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NicktheNorse
Dec 30, 2004
Make it Fly!

Zettace posted:

If I let the app sit minimized for sometime and return the entire page I was at will refresh and I'll lose the place where I was at. The weird thing is that the page will load up at the part I stopped at but then it'll instantly refresh and bring me back to the top of the page.

I'm using an iphone 4 so it could totally be a lack of ram though.

I get this on my iPhone 5 all the time, I posted about it in this thread a while back.

It's my only gripe with the app... after a few hours of not using the app, trying to return to it I almost always lose my scroll position in the thread i was reading.

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jivjov
Sep 13, 2007

But how does it taste? Yummy!
Dinosaur Gum
At this point if I'm planning on leaving the app at all, I either finish the page I'm on or do a "mark Read up to here"

Reprisal
Jul 20, 2001
Hello,

I'm getting constant 1002 errors, and nows threads don't appear listed in forums

tried deleting and redownloading app, have no idea why there would be a network problem as data flows freely for other things..

Suggestions welcome

nwin
Feb 25, 2002

make's u think

Reprisal posted:

Hello,

I'm getting constant 1002 errors, and nows threads don't appear listed in forums

tried deleting and redownloading app, have no idea why there would be a network problem as data flows freely for other things..

Suggestions welcome

Hi.

It's been mentioned the past two pages and is even the thread title. There's an update that's already been submitted and should appear within a week.

The Dave
Sep 9, 2003

Wait for the AppStore update is basically where you're at. There's a bug with announcements.

withak
Jan 15, 2003


Fun Shoe
There had better be some fuckin refunds coming after this mess.

pseudonordic
Aug 31, 2003

The Jack of All Trades

withak posted:

There had better be some fuckin refunds coming after this mess.

I'm suing for my money back with treble damages!!! <:mad:>

Sigma
Aug 24, 2003

...
Grimey Drawer

NicktheNorse posted:

I get this on my iPhone 5 all the time, I posted about it in this thread a while back.

It's my only gripe with the app... after a few hours of not using the app, trying to return to it I almost always lose my scroll position in the thread i was reading.

That is because iOS is auto-terminating the app when it gets pushed out of active memory. I usually just "mark a post as read to here" out of habit before wandering away from the forums.

Reprisal
Jul 20, 2001

nwin posted:

Hi.

It's been mentioned the past two pages and is even the thread title. There's an update that's already been submitted and should appear within a week.

lol, my bad, I thought that was just part of the bug and that only I saw that

ty for the not as eviscerating as I deserved clarification

NicktheNorse
Dec 30, 2004
Make it Fly!

Sigma posted:

That is because iOS is auto-terminating the app when it gets pushed out of active memory. I usually just "mark a post as read to here" out of habit before wandering away from the forums.

Yeah that's what I suspected.

Any way of dealing with this, either in the app or out? The memory control on iOS 7 seems overly aggressive.

pokeyman
Nov 26, 2006

That elephant ate my entire platoon.

NicktheNorse posted:

Any way of dealing with this, either in the app or out? The memory control on iOS 7 seems overly aggressive.

Yep, it's on the list (and been there for a little while). There are several other items on the list that have to do with the reading posts screen, and I'm going to tackle them at the same time, which is why none of them have actually gotten done.

Posts screen stuff was actually my last item for the now-submitted version, so it's now my first item for the next version.

edit: And I'll just confirm the explanations given above as they're all accurate.

ANIME MONSTROSITY
Jun 1, 2012

by XyloJW
Fix this buggy horseshit

Also can you please tell me how to disable filtering via thread tags that would be cool :shobon:

The Dave
Sep 9, 2003

ANIME MONSTROSITY posted:

Also can you please tell me how to disable filtering via thread tags that would be cool :shobon:

Go back to the filter menu and pick the first icon.

ANIME MONSTROSITY
Jun 1, 2012

by XyloJW

The Dave posted:

Go back to the filter menu and pick the first icon.

I figured that out but instead of working it pops up three -1002 errors in succession

Soulex
Apr 1, 2009


Cacati in mano e pigliati a schiaffi!

Y'all some impatient mother fuckers.

xzzy
Mar 5, 2009

I don't think you realize how important it is for me to be able to read these forums every single minute of the day.

What if someone makes a post that I have the perfect punchline for, and I miss the window for optimum comedy to post it? Who's going to compensate me for that lost humor?

Soulex
Apr 1, 2009


Cacati in mano e pigliati a schiaffi!

Yeah me too. But it's not too bad. Humor is all about timing.

PuTTY riot
Nov 16, 2002
I haven't pooped in 3 days. Please call mr. Cook and ask them to hurry up.

THE BIG DOG DADDY
Oct 16, 2013

Rasheed was, with Aliases, the top 7 PvPers in Bone Krew.


No one talks about this.
Just bring your laptop into the stall with you

Wise Fwom Yo Gwave
Jan 9, 2006

Popping up from out of nowhere...


This app is my solace when I eat out alone. At this point, my workaround has been to queue up threads in bookmarks and view them that way. It won't make me a posting superstar in GBS, YOSPOS or DDRD, but at least I can still keep up-to-date with my Retrogames thread.

Stupid loving heartbleed.

baram.
Oct 23, 2007

smooth.


Does anyone else get almost constant crashes in image heavy threads on page loads? I'm on a 5S and trying to view the AI Car poo poo Picture thread is basically impossible. I'm guessing it's more an iOS issue being too aggressive on memory management.

e: I see you recognized some issues wrt it being pushed out of memory in the background and there being some other memory issues. If this isn't on the list could you look into it a bit? Y'all are the best!

baram. fucked around with this message at 20:40 on Apr 11, 2014

Subjunctive
Sep 12, 2006

✨sparkle and shine✨

(There's always Safari if you're desperate.)

I'll probably have more time next week to be pokey's bitch and help out with memory stuff or whatever.

pokeyman
Nov 26, 2006

That elephant ate my entire platoon.

Subjunctive posted:

(There's always Safari if you're desperate.)

I'll probably have more time next week to be pokey's bitch and help out with memory stuff or whatever.

I've long had it on the list to do that thing sites do where they use JavaScript to watch for scrolling and load/unload images as they become visible/invisible. SA is a bit annoying as it doesn't include image dimensions in markup, but it's still worth doing despite the jerkiness that will surely result.

Subjunctive
Sep 12, 2006

✨sparkle and shine✨

pokeyman posted:

I've long had it on the list to do that thing sites do where they use JavaScript to watch for scrolling and load/unload images as they become visible/invisible. SA is a bit annoying as it doesn't include image dimensions in markup, but it's still worth doing despite the jerkiness that will surely result.

We could add the width and height into the elements when we hit them, or use visibility: collapse to preserve the space. (That *might* not free the image, but I can check.)

It might not have to be jerky. I know the old web-wrapper FB app had some tricks for this, to avoid OOM on iPads with more images visible at a given time. I think I know who to ask about that.

pokeyman
Nov 26, 2006

That elephant ate my entire platoon.

Subjunctive posted:

We could add the width and height into the elements when we hit them, or use visibility: collapse to preserve the space. (That *might* not free the image, but I can check.)

It might not have to be jerky. I know the old web-wrapper FB app had some tricks for this, to avoid OOM on iPads with more images visible at a given time. I think I know who to ask about that.

In my mind the jerkiness comes from scrolling up. You scroll up, a previously-unseen image gets loaded that's 800px tall, what happens to the scrollOffset?

As I said it's better than a crash, but it's something to avoid if at all possible.

Subjunctive
Sep 12, 2006

✨sparkle and shine✨

pokeyman posted:

In my mind the jerkiness comes from scrolling up. You scroll up, a previously-unseen image gets loaded that's 800px tall, what happens to the scrollOffset?

As I said it's better than a crash, but it's something to avoid if at all possible.

If the image is fully visible, it should I think be "below" the scrollOffset tracking the top of the viewport, so that's fine. But I would leave a box in flow anyway. Honestly, I'd leave the <img> and give it a cheap shared placeholder image, so that whatever other CSS stuff still holds. You can keep the image from being scaled I think, so it would be shared. [timg]s are all the same size too.

Somewhat depends on whether the issue is decoded image, CGImage or whatever, or something else, I guess.

PleasureKevin
Jan 2, 2011

Can we get a :1002sniper: emote

Anya
Nov 3, 2004
"If you have information worth hearing, then I am grateful for it. If you're gonna crack jokes, then I'm gonna pull out your ribcage and wear it as a hat."
Came to check what was up with the error code. Glad to see that the fix is in the pipeline.

Is there a reason why I can read my bookmarked threads but not the actual threads? I get that it's because of the announcement on the password thing screwing everything up, but I was just curious what was making the app still update those.

pseudonordic
Aug 31, 2003

The Jack of All Trades

Anya posted:

Came to check what was up with the error code. Glad to see that the fix is in the pipeline.

Is there a reason why I can read my bookmarked threads but not the actual threads? I get that it's because of the announcement on the password thing screwing everything up, but I was just curious what was making the app still update those.

The error occurs when trying to list the threads in the forum along with the Heartbleed announcement sticky. Your bookmark page doesn't have the Heartbleed sticky, so it updates just fine. The bookmark page jumps directly to the thread, bypassing the sticky.

Haggins
Jul 1, 2004

With this app poo poo going on, life is so loving boring. I have to talk to strangers in public to pass the time or read books.

genderfluid and beautiful
Feb 1, 2005

Anya posted:

Came to check what was up with the error code. Glad to see that the fix is in the pipeline.

spankmeister
Jun 15, 2008






PuTTY riot posted:

I haven't pooped in 3 days. Please call mr. Cook and ask them to hurry up.

Poopin ain't easy

E: actually came to post that I recently switched to awful.app from awful.apk, and I was just thinking app is way less buggy than apk. Then this happens lol.

spankmeister fucked around with this message at 10:23 on Apr 13, 2014

Thrifting Day!
Nov 25, 2006

spankmeister posted:

Poopin ain't easy

E: actually came to post that I recently switched to awful.app from awful.apk, and I was just thinking app is way less buggy than apk. Then this happens lol.

Out of interest (and I don't want to derail the thread too much) what's the difference between the two?

Ive been swaying towards getting a Galaxy s5 next week after 6 years of iPhones.

I'd ask in the right thread, but....

cremnob
Jun 30, 2010

I Feast On Dogshit posted:

Out of interest (and I don't want to derail the thread too much) what's the difference between the two?

Ive been swaying towards getting a Galaxy s5 next week after 6 years of iPhones.

I'd ask in the right thread, but....

post/name combo

Boxman
Sep 27, 2004

Big fan of :frog:


Anya posted:

Came to check what was up with the error code. Glad to see that the fix is in the pipeline.

Yeah, I don't know what thread policy is on this sort of post, but Pokeyman, you're doing god's work with this app. Thanks!

PleasureKevin
Jan 2, 2011

If you want to make a bad decision you'll really regret, then the Samsung.

Sereri
Sep 30, 2008

awwwrigami

I Feast On Dogshit posted:

Out of interest (and I don't want to derail the thread too much) what's the difference between the two?

Ive been swaying towards getting a Galaxy s5 next week after 6 years of iPhones.

I'd ask in the right thread, but....

Awful.app lets you create threads, Awful.apk lets you load forums.

That said, don't let Awful apps influence what phone you're gonna buy.

uG
Apr 23, 2003

by Ralp
Why can't you have the app fetch the required xpath strings at runtime (or when updated) from a centralized source (github) so if the forum updates you don't need an entire new version of the app? Does the App Store not allow this?

withak
Jan 15, 2003


Fun Shoe

uG posted:

Why can't you have the app fetch the required xpath strings at runtime (or when updated) from a centralized source (github) so if the forum updates you don't need an entire new version of the app? Does the App Store not allow this?

I suggested something like this a while back when there was that big formatting change and was told that it was something that they would like to do but didn't have specific plans for yet.

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ANIME MONSTROSITY
Jun 1, 2012

by XyloJW
This is the only thread I can load now.

What's everyone's favorite anime?

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