No matter how I modify the font size on my iPhone, lately I am unable to "answer questions" because the box that pops up for me to write blocks part of the sentence I'm supposed to translate. There's no button to go back and I only have the second it takes for the pop-up window to load to memorize the original sentence. It's too hard! Any suggestions?
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Re: answer box blocks the question
I seem to remember that happening to me. It was really annoying but righted itself somehow.
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It's very frustrating to guess and get it wrong because you were not quick enough... But today I discovered that if I tap on the first words of the question instead of trying to answer it shows the full question again. Not ideal, but hey...
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Re: answer box blocks the question
App or web portal?
On iOS or Android platforms?
If you regularly update app versions be prepared to see a lot of new bugs.
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Re: answer box blocks the question
Sorry,
looks like I missed "iPhone" from your main post.
A while ago I heard that more and more bugs got added on new iOS app versions.
Did you report it with a screenshot here?
https://www.duolingo.com/help/support-request
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Re: answer box blocks the question
I read the above with interest as for some of us at ClozeM the app and web version are suffering from a popup keyboard that covers the whole screen, tablet or phone, before you can add the answer. Landscape means endless scrolling so switching to Portrait mode is a must. We're just hoping it will be fixed or will suddenly come right.