I fixed a few small issues on iPhone too. I think that one was different than this one though. Glad to see yours is better!
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After some more research, Iāve found a discussion where other mobile developers are having the exact same issue.
Itās a bug in Samsungās Android 14 version, which makes sense. The community pageās code in Sober Time has not been updated, but the issue started appearing.
For now, itās Samsungās āfaultā, but Iāll try to find a workaround.
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Samsung is updating its UI like crazy. First, I thought it would be a good thing, but with every update, I lose more functions that I need and get functions I would never use.
Thank you for taking care of it! Much appreciated!
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Okay!
I managed to implement a workaround, so the issue is resolved for now. I will try to publish this update tomorrow. There are a few other small issues I want to include in the update and I want to make sure everything is working well.
Basically:
- This only happens on Samsung devices running Android 14
- I was unable to reproduce it for the longest time, because I switched my Android device to Google Pixel a while ago. Development tools are just pure Android, not Samsungās implementation of Android (One UI)
- I tested this on a real Samsung device to replicate it
- Displaying web resources in Android uses Androidās underlying web browser technology
- Samsungās new version destroys this web browser when you switch to a different app
- Not sure if this is intentional or a bug. They might do it in an attempt to clean up resources on the device to make it seem more responsive
The workaround will reload your current page when you switch back to Sober Time. Youāll see the loading animation briefly.
Thank you to everyone who helped with reports, questions and information. I appreciate it.
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At this point Iāve gotten so used to having to close/reopen the app each time I donāt even think twice about it, but I do hope it all works out in the end. Thank you for working so hard on this issue, and everything else you do to keep our community up and running 
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Wow! Im excited to get the workaround because im bouncing back and forth between apps. @Robin i truly appreciate your attention to this. Thanks for all you do!
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The new version is now live on both stores. Check it out and let me know if itās better.
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I downloaded the update and the workaround seems to work. The app automatically reloads. Thanks
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It works! Thank you so much!
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@Robin now those on Android canāt upload pics. Iāve seen multiple people post about it on other threads.
Did this work around affect uploads?
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Yes, this just happened to me. I was able to last night just fine but I just tried in the meme thread and couldnāt. I opened a reply box. It let me go into my photos and choose one but when I clicked it, it showed the loading screen and then my box was gone 
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Hmm this is likely a side effect of the workaround, since youāre switching out of the app and back into it. Iāll fix it in the next update.
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Seems like a lot of folks that are having this issue have Androids, and sure enough, thatās what I have too. Kinda sheds some light on things.
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Not Androids in general, just Samsung devices. But itās a very specific thing.
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Yes, thatās what I have: a Samsung phone.
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Okay, I managed to fix it so that it doesnāt end up on the white screen and it still works with uploads. As an added bonus: you wonāt have to sit through the reload animation anymore either.
Samsung apparently is releasing an official fix for this by the end of March, but we canāt wait that long.
Iāll release the update in the next day. Thanks again!
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I sent the update to Google Play for review. It should be available to everyone soon.
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