Hi,
There seems to be a bug with the lock function. Had this in Panels 2 which I ended up uninstalling because it didn’t suit my purposes without a working lock feature. Unfortunately the bug is still there in Panels 3.
It’s just a local comic in the iPhone’s storage, no servers or whatnot involved.
Latest iOS 17. Same happens in iPad (iOS 16 and 17).
Bug #1:
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I create collection called “Collection 1”.
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Import some comic inside.
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I lock the “Collection 1” collection in Panels.
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Folder “Collection 1” becomes invisible in Files app, as expected.
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I unlock the “Collection 1” collection in Panels 3 so I can view the comics in the collection.
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Folder and comic files become permanently visible in Files app.
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Only way to hide the folder again is to remove the lock from “Collection 1”, then lock it again.
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Nex ttime I unlock the collection in Panels, same thing happens in Files - the folder and files become permanently visible again.
Same behaviour if I create another collection inside a collection that I lock.
Actually when I created another collection under the “Collection 1”, called “Subcollection 1”, and locked the new collection right away, the “Subcollection 1” folder was still visible in Files app.
Only after I removed the lock from “Subcollection 1”, then locked it again, then it became hidden in Files. But the same cycle happens - if I ever unlock it in Panels, it becomes permanently visible again in Files app until I do the remove lock → lock hurdle again.
This does not seem to happen if I lock a single file inside the “Collection 1”. The file stays hidden in Files app when I unlock it in Panels. But it’s the collection/folder I want to lock, not individual tens or hundreds of files.
Bug #2: Cancel entering Passcode
If I open a locked collection, it asks for Passcode. If I tap cancel, as in I don’t want to unlock the collection after all, I just get a spinning loading circle saying “Opening” that cannot be cancelled - the app become uninteractable. Have to close the app. Same in “Reading now” view if there is a locked comic.
Seems to happen a bit inconsistently.
It happened constantly at first, but after creating multiple collections and locking and unlocking them multiple times, this behavior seemed to stop. Then it started happening again.
Bug 3/feature: lock icon still visible when removing a lock from collection
When removing a lock from a collection, the opened lock icon still stays in the corner of the collection. Would be better that it gets removed, so it doesn’t seem like it’s still a locked collection but currently just unlocked.
There were also other inconsistent irregularities when locking and unlocking collections and their sub-collections. Sometimes the collections wouldn’t get locked after using the lock function, at least visually, but I haven’t tried to replicate them methodically. All in all seems there are multiple small bugs piling up with the lock/hide folders functionality.
Maybe the lock feature isn’t overly used, or maybe users don’t check the Files app, but hoping this would get fixed soon so I could start using the app!