chris.com Posted December 17, 2022 Posted December 17, 2022 (edited) Currently using 1.0.2 on iOS and MacOS. In the process of adding a few more favorites, I went to rearrange their position relative to the other favorites and had a very strange experience. The UI exhibited the following problematic behaviors: Long pressing a favorite clicks it into 'move around' mode. Once that happens, the scrolling of the list will either very quickly shoot up to the top or shoot down to the bottom, making it almost impossible to position the favorite in the desired spot. While it's very rapidly and uncontrollably scrolling, if I let go and drop the favorite, that favorite can actually become superimposed on top of another favorite so that two favorites occupy the same position. I managed to move some items into their desired location by very carefully positioning the favorite I'm moving in the middle of the screen and moving up or down just one line at a time, making repeated moves to get it to where it needs to be. After all of this, I find that once quitting the application and relaunching, the changes I made are reverted. I was able to use the app on my M1 Mac, make the app window large, and set the Favorites span to 5. Then, I was able to see all of the favorites on the screen at once. Moving them around seemed to work fine after that because no scrolling is necessary. (Until, of course, I get so many favorites that even this larger view will not accommodate them all.) However, it seems the previous experience may have corrupted my configuration. Even after successfully positioning the favorites, their revised positions do not survive a quit/relaunch. My next plan is to restore from a backup, but that will involve some work since I will have to recreate the new favorites all over again. On a lark, I tried opening the backup file in a text editor hoping that i might see XML that I could beat into submission, but alas the file contains binary data. I will report back after restoring from the backup. In the meantime, I wanted to make you aware of the behavior in case you wanted to try to reproduce it. If it's helpful, I can take some video of it while it's occurring. TIA for any advice/consultation. And Happy Holidays to everyone BTW. Edited December 17, 2022 by chris.com Forgot to include version number.
Javi Posted December 17, 2022 Posted December 17, 2022 Hi @chris.com, Issue replicated added to our issue tracker. But I think the backup revised positions maybe another issue. Very improbable the backup is corrupt. Can you verify both the M1 and iOS device have the same version number? Basically a backup cannot be restored to a lower version number. https://github.com/UniversalDevicesInc/UD-Mobile-iOS/issues/80
chris.com Posted December 18, 2022 Author Posted December 18, 2022 (edited) Quote Can you verify both the M1 and iOS device have the same version number? Confirmed. Version 1.0.2. As always, thank you so much for all your continued hard work. If it would be helpful, I'm happy to send you any of my config files or backup files. Just let me know. Edited December 18, 2022 by chris.com
Javi Posted December 18, 2022 Posted December 18, 2022 Thanks. Just to be sure I understand "their revised positions do not survive a quit/relaunch" I have a few more questions. Was this on M1? Most testing is on iOS so very possible it is a compatibility issue. Was the edit mode stopped before relaunch? Are the positions correct after stopping edit mode? Stopping edit mode should trigger screen refresh. Also when I replicated I noticed a few things that may allow a work around. The rapid scrolling could only be replicated when moving item and scrolling at the same time. So as a possible work around, until fixed, can you move items to a position on screen, then scroll and move to desired position? If the behavior of your setup is not the same please send me a PM with a copy of the App's backup file which has the error?
chris.com Posted December 18, 2022 Author Posted December 18, 2022 Quote Was this on M1? Most testing is on iOS so very possible it is a compatibility issue. Sorry for not being clear. Yes, it was on the M1. I can't reliably arrange icons on the iOS, but when I do manage to move them, it looks like they stick. On the M1, I can open the window large enough to reliably move icons, but they don't stick. Quote Was the edit mode stopped before relaunch? (Answer pertaining to M1 since favorites remember their place seems to be an M1 problem) ---- Yes, edit mode was stopped before relaunch. Quote Are the positions correct after stopping edit mode? (M1 answer again) --- Yes. Edit mode is off and favorite are in their desire position until the app is quit and re-launched. Perhaps it's been this way all along and I never noticed it. That would make sense since I haven't been trying to arrange favorites on the M1 until now. Before, I was only restoring from a backup made on iOS. Quote Also when I replicated I noticed a few things that may allow a work around. The rapid scrolling could only be replicated when moving item and scrolling at the same time. So as a possible work around, until fixed, can you move items to a position on screen, then scroll and move to desired position? I think the answer to your question is no, not really. I would agree that the problem happens only when moving and scrolling at the same time. I think the problem is that the moment I try to move items in the middle, scrolling occurs whether I want it to or not. The only items I can start to move without having runaway scrolling occur are the favorites at the very top and at the very bottom. If I try to move something in the middle, that's when the uncontrolled scrolling occurs. If you long press on a favorite, after a moment, you'll feel the haptic feedback letting you know you can drag and move it; it's at that moment it will zoom to the top or bottom of the list. Quote If the behavior of your setup is not the same please send me a PM with a copy of the App's backup file which has the error? Will do.
Javi Posted December 30, 2022 Posted December 30, 2022 Confirmed there is an issue with rearranging favorites on M1. Moving favorites on iOS when items extend beyond viewport should be fixed. issue created: https://github.com/UniversalDevicesInc/UD-Mobile-iOS/issues/83
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