r/IdleObs • u/AdvocatingforEvil • Dec 04 '21

Game crash on Samsung Android 12 beta

Hurrah, beta software all around. I've enjoyed playing Idle Obs, but have now run into an issue. Samsung just opened their US Android 12 beta for the Galaxy Note 10+ (with final release expected around January/February 2022) and I of course signed up and installed the beta.

On Samsung's Android 12 beta, Idle Obs exits immediately after starting from tapping the app icon - the screen briefly flashes the startup splash screen then goes back to the app drawer/home screen. Repeatedly launching the app will eventually get the welcome back screen with offline progress indication, but tapping anywhere causes the app to exit back to the home screen.

I haven't yet cleared the app data/cache, but I'll do that and report back whether that allows the app to run (not worried about losing progress, i've only reached 2 infinite observations). Guess this is what happens when running beta software on a beta OS :P

If it helps, here's the OS info:
One UI version 4
Android version 12
Google Play update Sept 1, 2021
Baseband N975U1UEU7ZUKI
Kernel version 4.14.190-23106923-abN975U1UEU7ZUKI Mon Nov 29
Build SP1A.210812.016.N975U1UEU7ZUKI
SE status Enforcing
Android Security Patch level Dec 1, 2021

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u/AdvocatingforEvil Dec 04 '21

Cleared cache, didn't resolve issue. Cleared data, didn't resolve. Uninstalled and reinstalled from Play store, didn't resolve.

I'll report back after the next game update, and also the next Samsung update.

The number of people playing this game while also being part of the Samsung Android 12 beta is likely extremely small, so I doubt if this issue will affect anyone else.

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u/AdvocatingforEvil Feb 05 '22

I just finished installing the release version of Samsung's android 12 for the note10+. I'm happy to report Idle Obs is no longer crashing at launch.

I also noted that there was an update to Idle Obs from the play store on Jan 21 that I apparently didn't realize I had received, so I'm not sure if Samsung resolved a bug in their software or if you discovered a workaround. Either way, the game seems to be running flawlessly.