Bug? Empty review screen after returning to app after 5 minutes

AnkiMobile (iPhone/iPad) Help
1

iPhone 12 iOS 15.4

While on the review screen I left the app and used mail, map etc, locked and unlocked the phone, waited 20m.

When I open the app again it was still on the review screen as expected, but the contents of the review screen was blank.

To continue study I needed to tap deck button to return to the deck list and then enter the desired deck review mode again

This is unexpected and probably a bug

Expected; when returning to an app after more than a minute or two using different apps I should get one of two experiences:

  1. the exact same view where I left it last. E.g. what safari does. This is what I want most! Best for study.
  2. the main screen/inbox/landing screen. Eg what messages does

Actual: the review screen appears, but it has forgotten what I was reviewing and just shows a blank screen. This is not useful and it makes the app look like it crashed or something.

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2

This is caused by iOS killing the webview when the app is in the background. The current beta version will try to automatically reload it; please let me know if you’d like to try it.

https://docs.ankimobile.net/beta-testing.html

3

I’m happy to wait until it’s released properly.