It's not called a hard level for nothing. If you are on mobile, you can exit and reenter without losing a life or boosters - as long as you don't make a move. the four wrapped candies will clear a lot of the board. Once you have a five+ wide open area, focus on making candy bombs, but only use them in a combo. Don't work…
Learning how to move a fruit sideways is a very important skill that becomes more and more important as the levels get harder. If the fruit is not at the exit, you have to move it. You could collect sugar drops to get a hand booster, but better to learn how to move sideways. Take a look at other candies. It might take many…
In my experience, random crashes are from running out of memory. If you have apps running with background app refresh (settings), turn them off. Try a "hard reboot" - hold down both the power buttons and home buttons at the same time until the iPhone/pad resets. It takes longer to restart, but will free up memory.
There is nothing particularly difficult about this level. I would suggest a lot of practice using level 281. That level is almost impossible to lose, and you can improve learning how to make candy bombs and wrapped candies. Level 281 should be where you start each day - you'll get 20 sugar drops easily which earns you free…
When you clear a licorice, it will not generate a new one on the next turn, and it will only generate one per turn. You start with 19, so you need to create 16. Clearing one, wait a turn, get another, clear.. consumes 3 turns per licorice which won't work. Avoid moves that clear licorice until you have enough built up to…
I have noticed this as well on an iPad. The problem seems to be if you have random non-Facebook "friends" assigned to you, one of them is "stuck". Uncheck random friends - especially the kingnnnnnnn users - until the send works and the window closes.
Avoid releasing the candy bombs at all cost. Encourage a shuffle by letting the chocolate grow. A shuffle always creates a match somewhere. Try to clear the popcorn and form more candy bombs. Even so, it is very hard