I've experienced a few bugs that happen to me daily in the iOS Lichess app.
Describe the bug
Clocks disappear. This bug sually happens after reopening the app from inactive mode. If I start a new games the clocks will still be missing. I have to force-close the app to get the clocks back and then it works for a few games before the clocks disappear again. I've hade this bug occuring for around 6 months with no improvement in the latest updates. This one is the most problematic as it severely reduces your chances of playing a fair game in the app.
The board + bottom menu alignment jumps toward bottom of screen making the bottom buttons very hard to reach. This bug has appeared more recently, maybe during tha last 3-4 weeks, and sometimes happens in combination with the missing clocks. This more recent is more frequent than the clock bug and can happen after a single game. The misalignment does not reset itself between games so I need to force close the app to reload it in order to restore the alignment.
The piece symbols counting the material balance sometimes disappear, even when the clocks aren't missing and the board is correctly aligned. I've only noticed this recently but unfortunately don't have a screenshot of it.
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
Go to home screen
Start game under Quick pairing (I mostly play 2+1 and 3+0)
Play a game.
Lock phone after game.
Open phone and start another game from the menu accessed from the bottom left corner.
See error (I can't say what is triggering these bugs or exactly when they will appear, but they always occur sooner or later for me when repruducing similar behavior)
Expected behavior
To keep playing games without having to frequently force close the app restore it to normal.
Screenshots
These two are from the same game and show both bug 1 & 2 (missing clocks & misalignment). The oppoinents clock only showed up after the game was finished due to time loss.
Smartphone:
Device: iPhone Xs
OS: iOS 15.1 (The clock bug also occured in previos versions since at least 6 months ago)
Browser: Lichess app
Version: v.7.13.1 (The clock bug also occured in previos versions since at least 6 months ago)
Additional context
I play lots of games in the app every day and often just lock the phone when doing other things.
jas14
commented
2 years ago
I've experienced a few bugs that happen to me daily in the iOS Lichess app.
Describe the bug
To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:
Expected behavior To keep playing games without having to frequently force close the app restore it to normal.
Screenshots These two are from the same game and show both bug 1 & 2 (missing clocks & misalignment). The oppoinents clock only showed up after the game was finished due to time loss.
Smartphone:
Additional context I play lots of games in the app every day and often just lock the phone when doing other things.