769712 - Unable to launch installed application from about:apps dashboard or notification tray

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

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

Description

[Aaron Train [:aaronmt]]

I am seeing this when installing 'Galactians 2' [1]. No shortcut is created, and in about:apps I see no icon but mere text that is still un-launchable. Alongside this, launching from the notification tray does not work as expected either

[1] https://marketplace.mozilla.org/en-US/app/galactians2/

On attempt to launch I see

E/GeckoConsole( 3711): No chrome package registered for chrome://browser/library/icon-128.png
I/GeckoAppShell( 3711): GeckoAppShell.showAlertNotification
I/GeckoAppShell( 3711): - image = 'drawable://alert_app'
I/GeckoAppShell( 3711): - title = 'Galactians2'
I/GeckoAppShell( 3711): - text = 'Successfully installed'
I/GeckoAppShell( 3711): - cookie = ''
I/GeckoAppShell( 3711): - name = 'webapp'
I/GeckoAppShell( 3711): Created notification ID -791806387
D/dalvikvm(  267): GC_CONCURRENT freed 2192K, 38% free 14625K/23431K, paused 2ms+5ms
E/GeckoConsole( 3711): [JavaScript Error: "CreateShortcut: favicon image load error" {file: "chrome://browser/content/browser.js" line: 5910}]

---

Manifest

    {  
      "version": "1.0",  
      "name": "Galactians2",  
      "description": "Blast, dodge and splat the swooping aliens. Look out for jelly bombs and guided missiles !",  
      "icons": {  
        "16": "/library/icon-16.png",  
        "48": "/library/icon-48.png",  
        "128": "/library/icon-128.png"  
      },  
      "developer": {  
        "name": "Space Monster Games",  
        "url": "http://www.spacemonstergames.co.uk"  
      },  
      "installs_allowed_from":   
        ["*"]  
      ,  
      "locales": {  
        "es": {  
          "description": "¡Acción abierta emocionante del desarrollo del Web!",  
          "developer": {  
            "url": "http://es.mozillalabs.com/"  
          }  
        },  
        "it": {  
          "description": "Azione aperta emozionante di sviluppo di fotoricettore!",  
          "developer": {  
            "url": "http://it.mozillalabs.com/"  
          }  
        }  
      },  
      "default_locale": "en"  
    }


--
Nightly (06/29)
Samsung Galaxy Nexus (Android 4.0.4)

Comment 1

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

This appears to be happening with every app right now. I can't launch the app from about:apps. No shortcut is being created. 

This also failed for Mozilla QA WebRT Tester and Favimon.

Comment 2

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

(In reply to Jason Smith [:jsmith] from comment #1)
> This appears to be happening with every app right now. I can't launch the
> app from about:apps. No shortcut is being created. 
> 
> This also failed for Mozilla QA WebRT Tester and Favimon.

Just tried another 3 apps - doesn't work either.

Comment 3

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

The default manifest for an app on testmanifest.com appears to work.

Comment 5

[Aaron Train [:aaronmt]]

Is this a dupe?

I just tested with a manifest:

{
   "name":"Mozilla Marketplace (Dev)",
   "default_locale":"en-US",
   "icons":{
      "128":"https://marketplace-dev-cdn.allizom.org/media/img/mkt/logos/128.png?b=90360cf",
      "32":"https://marketplace-dev-cdn.allizom.org/media/img/mkt/logos/32.png?b=90360cf",
      "64":"https://marketplace-dev-cdn.allizom.org/media/img/mkt/logos/64.png?b=90360cf"
   },
   "description":"The Mozilla Marketplace",
   "locales":{

   },
   "developer":{
      "url":"http://mozilla.org",
      "name":"Mozilla"
   }
}

with all absolute paths and no shortcut, or entry in about:apps was created

Comment 6

[Aaron Train [:aaronmt]]

(correction, I do get a shortcut, but no about:apps entry)

Comment 7

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

I am seeing shortcuts appearing that do launch the app, but the other two specified in comment 5 makes this sound like a different bug.

Comment 9

[Aaron Train [:aaronmt]]

Can we get an update here? This is blocking testing in some areas.

Comment 10

[Wesley Johnston (:wesj)]

This is a confusing bug. I see two issues right now:

1.) Launching from a notification is broken. This is a race that we apparently started hitting. Have a fix. Will file a new bug and post there.

2.) About:apps not showing stuff. Not sure what's up there. Looking into it. Will file a separate bug for that too.

Comment 11

[Wesley Johnston (:wesj)]

Filed bug 774422 and bug 774426. I'll mark them as blocking this.

Comment 12

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

(In reply to Wesley Johnston (:wesj) from comment #10)
> This is a confusing bug. I see two issues right now:
> 
> 1.) Launching from a notification is broken. This is a race that we
> apparently started hitting. Have a fix. Will file a new bug and post there.
> 
> 2.) About:apps not showing stuff. Not sure what's up there. Looking into it.
> Will file a separate bug for that too.

My bad. I'd say let's just get rid of this bug and use the other two bugs for tracking.