Wrong Time

[itsarjunsinh]

A collection of reports about wrong time on the homescreen from users.

[itsarjunsinh]

July 7, 2020

App version: 1.0 Android version: 6.0 Device: ZTE K90 4G Automatic date & time: Yes Automatic timezone: Yes Fixed by Restart: No

[itsarjunsinh]

October 6, 2020

App version: Unknown Android version: Unknown Device: Unknown Devices tested: 2 Automatic date & time: Unknown Automatic timezone: Unknown Fixed by Restart: No

"The hours display is the same as the Android hours display above it but the minutes are stuck at 10 on both phones."

[itsarjunsinh]

October 11, 2020

App version: Probably 1.1.1 Android version: 7.1.1, 10 or 11 Device: BQ Aquarius U Plus, Xiaomi Mi 9 Lite Automatic date & time: Unknown Automatic timezone: Unknown Fixed by Restart: No

"There is a problem with time. It only updates once an hour, exactly each hour past ten."

[itsarjunsinh]

Analysis The reports from October 6 and 11 both have the same characteristics. Possible causes: Time being fetched only once an hour; Time being fetched every second but the minute value being stuck.

I can't reproduce any of these bugs on my own device.

[xscotophilic]

@itsarjunsinh have you tried displaying time with seconds and checking after sometime?

• also do you think we have missed app running in background scenerio, I'm not sure wether it's applicable or not.

  @override
  void didChangeAppLifecycleState(AppLifecycleState state) {
  print(state);
  if (state == AppLifecycleState.paused) {
   // stop the timer
  } else if (state == AppLifecycleState.resumed) {
    // update the timer
  }
  }

[itsarjunsinh]

Hi @xscotophilic, the second point you have raised is something worth looking into. https://github.com/itsarjunsinh/elder_launcher/blob/b7fad939cf488e06f846279fbdfa0be209626393/lib/providers/date_time_provider.dart#L12

The app updates the time every second. So, at first glance it would seem that even if the app might be resumed/brought back, the timer will be update automatically.. unless, Dart/Flutter doesn't automatically update the internal clock. Thanks a lot for the pointer, I really appreciate it.