Date: 08/30/2013
Quip iPhone app: Version 1.2
Description:
I’ve found a weird bug with the Quip iPhone app. This isn’t the type of bug that any sane user
will ever run into, but it is odd, and I’ve managed to get it a couple times.
It’s bad, because it easy to make the top menu disappear,
and if done in one particular way, it strands the user on a blank gray screen
with no menu items at all. At one point
I was even forced to delete the app and re-download in order to get the menu to
appear again.
This bug is extremely difficult to describe, so please see
the attached screenshots.
I’ll try to describe.
After exiting a document, you’re presented with a gray page which shows
the history of it. In the upper right
hand corner of this screen, there is an icon of two heads. The two heads activate a “Sharing” pop-up.
If you activate this “Sharing” popup while returning to the
Desktop, you’ll be able to edit and delete the sharing options. There are occasions when the folder is
sharable. If you select “Delete” for the
sharing of the folder – the top menu UI will disappear once you dismiss the “Sharing”
popup.
Like I said, it’s a mouthful. I’ve been able to find a way, to completely strand
the user with no UI at all. Exiting and
re-launching the app doesn’t work.
I’ll try to approximate some repro steps, but it’s easier
shown than described.
Steps:
1.
Launch the Quip iPhone app with active account
2.
Head to the Desktop and select a folder with
documents that’s been shared with someone
3.
Enter a document and exit out
4.
From a documents history screen, select the two
head icon and the reverse button in upper right at the same time
5.
From the misplace “Sharing” pop-up, delete
folder and dismiss pop-up
6.
Note no UI in the app
Result: There’s an
easy way to get UI to disappear in the app – if you delete the folder from
sharing pop-up after activating it by backing out of a document’s history page
Expected: No
disappearing UI (even if it’s from bizarre user use!)
Select a folder that has documents in it, and that has been shared with someone....
Select a document....
Back out of the document...
Here's where the weirdness begins. Select the two heads as you back out of the screen...
The Sharing pop-up will rise up on the screen with the documents. Attempt to Edit from this pop-up.
Delete it!
Delete it!
Dismiss the "Sharing" pop-up...
Top UI has disappeared.
Changing orientation of the screen doesn't bring back the UI.
For additional fun, select a solitary document in a folder.
If you follow the same steps as above, you'll be left stranded on a gray screen with no UI to return you to desktop at all!
