Annotator broken after update to iPadOS 16.3.1 and iOS 16.3.1 (also broken when updated to 16.3)

[msackeygh]

iPadOS 6.3 and macOS 13.2 was just updated today by Apple. Since then, I have been unable to enable Annotator: can't annotate, and can't view PDFs, etc.

[msackeygh]

I have been able to re-enable the plugin, but it still doesn't work.

I re-enabled it by first deleting the plug in, re-installing it (which took a few moments, slower than usual) and then enabling it. However, Annotator still cannot read PDFs. When annotating, the PDF shows up as blank.

[aladmit]

@msackeygh do you see any errors in console? What obsidian and obsidian installer version do you use?

I updated my Mac up to 13.2 and didn't get any problems. Everything works as usual. Didn't test on iPad though.

I use obsidian 1.1.12, installer version 1.1.9

[msackeygh]

@msackeygh do you see any errors in console? What obsidian and obsidian installer version do you use?

I updated my Mac up to 13.2 and didn't get any problems. Everything works as usual. Didn't test on iPad though.

I use obsidian 1.1.12, installer version 1.1.9

I wish I knew how to answer your question regarding what installer version I'm using. I'm using whatever the version of Obsidian is latest in the App store for iOS and iPadOS. On the iOS, Obsidian is in version 1.4.1; plug-in for Annotator is indicated as v0.2.10

I tried Obsidian on my Mac yesterday and I seem to recall it did not have problems, but honestly I can't fully recall and will have to re-test when I get home later tonight. I was testing so much on the iPadOS I can't recall what I did on the Mac.

[msackeygh]

@aladmit , in checking my Mac version, I'm running Obsidian v1.1.9 and installer version 1.1.9. Annotator (v 0.2.10) is working on macOS 13.2.

However, it is not working on iPadOS 16.3 or iOS 16.3

[aladmit]

@msackeygh Great, at least Mac version works) I've tested on iOS 16.3 and got the same problem 😭 I guess it has something to do with WebKit changes.

I'll fix this asap, but I'm not sure how long it would take me to figure out why it happens. Best work around at the moment is to downgrade iOS to 16.2

[msackeygh]

@aladmit , thanks! Looking forward to the update.

[aladmit]

No progress yet. I see that epub and web annotation starts and only pdf reader fails. Maybe it has something to do with PDF.js that hypothesis use. Unfortunately I can't reproduce it on desktop or get any relevant errors, just guessing.

[msackeygh]

@aladmit, thanks for the update. Is there something on my end when using the iPad that I could forward? Is there some kind of log I can download and send?

[aladmit]

@msackeygh Unfortunately, obsidian on iOS has zero tools for debugging. No logs, no console, no dumps or breakpoints. So I'm just making a guess and break something to see if I'm right🤡

[aladmit]

Still no progress. Tried to log all exceptions to a file with onerror events on main window and readers iframe, but there is no exceptions :(

[msackeygh]

@aladmit, thanks for continuing to try!

[j-xzy]

have same problem

[msackeygh]

I can confirm that with the update to iOS and iPadOS 16.3.1, Annotator is still broken.