Option to crop/edit photos has disapeared.

[Ned Squiggly]

I went to my photo gallery to crop a picture and was surprised to find the option to edit was gone.
When I click on a picture, I get three icons at the bottom: 'related, share, and delete'. But the pencil icon (that used to be there for editing) is totally gone.
When I click on the 3 dots in the upper right corner, it gives me a slew of options, but not one for editing.
This is strange because I've used the photo editor many times, and as recently as a couple weeks ago.
Does anyone know what could've caused photo editing to disappear off this phone? Thanks for any replies.

 

[ManiacJoe]

Which phone?
Which version of android?
Which carrier?
Which picture viewing app?

 

[Ned Squiggly]

I think I posted this in the wrong forum.
I have the LG V30 running Oreo, on Verizon. It is the stock picture viewing app (gallery). The edit/crop function is completely gone.
It is strange because one of the biggest selling points of this phone is the camera/photo editing.

 

[Ned Squiggly]

I just found the fix...
A couple weeks ago I disabled the Google photos app because I didn't use it and what it would do in the backround with my photos.
I just enabled it now and the option to edit in my stock gallery is back.
Weird.

 

[ManiacJoe]

Glad to hear you got it solved.

If you are looking for alternative apps in the future these are the ones I use:
viewer/gallery -- "piktures" by Diune
editor -- Google's Snapseed
editor -- Adobe's Photoshop Express