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Andrew T.

9:17 AM

status-nearly-freezing

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Shadow Wizard

8:26 PM

@AndrewT. nah, two full days until freezing. It's loooot of time!

For what it's worth, I have compiled a list of four "top bugs" in the android app, in my own personal humble opinion. Will share it here, just in case the dev team (which consists of Kasra alone) missed them somehow.

#1 is...

Q: Protected Question does not show Add an Answer button

This question is protected. To answer it, I must have at least 10 reputation. Word meaning "to walk clumsily among many obstacles"? Ignoring the association bonus of 100, I should at least have 73. Yet, the Android app does not show the blue "Add an Answer" button at the bottom. The app al...

This one stops users from posting answers, hence breaking the basic function of the app. 10/10 in SWBS - Shadow Wizard's Bug Scale.

#2 is...

Q: Unable to add comments on closed questions or their answers in the Android app

In the Android App, if a question is closed, I won't be able to leave comments on either the question or any of its answers. There are simply no "Add Comment" buttons available anywhere if the question is closed. See the screenshot below. The comment adding interface is simply removed on closed ...

bug comments closed-questions android-app

Also breaking core function, which is posting comments, but since comments are third class citizens, it gets only 9/10 SWBS score.

#3 is not breaking anything, just plain confusing:

Q: Edited comment doesn't update display immediately

Someone commented on my answer and I just replied to that in a comment. The I immediately edited the comment by selecting it and then pressing edit on action bar. The edit didn't show up, even after doing a pull to refresh on the question, it was showing the comment in its original form. It onl...

bug comments android-app

I edit my comments a lot, so bumping into this almost every time I use the app to post comments. It greatly reduce my desire to use the app for posting comments, and thus using the app in general, which is a pity. 8/10 SWBS.

And finally, another bug I consider major:

Q: The app forgets that I voted when I scroll the question

Related: Make voting arrows look different after voting I am using 1.0.71 on kitkat Immediately after voting, the arrow is displayed in red and the vote count is correct. However, when I scroll to read answers and then back to the top, the arrow is grey again and the vote count is reset to the ...

bug android-app

This is just.... well, ugly and bad user experience. I do something, I expect a confirmation. I'm used to the web, so fully expect the vote to "stick" and the arrow stay highlighted. That's not the case in the app. Sadly enough, I got used to this bug so don't even notice anymore, but surely it's confusing as hell for those not yet familiar with the bug. 9/10 SWBS due to the sheer frustration and confusion it's causing.

@KasraRahjerdi pinging directly so you'll be notified, just letting you know I compiled a list above. I'm pretty sure you have your own list, but just sharing my own just in case. Thanks!

Kasra Rahjerdi

dude you're my fucking hero, this is awesome!

Shadow Wizard

How you came so fast??

Kasra Rahjerdi

i'm in like 10 other internal chatrooms right now

Shadow Wizard

lol

Kasra Rahjerdi

this is so great thank you so much for compiling this

Shadow Wizard

8:40 PM

My pleasure, and thanks for taking a look! :)

Kasra Rahjerdi

I was just talking to Brian about how I have a giant list of issues I wanna fix but the ones I really wanna work on no one would care about (like, internal networking upgrades) so I'm gonna get some of these done for the next update too