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Testing the app, I noticed the title does not specify if a question is "On Hold" ... I haven't checked specifically, but would assume it doesn't specify as "Duplicate" either ... Or am I missing it somewhere? Is it not in the title but located/displayed some other way? If it is, this could be very confusing to users. If it isn't there, it's definitely confusing to users :-)

Using: Version 1.0.1.125 on iPad3 with iOS8

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  • Sorry for the wrong dupe vote, thought the other one was older. (retracted now, but you might still have the comment notification)
    – Shadow Wizard
    Commented Dec 14, 2014 at 13:31
  • @ShadowWizard ... no worries.
    – Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2
    Commented Dec 14, 2014 at 14:28

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Update:

I've added the question status under normal question listing. This should show up in beta version 1.2.1.168.

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However, it's not currently possible to have this show up on search results, because search excerpts are much more limited, and do not include things like migration or protection info. Although a partial implementation there is possible (since we have data like closed and locked dates), I will defer that portion until we update the API to include the missing data.

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All statuses such as On Hold, Duplicate, Bounties, Closed, Migrated, etc are displayed in the app within the question page with a floating bar on the bottom:

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  • Even so, why isn't it displayed in the title on the main list of questions as we'd see it on any of the SE Sites?
    – Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2
    Commented Sep 26, 2014 at 13:16
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    To further clarify my point, yes it says it after you open the thread, but there is no way (as far as I can tell) it is marked as on-hold or duplicate prior to opening. Some might say after it's put into this state, it's a moot point to open it. When looking at it in a browser, the reader would see and have that option. In the app, there isn't the choice. Can be confusing.
    – Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2
    Commented Sep 26, 2014 at 14:15
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    @Paulster2 I'd really like this feature on the main menu too! I regularly browse on bad 3G (on trains), and it can be frustrating to wait 10 seconds for a question to open, and then see its closed. Questions with favourite tags are a blue colour, perhaps closed ones could be faded out, or grey or something?)
    – Chris
    Commented Dec 13, 2014 at 11:33
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    Sorry but feature request can't really be "by design". Obviously, that is the current design, which the OP wants to change (that's the whole point of a feature request). It can be either done or rejected.
    – Shadow Wizard
    Commented Dec 14, 2014 at 13:26
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    Ummmmm yeah. I'm 100% with @ShadowWizard here. It can't be status-by-design. We're asking for a change. Decline it, fine, but this is a serious PITA on mobile. Particularly on the iPhone, I don't want to load a question only to find out that it's been closed.
    – RubberDuck
    Commented Dec 14, 2014 at 13:45
  • Sorry about that; I've updated the tags accordingly.
    – Arie Litovsky
    Commented Dec 14, 2014 at 17:44
  • Thanks, so now it is pending a decision?
    – Shadow Wizard
    Commented Dec 14, 2014 at 18:47
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    @ShadowWizard, yes, I'll be taking a more in-depth look at this, hopefully this week.
    – Arie Litovsky
    Commented Dec 15, 2014 at 16:03
  • Awesome, thanks a bunch!
    – Shadow Wizard
    Commented Dec 16, 2014 at 15:29
  • @ArieLitovsky please keep the phone apps in mind for this. It's a huge problem there. Thanks.
    – RubberDuck
    Commented Dec 19, 2014 at 19:39
  • One minor thing: it's also showing this for protected questions, where it doesn't show in the ordinary site. Nice bonus, but not consistent.
    – Shadow Wizard
    Commented Dec 21, 2014 at 12:28
  • poke :)
    – Shadow Wizard
    Commented Mar 8, 2015 at 15:29

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