| Summary: | kdeconnect.photo.request opens blank/white KDE connect android app | ||
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| Product: | [Applications] kdeconnect | Reporter: | Indignation <kde> |
| Component: | android-application | Assignee: | Albert Vaca Cintora <albertvaka> |
| Status: | REPORTED --- | ||
| Severity: | normal | ||
| Priority: | NOR | ||
| Version: | unspecified | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | Android | ||
| OS: | Android 11.x | ||
| Latest Commit: | Version Fixed In: | ||
| Sentry Crash Report: | |||
Update: debug-level output from `adb logcat '*'`
```
1468 2229 I ActivityTaskManager: START u0 {flg=0x10000000 cmp=org.kde.kdeconnect_tp/org.kde.kdeconnect.Plugins.PhotoPlugin.PhotoActivity (has extras)} from uid 10186
1468 15340 W ActivityTaskManager: Tried to set launchTime (0) < mLastActivityLaunchTime (166682083)
3232 3232 I GoogleInputMethodService: GoogleInputMethodService.onFinishInput():3400
3232 3232 I GoogleInputMethodService: GoogleInputMethodService.onStartInput():1972
1468 1587 I ActivityTaskManager: Displayed org.kde.kdeconnect_tp/org.kde.kdeconnect.Plugins.PhotoPlugin.PhotoActivity: +58ms
2044 2044 W Choreographer: Frame time is 0.097735 ms in the future! Check that graphics HAL is generating vsync timestamps using the correct timebase.
```
Doesn't hint at anything going terribly wrong on the client side.
It's a bummer markdown formatting isn't supported here :(
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SUMMARY After sending a `kdeconnect.photo.request` (with an empty body) to my android smartphone (Google Pixel 5 running CalyxOS, a degoogled ROM with microG, the stock Google Camera app and the stock Google Photos app with capped network access), it opens the KDE connect app I installed from f-droid. The app stays blank/white and nothing happens. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Send a kdeconnect.photo.request (with an empty body) to a paired android smartphone (in my case, I'm using GSConnect and have checked the logs) 2. Smartphone opens the KDE Connect app with no content 3. Nothing happens OBSERVED RESULT It opens the KDE Connect app without any content (plain white) and doesn't shoot a photo. EXPECTED RESULT It opens my default Camera app (Google Camera), shoots a photo, and sends the photo back to my computer. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Desktop OS: Arch GNU/Linux (rolling release) Desktop Environment: GNOME 40 Desktop Server: GSConnect extension (uses the standard KDE Connect protocol as observed in the logs) Smartphone OS: Android 11 (CalyxOS) with the microG Google Framework replacement layer Smartphone Applications: Google Camera, Google Photos (no network access) Smartphone Client: KDE Connect 1.17.0 installed from F-Droid (standard repository) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Request log: ``` GSConnect: 46 (user) GJS: 16801 Session: wayland OS: Arch Linux -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Journal begins at [...] -- [...] org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.GSConnect[2710]: [/service/device.js:sendPacket:446]: Pixel 5: { "id": 1622637336251, "type": "kdeconnect.photo.request", "body": {} } [...] ``` GSConnect source code relevant to sending said packet: https://github.com/GSConnect/gnome-shell-extension-gsconnect/blob/master/src/service/device.js#L428-L456 GSConnect source code relevant to the Photo plugin: https://github.com/GSConnect/gnome-shell-extension-gsconnect/blob/master/src/service/plugins/photo.js I have opened an issue in the GSConnect repository before I filed a bug report here (it was labeled an upstream issue): https://github.com/GSConnect/gnome-shell-extension-gsconnect/issues/1066