In the new iNaturalist app, I’m unable to enter and save my own identification as I’m making an observation when I’m offline/out of service. The app attempts to search for the ID that I type, but since it’s offline it fails, and I’m unable to save what a type as a “tentative ID” like we could with the old app.
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I believe that this is no bug. Placeholders are currently not a feature of the new app and, if I remember correctly, @tiwane has said somewhere that they probably aren’t going to be? (Please correct me if I am wrong)
The amount of taxa that are selectable when offline is limited, so I think the best solution is either to add a courser ID in the field and perhaps note down the precise ID in the notes-section, and then refine at home, or to just upload the observation at home in the first place. Whichever you prefer.
Just a quick note that I moved this from Bug Reports to iNaturalist Next Discussion.
Correct, there’s no placeholder functionality.