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Re:StreetComplete on iOS is now in public beta by dmd on Thursday October 01, 2026 @09:06AM (#49921134)
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?
Re:StreetComplete on iOS is now in public beta by nizmow on Thursday October 01, 2026 @11:55AM (#49923371)
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.
Re:StreetComplete on iOS is now in public beta by paweladamczuk on Thursday October 01, 2026 @12:01PM (#49923464)
Same here, I can'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't remember everything, and once I hit a question that I cannot answer from memory, I am stuck.
Re:StreetComplete on iOS is now in public beta by Mashimo on Thursday October 01, 2026 @12:40PM (#49923971)
Click into open source on the map (on android). I think for Ios it might be back gesture.
Re:StreetComplete on iOS is now in public beta by paweladamczuk on Friday October 02, 2026 @04:17AM (#49931094)
The back gesture works indeed. I didn't figure it out. Thank you!
Re:StreetComplete on iOS is now in public beta by Mashimo on Thursday October 01, 2026 @12:40PM (#49923970)
Click into open source on the map (on android). I think for Ios it might be back gesture.
Re:StreetComplete on iOS is now in public beta by Tomte on Thursday October 01, 2026 @01:26PM (#49924528)
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.
Re:StreetComplete on iOS is now in public beta by boredinstapanda on Thursday October 01, 2026 @09:15AM (#49921255)
Most of the time you can leave a note. Do you get an "Uh..." option?
Re:StreetComplete on iOS is now in public beta by dmd on Thursday October 01, 2026 @09:28AM (#49921399)
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.

Re:StreetComplete on iOS is now in public beta by mayneack on Thursday October 01, 2026 @09:46AM (#49921640)
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.

Re:StreetComplete on iOS is now in public beta by mineo on Thursday October 01, 2026 @11:08AM (#49922687)
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.
Re:StreetComplete on iOS is now in public beta by westnordost on Thursday October 01, 2026 @09:50AM (#49921691)
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.

Re:StreetComplete on iOS is now in public beta by dmd on Thursday October 01, 2026 @09:54AM (#49921743)
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.
Re:StreetComplete on iOS is now in public beta by Dunedan on Thursday October 01, 2026 @09:46AM (#49921635)
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.
Re:StreetComplete on iOS is now in public beta by yaomtc on Thursday October 01, 2026 @09:17AM (#49921290)
That's when you hit "uh..." and leave a note with details. In an effort to keep things simple on a small screen it doesn't include every possible option. You can read the wiki to find the best way to tag it. https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/
Re:StreetComplete on iOS is now in public beta by outside1234 on Thursday October 01, 2026 @04:43PM (#49926865)
I click a quest and answer it but the app seems to be stuck on that quest and I can't figure out how to get back to all of the quests available near me. Is that a common experience?
Re:StreetComplete on iOS is now in public beta by matkoniecz on Thursday October 01, 2026 @09:36PM (#49929001)
This is a known bug, fixed but may be not released yet.