[Bug] Tapping an inline location stopped working on mobile

[eliaskg]

Tapping used to open the map view, now it does nothing. Holding still opens the sub menu.

Tested on iOS 18.2.1, Obsidian 1.7.7, map-view 5.5.0

Does work under Mac OS with map-view 5.5.0

[esm7]

That's weird, I added functionality for holding, but didn't change anything for tapping.

1. What menu do you see when holding? If you can take a screenshot of that menu it could be helpful. I'm trying to understand if it's the stock Obsidian one (meaning the link handling doesn't work at all) or the Map View overriden one.
2. In the Map View plugin settings, under Geolinks in Notes, what do you have turned on?

[eliaskg]

When holding I get the same context menu like when holding a location in the actual map view:

Here are the settings for "Geolinks in Notes":

[esm7]

I tried to compare how this code changed in the past months, and wondering, do you possibly recall what was the previous version of Map View that you used and worked?

[eliaskg]

I update my plugins quite frequently so I assume I was on 5.1.0 before

I have also deactivated all other plugins besides map-view as a test.

[esm7]

The thing is that there was an issue (#295) that caused 5.1.0 to not be automatically shown as an update, so if you did not install Map View from scratch since November, or updated manually (e.g. by building it yourself), you were probably not in 5.1.0.
I suspect a specific 5.1.0 change broke the links for you, so it would be helpful if we can verify this point. Any chance you recognize any of the 5.1.0 changes as something you have seen, e.g. the orange dot when a filter is active, usage of country flag emojis, or HiDPI?

[eliaskg]

This is how the filter view looks like:

[esm7]

That's 5.5.0. Did you notice some variation of the orange dot before you upgraded to 5.5.0?

[eliaskg]

Sorry I wasn't, as I never used the filter function. I could try to re-install map-view but is there a way to preserve all custom settings I made?

[esm7]

No need for any trouble. I have a pretty solid theory of what went wrong, though it's surprising it happens only on iOS.
I'll try to have a fix to test in the upcoming days. I see you have a bunch of repos on Github, is it safe to assume you're technical enough to transfer and replace the files under your .obsidian/plugins/obsidian-map-view directory on the phone?

[eliaskg]

Got you, yeah that would be no problem. Happy to help, let me know.

[esm7]

Ok, so this is a mechanism that seems to be hard to get right in all platforms.
Would you mind trying the attached debug version (unzip mv.zip to replace main.js under the VAULT_FOLDER/.obsidian/plugins/obsidian-map-view)?
It is not supposed to be a fix, just a way to verify the theory of how iOS is behaving differently.
When you click a geolink in a note, you should see a popup saying "Please let me know if you see this popup". Can you confirm you are seeing it in Mac OS but not in iOS?

mv.zip

[eliaskg]

On desktop I get the popup and the map view opens after I close it:

No changes on mobile:

ScreenRecording_02-16-2025.19-37-12_1.mov

[esm7]

This confirms my suspicion of what works differently on iOS, I'll try a few options of how to bypass this and hopefully come up with something.

[eliaskg]

I just experienced a strange occurrence when I tapped on an inline location link immediately after opening a note. Your debug popup appeared, and right after that, the map opened. I went back to the note and tried it again, but this time, the old behavior returned. I've tried to reproduce the issue without success so far, but I thought this information might help you. I will report back if I manage to understand when this happens.

[eliaskg]

Update: it could be that the note was in reading view as I just discovered that inline location links work totally fine that way