May 6, 2020 11:44 pm
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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/6/21250023/facebook-sdk-login-spotify-tinder-tiktok-ios-iphone-crash
Spotify, TikTok, and other popular iOS apps are crashing due to a Facebook issue
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge
Countless iOS apps are having problems launching right now, according to multiple reports on Twitter and crowdsourced user reports on Downdetector. The issues seem to have started around 6:30PM ET, and Spotify, TikTok, Pinterest, Tinder, and more appear to be affected, according to Downdetector.
The issue is caused by an apparent problem with a Facebook software development kit (SDK) tool that’s used to power sign-in features for many of the apps, as many developers have reported problems with the SDK in this thread on GitHub. It also seems that you don’t need to be logging into the apps via Facebook to be affected by these crashes. A source with knowledge of the situation told The Verge that Facebook has disabled a server configuration...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/6/21250023/facebook-sdk-login-spotify-tinder-tiktok-ios-iphone-crash
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