Early reports suggest that the root of the problem is the social media platform’s software development kit (SDK), which many third party applications are using to manage user logins. A very recent thread posted in GitHub revealed that numerous developers had reported with their apps and pinned the blame to Facebook as well. Meanwhile, those who’ve signed in to these applications via other means did not experience the crash. Android users also shared that no such issue was present when accessing the same apps on the Google platform.
— Rosie Percy (@rosiepercy) July 10, 2020 After the widespread reports of the error, Facebook would later acknowledge that it was indeed its software that caused the problem on Apple devices. “We are aware and investigating an increase in errors on the iOS SDK which is causing some apps to crash,” the company stated via their developer platform.
— Spotify Status (@SpotifyStatus) July 10, 2020 At the current time of writing this article, numerous users and developers have reported that some of the applications are no longer crashing. According to the current Facebook developer report, the team stated that the number of issues have begun to recede but they will still monitor the situation until it is completely resolved. (Source: Facebook [1] [2])
