Slack Android App Screen Goes Dark After Update on Android 11 and Below
After a Slack version update, users on Android 11 and below experience a completely dark display making the app unreadable. Standard troubleshooting like reinstalling does not resolve the issue, pointing to a version-specific regression.
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