Android user here. Both the Kindle Fire HD and phone app make you address any request that pops up. For me that's game requests mostly. It doesn't let me do anything else til I accept or decline.
There isn't a problem like this in my computer chess.com app. Friend requests appear in messages and I can play games and solve puzzles without responding. I think this is a problem in mobile chess.com apps
Android user here. Both the Kindle Fire HD and phone app make you address any request that pops up. For me that's game requests mostly. It doesn't let me do anything else til I accept or decline.