Platform (Android, iOS, Website): iOS App version number, if a mobile app issue (shown under Settings or About): 3.1 Browser, if a website issue (Firefox, Chrome, etc) : N/A URLs (aka web addresses) of any relevant observations or pages: N/A Screenshots of what you are seeing (instructions for t…

Has this been a feature of the iOS app in the past? I don’t think this has been designed into the app, so it wouldn’t be a bug. But I’m less familiar with iOS than Android (where it’s common for apps to lack this feature).

Yeah, I’ve never been able to save an image from the app using the tap and hold method.

As far as: [image] zygy: I constantly want to save photos from iNat to my phone so that I can use them for SMS or Instagram Is it not saving the photos you take with the app to your camera roll automatically? or are you referring to wanting local copies of photos from observations you upload…

yeah I don’t believe this is a function of the app

Use the upload button in the top right corner to save. It is possible by using the share button to whatapp, teams, outlook, Airdrop, Berichten, SMS, email. And beneath a kind of copy. But this behavior is not present in Safari, en whateb.

It is possible by using the share button to whatapp, teams, outlook, Airdrop, Berichten, SMS, email. And beneath a kind of copy That shares the observation, not the photo.

[image] bouteloua: Has this been a feature of the iOS app in the past? I don’t think this has been designed into the app, so it wouldn’t be a bug. But I’m less familiar with iOS than Android (where it’s common for apps to lack this feature). Not that I know of, but it’s pretty standard on iOS…

Sure, you can submit feature requests at the top right of this page: https://forum.inaturalist.org/c/feature-requests/16 It would be good to know [image] bouteloua: Is it not saving the photos you take with the app to your camera roll automatically? since I believe that would be a bug.

What about taking a screenshot of the photo you want to use elsewhere? It may not be as high a resolution as the original due to downsampling, but may still be okay for sharing online.

What about taking a screenshot of the photo you want to use elsewhere? It may not be as high a resolution as the original due to downsampling, but may still be okay for sharing online. That’s what I usually do currently.

Can't save photos from iOS app

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bouteloua February 8, 2021, 3:44pm 12

Thanks! Request is live here: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/allow-saving-photos-from-ios-app/20148

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Can't save photos from iOS app

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