Document by Readdle iPhone App - Easy way to crash it.

Date: 04/14/2013

Documents by Readdle iPhone App (version 4.1)

I just downloaded the recently released Documents by Readdle iPhone app.  It’s interesting, if you haven’t tried it, you should.

This app has apparently been available for the iPad for sometime, but was only just released for the iPhone.

Anyways, I just wanted to quickly jot down a crash I found with this app.  This crash is the same exact “one trick pony” crash that I’ve written tens of times for different apps.

This crash is much easier to show than to describe, so if you’re already bored by reading this, just skip down to the attached screenshots.

I’m writing this particular crash using the example MP3 that they place on their homepage.  But this crash can be reproduced anywhere they have the slider thing.  It is easy to reproduce using the Mona Lisa image also.

Here are the specifics for the MP3 screen: This bug requires the use of two fingers.  If you enter into the Edie Murphy MP3 screen, there’s an arrow in the bottom left corner of the screen.  Pressing this arrow activates a pop-up menu option.

If you coordinate pressing this arrow with a simultaneous pressing of the back arrow in the upper left hand corner of the screen, you’ll be able to activate the pop-up on the home screen.  Once you do this, the app will crash after you select any option.

Like I said, this bug is much easier to show than to describe, so please just take a look at the attached screenshots.  I can get this bug to happen in many places in the Readdle iPhone app.

Steps:

1.     Download the Documents by Readdle iPhone App

2.     Launch the app

3.     Select the “Bluegrass” MP3 icon

4.     On the “01. Bluegrass – Edie Murphy” screen select  the arrow in bottom right and the back button in upper left simultaneously

5.     From the Documents home screen, you’ll see the “Send by Email/Open in…” pop-up – select either option

Result:  There is a very easy to reproduce crash in the Readdle iPhone App

Expected:  That you should know about this crash

P.S.  As I’ve said, I’ve written this bug down over and over again, for many apps.

Download the Documents by Readdle iPhone app.

As an example of this crash, select the "Bluegrass" MP3 option....

Takes a little two finger dexterity, but select the two circled arrow options at the same time....

You'll be able to drag this option onto the home screen, once you have, the app crashes...