Latest iBooks 3 is Always Jettisoned with Large PDFs

Originator:jon
Number:rdar://12577507 Date Originated:25-Oct-2012 05:16 PM
Status:Closed Resolved:Yes
Product:iPad/iBooks Product Version:3.0
Classification:Crash Reproducible:Always
 
25-Oct-2012 05:16 PM Jon Stacey:
Summary:
The latest version of iBooks is jettisoned shortly after opening and before any files are listed on the 1st generation iPad.

Steps to Reproduce:
Get a 1st generation iPad. Put a large PDF document on it using iTunes. For example, mine is just shy of 500MB.

Expected Results:
I expect iBooks to display all my books and PDFs normally, and to open the large PDF if I so choose in a memory efficient manner that doesn't cause the app to be jettisoned.

Actual Results:
With at least one large PDF in the collection, then iBooks will be jettisoned shortly after opening and is completely unusable. There is no way to switch between books and PDF collections, and no assets are listed.

Regression:
This was not a problem on the last version of iBooks which handled the exact same PDF without crashing. It was very very slow, but it opened and once opened was usable. iBooks 3 on the other hand doesn't even list the book before it's jettisoned.

Notes:
If I delete the PDF, then iBooks will open as expected. The PDF is not malformed because the old version read the same PDF file without trouble [albeit it took a long time to load].


25-Oct-2012 05:17 PM Jon Stacey:
The iPad was restarted gracefully in between attempts to get this working.

Comments

Closed

28-Nov-2012 02:33 PM Apple Developer Bug Reporting Team : Engineering has requested the following information in order to further investigate this issue:

Please verify this issue with iBooks 3.0.2 GM and let us know your results.

29-Nov-2012 02:09 PM Jon Stacey: I retested with the same PDF and it appears that the last update of iBooks has corrected the problem on the 1st generation iPad. iBooks now performs as it did before the iBook 3 release [i.e. slow with large PDFs, but working].

Thank you! I'll mark the issue as resolved.

This issue has been verified as resolved and can be closed.

By jon at Nov. 29, 2012, 9:10 p.m. (reply...)

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