Closed Bug 1226456 Opened 10 years ago Closed 7 years ago

Opening a link from a widget causes Firefox to open then immediately exit

Categories

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: General, defect)

Product:
Firefox for Android Graveyard
Component:
General
Version:
42 Branch
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

People

(Reporter: captpackrat, Unassigned)

Details

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:42.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/42.0 Build ID: 20151029151421 Steps to reproduce: Tap on a link in the Baconreader widget. This may also occur with other widgets, but I don't have any that open web links to test it. Actual results: Firefox appears to open for just a moment, then immediately exits (or crashes, not sure. No errors are ever displayed). This only happens if Firefox was already running. When Firefox is opened again, all previously opened tabs are gone. If Firefox had been closed earlier, it will open correctly. This is 100% reproducible on two different devices, a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 and a Note 3. Expected results: It should open the link.
This appears to be an issue with the new "open multiple links" option. If enabled, tapping on a link opens the page in the background and Firefox never appears. This, however, is not something I want to happen, I want Firefox to open immediately, so I prefer to have that option disabled. When it's disabled, the problem occurs 100% of the time if Firefox is already running.
There was a prompt introducing the new feature and you opted into it. It can be disable in the settings. See https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/open-links-background-later-viewing-firefox-android for details.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 10 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
Please read my bug report before closing it. Disabling that feature causes Firefox to misbehave. It exits (or crashes) when I try to open a link.
Status: RESOLVED → UNCONFIRMED
Resolution: INVALID → ---
Hi, thanks for your report. I tried to reproduce the issue with: OnePlus 5T (Android 8.0.0), LG G4 (Android 6.0) and Nexus 6P ( Android 8.1.0) on latest Nightly and I can't. Can you retry on latest Nightly? Also, do you have any additional steps or specific settings?
Flags: needinfo?(captpackrat)
Hi, Due to the lack of additional info, I'll close this issue as Incomplete. If the reporter (or anyone else) can provide more information, please feel free to reopen or comment on the issue, and we'll have a thorough look on it. Thanks,
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 10 years ago → 7 years ago
Resolution: --- → INCOMPLETE

removing stale NI

Flags: needinfo?(captpackrat)
Product: Firefox for Android → Firefox for Android Graveyard
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