881602 - CSS3D Cube application displays error when launched

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Tech Evangelism Graveyard :: English US, defect)

Description

[Leo]

STR:
  1. Open marketplace and install css3dcube application
  2. Launch the installed application

Expected:
  The application should run properly

Actual:
  The application displays an error message and starts working

Comment 1

[Leo]

Hi Jason,

Please let know how to handle bugs w.r.t 3rd party applications installed from MarketPlace.

Comment 2

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

(In reply to Leo from comment #1)
> Hi Jason,
> 
> Please let know how to handle bugs w.r.t 3rd party applications installed
> from MarketPlace.

I'm guessing this is probably a WebGL bug. I just moved it into the correct component.

Comment 3

[Karen Ward [:kward]]

Andrew, please work with the developer on this one. Thanks.

Comment 4

[Andrew Williamson [:eviljeff]]

Jason says this is a WebGL bug, rather than with the app itself.

Comment 5

[Karen Ward [:kward]]

(In reply to Leo from comment #1)
> Hi Jason,
> 
> Please let know how to handle bugs w.r.t 3rd party applications installed
> from MarketPlace.

Hello, Please mark bugs associated with 3rd party apps with [apps watch list1] in the whiteboard field.  This is the quickest way to flag pick up by our Apps Review team and communication to 3rd party developers.

Comment 6

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

Attachment: Logcat

Comment 7

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

Actually, I was wrong here. It's not a WebGL bug - this is an app developer bug. When you launch the app, within a few seconds, the app tries to install itself to the device using the mozApps API. Since we ban reinstallation of apps, trying to do this when the app is already installed will fire the REINSTALL_FORBIDDEN error, as we see in the logcat:

07-17 14:25:33.777: E/GeckoConsole(111): [JavaScript Error: "Error installing app from: http://jaydson.org: REINSTALL_FORBIDDEN" {file: "resource://gre/modules/Webapps.jsm" line: 1690}]

So the app should be instead detecting that it's within an app and not trying to install itself in that case to avoid that error.

Comment 8

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

Andrew - Can you fire a message over to the app developer about this problem?

Comment 9

[Lisa Brewster [:adora]]

Developer has been notified.

Comment 10

[Milan Sreckovic [:milan] (needinfo for best results)]

This exists on 1.0.1 as well, right?  At least, I can reproduce it on 1.0.1.  Is there anything for us to do here, or just wait for the developer to do the right thing?

Comment 11

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

(In reply to Milan Sreckovic [:milan] from comment #10)
> This exists on 1.0.1 as well, right?  At least, I can reproduce it on 1.0.1.
> Is there anything for us to do here, or just wait for the developer to do
> the right thing?

No action on your team here. This is all on the app developer's side.

Comment 12

[Karen Ward [:kward]]

Lisa - Should this bug be closed? Developer has been notified but the app does pass App Review requirements, right?

Comment 13

[Karen Ward [:kward]]

Developer notified.  Action is tracked through App review tools.