1556401 - The Fennec icon is too small in the new EU browser & search engine selection screen

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: General, defect, P1)

Description

[Andrei Bodea[:andrei]]

Attachment: Screenshot_20190605-190027_Google Play Store.jpg

Environment:

Device: Samsung Galaxy Note 9(Android 8.1.0)
Build: Latest RC 67.0.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Launch Play Store.
2. Wait until the new EU browser & search engine selection screen is displayed.

Expected result:

The Fennec(RC) icon size should be like the one from Focus browser.

Actual result:

The Fennec(RC) icon is way too small.

Notes

This issue occurs on all devices/android versions.
For more details please see the attachment:

Comment 1

[Chris Peterson [:cpeterson]]

Chrome, Focus, and Opera are not complying with the Play Store's new icon size requirements yet, so their icons are conveniently larger than Fennec's and Samsung Internet's icons.

Comment 2

[Devin Reams]

Attachment: Play Console

Context: https://developer.android.com/google-play/resources/icon-design-specifications

Comment 3

[Chris Peterson [:cpeterson]]

Attachment: Browser_Choice_screen_with_512px_boxes.png

This is not a Fennec bug. Google's latest Play Store icon specifications specify that icons should be 512px with logos not exceeding 384px. The Firefox and Samsung Internet icons follow the new guidelines: their logos are 384px within a 512px icon. The Chrome, Focus, and Opera icons do not follow the new guidelines. For whatever reason, the Browser Choice screen was designed so the new 512px icons are smaller than the old icons. That shrinks the 384px logo even smaller.

This screenshot shows the 512px icon size in green boxes and the old icon size in magenta boxes:

https://developer.android.com/google-play/resources/icon-design-specifications

Comment 4

[Peter Saint-Andre [:stpeter]]

I've reached out to folks at Google about this and will report back.

Comment 5

[Marcia Knous [:marcia]]

Hello Peter - Did you hear back from Google? Thanks.

Comment 6

[Peter Saint-Andre [:stpeter]]

Our Google contact told us that their new icon standard resulted in our icon decreasing in size compared to its prior format. Until they can fix the issue, they will revert our icon to the last approved "original specification" icon. No action is required at this time, but let's leave the bug open while we verify.

Comment 7

[Peter Saint-Andre [:stpeter]]

Were we able to verify Google's reversion to our old (correctly sized) icon?

Comment 8

[Chris Peterson [:cpeterson]]

Tentatively marking this bug as fixed in Fennec ESR 68 so it will show up in QA's list of bugs to verify.

Comment 9

[Stefan Deiac]

Attachment: Screenshot_2019-08-30-10-44-00-619_com.android.vending.png

Hello, this is what we have for now about this problem.
Device:

• Xiaomi Mi 8Lite (Android 9);

Comment 10

[Laurentiu Apahidean]

I have verified the issue in the Play Store using 2 new google play accounts and the issue no longer occurs. According to comment 3 this is not a Fennec bug therefore I will mark it as verified for all Fennec versions.

Comment 11

[Laurentiu Apahidean]

Attachment: Screenshot_20190917-175000_Google Play Store.jpg