One last thing: This also happens for packaged apps, just tested it.
On Thursday, July 25, 2013 5:30:52 PM UTC+2, Michael Diener wrote:
> I did a bit more research and the problem seems to be that the files defined
> under "messages" in the manifest do net get called if the app is not running.
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> This is not just about Simple Push, but also happens for alarms through
> MozAlarmsManager:
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> "messages": [
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> { "alarm": "/push-message.html" }
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> ],
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> The file is never called when the alarm should trigger. Is there a general
> issue with the system messaging?
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> According to the spec ( http://runtime.sysapps.org/#system-messages ) the app
> should be started when not running, but again, this does not happen:
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> "... Otherwise, if the application is not running, the UA must add the
> message to the pool of messages and start the application ..."
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> On Thursday, July 25, 2013 1:48:21 PM UTC+2, Michael Diener wrote:
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> > I'm able to get an endpoint successfully, but after that the issues start.
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> > The "messages" attribute from the manifest gets ignored or at least the
> > files listed there will never be called (no matter what they contain):
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> > "messages": [
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> > { "push": "/ff/push-message.html"},
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> > { "push-register": "/ff/push-message.html"}
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> > ],
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> > Normally the following code would be within push-message.html (as suggested
> > by the official Simple Push example):
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> > window.navigator.mozSetMessageHandler('push', function(e) {
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> > console.log("endpoint reached");
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> > });
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> > But as push-message.html never gets called, I put it instead in my main
> > page and the handler gets successfully called. The downside to this is that
> > it only gets called, if the app is in memory (in fore- or background). If
> > it is not (e.g. if device just started and app was not started yet),
> > nothing is called.
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> > Am I doing something wrong or are these 2 issues known bugs or even
> > limitations?
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> > This is about a hosted app (not a packaged app) in case it matters.
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> > Thanks,
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> > Michael
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