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The Android app simply reports something "went wrong" when trying to upload an image that is too large (>2 MB). I didn't realize there was anything wrong with my image until I happened to notice the 2 MB warning in the non-mobile site's image upload page.

A more concise "Image is too large" error would help users properly respond to the problem (and likely downsize their image, reupload, and continue).

Screenshots

The top right image selected:

Top right

In progress...

"Uploading Image"

The error:

"Sorry, something went wrong while trying to upload that image. Try again?"

Also, the limit to file uploads is apparently 2MiB, not 2MB:
screenshot of SE meta img uploader

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  • Can't reproduce. Uploaded 2.14Mb picture without any error. That's actually better than the web version which indeed won't allow to upload such images to begin with. – Shadow The Vaccinated Wizard Jan 18 '18 at 7:36
  • @Shadow: Try uploading a much larger image. OP: Please add the screenshot. – Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog Jan 18 '18 at 9:49
  • @Sonic oh. Well that crashed the app. There is a dupe, will find it later. – Shadow The Vaccinated Wizard Jan 18 '18 at 10:55
  • Regarding the edits from other users: I originally thought there was something wrong with my image, or with a proxy, or other service running on my device, etc. Hence the original "nothing wrong" vs. "anything wrong" ... "with my image." Also, I used "2Mb" instead of "2MB", since I believe the technical limit is 2 MiB; hence Shadow's inability to reproduce the error (2.14MB is still <2.0 MiB). – user3.1415927 Jan 19 '18 at 1:17
  • Whoops, typo in my last comment (but edit time is up); 2.14MB is > 2.0 MiB. – user3.1415927 Jan 19 '18 at 1:27
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    Still having the same issue. Image size errors just give a generic "something went wrong." – Joel Croteau Dec 8 '19 at 20:14

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