App Crashes on Launch – React Native – Only on iPad Air 5th Gen (iPadOS 18.5)

Hi all,

I need help diagnosing a strange crash that’s affecting only one device model.

Issue: My React Native app crashes immediately on launch, but only on the iPad Air (5th generation) running iPadOS 18.5.

The app was built with React Native (latest stable version).

It runs fine on all other tested iOS and iPadOS devices, both physical and simulators.

There’s no crash on iPhone or on older iPads so can somebody please help solve this?

Take a look at the documentation for debugging techniques that has guidance on debugging common reasons for a crash. If you get stuck, let us know what you tried, and attach the fully symbolicated Apple crash report in your reply. Posting a Crash Report explains how to do so.

Note that with crashes for React Native apps, the source of the crash can be code related to React Native — see this thread for an example — so once you have a crash report analyzed, you may need to check in with their support for how to resolve, just so you're aware of that up front.

— Ed Ford,  DTS Engineer

App Crashes on Launch – React Native – Only on iPad Air 5th Gen (iPadOS 18.5)
 
 
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