Download page doesn't open from notification

[Fusseldieb]

Version

• 0.19.2

Steps to reproduce the bug

1. Press "a new NewPipe update x.xx is available" from the notifications
2. The browser will open

Expected behavior

The browser to open and to navigate to the NewPipe download page

Actual behaviour

The browser opens, begins to navigate to the NewPipe download page and then suddenly cancels and stays on the last visited page. Happens on Chrome and on both my S7 and S10 and this issue exists since I've first known NewPipe.

Screenshots/Screen recordings

Logs

[PeterHindes]

Have encountered this on multiple devices.

[PeterHindes]

Iirc there is a pull request to make the download happen internally and just launch the installer.

[B0pol]

Iirc there is a pull request to make the download happen internally and just launch the installer.

It was closed, I let you read why here #3141

[Stypox]

This seems to be an issue with the browser you are using, for me it has always worked, with Firefox and Firefox Preview browsers

[Fusseldieb]

This seems to be an issue with the browser you are using, for me it has always worked, with Firefox and Firefox Preview browsers

Chrome? It's a pretty common browser. It has even more market share than Firefox, if you will. Also, people will probably use Chrome more often just due the fact alone that this browser already comes preinstalled on all devices who have Google Services (all of them, basically, except maybe clean AOSP roms and such)

But with that out of the way, I'm using the latest Chrome on my phone (at the time of writing).

[B0pol]

Being the most used doesn't prevent from bugs 😂
I've just tested it with NewPipe 0.19.1:
With Firefox preview, it asks for download confirmation, with Bromite (chromium based) it starts the download as soon as the page is loaded. I can't reproduce your issue.

[Fusseldieb]

Being the most used doesn't prevent from bugs 😂
I've just tested it with NewPipe 0.19.1:
With Firefox preview, it asks for download confirmation, with Bromite (chromium based) it starts the download as soon as the page is loaded. I can't reproduce your issue.

Well, then I'll wait until the next version and screencapture it. There's no way* to reproduce it now, it only happens on the "new version" notification (Android notification).
But it clearly opens the URL (as it's shown on the URL bar) and then midway it's like "screw-it", stops and displays the last visited page on Chrome.

It happened previously on my S7 Edge (Android 7) and now on my S10e (Android 10). It might not even be Chrome, maybe it's the Android version, the framework it runs on (Samsung) or else. But I guarantee you it happens, and not only to me.

* I have saved playlists on my device and there's apparently no way to export them, so if I uninstall this version to install the previous, I'll lose everything, hence "no way" to reproduce the issue right now.

[B0pol]

First: I didn't want to personally attack you, just this argument isn't valid. Look at Vscode repo, this software is widely used but has about 4500 reported issues, and likely more with crashlytics.
And thank you for reporting an issue.

How to try to reproduce:

1. Optional but recommended: Backup your data in settings -> content -> export database
2. Uninstall NewPipe
3. Download NewPipe v0.19.1 from releases page
4. Install it. The notification should appear. If not, close the app and re-open.

At the end, when you recorded, you can update to last version and recover your data in Settings -> Content -> Import database and pick your previously exported database.

[Fusseldieb]

I managed to replicate the issue, but only if the download doesn't exist beforehand. If it asks you "do you want to download again", delete the file and try again. It won't start.

[wb9688]

Maybe we should just link to e.g. https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/releases/tag/v0.19.2 instead of e.g. https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/releases/download/v0.19.2/NewPipe_v0.19.2.apk

[Fusseldieb]

Maybe we should just link to e.g. https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/releases/tag/v0.19.2 instead of e.g. https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/releases/download/v0.19.2/NewPipe_v0.19.2.apk

That or even better that:

Iirc there is a pull request to make the download happen internally and just launch the installer.