847427 - Starting web-apps via shortcut without a profile; downloads .webapp and launches empty app

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: Web Apps (PWAs), defect, P2)

Description

[Aaron Train [:aaronmt]]

i) Nightly (03/04)
ii) Pacman Canvas (Alpha)
iii) Wipes your profile
iv) Launch Pacman

I/ActivityManager(  526): START u0 {act=org.mozilla.gecko.WEBAPP1 dat=http://pacman.platzh1rsch.ch/pacman-canvas.webapp flg=0x10000000 cmp=org.mozilla.fennec/.WebApps$WebApp1 bnds=[216,185][376,385]} from pid 883

I/ActivityManager(  526): Start proc org.mozilla.fennec:org.mozilla.fennec.WebApp1 for activity org.mozilla.fennec/.WebApps$WebApp1: pid=5783 uid=10126 gids={50126, 3003, 1015, 1006, 1028}

D/GeckoProfile( 5783): Created new profile dir at /data/data/org.mozilla.fennec/files/mozilla/vb0vh83i.webapp1

I/ActivityManager(  526): START u0 {act=android.intent.action.VIEW dat=file:///storage/emulated/0/Download/pacman-canvas.webapp typ=application/x-web-app-manifest+json flg=0x4000000} from pid 5783

Comment 1

[Aaron Train [:aaronmt]]

Probably not a high priority but is there a more common where this might be worth catching the issue here?

Comment 2

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

(In reply to Aaron Train [:aaronmt] from comment #1)
> Probably not a high priority but is there a more common where this might be
> worth catching the issue here?

How often do users wipe their profile? Rarely?

What's the workflow right now for users wiping profiles on FF Android?

Comment 3

[Aaron Train [:aaronmt]]

(In reply to Jason Smith [:jsmith] from comment #2)
> How often do users wipe their profile? Rarely?

I would imagine so and even less so with our audience using web-apps.
 
> What's the workflow right now for users wiping profiles on FF Android?

From within Android, go into the targeted package App Info → Clear Data, Clear Cache

Comment 4

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

Hmm...let's not track, but P2 only for the severity. Probability seems low, though.

Comment 5

[Wesley Johnston (:wesj)]

I think we should probably, if we ever load a url with a mimetype of application/x-web-app-manifest+json, just try to install? That creates a new install method where just opening a link that points to manifest would trigger an install, so I don't love it. We could do that for just this url-from-the-intent case though...

Comment 6

[[:fabrice] Fabrice Desré]

See also bug 756976

Comment 8

[Adrian Tamas (:AdrianT)]

Bug 856984 is still an issue now that there is a shotcut added by default on app install. On the HTC Desire Z (Android 2.3.3) the shortcut is not removed when the app is uninstalled. When the user opens the app from the remaining shortcut the app is opened without content and the download of a manifest.webapp is started.

Comment 9

[Myk Melez [:myk] [@mykmelez]]

This should no longer be an issue with Synthetic APKs, which were designed to work even if there is no Fennec browser profile on app firstrun.