Facebook app crashes on my iPad after updating to iOS 18.4

I have 2 ipads (A2925 and A2377) and the Facebook app is unuseable on both of them after updating to 18.4. As soon as I open Facebook, it either shuts back down, or if it is able to load, it will shut down as soon as I begin to scroll. The facebook app is up to date. I have also done a force restart on both iPads. It was working fine before the update.


The app IS working on my iPhone 15 Pro Max, but not at all on both iPads. Is this happening to anyone else? Is there a solution?



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iPad Pro, iPadOS 18

Posted on Apr 12, 2025 7:12 PM

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Posted on May 3, 2025 4:27 PM

Dougstofel wrote:
I just tried removing my Magic Keyboard….Problem gone! I can click on the “Photos” link and scroll through photos…no problem.
Reattach the Magic Keyboard…problem resurfaces!

It is a known problem with the Facebook app. Meta uses Custom Text Fields for input instead of using the Apple supplied UITextField, which is why you only see the problem with the Facebook app. It was just a couple of months ago where black boxes were appearing over the Text Fields and a year ago they had the same problem with text inputed from the Magic Keyboard causing the app to freeze.


Meta has updated Facebook 11 times in just the last month for bug fixes and they will eventually get around to this one too. The big question is will it break something else. They don't have a very good track record with iPad development.

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Apr 16, 2025 7:26 AM in response to Sja_321

Same thing happening to me since updating to IOS 18.4. Really annoying, but a bit of a relief to know it’s happening to others and not just a fault my end. I have just installed the latest facebook update and was hoping it would be fixed, but still doing it. Argh 😬

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Apr 30, 2025 1:58 PM in response to AKRBTN

Agreed. I believe it is a responsibility of the third-party in this case Facebook to make sure that their apps are compliant with any OS update be it Apple or Windows or even any Internet browsing software

I’ve already reported this to Apple. I need to find information how to report it to Facebook as well.


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May 9, 2025 3:34 PM in response to Sja_321

FB keeps shutting down like it just closes out on my 18.4 IOS on my IPad, even when I get notifications of someone’s post and go to it, it just shuts down and the … three dot dots at the top of any post won’t do anything can’t save post on articles or things I want to save. Almost getting useless to use or see anything. I’ve cleared the cache on FB app and even uninstalled and reinstalled.

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