Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Trover iPhone App - Facebook error message is confusing.

Trover iPhone App (version 1.4.5)

I've been playing around with Trover with my iPhone set on "Airplane" mode.

Found an interesting little bug, that I am going to guess is easy to fix.

The Facebook error message if you fail to invite from Facebook displays as:

"The operation couldn't be completed.  (com.facebook.sdk error 2.)"

Repro Steps:

1.  Set the iPhone to Airplane mode - launch the Trover iPhone application
2.  From the Trover side bar, select "Invite Friends"
3.  Select "Invite via Facebook"
4.  Cancel out of Facebook's "No Internet Connection" screen
5.  Upon the automatic relaunch of the Trover app, user is presented with an non-informative error message

Result:  Trover's Facebook error to connect message displays the term: "(com.facebook.sdk error 2.)"

Expected:  That Trover's Facebook error to connect message will be amended to something more informative for the user, like "There was a problem communication with Facebook, please try again later"

Launch the Trover iPhone app while the iPhone's in airplane mode.

Select "Invite Friends".


Select "Invite via Facebook"


Cancel out of Facebook's "No Internet Connection" screen.  Once you cancel out, the Trover iPhone app will relaunch.

Confusing error message.