1558502 - Local file doesn't load from Homescreen Shortcut

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: General, defect)

Description

[M8R-p7]

STR.

1. Load a local HTML file, eg from the Downloads folder.
2. Once loaded, long-press the address bar and then select 'Add Page Shortcut'.
3. Place the shortcut on the homescreen.
4. Tap the shortcut.

Expected result:
The page opens in a new tab.

Actual Result:
The browser opens a blank page.
Refreshing navigates to 'about:blank'.
The tabs list shows the correct cached thumbnail.

Work around:
Tapping the address bar and then the 'go' arrow loads the page as expected.
Loading from a bookmark works as expected.

Tested on Android 9 from the Play Store:

• Beta (68.0b5 and 68.0b7, possibly earlier)
• Nightly (68.0a1 2019-06-10)

Comment 1

[Diana Rus]

Hi, I reproduced the issue with device Huawei MediaPad M3 Lite 10 (Android 7.0) with builds: Firefox Nightly 68.0a1 (2019-06-11) and Firefox Beta 68.0b9. On Firefox Release 67.0.2 I did not reproduce the issue. I will mark the ticket as new.

Comment 2

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco/ :calixte]]

The priority flag is not set for this bug.
:st3fan, could you have a look please?

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Comment 3

[Diana Rus]

Hi, I reproduce the issue with device Huawei MediaPad M3 Lite 10 (Android 7.0) with builds Firefox Nightly 70.0a1 (2019-08-13), ESR Firefox Beta 68.1b6

Comment 4

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco/ :calixte]]

Change the status for beta to have the same as nightly and release.
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Comment 5

[Kevin Brosnan [Ex-Mozilla]]

I expect this is fallout from fixing bug 1558299 mozregression could say for sure.

Comment 6

[Liz Henry (:lizzard) (relman/hg->git project)]

baku is this something you could investigate? It's from a change in 68.

Comment 7

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

Closing this since this now works as expected. Fully recognizing this is a behaviour change.

Comment 9

[Kevin Brosnan [Ex-Mozilla]]

Wontfix explains the situation better.

Comment 10

[Chris Peterson [:cpeterson]]

Removing regressionwindow-wanted keyword because this bug has been resolved.

Comment 11

[Chris Peterson [:cpeterson]]

Removing regressionwindow-wanted keyword because this bug has been resolved.