605727 - FF Home: selecting mailto: does not launch native Email app

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Cloud Services Graveyard :: Firefox Home, defect)

Description

[Tony Chung [:tchung]]

Selecting a mailto: link on a website should launch a email application and populate the email address in the message.   unfortunately, clicking it in FF home does nothing.

Repro:
1) install FF home 1.0.4b2.  Select native Apps = on
2) sync a site and open it in the FF Home browser that has a email contact (eg. see URL)
3) once the site is loaded, click the email contact link (eg. click [e-mail] mailto link)
4) verify nothing happens

Expected:
- clicking a mailto link should launch a email native app

Actual:
- clicking does nothing

Comment 1

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

Fixed as part of Use Native Apps functionality. Will be in 1.0.4b3.

If the device supports multitasking and Use Native Apps is enabled, we ask the iOS to open the mailto URL. This results in Mail.app being opened with a new message to the recipient.

Otherwise we open an in-app mail composer also with an emptu message to the recipient.

Changeset http://hg.mozilla.org/services/fx-home/rev/21118a9cb0ea

Comment 3

[Tony Chung [:tchung]]

Reopening.  the first part is fixed, it launches mail.app when configured.

However, if i disable my email accounts (or pretend i didnt set it up intially), it should fire up the setup mail screen.  (Safari Does this)

Instead, FF Home browser does nothing.

Comment 4

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

I will look into this, but I don't think we can do this. There is no API to launch that screen.

Comment 5

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

I tried some thing but I cannot get that Mail Setup dialog to appear. I think Safari uses a special case there.

Comment 6

[Naoki Hirata :nhirata (please use needinfo instead of cc)]

Verified with:
iPhone 3GS : iOS 4
iPod Touch : iOS 3