Next notifications

iNaturalist Next Bug Reports
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App version number, if a mobile app issue (shown under About in the side menu):
Next , is on iOS 18.0.1, iPhone 16

Screenshots of what you are seeing (instructions for taking a screenshot on computers and mobile devices: https://www.take-a-screenshot.org/):

Description of problem (please provide a set of steps
we can use to replicate the issue, and make as many as you need.):

Step 1: click Notifications Bell icon

Step 2: see no updates for over a week

Step 3:
Notifications have not updated in the last six days.

This is on iOS 18.0.1, iPhone 16

Do I need to do something to draw in newer notifications? E.g., close and reopen Next? Or something else?

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Could you provide details @teellbee ?

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I’ve closed this bug report since the initial post doesn’t contain anything.

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fixed hidden text

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Thank you for fixing it @bouteloua

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This may be redundant info but I didn’t see it mentioned in your original post: The “Notifications” on the app are not actually all your notifications - that tab only shows updates to your own content. It will not show, e.g., comments on an observation you have commented or left an ID on. I believe it is the same content as shown here, minus “favorites” and maybe some other items:

https://www.inaturalist.org/home?tab=yours

So if the above link shows recent updates to your own content but the app doesn’t, there may be something wrong. If the notifications you’re missing are for other users’ observations, those aren’t currently included in the app (although I hope/assume this will be added later)

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So, if I understand you right, the only way check notifications for IDs made for others is to go to the website?

Does that mean we cannot Withdraw IDs we’ve made for others on the Next app? That we have to use the website to review for disagreements on IDs we’ve made and can only Withdraw such an incorrect ID on the website?

Or, Is there another way to see notifications related to IDs we’ve made on the Next app?

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Yes, as far as I know.

You can still add/withdraw IDs from the app, but you won’t get notifications so you’d have to go find those observations some other way.

I assume (well, hope) that the functionality to see all your notifications in the Next app will be added eventually, along with messaging and other features. I know right now they are focusing on bugs/usability issues and not new features, but I have to assume these things will be added sooner or later.

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I would consider this a is real usability feature , if iNatters want people to review and handle their incorrect IDs.

Thank you for these insights, which are very illuminating .

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Thanks for the feedback, @teellbee. Tagging @abhasm here since this is more of a product/feature question (about what to build and when) than a bug report.

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Thank you for the acknowledgement @albullington .

I take it then that Next was never intended as a stand-alone app?

It was only designed as an adjunct to the iNat website?

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Thus far the iNat app(s) have always been meant as a way to get data to the website and have had little functionality with data management of ones own data, much less doing IDs for others. It would be awesome to have an app to do ID for others- simple filters, swipe right for reviewed, swipe left to skip without reviewing, click to add ID, swipe up to flag for review on the website. Or something. But i get the impression there’s no resources or interest to develop that app by iNat

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