713623 - Fennec does not work if android browser is disabled

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: General, defect, P3)

Description

[Michael Monreal [:micmon]]

Android 4 allows to disable apps. This would be useful to disable the default Android Browser [1], but after doing so, Firefox does no longer work.

[1] It would be very helpful to be able to disable the stock browser because right now apps which start a browser (Reader etc) ask for the default application after every update of Firefox... meaning every day when using Nighty :/

Comment 1

[Kevin Brosnan [Ex-Mozilla]]

I suspect this is due to us using the Android Browser data stores. bug 704490 added support for using a Firefox specific data store and switching to it may resolve this issue.

Comment 2

[Aaron Train [:aaronmt]]

Tested this on my Galaxy Nexus (Android 4.0.4). 

History/bookmark import is busted with the Android Browser disabled and yields a crash: bp-20197548-ca13-432e-b42b-de9262120628

Comment 3

[Aaron Train [:aaronmt]]

(Other than that, I don't see any other bustage)

Comment 4

[Gian-Carlo Pascutto [:gcp]]

Being able to disable the built-in browser would certainly help explain bug 768900.

Comment 5

[Gian-Carlo Pascutto [:gcp]]

..is that the right crash report though?

https://crash-stats.mozilla.com/report/index/20197548-ca13-432e-b42b-de9262120628
doesn't look related at all.

Comment 6

[Aaron Train [:aaronmt]]

Filing a new bug for that (bug 769263). Closing this one.