766636 - hide the in-app update UI on channels where we don't use it (or launch the play store to update)

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: General, defect)

Description

[Michelle Luna]

We should hide the Check for Updates button in Beta and Release channels if we aren't using it. When I tap it, it says there are no updates, even when there are updates available in the play store.

Comment 1

[Aaron Train [:aaronmt]]

Sounds like a duplicate of bug 619801.

Comment 2

[Matt Brubeck (:mbrubeck)]

Bug 619801 did not actually fully ship, because it depended on a build change from bug 609705 that got backed out because it broke the feedback add-on.

The feedback add-on isn't an issue any more, though we also need to make sure that the correct channel is send in the blocklist ping for metrics.  As long as that works, we should be able to use that technique for this bug:  Add --disable-updater to the release mozconfigs, and wrap the UI in #ifdefs.

Comment 5

[Aaron Train [:aaronmt]]

We still do this. Some folks still get confused.

Comment 6

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