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StreetComplete on iOS is now in public beta

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  1. dmd · · focus · HN ↗
    Maybe I don’t understand how it’s supposed to work, but the very first question I was given had three choices and none of them were correct. What are you supposed to do then?
    1. boredinstapanda · · focus · HN ↗
      Most of the time you can leave a note. Do you get an "Uh..." option?
      1. dmd · · focus · HN ↗
        No, there’s only the listed options (street has a sidewalk, or it doesn’t - no option for “sidewalk extends for half the street but not the other half”).

        I don’t know if that counts as it does or it doesn’t.

        1. Dunedan · · focus · HN ↗
          I can tell for sure the current version of StreetComplete for Android does allow specifying that only one side of the road has a side walk. I solved a few of these quests just last week. No idea what's the state on iOS though.
        2. mayneack · · focus · HN ↗
          On android there's a "differs along the way" option which let's you split the way.

          There is a limit to the type of quest you can fit into the mobile app. It also should have a fall back "leave a note" option.

        3. westnordost · · focus · HN ↗
          In this case, the intended flow is that you tap "Uh..." -> "Differs along the way..."

          You will then be led to another UI in which you can split the road into several sections.

          1. dmd · · focus · HN ↗
            Aha. If you click 'Uh' exactly on its text, it works. If you click even one pixel away from the actual text, you get the chooser with not enough options.
        4. mineo · · focus · HN ↗
          First-time StreetComplete user here. I just answered a few of these "street has a sidewalk" questions myself. Upon first clicking on one of them, I was able to answer this question for each side of the street individually. The visual selection that you mentioned only applies to one side.
    2. yaomtc · · focus · HN ↗
      That&#x27;s when you hit &quot;uh...&quot; and leave a note with details. In an effort to keep things simple on a small screen it doesn&#x27;t include every possible option. You can read the wiki to find the best way to tag it. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;wiki.openstreetmap.org&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;wiki.openstreetmap.org&#x2F;
    3. nizmow · · focus · HN ↗
      It’s very confusing to me too. I clicked an icon to see what it was, and it was opening times of a supermarket, which I had no idea about. But I couldn’t find a way to just get back to where I was before. My workflow now is to keep force killing the app frequently when I get stuck.
      1. paweladamczuk · · focus · HN ↗
        Same here, I can&#x27;t believe there is no way to go back. I have to s of things around my house that I can just add because I live here, but I don&#x27;t remember everything, and once I hit a question that I cannot answer from memory, I am stuck.
        1. Mashimo · · focus · HN ↗
          Click into open source on the map (on android). I think for Ios it might be back gesture.
          1. paweladamczuk · · focus · HN ↗
            The back gesture works indeed. I didn&#x27;t figure it out. Thank you!
      2. Mashimo · · focus · HN ↗
        Click into open source on the map (on android). I think for Ios it might be back gesture.
      3. Tomte · · focus · HN ↗
        Same here, but the GitHub thread actually calls that out as a known bug. Swipe from the left. Intention is that clicking sonewhere on the map closes the dialog.
    4. outside1234 · · focus · HN ↗
      I click a quest and answer it but the app seems to be stuck on that quest and I can&#x27;t figure out how to get back to all of the quests available near me. Is that a common experience?
      1. matkoniecz · · focus · HN ↗
        This is a known bug, fixed but may be not released yet.
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