956865 - Calling BrowserApp.addTab with no parameters causes odd behavior

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: General, defect, P5)

Description

[Mike Kaply [:mkaply]]

If you do:

let tab = BrowserApp.addTab();

You get back a tab, but a new tab is not actually created in the browser.

If you load a page into this tab, it changes the content of the current page, but the URL bar doesn't change.

If you are on the home screen, it loads the page behind the scenes (you can see loading messages on the console), but the content never changes.

Passing any parameter works correctly (null, "about:blank")

I got this code from:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/Firefox_for_Android/API/BrowserApp

Comment from mfinkle:

might be failing silently here:

https://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/mobile/android/chrome/content/browser.js#2695

Comment 1

[Brad Lassey [:blassey] (use needinfo?)]

filter on [mass-p5]

Comment 2

[BMO Automation]

Per policy at https://wiki.mozilla.org/Bug_Triage/Projects/Bug_Handling/Bug_Husbandry#Inactive_Bugs. If this bug is not an enhancement request or a bug not present in a supported release of Firefox, then it may be reopened.

Comment 3

[Mike Kaply [:mkaply]]

Legacy Extensions.