890818 - Video player opens behind the YouTube overlay when launched from an app

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox OS Graveyard :: Gaia::System, defect)

Description

[Matthew N. [:MattN]]

STR:
1) Load the Facebook everything.me app
2) Find a YouTube video a friend shared and click on the play icon in the Facebook timeline
3) An YouTube overlay appears with an X in the upper left.
4) Click the |> (play) icon within the YouTube webpage to start playing the video

Expected result:
The system media player appears on top of everything and plays the video

Actual result:
After a delay for buffering, I can hear the audio playing but I see no video because the YouTube overlay is above the system video player. Tapping the X in the top-left of the YouTube overlay shows me the media player with the video playing.

Reproducible: always

Until a user learns that the video is playing behind the overlay, this is very frustrating and seems totally broken.  After figuring out what's going on it's still a really poor UX since you have to close the YouTube overlay to see the video which means you can't comment/share/save/etc. the video on YouTube after without re-opening the overlay from the original app (if possible).

Build: unagi/1.1.0/beta
20130701070213

Comment 1

[BMO Automation]

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