hitting the back button leaves the app

[devoncarew]

Not sure if this is related to https://github.com/MobileChromeApps/chrome-app-developer-tool/issues/7, but I leave the app much more frequently then I intend. Repro steps

• start App Dev Tool from android launcher
• at app launch screen
• deploy an app from spark
• see the app start and run
• hit the android back arrow
• the app exits

I expect to be back at the app dev tool's launch screen, not completely out of the app

[mmocny]

Good suggestion. Back button on android by default exits app.

We can change the default to go to menu, but the app itself may override the back button behaviour so we should make sure we don't take priority.

There's another issue in the current release that's already resolved: if you hit home button and launch harness again by using icon (not app switcher), it will restart instead of resume.

[devoncarew]

I do see it working if I hit home and then re-enter the app. I can still deploy new apps to it.

I still see the issue with the back button:

• open app dev tool
• deploy app
• hit the back button (expecting to see the welcome page)
• app exits
• app dev tool can't acquire 2424, and we can't deploy new apps to it

I think this is a bigger UX issue, as it's very easy for users to get themselves into this situation, and there's no clear remedy for it. The user will have to know to go into the settings > apps panel and kill the app dev tool process.

[mmocny]

Yes we discovered that the original fix introduced a new problem, and that a new fixes isn't quite working perfect.

However the workaround is easier, just close the app by swiping it away from task switcher and start it again.

Still investigating a proper fix.

[devoncarew]

Ah, cool, I didn't know about swipe to close in the task switcher.

[mmocny]

Looks like I may have a fix. Will release 0.6.1 shortly after I confirm.

[mmocny]

Should be fixed in 0.7.0