user-friendly error messaging. 

The error message reads: "Apple did not authorize the sign-in. (IntroViewController/526)"

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Download and launch the app
2. From the "Welcome to Craft!" landing page, select "Get Started"
3. From the "Let's get started!" page, select the "Continue with Apple" option 
4. From the "Sign In" pop-up select "Cancel"

Result: Canceling out of the passcode confirmation pop-up results in a less than user-friendly error message

Expected: The "Apple did not authorize the sign-in. (IntroViewController/526)" error message should be amended to something more user-friendly 

I've seen this before with another app called Sole Collector. 



Monday, March 15, 2021

Goibibo app for iOS: The "Use a Social Account" option doesn't do anything

 iOS 14.4.1

Goibibo app for iOS (version 9.6.0)

Date: 03/15/21

Description:

There is a menu option to "Use a Social Account" on the "What's your number?" account creation page.

It sure seems as if the user has the ability to forgo entering in an mobile number, and could instead use social media credentials to create an account. It looks like the user is supposed to toggle here:


Toggling this "Use a Social Account" option doesn't do anything at all for me. I see the arrow change position, but no options to use Facebook or Google to login appear. I don't believe this is expected behavior...




If this could be fixed, that would be great, since it is currently functions it is awfully confusing. 

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Launch the Goibibo app for iOS
2. On the "What's your number?" screen, dismiss the numerical keyboard
3. Click on the "Use a Social Account" option 

Result: Clicking on the "Use a Social Account" option on the "What's your number?" screen does not seem to do anything. It doesn't activate options to use social media credentials to create an account. It seems to be a non-working piece of the user interface 

Expected: That clicking on the "Use a Social Account" option will activate the ability to create an account using social media credentials 




Goibibo app for iOS: iOS Share Sheet - The Cancel Option Doesn't Display in the Auto-Generated email referral message

 iOS 14.4.1

Goibibo app for iOS (version 9.6.0)

Date: 03/15/21

Description: 

There is a minor problem with the Goibibo app for iOS and the iOS Share Sheet. The Goibibo app has an option to "Share" the app - which activates the iOS Share Sheet. The "Mail" option from the sharing selection has a problem - the word "Cancel" is invisible with the device set to either the light or dark mode. 

This is easier to show than to describe, so please take a look at the following screen shots:

Select the "Share" option from the profile page...

From the iOS share sheet, select the "Mail" option...

The cancel option is not visible - does not matter if the device is set to either light or dark mode...

Steps to Reproduce:

2. Select "SKIP"
3. Select "Profile"
4. From the "Welcome, Guest" profile page, scroll down and select "Share"
5. From the iOS Share Sheet select "Mail"

Result: The Auto-Generated email referral message that is created from the "Share" option on the "Welcome, Guest" profile page has an invisible "Cancel" option 

Expected: There should never be an invisible "Cancel" option from an email message generated by the iOS Share Sheet 






Sunday, March 7, 2021

Gawq app for iOS: Unable to scroll down on the Article Stats side bar menu

 iOS 14.4

Gawq app for iOS (version 1.1.3)

Date: 03/07/21

Description:

Here's a minor complaint with the current version of the Gawq app for iOS. Each article has an "Article Stats" side bar menu. I can't seem to scroll down on this "Article Stats" menu, even if I have commented.

There is text on the bottom of the screen which is half-legible, but if I try to scroll down to read it, nothing happens. It is a little frustrating.

It's difficult to see exactly what I mean in the video, so please take a look at the screenshots below.


Steps to Reproduce:

1. Select any news article featured inside of the Gawq app

2. From the bottom of any article, select the "^" arrow

3. Select the "Article Stats" option 

4. From the Article Stats side bar, try to scroll up to read the comments section

Result: It does not seem possible to scroll up the Article Stats sidebar menu - user cannot see the partially obscured "comments" section at the bottom

Expected: The user should be able to scroll the Article Stats sidebar menu up and down in order to see the comments section at the bottom

I have just posted a comment to an article...

Now select the "Article Stats" option...

It does seem possible to scroll down and see the "Comments" section.









Twitter app for iOS: Selecting ellipses and profile banner photos freezes the app

 iOS 14.4

Twitter app for iOS (version 8.55.1)

Date: 03/07/21


Description:

This guy isn't kidding!



With the current (8.55.1) version of the Twitter app for iOS, there is an easy way to freeze the app. This happens if the user selects the three ellipses and a profile banner at the same time.

Here's a video of the problem:



Steps to Reproduce:

1. Inside the Twitter iOS app select any user

2. From any user's profile page, select the "..." and tap on the profile banner at roughly the same time

Result: Selecting the ellipses and the profile banner photo of any user freezes the app

Expected: Select the ellipses "..." and the profile banner photo from any user should not freeze the Twitter iOS app

 

Friday, March 5, 2021

iMovie for iOS: Repeated crashes from editing the LINE and TITLE text option

 iOS 14.4

iMovie

Date: 03/05/21

Description:

I keep getting the same crash with the current version of the iMovie app for iPhone. 

This crash keeps occurring for me while I am editing a movie on the "My Movie" edit screen. 

Here's a video of the crash:



Steps to Reproduce:

1. Open iMovie

2. Start a new New Movie project

3. Select "Movie" 

4. Select any video "Recently Added" - Select "Create Movie"

5. Scroll to the start of the film and select the "T" for text

6. From the text options, scroll to the right and select LINE/TITLE

7. Select the top "TITLE TEXT HERE" option and select "Edit"

8. Exit out of iMovie by pressing home twice

9. Copy text out of Facebook Messenger

10. Select the bottom "Title Text Here" and select "Edit"


Result: the iMovie app for iOS keeps crashing for me after I try to edit the bottom line of the "LINE/TITLE" text option - crash seems to happen after I exit out of app, copy text from FB Messenger, and then return into the app to Paste the text

Expected: No crash!


Here's the crash dump.