iOS stickers broken from 17.0.1 to now (18.0)
Stickers (particularly any custom stickers created from Photos app) do not appear in the sticker keyboard.
Bug:
Repro:
- In Photos app or in iMessages app from the keyboard, create a sticker from a photo. (Follow Apple's Official Instructions.)
Expected: sticker appears in sticker keyboard, can be sent in a message
Actual: if adding directly inside the keyboard in iMessages app, sticker appears for 1 second and then disappears. Unusable.
Affected versions: iOS 17.0.1 to iOS 18.0 (current).
History:
This problem has been publicly reported by thousands of users, has been publicly acknowledged by Apple Support. As of iOS 17.0.1 when this problem first appeared, Apple Support promised a quick fix. A few months later, they backtracked and said that engineering was still taking a look. Since then, Apple has completely overhauled the emoji / sticker keyboard UI, yet they have not deemed it necessary to fix the bug.
Prior art:
- Apple Support thread from iOS 17.0.1 [locked]
- Reddit thread circa iOS 17.0.1 (1 year ago)
- Reddit thread circa iOS 17.02
- Reddit thread with same bug: iOS 18.0