1183739 - Very slow launch transition from suspended to active (staring at splash screen)

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox for iOS :: General, defect)

Description

[Aaron Train [:aaronmt]]

On my iPhone 6, I had Firefox suspended and went out to lunch, came back tapped the icon on my home-screen and saw Firefox launch and sit idle on the splash screen for maybe 8 seconds before the browser came up and my site restored

Comment 1

[Aaron Train [:aaronmt]]

I'm going to spend some time to see if I can reliably reproduce this.

Comment 2

[Aaron Train [:aaronmt]]

Ok this should do the trick; at least for me on my iPhone 6.

1. Load a site
2. Reboot device
3. Launch Firefox

See sadness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMiU0Dn6zHs

Comment 3

[Aaron Train [:aaronmt]]

This seems to be reproducible on Build #23 only but not on master.

Comment 4

[Richard Newman [:rnewman]]

Aaron, still affects 24?

Comment 5

[Aaron Train [:aaronmt]]

Indeed

Comment 6

[Aaron Train [:aaronmt]]

Still see this, hoping it 'goes away' with in-store build

Comment 7

[Richard Newman [:rnewman]]

How is this now, Aaron?

Comment 8

[Maurya Talisetti]

I still see this. In fact, as per my recollection, the first time I tried Firefox for iOS, my immediate observation was that it was quite slow to launch. While a native app like Safari opens up in about 2 seconds, Firefox takes about 4 or more seconds. For new users, this can make them impatient as they'd feel like they are waiting too long. One option, if we can't get rid of the delay, would be to incrementally display UI elements as they are loaded. Instead of the splash screen. This would at least make users less impatient.

Comment 9

[Aaron Train [:aaronmt]]

Do you have steps to replicate the issue reliably?

Comment 10

[Maurya Talisetti]

Aaron, I just updated to v5.3 (up from 5.0) and it opens up in 2 seconds. So, I don't see the issue anymore. I hadn't listed any steps as such because I was referring to a cold and fresh launch of the app.