Questions tagged [iphone]

For questions about accessing Stack Exchange sites using the Apple iPhone. (Not for question about the Stack Exchange iOS app, see the ios-app tag instead.)

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iPhone app crashes after update to iOS 14.2 [duplicate]

After updating to iOS 14.2 it’s not possible to open the iPhone app anymore. The app crashes right after the start on an iPhone XS. Stack Exchange didn’t seem too eager updating the app in the past. ...
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Large Fonts Are Not Consistent in Stack Exchange iOS App [duplicate]

Self explanatory on picture App Version: 1.6.6.2 Device: Unknown (iPhone10,4) OS Version: Version 13.6.1 (Build 17G80)
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“full site” view has clipped “More” menu

On iPhone, go to the “full site” view and look at “Questions” view. The button bar shows “Newest”, “Active”, etc. When screen is small (or text is large), there’s a More button. Clicking it brings up ...
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Stack Exchange app iPhone X optimization

The Stack Exchange app doesn’t look very good on Apple’s brand new flagship phone yet. Also the app can’t identify the device model either. (Says Unknown (iPhone 10,3)) App Version: 1.6.6.2 Device: ...
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Crashes everytime I open the app [duplicate]

After I receivd a notification that someone answer my question, opened app from the notification and app crashed. Unfortunately, it crashes every time I try to open. The app is totally unusable now. ...
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Stack Exchange app not working on iOS 9 public beta? [duplicate]

I installed the brand-new iOS 9 public beta today, and when I open the Stack Exchange app (1.3.1), it displays the blue gradient loading screen, flashes a shot of a blank feed for a half-second, and ...
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"View all questions" list cut off on iPhone 4S

When I go to one of my per-site profiles, and tap 'All X posts' it gives me a search list, where the screen height appears to be calculated wrong. The below screenshot is as far down as I can scroll -...
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Reflection on podcast: improve the handling of chat

Listening to the new Stack Exchange podcast, they mentioned how chat was a pain on the iPhone app since it opened it into another app. Why can't we just open it within a browser inside the app? When ...
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iOS iPhone app - iPhone 6 Plus

The iPhone app works really well on the regular iPhones The iPas app works really well on iPads But the 6 plus fills a strange niche - in vertical mode it works much like any other iPhone, but in ...
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Tapping on a 'badge' achievement opens logged out browser [duplicate]

Just noticed I received a badge achievement in the iPhone app. Tapped on it, and a browser view opens, and it's unauthenticated.
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Unexpected whitespace between comments on Mobile Safari

Whenever you select between two comments "touching" each other, the whitespace in between the two grows larger. I've encountered this bug on: codegolf.SE, SO, meta.SE, meta.codegolf.SE meta.SO, and ...
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Unicoin mining doesn't work on iPhone / Chrome [duplicate]

There is a serious bug: I can not mine rocks using Chrome on iPhone! I hope this will be rectified over the coming weeks.
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Hidden "rollover" blockquoted text is impossible to see when using Chrome (iOS) [duplicate]

There is no "rollover" capability with Chrome (iOS anyway), so rollover/hidden blockquoted text (marked by >!) is impossible to view when using a browser in "full site" mode: Eg Normal ...
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How about mobile version specific badges for stackoverflow?

There are already a lot of cool badges available at stackoverflow to engage users to be active. ..but somehow I wonder why there is none for example for having responded question at the mobile ...
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Safari on iPhone shows code with wrong indentation

The code block in my answer Deleting Lines after reading them in C++ program using system() shows with strange indentation in Safari on iPhone, but looks OK in other places. It was entered using ...
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Consider iSomethings in UI design

I almost exclusively use an iPhone to post. There are some aspects of the site that are range from awkward to impossible to use. Can some work be done to cater for iSomething users to make it ...
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Layout corrupted when entering from iPhone

When entering questions or answers on the main site from my iPhone, the suggested syntax (such as code blocks initiated by 4 spaces), is not rendered properly (this particular example will just indent ...
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Editing comments using an iPhone

On my iPhone, it is not possible to click the edit link of a comment when the comment ends with a URL. Instead of switching to edit mode, it opens the URL of the comment. This even happens on max ...
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Log in to Stack Overflow app

I just got the Stack Overflow app on iPhone, but I can't find where or how to log into my account. This is the screen that I see: What am I missing? Thanks! P.S.: Clicking on "Offline" shows me ...
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Searching does not work on the iPhone (4s)

How can I search for Q&A in stackoverflow.com on the iPhone? It does not work as it does in my browser on the PC (Windows/IT). There is a textbox visible when I open up the menu bar (1st line of ...
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Is there an iphone app that can send me push notifications from stackoverflow? [closed]

Is it possible to get the stackoverflow notifications about answers, comments etc on my iphone with push notifications? is there an app that does that?
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I'm unable to join chat in Safari on my iPhone when on my mobile network (O2)

I'm aware that we have a nice lite version of chat for mobile clients, and I've seen reports that other people have it working quite nicely, so what am I doing wrong? I'm logged in successfully to ...
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Is there a way to get notification on iphone when i get any answer or comment on my question?

Is there any app or trick to get notification upon answer or comment on my question, on my iphone
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Updated vote count is misplaced after vote to close on iPhone [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Closing questions on mobile theme also shows me flag counts After voting to close a question using the mobile version of SO, the new close-vote count gets appended on the ...
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Can we have a "format code" button in the mobile theme?

It's very difficult to post code on Stack Overflow using the mobile theme on an iDevice. I've tried indenting the code by 4 spaces, but I'm still getting an error that the code is not formatted ...
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On iPhone 4, off topic icons are a skewed

In the mobile theme, on iPhone 4, the icons for the sites offered to migrate to in the flag menu (off topic) are skewed. They are stretched vertically and squeezed horizontally. (I am on an iPhone now,...
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iPhone home screen icon for Super User is hard to see

I've recently started saving homescreen links to various Stack Exchange sites on my iPhone. All of them look great, but the Super User icon, having dark gray on dark gray, looks like it's only half of ...
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Question title link does not allow "open in new page" on iPhone

While browsing a question, I realized I wanted to keep it open in another page in Safari on my iPhone so I could access it later (I keep a number of pages open for future reference). In order to do ...
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Is there an Android or iPhone app for Stack Overflow? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Do Stack Overflow and other Stack Exchange sites have an app I can use? Is there an Android or iPhone app for Stack Overflow?
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Sites don't have any theme in mobile Safari [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: New Stack Overflow Mobile Site? I noticed that SO didn't look like SO on my iPhone a while ago, but when I visited some of the other sites today I noticed they all look the ...
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Tags iPhone-sdk-{version} should not be renamed iOS-sdk-{version}?

When we tag questions for iOS development, we never know if we should use iphone-sdk-{version} or ios-sdk-{version}. I understand that the tag iphone and ipad are usefull to differentiate devices but ...
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Can we have the spoiler text show on click too? [duplicate]

On my iPhone, in order to view spoiler text, I have to double click it, copy it, and paste it into a note or something similar. Could we make it show on click since on that device there is no such ...
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No formatting bar on iphone [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Question editor crippled under iPad When asking questions using an iPhone, the bar above the body input doesn't show (the one that starts with Bold, Italic, etc) It's quite ...
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Which Stack Exchange site is the best place to ask about iPhone's YouTube app?

I am trying to understand why the YouTube app asks for the video in multiple HTTP requests.
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iPhone/Mobile app and mobile-site

Are there any news about an official iPhone app or a Mobile optimized website for SO? I love SO and I'd like to check my question status and to manage my personal informations. Is there someone ...
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Is there an iPhone app for Stack Overflow? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Native iPhone app Do we have any such thing available or under production/development ?
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iPhone Native App for SO and SEs ( With the Ability to Login and Ask/Answer Questions)

There are a lot of good SO iphone apps, but none of them seem to allow me to login via my Google Account and start to ask/ answer questions. Do I miss some entries?
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iPhone app for Stack Exchange? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Do Stack Overflow and other Stack Exchange sites have an app I can use? Is there an iPhone app that can handle the full stack exchange feed (I found one for Stack Overflow ...
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Posting HTML code at Stack Overflow without editor [duplicate]

Is there anyway around it? Since the editor doesn't work on iPad and iPhone, how does one post HTML code? Should be a good idea since such devices are more and more common.
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Can't vote to close as dupe on ios Safari

Tried to close a PHP question as a dupe, but after pasting the link or typing in the input box, the confirm button just stays disabled and the preview never appears. Took me ages to find the dupe link ...
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Chat layout/CSS problem with iPhone/iPad Safari [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Can we get a lite version of chat? I thought I'd login to see what chat looked like on my iPhone this morning. Unfortunately, it's pretty much unusable. The right pane and the ...
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Is anyone interested in iPhone push notifications for the Stack Exchange sites?

I'm now using the Stack Exchange API to power my native iPhone Stack Overflow app and I'm deciding what to add next. I've run into a number of people who want to have push notifications added but I'm ...
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Stackoverflow iPhone App [duplicate]

When is there going to be a stackoverflow iphone app? (This can be built for stackexchange sites as well) I know I would use it! If it already exists let me know where to find it!
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Oops! There's a problem updating my profile from my iPhone [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Editing “About Me” portion of the profile on iPad returns an “unusual error” A relatively minor bug, tested on iPhone 4 in both Safari and Opera Mini. Any changes I make to my ...
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Where's the best place to get my iPad, iPhone and iPod touch questions answered?

Since iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch related questions are being closed on Super User where is the best place to get answers to these questions?
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Mobile Safari question editing, doesn't work with long questions (iPad)

The questions text area doesn't scroll to show the complete question. Because of the lack of arrow keys, there's also no alternative way to get to the end of the question. I think the ideal form is ...
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Related question div - can't scroll in iP[ad|hone]

When posting a question, after the title is entered a "Related Questions" div pushes the question body text box down and shows a scrolling window of questions related to the question title. In most ...
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Stack Overflow iPhone App, interest?

Last few months I've been busy developing (yet another) iPhone application for Stack Overflow. Now that it's almost done, I'm thinking of publishing it to the App Store. Question that's on my mind: ...
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Should Stack Overflow make an iPhone version site app? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Native iPhone app I really want to read SO articles in my iPod Touch, although I can do that now through Safari. But it's not convenient.
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Stack Overflow iPhone app [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Native iPhone app Am I the only person who keeps on searching the iPhone app store for a Stack Overflow app? There are probably 100,001 less useful apps out there. Is this ...