1180803 - Unable to switch homescreen

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox OS Graveyard :: Gaia, defect)

Description

[(not reading bugmail) Nick Desaulniers [:\n]]

Was this feature removed from Gaia?  I have a really neat WebGL homescreen I worked on a while ago, would love to publish + use.

Comment 1

[Michael Henretty [:mikehenrty][:mhenretty]]

I'm able to switch homescreens. Have you installed another app role=homescreen? Do you not seen the homescreens option in settings?

Comment 2

[(not reading bugmail) Nick Desaulniers [:\n]]

Settings > Homescreen > Layout Icon Layout Three Columns or Four Columns

is all I see.  Maybe the app is not sideloaded correctly from WebIDE, or there's some new stuff I need?

my manifest looks like:

{
  "name": "cubes",
  "description": "3d homescreen",
  "launch_path": "/cubes/cubes.html",
  "type": "web",
  "role": "homescreen",
  "type": "certified",
  "permissions": {
    "webapps-manage": {},
    "systemXHR": {}
  }
}

Comment 3

[Michael Henretty [:mikehenrty][:mhenretty]]

There are two entries in Settings now, Homescreen and Homescreens. Yeah, it's a little confusing I know. Homescreens is the one you want, and it is farther down the list than Homescreen.

Comment 4

[(not reading bugmail) Nick Desaulniers [:\n]]

Ah, yeah you have to install another homescreen first.  When I do this, and choose to change the homescreen, it gets stuck in an alert loop "File not found. The device can't display this page because the file cannot be found. Close." As long as I don't kill the settings app, I can switch back to it and reset the homescreen to get out of the loop.  I wonder if there's an issue with the launch_path not being "index.html" for my app?

Comment 5

[[:fabrice] Fabrice Desré]

can you paste your manifest?

Comment 6

[(not reading bugmail) Nick Desaulniers [:\n]]

Here's mine for testing: https://github.com/nickdesaulniers/3DHome

Comment 7

[[e-mail]]

For master we can use Home Screens panel to switch between homescreens,

And you can refer verticalhome manifest to double check if your own homescreen works as well
https://github.com/mozilla-b2g/gaia/blob/master/apps/verticalhome/manifest.webapp