Blank/Black screen on start with MPD 2.200

Question

With 2.200, we are having a few reports of black screen when first opening MDP2 on an iPad Air 2 or the original iPad pro.

Sometimes the black screen will go to the home screen without action, some times you may have to tap the screen, or go to the home screen then back to the app.  Appears the black screen is temporary and does not recur until the iPad is restarted.  

If you are seeing these symptoms please let us know at support [AT] mididesigner.com.

We are working on an update.  

Thank you for your patience.

Comments

I'm pretty sure the dev team is able to repro consistently on an iPad Air 2 simulator. From repro to fix SHOULD be a relatively short path... hopefully!

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On simulator on iPad Air 2 we're able to workaround by starting the App with the iPad rotated in Portrait mode. We'll confirm if this workaround works with a real device shortly.

Answer 1

MDP2 2.201 that corrects the black screen issue is now available on the App Store.  For those that were impacted, thank you for your patience.

Answer 2

MDP2 2.201 that corrects the black screen issue is now available on the App Store.  For those that were impacted, thank you for your patience.

Answer 3

Two workarounds for the black screen:

- start initially in portrait mode, then should work in landscape mode

- if you started in landscape, kill the app (swipe up), then restart the app

Comments

excellent, we're still aiming to fix ASAP, but workarounds are a necessary evil. Thanks!

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We've got a fix submitted for Beta review to Apple, so we should have fix release 2.201 out by Friday latest.

Answer 4

Two workarounds for the black screen:

- start initially in portrait mode, then should work in landscape mode

- if you started in landscape, kill the app (swipe up), then restart the app