SOLVED - Does anyone know why the the downloaded app and Thunkable Live app doesn't work on iOS?

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Hello,

Does anyone know why the downloaded app and the Thunkable Live app doesn’t work on iOS now? It just closes every time I open it.

I see some other topics that look like what I am talking about:

Video:

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are you using a web api component???

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It sounds like your project is crashing rather than there being a problem with Thunkable Live itself or the build process for downloading an app.

I would suggest building a very simple app (just a button on a screen) and then testing that to see if you can rule out some things.

And/or post a link to your project here… maybe someone can spot a problem with your blocks.

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I don’t have the project on the phone right now, the Thunkable Live app just closes.

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Right but that may be your project crashing. For example, if I make an infinite loop that eats up memory, it would crash the app immediately. So that’s why I’m suggesting testing a simple/blank project in Thunkable Live and letting us know the results.

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I made an app that only has one button that will open a website, but it crashes too.

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So maybe there is something to the Thunkable Live app not working. But I would still suggest just a button… no website, no blocks… just literally a button on a screen.

What version of Thunkable Live are you using? And on what device?

It works fine for me running Thunkable Live version 261-1 in iOS 14.4.

The two topics you referenced are months and years old. I would think we would have heard more about this recently if it was still an issue.

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I’m using iOS 10, the only iOS i can use to test.

On Thunkable ✕ Docs, it says the minimum requirements is iOS 10.
On the App Store, the Thunkable Live app says it requires iOS 10.0 or later.

I have tried it on iPhone 7 and 5 and they both don’t work.

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Hi, I confirm, with IOS10 not work, if I use IOS14, working very good

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but I am still not sure why on Project Assets and Sizes from Thunkable ✕ Docs, it says the minimum requirements are iOS 10 (https://docs.thunkable.com/projects/assets#minimum-requirements)

And the Thunkable Live app on App Store it says iOS 10 or later.

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I know, last year the app worked fine on IOS 10, I was testing my apps, on January 21 I asked the Thunkable staff for information, unfortunately nothing has been solved.

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Me too! It worked fine a few months ago.

I waited for a while if they could fix it without posting anything but that didn’t work.

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@leew18 I don’t have an iOS 10 device to test on, but if you send me your project link I’ll take a look.

Also, the splash screen in the video you shared is from a downloaded app, right? Is Thunkable Live crashing too?

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Yeah, both of them.

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Here is the project:

https://x.thunkable.com/copy/bdbd738f50564ede2b00f929a1f644b4

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What is the difference between thunkable and mit app inventor??

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Hi @mina.8redavof751, welcome to Thunkable. If you have a question that is not related to this topic, please start a new topic instead of posting here.

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Hello, I would like to follow up, please can anyone give a reply?

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I had access to an iOS device running iOS 10 a couple weeks ago. Thunkable crashed on it. The listed specs may be too low.

The good news is that the only phones limited to iOS 10 are the iPhone 5 and 5c, and those are 9 years old. Even 5s can go to iOS 12. You can get a 6s or an SE (the original one) used for <$100 in the US and be running iOS 14. I have the original SE, and it runs Thunkable Live and apps just fine, although sometimes I find the smaller screen size challenging.

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