Grey out Install when there is no internet connection #87

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opened 2026-10-27 17:18:29 +00:00 by claude-bot · 0 comments

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From the phone check of PR #82 (owner): pressing Install with WiFi and mobile data both off fails with a technical error: "temporary failure in name resolution".

Wanted: before the user presses anything, the module manager checks whether a network connection is up. If none is, the Install and Update buttons are greyed out and can't be pressed, with a short plain explanation (e.g. "No internet connection"). They come back when a connection appears. Browsing the cached lists offline keeps working, as now.

Also map download errors (DNS failure, timeout) to a plain message rather than showing the raw error. A connection can still drop after the check.

Notes:

Qt 5.15 has QNetworkConfigurationManager::isOnline (deprecated) or NetworkManager over D-Bus; check what AppArmor allows on Ubuntu Touch.
A platform API like this goes behind qml/platform/ or the qt glue, while the decision of what to show stays in core/ with a unit test.

From the phone check of PR #82 (owner): pressing Install with WiFi and mobile data both off fails with a technical error: "temporary failure in name resolution". **Wanted:** before the user presses anything, the module manager checks whether a network connection is up. If none is, the Install and Update buttons are greyed out and can't be pressed, with a short plain explanation (e.g. "No internet connection"). They come back when a connection appears. Browsing the cached lists offline keeps working, as now. Also map download errors (DNS failure, timeout) to a plain message rather than showing the raw error. A connection can still drop after the check. Notes: - Qt 5.15 has `QNetworkConfigurationManager::isOnline` (deprecated) or NetworkManager over D-Bus; check what AppArmor allows on Ubuntu Touch. - A platform API like this goes behind `qml/platform/` or the qt glue, while the decision of what to show stays in `core/` with a unit test.

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Module manager and a footer menu for Modules and Settings (#10 part 2b, #30) #82

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