Login text fields appear to clear on iPad Air M3 (iPadOS 26) — cannot reproduce on iPhone or simulator

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Created May ’26

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Our Flutter app has been rejected by App Review 4 times with this description: "Login screen cleared the email and password fields when we attempted to enter the demo account details, preventing us from logging in."

Review environment:

Device: iPad Air 11-inch (M3) OS: iPadOS 26.4.2 Flutter version: 3.41.4 State management: GetX We cannot reproduce this on:

Real iPhone (iOS 18.x) — works fine iPad simulator (iPadOS 26.3.1) — works fine Our TextEditingControllers are created inside a GetX controller, not inside build(), so they survive widget rebuilds.

Questions:

Has anyone seen text fields clearing or not retaining input specifically on iPad with iPadOS 26? Are there any known Flutter issues with text input on iPadOS 26 that could cause this? Is there anything different about how iPad handles text input vs iPhone that we should be aware of? Any help appreciated — this is blocking our App Store approval.

Answer 1

App Review OP

Apple

May ’26

Thank you for your post and appeal. We're investigating and will contact you in App Store Connect to provide further assistance. If you continue to experience issues during review, please contact us.

Answer 2

christophe-lachance OP

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I'm experiencing the exact same issue with my Capacitor + React app (TruthScan, Bundle ID: com.christophe.truthscan). Review environment:

Device: iPad Air 11-inch (M3) and iPad Pro 11-inch (M4) OS: iPadOS 26.5 Framework: Capacitor 6 + React + TanStack Router

App Review has rejected my app 6 times for this exact issue. The email and password fields become completely unresponsive on iPad. Works perfectly on iPhone with the same iOS version. Workarounds attempted with no success: uncontrolled React refs, onTouchStart handlers, fontSize 16, touch-action manipulation, webkit-user-select text, removal of phone-shell container. Filed Feedback Assistant report: FB23442182 Has anyone found a working solution or workaround for this specific issue? Did Apple App Review provide you with any guidance after investigating? This is clearly a system-level WKWebView bug on iPadOS 26. I hope Apple resolves this soon as it is blocking App Store approval for multiple developers.