957684 - [B2G][Everything.me] Collections occasionally do not have icons when adding large numbers at the same time to the home screen

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

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

Description

[Darren]

Attachment: missing collection icon.jpg

Repro Steps:
1. Load Buri MOZ RIL Build: 20140106004001
2. Tap and hold on the Homescreen
3. Select "Add Collection"
4. Select All Collections

Actual Results:
Some of the collections added do not display an icon on the homescreen.

Expected Results:
All collections will display a set of icons for the name of the collection added.

Environmental Variables
Device: Buri v1.3.0 MOZ RIL
Build ID: 20140106004001
Gecko: http://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-aurora/rev/a43cb4b322d3
Gaia: 35a60b82f8cf2d759939a350e2dadbb9d8b2f5dc
Platform Version: 28.0a2

Comment 3

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

I've seen this problem happen previously when there's problems with a network connection when adding the collection. Some questions:

1. Do you see this consistently happen when testing the same collection (e.g. Movies)?
2. Can you ever reproduce this bug with a stable network connection?

Comment 4

[Darren]

It looks like it might be Category specific. I tried the issue with a cell connection and WIFI connection. 

Collection That Experienced the issue:
Culture
Entertainment
I'm So Bored
Movies
Shopping
TV
Theater
Weddings

Comment 5

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

(In reply to Darren from comment #4)
> It looks like it might be Category specific. I tried the issue with a cell
> connection and WIFI connection. 
> 
> Collection That Experienced the issue:
> Culture
> Entertainment
> I'm So Bored
> Movies
> Shopping
> TV
> Theater
> Weddings

I can't reproduce this - I'm seeing these collections filled when I test these out.

Comment 6

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

Ran - To my understanding, the behavior seen in this bug happens when a user tries to add a collection without a strong enough connection to get the e.me results back, so we get a blank circle. When a user selects that collection later on with a collection, then the apps will fill in the circle.

Does that match your understanding of the behavior here?

Comment 7

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

(In reply to Jason Smith [:jsmith] from comment #6)
> Ran - To my understanding, the behavior seen in this bug happens when a user
> tries to add a collection without a strong enough connection to get the e.me
> results back, so we get a blank circle. When a user selects that collection
> later on with a collection, then the apps will fill in the circle.
> 
> Does that match your understanding of the behavior here?

Or not a bug actually, but this behavior I mean. The behavior seems okay from what I can tell.

Comment 8

[Ran Ben Aharon [:ranbena] EverythingMe]

I assume that that's what's going on.
We basically request the first 3 icons from the e.me API for every individual Collection and then construct it programmatically.
If the network isn't reliable and requests fail, this behavior will occur. If this is considered a bug, we can try to work on a retry mechanism.

Comment 9

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

Talked w/Darren - we think the issue I described above is what was seen here. I think what's being done by e.me right now is correct behavior, as we're allowing adding a collection without a network connection, which just shows a circle without apps until we view the collection with a network.