Completed PDF form showing blank on iPad/iPhone

A few months back I asked for some help making some functionality on a PDF form work. Here is the link to that post: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/783271?tstart=0 I used a "read only" button/JavaScript to make the forms based on the help in the above post. I discovered this weekend that the forms show up blank when viewed on an iPad or iPhone after they have been filled in and "locked" through the JavaScript button. I did some quick Internet searches and found that completed Acrobat/Adobe forms have known issues displaying on the Apple iOS. So based on this information, am I correct in my assumptions? (I know my completed forms are not viewing correctly.) Also, is there any fix for this issue? Is there a workaround? Am I just making my forms incorrectly?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I was going to just let it go and forget the iOS problem but I decided I would post here and see if anyone has some advice.
Thanks

The problem is indeed the PDF viewer used in the iPhone does not support PDF forms. It is not related to how you created the form.
You can approach the problem in tow ways. Either use a PDF viewer on the iPhone/iPad that does support forms, or flattent the form before distributing it. The former approach may not be feasible, and the latter approach cannot work unless the person preparing the document has at least Acrobat Standard. Reader cannot flatten a form.

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