635297 - No update notification from Beta 4 to Beta 5 on Android

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: General, defect)

Description

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

Mozilla/5.0 (Android; Linux armv71; rv2.0b12pre) Gecko/20110217 Firefox/4.0b12pre Fennec/4.0b  (beta 5 candidate 3)
Device: Droid 2 
OS: Android 2.2


 1.   download previous beta build
 2.  install that build
 3.  do some web browsing
 4.  go to about:config
 5.  set app.update.enabled to true
 6.  set app.update.interval to 120
 7.  set app.update.timer to 12000
 8. add a new "string" type: app.partner.test = test
 9. stop and restart fennec
 10.  wait about 4 minutes.

Expected: System Notification that states that there is an update
Actual : no notification

Note:
1. about:firefox button is not showing any updates either (known issue)

Comment 1

[Kevin Brosnan [Ex-Mozilla]]

In the last mobile meeting it was mentioned that updates are controlled through the Android Market. The Mozilla updater is not used for release builds. I don't know if there is a way for us to test Android Market updates.

Comment 2

[Aakash Desai [:aakashd]]

Stuart & Brad, is there a way to test the update process on the marketplace before its released out?

Comment 3

[Brad Lassey [:blassey] (use needinfo?)]

There is no reason to expect an update from beta 4 to beta 5 candidate builds.

(In reply to comment #2)
> Stuart & Brad, is there a way to test the update process on the marketplace
> before its released out?

no, not that I'm aware of anyway