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XPages and iOS8 Situation Update 3 – Second Fix

Ok lets update the situation.  As far as I know we started with 3 problems regarding XPages and iOS8 .

1. Uploading photos to a web app doesn’t work.

2. XPages Mobile Controls don’t work

3. An Edit box with Typehead / drop down selection doesn’t work.

In my last post I mentioned that Domino 9.0.1 FixPack 2 corrects issue #3.

Now I can report that iOS 8.0.2 corrects issue #1.  In testing I was able to upload a photo again where I could not with 8.0.0.  Technically it was corrected with 8.0.1 but it seems that Apple used the same quality control that I use on my applications and pulled it.  🙂

 

That leaves the big one.  iOS8 doesn’t work with Mobile controls.

IBM is aware of this and is actively working on a solution though I do not yet have any idea of a time frame.  Even though we have a key app that uses Mobile controls, we’re trying to wait for the official IBM solution.

If you can’t wait then some people are reporting it’s possible to load Dojo 1.9.4 manually.  See this post on StackOverFlow.  http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25935842/xpages-mobile-controls-not-working-with-ios-8

Obviously that’s a VERY UNSUPPORTED thing to do so if you go that route be careful.  While it’s reported to fix Mobile controls I’m kinda afraid that it might very well break something else that might not turn up right away.  So for now we’re trying to hold off and wait for the IBM Solution.

Hope this info helps.