Shortcut not loading correct view after closing app using home button

[gadgetchnnel]

Home Assistant Android version: beta-644-6e9ac72-full

Android version: 10 (EMUI 11.0.0)

Phone model: Huawei Mate 20 Pro

Home Assistant version: 2021.4.0b0

Last working Home Assistant release (if known):

Description of problem:

When opening a pinned or dynamic shortcut and then backing out of the app using the home button, opening a second shortcut will sometimes just open the app showing the last open view.

Have been able to reliably reproduce this by:

• Open Home Assistant app
• Close app with back button
• Opening first shortcut
• Back out of the app using the home button
• Open second shortcut
• Back out of the app using the home button
• Open first shortcut again

If the app is closed using the back button, the shortcuts work as expected.

Traceback (if applicable, to get the logs you may refer to: https://companion.home-assistant.io/docs/troubleshooting/faqs/#android-crash-logs):

Screenshot of problem:

Screen recording of a minimal reproduction using two test shortcuts and views:

SVID_20210401_215031_1.mp4

(Updated screen recording using debug build of app and showing the closing of the HA app)

Additional information:

Using Nova Launcher, but also been able to reproduce using Huawei Home launcher.

[dshokouhi]

This is what I see when I perform the same steps on my Pixel 4 XL

https://photos.app.goo.gl/yecZMhPPYAStLTGP6

Do you see the same issue with actionable notifications? Have you tried a debug build that has a clean app state to see if its just bad data that needs to be cleaned up?

[gadgetchnnel]

So after further tests, this is only happening if I have exited the HA app using the back button before using the first shortcut. If I use the Home button to exit the app the shortcuts take me to the right place.

The same think is happening with clickAction in notifications, but again only if the app was closed using the back button before receiving the notification.

[dshokouhi]

hmm can you update the video with that finding so I can see if I can reproduce it here? I just tried to exit the app using back button and then launch shortcuts but they still work as expected lol. Also lets look at the raw logs to see what is happening here we should see something I think. I would also still check the debug build too to ensure its not data related.

[gadgetchnnel]

I've updated the video sowing the closing of the HA app first, and also using the debug build to eliminate data issues.
What's the best way to check the logs to see what's happening?

[dshokouhi]

Tahnks for the video I was able to reproduce it.

This is what I see in the logs when the same window is reused

2021-04-01 14:22:47.500 1583-4321/? D/WindowManager: relayoutVisibleWindow: Window{1b29959 u0 io.homeassistant.companion.android/io.homeassistant.companion.android.webview.WebViewActivity EXITING} mAnimatingExit=true, mRemoveOnExit=false, mDestroying=false
2021-04-01 14:22:47.527 1583-4332/? I/ActivityTaskManager: Activity reported stop, but no longer stopping: ActivityRecord{e22bb0f u0 io.homeassistant.companion.android/.webview.WebViewActivity t10031}

I think the issue here is that we are using the following flag in all instances of starting a new activity here:

https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent#FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK

Might need to look into the other flags to see which we should use

possibly need to add: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent#FLAG_ACTIVITY_MULTIPLE_TASK

[dshokouhi]

It appears I was correct in my assumption, will continue testing as I wrap up another enhancement to shortcuts. Thank you for reporting and updating the videos it was very helpful :)

[gadgetchnnel]

Thanks, I've also noticed that an entity shortcut will open the app showing the more info panel for that entity but this then disappears after around 1 second and shows the default view in the app instead. Would this also be down to using FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK or is that a separate issue?

[dshokouhi]

Thanks, I've also noticed that an entity shortcut will open the app showing the more info panel for that entity but this then disappears after around 1 second and shows the default view in the app instead. Would this also be down to using FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK or is that a separate issue?

I have not noticed this behavior.

[gadgetchnnel]

Looks like that other issue (with the entity shortcuts) may actually be caused by card-mod as, when I remove that from my Lovelace resources, the shortcut works without the default view being displayed after a second, so I'll raise an issue over there.

[dshokouhi]

Looks like that other issue (with the entity shortcuts) may actually be caused by card-mod as, when I remove that from my Lovelace resources, the shortcut works without the default view being displayed after a second, so I'll raise an issue over there.

ah thanks for checking that :) in case they ask this is how we are calling the pop-up, a lil bit of JS

https://github.com/home-assistant/android/blob/master/app/src/main/java/io/homeassistant/companion/android/webview/WebViewActivity.kt#L219