826920 - If no apps are open, app-switcher makes phone screen unresponsive (until you hit home button -- but it's not obvious that you need to do that)

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox OS Graveyard :: Gaia::System, defect)

Description

[Daniel Holbert [:dholbert]]

STR:
 0. Don't have any apps open, to start with. 

 1. Hold down home button. (Let's say you're a new user, trying to use the phone, and you press buttons for a little bit too long.)

    --> Screen dims a bit, as (empty) app-switcher takes the foreground. 

 2. OK, now your phone has a slightly dimmer screen but otherwise looks normal. Try to interact with it. (e.g. try to launch an app from home screen)

ACTUAL RESULTS: Phone scren is completely unresponsive (until you tap home button again, to leave app-switcher) The (invisible) app-switcher sucks up all touch events and ignores them, apparently.

EXPECTED RESULTS: Touching screen should probably dismiss the app switcher.

Comment 1

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

Doesn't block - it's a tad awkward, but easy to work-around.

Comment 2

[Jonathan Kew [:jfkthame]]

(In reply to Daniel Holbert [:dholbert] from comment #0)
> STR:
>  0. Don't have any apps open, to start with. 
> 
>  1. Hold down home button. (Let's say you're a new user, trying to use the
> phone, and you press buttons for a little bit too long.)
> 
>     --> Screen dims a bit, as (empty) app-switcher takes the foreground. 

On my device (Peak, running a pretty current Gaia-master+mozilla-central build) the screen goes completely blank, not just slightly dim.

>  2. OK, now your phone has a slightly dimmer screen but otherwise looks
> normal. Try to interact with it. (e.g. try to launch an app from home screen)
> 
> ACTUAL RESULTS: Phone scren is completely unresponsive (until you tap home
> button again, to leave app-switcher) The (invisible) app-switcher sucks up
> all touch events and ignores them, apparently.
> 
> EXPECTED RESULTS: Touching screen should probably dismiss the app switcher.

Perhaps the app-switcher should have a "placeholder" message such as "No apps currently running" when it is otherwise empty, displayed in a large, friendly button that the user can tap to dismiss it and return to the home screen.

Comment 3

[Daniel Holbert [:dholbert]]

(In reply to Jonathan Kew (:jfkthame) from comment #2)
> >     --> Screen dims a bit, as (empty) app-switcher takes the foreground. 
> 
> On my device (Peak, running a pretty current Gaia-master+mozilla-central
> build) the screen goes completely blank, not just slightly dim.

Me too, on my current Unagi/1.1.0/beta nightly build.

Comment 4

[BMO Automation]

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