MerginMaps / MerginMaps/mobile
Mobile App - No User Feedback for Synchronizing to a Deleted Project
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- Dominant language
- C++
- Stars
- 388
- Forks
- 87
- Avg merge
- 2d 7h
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 20
Description
We have identified a user feedback bug within the mobile app if a user tries to sync data to a project that has been removed from a Mergin server. When this is done, rather than information the user that there was no successful synchronization or the attempted upload address no longer exists, it simply shows a normal "successful sync" message. In a use case, this can cause a user to think they are good to go ahead and remove the project from their device and move onto a new project, when in reality they may need to manually offload that project to retain the data.
I would recommend adding some sort of check on the mobile app to confirm that a project was actually synchronized and uploaded, and to return an appropriate error if the synchronize attempt fails due to the project URL not being valid.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by tracing the mobile app's synchronization flow for a project URL that no longer exists on the Mergin server. Verify how the app decides to show a successful sync, then ensure a failed upload produces appropriate user feedback so users know the project was not synchronized and can retain their local data.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- mobile
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100