Android: Opened story disappears when switching apps or unlocked

Hi. Version 14.4.0.

Salient preferences:

  • Stories shown: Unread only
  • After mark read: Stay here
  • Mark stories read: Immediately

Since the recent large update to the app, I find that if:

  • I open a story, get part way through reading it
  • Switch away from the app (e.g.: decide to open the story in a browser, or leave the phone unattended and it locks)

Then, upon returning to the app:

  • The opened story has disappeared, and I’ve returned to the list of stories in that particular feed.
  • The story I was reading is no longer listed (probably because it was marked as read when I opened it).

It’s like it refreshed the story list for the feed in the background, and because I don’t display read stories it clobbered the one I had open.

When this happens and I hadn’t finished with it, I usually have to flick over to Read Stories and re-open it there.

Note:

  • This doesn’t always happen if I’ve switched away and back briefly (e.g. a minute or two). Only if I’m away from the app for some time.

Desired behaviour:

  • Upon returning to the app, the screen is exactly as I left it with the story I was reading opened and the scroll position unchanged.

Ta. (That’s Australian for, “Thanks”!)

This sounds related to, and perhaps a device-specific version of, this bug: Android: Leaving App Focus and Returning Loses Scroll Location