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Web Links Crashing Safari, Mail, Chrome, and Other Apps on iOS 9.3 [Updated]
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I'm sorry but your personal anecdote doesn't change history. You're looking at software at it's end stage, not it's genesis. A cursory search of MR archives will provide ample evidence of issues with every release of iOS and OSX. It's software. I don't think it's an overreach to say no software has, nor ever will be released perfectly; be it Apple's, MS', Google's, or any other company.
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It's probably give or take and unpredictable once it's messed up, ergo all results vary.
How can this keep happening? Has Cook eliminated any testing and quality control for the stuff they are pushing out the door. Under Jobs, I would see and update and immediately install - and it was always fine. This has not been the case since Cook took over.
Does NO ONE test software any more? Wait until an Apple or Google car has constant "issues" with each release.
WOW a total mess on booking.com app part!
i can confirm that this is caused by the app since it appeared on both my devices yesterday RIGHT after instilling booking.com app. actually the first link that i got broken was the one in a booking.com email asking me to confirm my account.
after reading the description on macroumors news story its clear that they messed but dues to a large file containing deep links that translate from web links to in app links! mess-up is also on apples end since they allowed such big files is the first place!
Worst part is that uninstalling the app wont solve the problem since the deep linking iOS database remains corrupted! so hold tight for an iOS update to save this issue!
i can confirm that this is caused by the app since it appeared on both my devices yesterday RIGHT after instilling booking.com app. actually the first link that i got broken was the one in a booking.com email asking me to confirm my account.
after reading the description on macroumors news story its clear that they messed but dues to a large file containing deep links that translate from web links to in app links! mess-up is also on apples end since they allowed such big files is the first place!
Worst part is that uninstalling the app wont solve the problem since the deep linking iOS database remains corrupted! so hold tight for an iOS update to save this issue!
Not sure yet if this is an major or minor issue. I been running the new update for months and never had anything like this and when the public betas came out there where not any issues reported with links.
Guess we will have to see when the dust settles.
How does stuff like this not get caught in months and months of beta testing?
Is this a bug that just showed up in the final build and wasn't there before? Usually bugs in betas are posted on this forum near-instantly and get reported en-masse.
Is this a bug that just showed up in the final build and wasn't there before? Usually bugs in betas are posted on this forum near-instantly and get reported en-masse.
Because of a bug in universal links - apps can say "hey I am the booking.com app" (Which has to be verified of course) but for some reason booking.com must have thousands of url's embedded in their file, which is what could be causing the issue. So every time you tap a link the app goes and looks at every app's universal links, which means it takes forever. The solution IMO would be for iOS to just trash an app like this and disable universal links for it until they have a more reasonable amount.
I swear to god!!! What in the heck does Apple do with all these beta test versions???? Do they not see these issues? I really don't get it.
People on earlier versions of iOS 9 are affected as well, so doesn't seem like this is related to the latest release or anything like that.
I am more of a lurker, but it is hard to stay silent when it is Safari having the trouble. On my 128GB iPad Air 2, no problem. On my girlfriend's 128GB iphone 6S+, no problem. On my 128GB iPhone 6S+, my Safari is crashing constantly, even without going through links. I can't do searches, I can't go on the internet at all through my phone before it freezes up.
iOS may have had little bugs in its releases or that texting thing, but I have never had to change my workflow. For me, losing mobile internet access is a serious serious flaw, and I am just wondering how such a fundamental app could have this issue.
iOS may have had little bugs in its releases or that texting thing, but I have never had to change my workflow. For me, losing mobile internet access is a serious serious flaw, and I am just wondering how such a fundamental app could have this issue.
You don't seem to understand what an API is. API can only be used only one way because it accepts a set of parameters. To make sure that the API does not fail, they should be writing enough unit tests. I guess Apple is skimping on development process.
And Craig Federighi still thinks that Apple software quality has improved in last five years...
Just because you're not having the issue doesn't mean it doesn't exist for other people.
Haven't seen the Safari/Chrome link issue on mine ....
Have seen some strange intermittent behavior on links from mail (Airmail also)... Thankfully I have alternate methods of getting to these "oddballs"
Will have to see how this settles out...
Have seen some strange intermittent behavior on links from mail (Airmail also)... Thankfully I have alternate methods of getting to these "oddballs"
Will have to see how this settles out...
9.3 has been fine on my 5s, but my wife and daughter are unable to install on the 5c -- they get an error saying that they aren't connected to the internet (which they most certainly are). I thought that the update to 9.3 was supposed to fix this on older devices, but maybe they only fixed it for iPads?