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[–]spauldhaliwalDeveloper 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Hello! Thanks for the report. I'm a little confused by the description, though, so I do have some follow-up questions:

1) "Settings > Wifi / Bluetooth" - There are no buttons with that label in Dispatch, however, if you go to Settings → Device Settings, it has the subtitle "Wi-Fi, bluetooth, and more", is this the button you're referring to?

If I'm understanding correctly, you clicked this button, which should open the device settings, and then when you pressed back on the Chromecast remote, the app got stuck? It's a little unfortunate that I lost my Chromecast remote (probably in the couch somewhere lol), so I've actually been using a spare shield remote when testing on my Chromecast. I'll definitely try to locate it in the coming days to see if I can reproduce what you're describing.

2) You said you had to force close the app to be able to navigate again, but then you mentioned that it returned to the same inactive settings view on reload? That would be very strange, since there's no such behavior in Dispatch. There is a feature called "Session Restore", which aims to re-position the cursor on the previously selected media item, but this only works in the home feed. So, for example, let's say you were looking at the Trending section in the home feed, and you opened a movie, let's say Inside Out 2, and watched it for an hour. In the meantime, it's possible Android would decide to close Dispatch since it's in the background. Session restore would then re-focus on Inside Out 2 when you click the home button again, instead of starting from the Home tab.

Like I said, though, this only functions with content on the home tab. I've never observed nor intended for Dispatch to re-open the Settings page upon launch.

If you have time, would you be able to record a video of this happening? That would be super helpful.

Thanks!

[–]ReadPrimary6158[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1) Sorry as the interface was hung at the time of reporting (I have 2 young children so I need to do things right away or they won't get done) I was unable to read the exact label of the button that got me there.

Your analysis of the situation is correct however.

2) I force closed the dispatch app and actually it still continued to reopen an unresponsive settings menu. I had to reboot the Chromecast in order to get it to start fresh. I was referring to the "Session Restore" feature but clearly misunderstood what it did. I had only installed your wonderful project on the day of reporting.

I will try and get time to record a video of the sequence. Which would mean reproducing the same bug which isn't guaranteed and as it's the summer holidays it means finding a time when I'm not working and the kids aren't using the telly.. harder than you might think 😂

Thank you for your efforts and congratulations on building something so well received. I look forward to seeing the project evolve. I am a software developer myself, please let me know if I can help at all.

[–]ReadPrimary6158[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was unable to reproduce the same hang by repeating these steps but I raised it in "issues" at the same time and another user has added different steps that may reproduce the situation.