Android 1.30.15 (608) Description of problem: Step 1: Open an observation from another user on the Following (notifications) tab. Step 2: Tap on the map to open it. Step 3: For some observations it works as expected. [screen-20240510-0744102-ezgif.com-video-to-gif-converter] https://www.inatu…

Platform: Android app [1000047017] [1000047015] [1000047014] App version number, if a mobile app issue: 1.37.2 (638) Browser, if a website issue: URLs (aka web addresses) of any relevant observations or pages: Screenshots of what you are seeing: Description of problem: Step 1: go to expl…

Sounds like this bug report: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/cant-open-some-observation-locations-on-android/51383

Moved above thee posts here to keep all reports for this bug together

Does this ever happen on the first observation you tap on? Especially the first one you tap on after you force quit and reopen the app? It seems like maybe an out of memory issue. The next time this happens, can you please re-open the app and send us log files? To send log files, go to the About ta…

It happened for a few hours on every observations I would tap. Now it seems to be working fine.

Thanks, I can replicate and I’ve filed a bug report.

Can't open some observation locations on Android

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thomaseverest February 19, 2026, 2:20pm 8

Sometimes, but it happens when it’s not the first observation opened as well. Logs sent!

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Can't open some observation locations on Android

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