App Fails to Start After Restoring Internet Connection
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Description
**DESCRIPTION:**
If there is no internet connection on the first launch of the app the user will receive an error telling them to check their connection and try again. If the user then restores the internet connection and tries again they will receive the same error.
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**REPRO STEPS:**
1) Disconnect phone from internet
2) Install and Launch LBRY 0.16.11 on Android 8.1.0
3) Observe error message
4) Reconnect phone to internet
5) Press Home button
6) Launch LBRY again
**Results:** Error message
**Expected:** The app starts
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**ENVIRONMENT:**
- LG V20
- Android 8.1.0
- LBRY 0.16.11
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**MEDIA:**
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**LBRY ADDRESS:**
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Research direction
Reproduce the startup failure using the listed Android 8.1.0 steps, first offline and then after restoring connectivity. Trace the app's startup and connection-retry entry points to find why the original error persists; done means the app starts normally after the connection is restored.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, java
- Domain
- mobile
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100