WarnWetter App not working as expected
- /e/ version: 0.9-o-2020043052057
- Device model: star2lte
- When it started to occur: first try
- Reproducible with the last /e/ version: yes
- Reproducible with LineageOS: no
Summary
I downloaded and installed the WarnWetter app (Publisher: Deutscher Wetterdienst) from the /e/ app store. The app is the official weather warnings app for Germany provided by the German Weather Service and is very pppular and widely used in Germany. The app version available in the /e/ app store is: 2.4.0 (2405) <-- which is outdated
The app installation is successful and the app itself is starting, but one of the main functions is unusable. While adding a location/favorite by choosing the plus symbol and adding a location like e.g. Berlin - Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg and finally choosing "add favorite" the app is showing the error message: "push registration failed".
As far as I know it uses the google services to provide the push features, so anything in this context might be failing with MicroG. Another possible source of error might be the outdated version in the /e/ app store since the most recent version of the app is 2.5.1 in contrast to the 2.4.0 in the /e/ app store.
More information about the app, including the apk download, are available at: https://www.dwd.de/DE/leistungen/warnwetterapp/apk/apk_download.html
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The device is unusable -
The bug is the source of a data loss or a big waste of time -
The bug concerns a third-party application -
The bug concerns security -
The bug concerns privacy
The problem
Steps to reproduce
- Download and install the app
- Start the app
- Add a favorite by choosing the + and any city
- Click on add favorite
- Error message appears
What is the current behavior?
Error message appears. Push notifications about warnings do not work.
What is the expected correct behavior?
No error message and working push notifications.
Technical informations
See above
Solutions
Workaround
Not known / not possible
Possible fixes
Update the app itself (2.4.0 in the /e/ app store 2.5.1 available in apk source/google play)
(?) Repair push notifications with microg