967748 - reinstalling packaged app causes it to get uninstalled

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: Web Apps (PWAs), defect)

Description

[Myk Melez [:myk] [@mykmelez]]

When I reinstall the packaged app Cut The Rope, it disappears from about:apps.  Logs show an error:

> …
> GeckoConsole  E  [JavaScript Error: "Error installing packaged app from: http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com: REINSTALL_FORBIDDEN" {file: "resource://gre/modules/Webapps.jsm" line: 1966}]
> GeckoConsole  E  * * WebappManager.jsm: attempting to uninstall CutTheRope
> Gecko  I  -*- Webapps.jsm : uninstall https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/a22e0277-35bc-434d-9371-1568c75fc726/manifest.webapp
> Gecko  I  -*- Webapps.jsm : cancelDownload https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/a22e0277-35bc-434d-9371-1568c75fc726/manifest.webapp
> Gecko  I  -*- Webapps.jsm : Could not find a download for https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/a22e0277-35bc-434d-9371-1568c75fc726/manifest.webapp
> …
> Gecko  I  -*- Webapps.jsm : Saving /data/data/org.mozilla.fennec_myk/files/mozilla/webapps/webapps.json
> GeckoConsole  E  * * WebappManager.jsm: success uninstalling CutTheRope

So it looks like AutoInstall tries to reinstall the app, which fails because the app is already installed, and somehow that triggers an uninstall.

It's possible this will be fixed by bug 934760, which implements an update flow when an APK is updated, as in this case.

Comment 1

[Myk Melez [:myk] [@mykmelez]]

Bug 934760 did indeed fix this problem!