External links in webapps do not allow returning to the webapp
Bug #1221824 reported by
James Tait
This bug affects 3 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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webapps-demo |
Fix Released
|
Critical
|
Alexandre Abreu | ||
webbrowser-app |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
webbrowser-app (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
Steps to reproduce:
1) Launch the facebook webapp
2) Click a link to an external website (e.g. BBC news article)
3) Attempt to navigate back to facebook (drag up from the bottom of the screen and use the Back menu option)
Expected result: I should go back to my Facebook feed
Actual result: nothing - I have to go to the apps scope and quit facebook, then re-open it and browse through my feed from the top.
Related branches
lp:~abreu-alexandre/webbrowser-app/new-tab-requested-when-in-webapp-mode
- PS Jenkins bot: Approve (continuous-integration)
- David Barth (community): Approve
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Diff: 20 lines (+9/-1)1 file modifiedsrc/app/Browser.qml (+9/-1)
Changed in webapps-demo: | |
status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
importance: | High → Critical |
assignee: | nobody → Alexandre Abreu (abreu-alexandre) |
Changed in webbrowser-app: | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
Changed in webapps-demo: | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Released |
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Hi James,
The issue you're seeing is that you are transported from the confines of the facebook webapp into webbrowser-app. So you can't browse back to facebook, because you've just started your session by opening a link to something outside facebook.
What we're missing here is a way to tell you that you switched to another application, ie the general webbrowser.
In the future, we may be able to switch back to facebook, based on URL matching, but that requires some other changes in url-dispatcher & webbrowser-app.