1074466 - Link to Fennec search settings from search activity settings

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: Search Activity, defect)

Description

[:Margaret Leibovic]

Breaking this off of bug 1065891.

Comment 2

[:Margaret Leibovic]

I had a WIP for this at one point, but there were some difficult issues around the Gecko lifecycle (we need Gecko running to create the Fennec search settings page).

I tried two different solutions, each that had their own problem:

1) Directly launch search settings activity page: This had the benefit of immediately launching the correct settings, and preserving the activity back stack. The problem was that this settings page would be busted if Gecko wasn't already running.

2) Launch GeckoApp, using the ACTION_LAUNCH_SETTINGS flag to open settings: This made sure Gecko was running before launching the settings, but if GeckoApp wasn't already running, the user would see the browser UI appear before the settings screen would appear. Also, the main browser UI would enter the back stack, so you couldn't properly back out of settings into the search activity.

Comment 3

[Jan Henning [:JanH]]

This is an ex-Search Activity now (bug 1221344).