1530022 - Pass a WebResponse to ContentDelegate.onExternalResponse

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(GeckoView :: General, enhancement, P1)

Description

[James Willcox (:snorp) ([e-mail]) (he/him)]

This will enable apps to be able to read the response without having to make a second request.

Comment 1

[James Willcox (:snorp) ([e-mail]) (he/him)]

I thought this would be relatively easy after streaming support was added to WebResponse, but e10s stuff is proving thorny.

Comment 2

[Chris Peterson [:cpeterson]]

P2 because Fenix has not asked for this yet. Implementing this will be tricky due to e10s process issues.

Comment 3

[Tiger Oakes]

Fenix and Android-Components need this API (or some other way to access a stream from onExternalResponse) for a GeckoView-based DownloadManager, as previous discussed in 1522705.

A-C issue: https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/android-components/issues/1968

Comment 4

[James Willcox (:snorp) ([e-mail]) (he/him)]

(In reply to Tiger Oakes from comment #3)

Fenix and Android-Components need this API (or some other way to access a stream from onExternalResponse) for a GeckoView-based DownloadManager, as previous discussed in 1522705.

A-C issue: https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/android-components/issues/1968

Yeah, that would be ideal -- but for now, it's likely good enough to simply make a second request using GeckoWebExecutor.