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The mobile app is NO LONGER SUPPORTED. This tag is for the official Stack Exchange mobile applications only. The apps were available for iOS and Android on the App Store and Google Play store.

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How can I report bugs with or request features for the Stack Exchange mobile apps?

I'm using the official Stack Exchange mobile app for iOS or Android, and My app crashed! It doesn't look good on my new smartphone. It won't run after I updated my device. I noticed another bug. I ...
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Do Stack Overflow and other Stack Exchange sites have an app I can use?

I like using Stack Overflow (or any other Stack Exchange sites) and was wondering if there was an app I could install on my phone or other device that would allow me to use the site on-the-go or ...
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Make the mobile apps open source!

As the mobile apps aren't maintained anymore, and won't be in the future, many users are waiting for bug fixes or new form factors to be supported. If the SE development team is too busy with other ...
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Link to the recommended job is broken in the mobile apps

The link to the recommended job in the app brings you to a page with the text: Not Found Looking at the link it seems like after changing the URL structure in Stack Overflow Jobs they have not been ...
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Official Stack Exchange application for Windows Phone OS

I have recently seen your official application on Google Play. And it is really nice and useful. Do you plan application for Windows Phone(7.8, 8) ? Update: Also, after reading most of your comments ...
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Allow adding bounties from the iOS & Android app

(I was surprised I couldn't find this in an existing question, so here goes) I'd like to add a bounty to a question, but I'm too lazy to go get my computer or a web browser. I like the SE app, and ...
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Turning off the mobile feed for the Stack Exchange app

Note: As of December 12th, 2022 the Mobile app infrastructure has been decommissioned As we've recently mentioned, we are no longer actively supporting our Stack Overflow and Stack Exchange apps on ...
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Why are there two different Android apps?

So, if someone wants to install the Stack Exchange apps on Android, they search the Google Play store, and they find two different Stack Overflow/Exchange apps. This is quite confusing, since both ...
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Edit profile on mobile?

I currently do not have access to a computer and I want to edit my Stack Exchange profile. Is this even possible on the mobile app? I can't find any button to edit or anything similar.
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How to report issues with the mobile SE application [duplicate]

There's a great thing, stack exchange application (I'm using it's version for iOS). However, it has bugs so I want to know - is it correct to create threads for bug-reports on meta site? SE ...
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Should we include information on whether post activity was from one of the mobile apps in the public data?

Internally, we are discussing making it easier for us to tell if post activities came via the mobile version of the site. We already have a column in the PostHistory table called ApplicationId that ...
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Allow mobile users to review posts [duplicate]

I have recently discovered reviewing posts and am working towards the respective badges. However, the majority of the time (even now) I use the mobile app, rather than the desktop. Therefore I was ...
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Earning reputation when unable to answer quickly?

I normally use the mobile interface to browse Stack Overflow. It is impossible to quickly answer a question while maintaining high post quality, so I never seem to gain any reputation. How do I go ...
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Please, can we have moderator functionality added to the Android/iOS mobile apps or the mobile browser? [duplicate]

Some of my moderating can be done on a desktop, which is grand, as the browser version of Stack Exchange has all the functionality I could need, but I also moderate from an iPad or Android tablet and ...
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Preferred way to report the same bug in multiple apps? [duplicate]

A little ago, I found this question in the review queue. The asker is reporting a bug he found in the android SE app. The suggested edit proposed to add a second tag to the question to indicate that ...
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Do moderator flags exist as mobile app notifications?

Is there any provision to allow the site moderation - more specifically, flags raised - to be available on a mobile app as notification alerts, a la normal Inbox notifications? Or does a moderator ...
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Warning of pending edits on mobile app

I just tried to suggest an edit for a post via the Android mobile app and once I finally hit the "Suggest" button I got an error saying I couldn't edit that post. After checking on my desktop I ...
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Global inbox is inconsistent between the web and mobile apps when having several comments on same post

In the inbox window in apps (iOS, Android) I see 5 comments and 1 answer on screen. All for one question. In web I see only 1 comment for that question instead of 5. Why? Is it some ...
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On which day did it become impossible to upload images via the SE mobile app?

Still trying to understand why some images and GIF files hosted on i.stack.imgur.com larger than 2 MiB, I wonder the following: on which day did it become impossible to upload images via the SE mobile ...
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Why doesn't Stack Exchange reward some reputation points for INSTALLING mobile app?

I've reread the OP and now clearly see the single word (!) which distorts the holy meaning of the whole thing and irritates the most of the commenters. I must immediately update it. The OP title ...
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