1408857 - Search engines order is changed when restarting the browser

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: General, defect, P5)

Description

[Sorina Florean [:sflorean]]

Environment: 
Device: Huawei MediaPad M2 (Android 5.1.1), Nexus 6P (Android 8.0);
Build: Nightly 58.0a1 (2017-10-15);

Steps to reproduce:
1. Go to Settings -> Search and change the order of the search engines by setting them as default;
2. Restart the browser, type something in the URL bar and observe the "quick" search bar.

Expected result:
The search engines are in the same order as they were before restarting.

Actual result:
The order for search engines is changed. 

Notes: reproducible only when user is changing the order for first time.

Comment 1

[Nevin Chen(Not active on Bugzilla)]

NI Joe and Wesly to help prioritize this

Comment 2

[Sorina Florean [:sflorean]]

I wasn't able to find a valid regression range for this issue. Went as back as 2016-01-02 and the issue is still reproducible. And for build for 2015, the UI is different and older builds are crashing.

Comment 3

[Firefox Bug Husbandry Bot]

Re-triaging per https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1473195

Needinfo :susheel if you think this bug should be re-triaged.

Comment 4

[BMO Automation]

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