Many iOS users are providing details regarding Apple's bolster discussions that a bug is influencing their gadgets. When they tap on connections in Safari, Chrome, Mail, Messages, Notes and others, the application solidifies and crashes. In case you're one of them, here's a fix that may fathom your issues.
It looks like this issue is related to Universal Links. With iOS 9, Apple introduced Universal Links, a brand new way to handle links with native apps. App developers, such as YouTube, can register domain names to open web links directly into an app, bypassing Safari.
That’s why when you click on a youtube.com/somethingsomething link, iOS opens the YouTube app instead of loading a web page in Safari. This is a nifty feature, except when app developers abuse it.
Sergey Roshchin published a video demonstrating today’s bug. His iPad is working fine. But then, he installs the Booking.com app, and Safari becomes unusable. When he clicks on a link, it hangs, and then crashes.
Sergey Roshchin published a video exhibiting today's bug. His iPad is working fine. In any case, then, he introduces the Booking.com application, and Safari gets to be unusable. When he taps on a connection, it hangs, and after that crashes.
Booking.com associates its app with all sorts of domains — too many domains to be precise. With 2.4MB worth of domain-name-to-deep-link entries, Safari and other apps crash when iOS checks links against its Universal Link database because this database is too big. A tipster also told me that the Voyages-SNCF app also generates crashes on iOS 9.3. Update: Voyages-SNCF doesn’t have universal links, so the app shouldn’t cause any issue.
And yet, the Booking.com app was updated on March 17, before the release of iOS 9.3. It’s safe to assume that something has changed with iOS 9.3 causing app crashes when handling these links.
The WebKit team released a huge update with iOS 9.3 and OS X 10.11.4. Safari 9.1 contains many changes under the hood. Maybe the Universal Link bug is related to this WebKit update — maybe not.
In any case, in case you're experiencing this bug, Apple will likely alter it in its next bug fix overhaul. Meanwhile, you ought to erase the Booking.com application and… hold up. It won't alter your issues right away as iOS checks Universal Links from time to time. Be that as it may, in any event, your iPhone will work again tomorrow.
It looks like this issue is related to Universal Links. With iOS 9, Apple introduced Universal Links, a brand new way to handle links with native apps. App developers, such as YouTube, can register domain names to open web links directly into an app, bypassing Safari.
That’s why when you click on a youtube.com/somethingsomething link, iOS opens the YouTube app instead of loading a web page in Safari. This is a nifty feature, except when app developers abuse it.
Sergey Roshchin published a video demonstrating today’s bug. His iPad is working fine. But then, he installs the Booking.com app, and Safari becomes unusable. When he clicks on a link, it hangs, and then crashes.
Sergey Roshchin published a video exhibiting today's bug. His iPad is working fine. In any case, then, he introduces the Booking.com application, and Safari gets to be unusable. When he taps on a connection, it hangs, and after that crashes.
Booking.com associates its app with all sorts of domains — too many domains to be precise. With 2.4MB worth of domain-name-to-deep-link entries, Safari and other apps crash when iOS checks links against its Universal Link database because this database is too big. A tipster also told me that the Voyages-SNCF app also generates crashes on iOS 9.3. Update: Voyages-SNCF doesn’t have universal links, so the app shouldn’t cause any issue.
And yet, the Booking.com app was updated on March 17, before the release of iOS 9.3. It’s safe to assume that something has changed with iOS 9.3 causing app crashes when handling these links.
The WebKit team released a huge update with iOS 9.3 and OS X 10.11.4. Safari 9.1 contains many changes under the hood. Maybe the Universal Link bug is related to this WebKit update — maybe not.
In any case, in case you're experiencing this bug, Apple will likely alter it in its next bug fix overhaul. Meanwhile, you ought to erase the Booking.com application and… hold up. It won't alter your issues right away as iOS checks Universal Links from time to time. Be that as it may, in any event, your iPhone will work again tomorrow.
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