Have to restart app to get chat to work after login

[martinoj2009]

This isn't a huge issue; however, after logging into the app with my Twitch account I had to restart the app to get the chat to work (show). Also, I shouldn't need to login just to see chat... although I don't know how that API works. When I use other Twitch apps I don't have to login to see the chat, it's public.

[vinszent]

It should auto start chat after logging in also IRC requires that you authenticate using an OAuth token (https://github.com/justintv/Twitch-API/blob/master/IRC.md) so I don't know how these "other" Twitch apps show chat unless they are embedding web chat.

[dengelt]

This is not documented in their official documentation you linked, but you can just use a nickname like justinfan2134634 without a password. I don't know what happens when two anonymous users log in with the same number though.

Source

[vinszent]

@dengelt Amazing stuff, thanks for finding this! This actually annoyed me quite a bit after trying to make everything available to people without accounts, chat required one.

@martinoj2009 So it looks like I can implement chat without logging in albeit you can't send any messages or anything.

[dengelt]

It seems like two users can log in with the same number without any problems. Also very big numbers still work, like even beyond 2^64.

[dchristidis]

Great work @dengelt. Not being able to see the chat without an account has been an unfortunate limitation.

[vinszent]

@martinoj2009 So I just tried GT on a fresh VM with Ubuntu Mate 15.10 and it started chat just fine. However I read the WebUpd8 article (http://www.webupd8.org/2016/04/gnome-twitch-020-adds-chat-feature.html) and it seems like other people have this issue.

What happened when you tried logging in and opening a stream? Did it show the "Not logged into Twitch" view?

[martinoj2009]

Thanks for looking into it Lppytraxx. I don't recall if the GM showed "Not logged into Twitch." I will remove the application and the application files in ~/.local/share/gnome-twitch and try again to see what happens.

[martinoj2009]

I didn't see this happen after reinstalling and removing the files. This time after logging in I was able to go right into chat. I'll try a VM of Fedora 23. Troubleshooting this stuff is so weird lol.

[martinoj2009]

I'm sorry @Ippytraxx I made a VM and wasn't able to recreate the issue again. It again allowed me to login and access the chat right away. I'm not sure if I logged in a certain way.

[vinszent]

Inactive now so closing, please re-open if anyone is still experiencing this.