741624 - Custom message for offline/unreachable apps.

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: Web Apps (PWAs), defect, P2)

Description

[:Harald Kirschner :digitarald]

When an app can't be shown due to connectivity, a better error message should be shown. It can utilize the app icon and name to tell the user that the app is only available when he is online.

For offline-capable apps that are not cached yet, the message can tell that the user needs to go online to set up the app. Specs for offline-capable flags for manifest are pending.

Comment 1

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

Note for testing - Lanyrd Mobile would be a good test case for this feature.

Comment 3

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

carrying blocking-kilimanjaro+ over from duped bug.

Comment 4

[Mark Finkle (:mfinkle) (use needinfo?)]

We need to get UX involved to come up with a good desktop and mobile strings for the error page. We would also need to get some platform help to create a new situation for the "offline app, but no network connection" state.

Comment 5

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

Doesn't sound like a blocker for the first release of the android web runtime - sounds like a nice to have IMO.

Comment 6

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

Requesting to re-evaluate - don't see why an improved error message should block k9o, seems very minor IMO.

Comment 7

[Sheila Mooney]

Nice to have but not k9o blocker.

Comment 8

[Myk Melez [:myk] [@mykmelez]]

Per bug 1235869, we're going to disable the Android web runtime, so we won't fix this bug in it.

(This is part of a bulk resolution of bugs in the Firefox for Android::Web Apps component, from which I attempted to exclude bugs that are not specific to the runtime, but it's possible that I included one accidentally.  If so, I'm sorry, and please reopen the bug!)