Closed Bug 856489 Opened 11 years ago Closed 11 years ago

invalid address for bad share url

Categories

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: Android Sync, defect)

Product:
Firefox for Android Graveyard
Component:
Android Sync
Platform:
x86
macOS
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 799615

People

(Reporter: jack, Unassigned)

Details

Sharing from the Twitter app on Android to Firefox Sync causes tabs with errors to be opened on the desktop. This may be a bug in Twitter, but it seems like this could be handled much better.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Click share on any tweet in Twitter on Android
2. Pick Firefox Sync as destination sending to desktop Firefox
3. Sync on desktop

Here is an example of the data this sends:

1364780186989	Sync.Engine.Clients	DEBUG	Processing command: displayURI(Paul Snively (@psnively) tweeted at 3:24 PM on Sun, Mar 31, 2013:
Stated vs. revealed preference? http://t.co/DL6re74f2t It’s been speculated that this bent toward zero-sum games reflects the innatel...
(https://twitter.com/psnively/status/318473938512515074)

Get the official Twitter app at https://twitter.com/download,eTxKTgG8w0hH,Tweet from Paul Snively (@psnively))
1364780186989	Sync.Engine.Clients	INFO	Received a URI for display: Paul Snively (@psnively) tweeted at 3:24 PM on Sun, Mar 31, 2013:
Stated vs. revealed preference? http://t.co/DL6re74f2t It’s been speculated that this bent toward zero-sum games reflects the innatel...
(https://twitter.com/psnively/status/318473938512515074)

Get the official Twitter app at https://twitter.com/download (Tweet from Paul Snively (@psnively)) from eTxKTgG8w0hH

At no point is any error raised aside from the tab on the desktop showing "address isn't valid". I had to fish this message out of the success log for sync.

It seems that an error should be raised on Android. Or if not there, then perhaps the tab could open to an error message that displays the content that was sent? Or perhaps the sharing code could attempt to extract a uri out of the message (although this is likely to cause more confusion as it's perhaps not the URI they intended to share).

Perhaps Firefox sync is overzealous in registering to accept these shares in the first place?
I suspect this is a duplicate of bug 799615, which will be fixed in Fx21 (about to hit beta next week).
I can confirm that the fix for bug 799615 fixes my issue. I just tested the nightly.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 11 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Product: Mozilla Services → Android Background Services
Product: Android Background Services → Firefox for Android
Product: Firefox for Android → Firefox for Android Graveyard
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