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goshya

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Jan 30, 2008
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Hello,

Has someone else stumbled upon this iOS 9 bug by any chance?

The context menu doesn't show in many 3rd party apps on devices running iOS 9 when selecting text for the first time.

You have to select text a second time for the context menu to show up.

I have seen this problem on many different devices running iOS 9. Even Microsoft has confirmed that this problem exists with Outlook. Apps showing this error: Outlook, Facebook (when using the in-app browser), Chrome, Evernote etc.

For example open the link below with Chrome, select a word by long pressing on it. No context menu. Try reloading the page to reproduce this error again.

https://bencollier.net/2016/03/unable-to-open-links-in-safari-mail-or-messages-on-ios-9-3/

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nightstalkerz

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May 9, 2013
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I've seen this problem even in system apps like safari. And using copy from the popup also works only half the time.

Haven't found a way to fix this yet.
 
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goshya

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Jan 30, 2008
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The Microsoft support has confirmed this bug.

I chatted with the Apple support several times and was told that they are not aware of this problem and that I should contact Microsoft, Google etc. to have them fix their apps. Ridiculous.

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