785544 - Websites which open web apps re-request to open app when the user returns to Firefox

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: Web Apps (PWAs), defect, P3)

Description

[Michael Comella (:mcomella) [NI reported issues only: ex-Mozilla]]

Attachment: Screenshot of Android app selector

1) Open Firefox (with no apps installed)
2) Go to the Apps screen
3) Click the Mozilla Marketplace link and open the app through the doorhanger (keep the checkbox checked).
4) Hit the back button to return to Firefox

Expected: The device opens to the about:apps screen
Actual: The device is on the marketplace site, which uses Android's built-in functionality to prompt you to open the site in another app. See the attached screenshot.

Comment 1

[Michael Comella (:mcomella) [NI reported issues only: ex-Mozilla]]

The functionality this bug has issue with is similar to bug 785547.

Comment 2

[Wesley Johnston (:wesj)]

Attachment: Patch v1

This fixes some cases for me. It just sends us back to the previous page so that returning to Firefox shouldn't trigger the popup. In most cases that seems to be enough.

Comment 3

[Wesley Johnston (:wesj)]

Comment on attachment 655795 [details] [diff] [review]
Patch v1

I don't like this fix. I'm going to keep thinking about this.

Comment 4

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

Comment on attachment 655795 [details] [diff] [review]
Patch v1

nit: Add a comment as to why we are going back

Slightly hacky, but simple. Let's see how this works out in the field.

Comment 5

[Wesley Johnston (:wesj)]

We removed the helper apps implementation again. Closing this.