Facebook app for iOS: hashtag suggestions are not accessible from the Edit Caption option of any photo

 iOS 14.0.1

Facebook app for iOS (version 291.0)

Date: 10/15/2020

Description:

Here is a minor problem that I keep having with the Facebook app (version 291.0) for iOS. When the user edits the caption of any photo, suggested hashtags appear after entering in the "#" character.

None of the suggested hashtags appear to work. The user can't select them.

Here's a video of what I mean:

.@Facebook .@schrep - Minor (but noticeable) bug with the Facebook iOS app. You can’t select any of the auto-suggested hashtags when edit captions on photos.

What’s the point, as it makes editing the caption, and using hashtags, a chore? pic.twitter.com/fBLEtQFuR8

— Random iOS Bugs (@RandomiOSBugs) October 15, 2020

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Select any of your uploaded photos

2. Select the "Edit Caption" feature 

3. Enter in the "#" and any word to see the suggested hashtags

4. Select any suggested hashtag

Result: With the current version of the Facebook iOS app (version 291.0) the user can not select any of the suggested hashtags

Expected: The suggested hashtags offered by the Facebook iOS when editing a caption of a video should be accessible 

Select any photo that you have previously uploaded. Select the option in the upper right...

Select the "Edit Caption" option...

Enter in a "#" in the caption...

Try to select any of the suggested hashtags...

I can't select any of the suggested hashtags.

PocketList app for iOS: App crashes if any listing is selected

 iOS 14.0.1

PocketList app for iOS (version 1.3.3)

Date: 10/04/20

Description:

The PocketList app for iOS crashes a lot on my iPhone 8 running iOS 14.0.1. Take a look at a video of what I am seeing:

.@nickdaze .@pocketlist The Pocketlist app keeps crashing for me on an iPhone 8 running iOS 14.0.1.

Selecting any listing in the app results in a crash... pic.twitter.com/vVdGBoKmdF

— Random iOS Bugs (@RandomiOSBugs) October 4, 2020

Here's the crash dump:

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Download and launch the PocketList app for iOS

2. Create an account

3. Select any listing 

Result: The PocketList app for iOS crashes after I select any listing in the app

Expected: The PocketList app for iOS should not crash after the user selects any listing in the app

Zocdoc app for iOS: Share sheet - auto-generated subject line disappears the second time the email dialog is activated

 iOS 14.0.1

Zocdoc app for iOS (version 4.61)

Date: 10/04/20

Description:

Here's a minor bug that I have only seen once with another iOS app.

Like almost all apps, Zocdoc has an option to "Share" the app via a menu option. This "Share" option activates the iOS share sheet. If the user selects the email option from the share sheet, they will see the following text in the email message and in the subject line:

You'll notice that the when you first open up the email message, the subject line is auto-generated.

However, if you open the email option a second time...

The subject line is deleted! I've tried this with a great many apps, and I have only noticed this problem happen one other time. 

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Download and launch the Zocdoc app for iOS

2. Select the "Sign up/Log in" option 

3. From the "My account" screen, select the "Share Zocdoc" option 

4. From the iOS share sheet, select the email icon

5. Select "Cancel"

6. Select "Delete Draft"

7. From the iOS share sheet, select the email icon again

8. Note that the Subject Line is now blank

Result: The auto-generated subject line (which displays as "Check out Zocdoc") disappears the second time the user activates the email invite via the iOS share sheet

Expected: The auto-generate subject line should not disappear if the user activates the email invite more than once 

KIXIFY - Buy & Sell Sneakers app for iOS: Overly intrusive Twitter permissions required to create an account

 iOS 14

KIXIFY - Buy & Sell Sneakers app for iOS (version 3.0.1)

Date: 09/21/20

Description:

Not sure what it is with Sneaker apps, but they sure do love to require extremely intrusive permissions from Twitter in order to create an account using Twitter credentials. 

Take a look at the Twitter OAuth page that KIXIFY presents in order to create an account:

Take a look: "Send Direct Messages for you and read, manage, and delete your Direct Messages."

That's ridiculous, and no app that sells sneakers needs this level of access.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Download and launch the KIXIFY app for iOS

2. Select the "Sign in with Twitter" option 

3. From the Auth page, scroll down and note that "read, manage, and delete" permissions for Direct Messages is a requirement 

Result: the KIXIFY app requires Twitter users to grant the app read, manage and delete access to Direct Messages in order to use Twitter credentials to create an account

Expected: the access to "read, manage, and delete" should NOT be allowed for Twitter accounts that use their account credentials to create an account on KIXIFY 

Select the "SIGN IN WITH TWITTER" option...

Scroll down and check the permissions.

Feedback Assistant on an iPhone 8 running iOS 14: The Submit button and bottom banner frequently disappears in portrait mode

 iOS 14 - Safari Mobile

Date: 09/21/20

Description:

I've gotten so used to this problem, that I stopped noticing. I spotted it again yesterday, and I figured that I should finally report it.

This happens on feedbackassistant.apple.com website. The problem is with a bottom banner that has a blue "submit" button. This banner will frequently disappear after toggling through drop-down menus.

The "submit" button will reappear if the user changes the phone from portrait to landscape modes, but this is very confusing and frustrating when submitting feedback using Feedback Assistant.

Here's brief video of what I see:

.@AppleSupport - Why does the bottom banner and the “Submit” button so frequently disappear on https://t.co/aZ8DI2fdfd?

I have to change the iPhone from portrait mode to landscape to get the button to reappear. Frustrating! pic.twitter.com/azWK9SCpch

— Random iOS Bugs (@RandomiOSBugs) September 21, 2020

This banner seems to go hidden if the user clicks inside and selects an 

Steps to Reproduce:

1. With the iPhone in portrait mode head to idmsa.apple.com using Safari Mobile

2. Log into account

3. From feedbackassistant.apple.com -  enter in a bug report

4. Scroll back up and select the "Which area are you seeing an issue with?" drop down menu

5. Select any option in the "Which area are you seeing an issue with?" drop down

Result: the bottom banner UI (along with a blue "Submit" button) frequently becomes hidden while the user if filing out a bug report on feedbackassistant.apple.com using an iPhone in portrait mode 

Expected: the bottom banner UI should always be visible and accessible to a user submit a bug report on feedbackassistant.apple.com

This is a feedback form. I can see the bottom banner and the "Submit" button...

I click inside the "Which area are you having an issue with?" drop-down menu. I then select the "Done" option...

The bottom banner has disappeared. If I scroll down, looking for the button...

I can't see the button anywhere! I have to change the phone from portrait to landscape to have the button reappear.

iOS 14: Facebook Messenger: An "albums" link has disappeared with iOS 14

 iOS 14 with an iPhone 8

Facebook Messenger for iOS (version 282.0)

Date: 09/20/20

Description:

Here's a minor complaint about the Facebook Messenger app (version 282.0) and iOS 14. I immediately noticed this after updated to iOS 14 from 13.7.

The problem: You can no longer access the other albums from the camera roll. I can only seem to scroll through the "recent" album.

This is a bit perplexing, because for the last year, while using the Facebook Messenger app for iOS, I would scroll down from the recent photos until an "albums" option appeared in the upper right. 

How am I supposed to access this option now? Am I supposed to download photos from shared albums onto my phone so that they show up in "recents" album list?

This is very perplexing, and not a great user experience for me. Hopefully this can be fixed.

This is much easier to to show than to describe, so please take a look at the attached screenshots.

I've given the Facebook Messenger iOS app full access...

Where in the world did the "albums" link go to? How am I suppose to access other photos from different albums? Is that now prohibited?

As a point of comparison, here's Facebook Messenger running on an iPad Mini that's running 12.3.1. This is exactly what I was used to seeing until it disappeared with iOS 14:

I scroll down through the photo rolls and an "albums" link appears! This is what I expect to see!

Steps to Reproduce:

1. On an iPhone 8 running iOS 14, open the Messenger app

2. Select any friend 

3. Click on the gallery option to open photos 

4. Continually scroll down - note the lack of an "albums" link to access other photo albums

Result: An albums link has suddenly disappeared from the Facebook Messenger app for iOS with the latest iOS 14 update. There does not appear to be a way to access other albums to select a photo 

Expected: The "Albums" link should return! I used this link EVERY time I sent a photo using the Facebook Messenger app 

In addition - it looks as if I am not the only user who has encountered this problem with iOS 14 and the Facebook Messenger app. Here are some reviews from the App Store...

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.