783433 - navigator.mozApps.getSelf() does not return the app when the app is installed

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core Graveyard :: DOM: Apps, defect)

Description

[[e-mail] [:onecyrenus]]

From all experiments I believe navigator.mozApps.getSelf() does not return the app when the app is installed. 

The repro is the following
inside gaia/external-apps
mkdir webapitests
cd webapitests
wget http://people.mozilla.com/~dclarke/kofway/manfest.webapp
echo "http://people.mozilla.com/~dclarke/kofway/" >> origin
cd ../../
make 
make install-gaia

The icon will be there click to load, the message "The app is not installed" will show because there is nothing being returned in the getSelf success handler. 

If you check 

http://people.mozilla.com/~dclarke/kofway/js/start.js you will be able to see the code. 

Let me know if this is a bug or am doing something incorrectly.

Comment 1

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

Dug into this. In this source code below:

			function getSelf() {
				var request = window.navigator.mozApps.getSelf(); 
				request.onsuccess = function() { 
					alert("success");
					var result = request.result;
					alert(result);
					result.launch();
				};  
				request.onerror = function() {  
					// Display error name from the DOMError object
					alert("Error: " + request.error.name);  
				}; 
			}

In this example, I'm noticing request.result returning null even with an app installed.

Comment 2

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

Re-tested per Fabrice's feedback. I'm getting an app object on return of getSelf on desktop. Going to check Firefox OS now...

Comment 3

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

Opps. Closed to early.

Comment 4

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

Works for me on the latest build 8/17/2012.