1240700 - "Save as PDF" requires Storage permission

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: General, defect)

Description

[Sebastian Kaspari (:sebastian; :pocmo)]

"Page -> Save as PDF" requires the Storage permission: Prompt if needed.

Comment 1

[Sebastian Kaspari (:sebastian; :pocmo)]

Attachment: MozReview Request: Bug 1240700 - "Save as PDF": Request Storage permission. r?nalexander

Review commit: https://reviewboard.mozilla.org/r/31409/diff/#index_header
See other reviews: https://reviewboard.mozilla.org/r/31409/

Comment 2

[Nick Alexander :nalexander [he/him]]

Comment on attachment 8709369 [details]
MozReview Request: Bug 1240700 - "Save as PDF": Request Storage permission. r?nalexander

https://reviewboard.mozilla.org/r/31409/#review28143

lgtm.

::: mobile/android/chrome/content/browser.js:1425
(Diff revision 1)
> +    RuntimePermissions.waitForPermissions(RuntimePermissions.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE).then(function(permissionGranted) {

I'm spit-balling here, but: there's something very unsatisfying about having to chain the result through.  I know I was saying not to make `false` a failure, but consider adding a `errorIfNotPermitted` or something so that you can do:
```
RuntimePermissions.errorIfNotGranted(PERMISSION)
  .then(() => ...)
  .catch((e) => /* ignore */))
```
In the code you have, people will forget the boolean check, possibly crashing the App on illegal access.

In the code I have, we'll see lots of "failures" in the logcat, since folks will forget to catch-and-ignore.  And worse, they'll catch-and-ignore real errors!  Keep it how it is.

Comment 3

[Sebastian Kaspari (:sebastian; :pocmo)]

(In reply to Nick Alexander :nalexander from comment #2)
> In the code you have, people will forget the boolean check, possibly
> crashing the App on illegal access.

And that's exactly what happened when I wrote this patch. :)

I agree that we can and should make the API better. I'll move this to a follow-up bug and land this patch here to get the issue fixed in Nightly asap.

Comment 4

[Sebastian Kaspari (:sebastian; :pocmo)]

(In reply to Sebastian Kaspari (:sebastian) from comment #3)
> I'll move this to a follow-up bug [..]

bug 1240859

Comment 5

[Sebastian Kaspari (:sebastian; :pocmo)]

https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/fx-team/rev/52e4a2480b5d96cfc6fb0da2a15735be72f33505
Bug 1240700 - "Save as PDF": Request Storage permission. r=nalexander

Comment 6

[Carsten Book [:Tomcat]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/52e4a2480b5d