1393766 - Deep Link to Sync settings not firing correctly

Status: NEW

(Firefox for iOS :: General, defect, P3)

Description

[Simon Basca [:SimonB]]

Build: master bbaa76973a
Device: iPhone 7
iOS: 10.3.3

Steps tom reproduce:
1. Launch Firefox
2. Go to Leanplum, send a test message with the Open URL action with the deeplink for the Sync Settings (firefox://deep-link?url=settings/fxa)

Actual results:
- After sending the message with deeplink the Settings screen will be displayed on iOS device. 

Expected results:
- The "Sign in to sync" screen should be displayed.

Comment 1

[:sdaswani]

This is intended behavior - unfortunately since there was no way to open the Sign In Page directly, we had to settle on just opening the top level settings page, and then we have to hope that the user clicks through to sign in, which is the topmost entry.

Comment 2

[Justin D'Arcangelo [:justindarc]]

(In reply to Susheel Daswani from comment #1)
> This is intended behavior - unfortunately since there was no way to open the
> Sign In Page directly, we had to settle on just opening the top level
> settings page, and then we have to hope that the user clicks through to sign
> in, which is the topmost entry.

Why is this not possible?

Comment 3

[:sdaswani]

(In reply to Justin D'Arcangelo [:justindarc] from comment #2)
> (In reply to Susheel Daswani from comment #1)
> > This is intended behavior - unfortunately since there was no way to open the
> > Sign In Page directly, we had to settle on just opening the top level
> > settings page, and then we have to hope that the user clicks through to sign
> > in, which is the topmost entry.
> 
> Why is this not possible?

I'm not sure - Bryan worked with Stephan Leroux on it and I think they determined it wasn't going to happen. If you can make it happen Jean would love it! :)

Comment 4

[Stefan Arentz | :st3fan | ⏰ EST | he/him]

We have multiple places in the app where we open the sign in page (empty state for synced tabs, onboarding) - so I'm sure this should work.