The Hercules Player is an application that allows customers to download videos to their computer or device for offline playback, along with streaming playback of videos for online playback.

We have forked a new version of the app for VOD (Video on Demand) that will allow people to select videos for playback in the app, and view live TV.

The new version of the app will be used on browser-based versions of the application, as well as wrapped in native code and used as the iOS, Android versions, leading to a single HTML5 codebase that covers all platforms. This bug hunt will only test the Android version of the application.

Bonus:

We have been having trouble with this build on Samsung S4, S5, and particularly S6 devices.  Issues include:

1. Playback not working or failing

2. Touches not being recognized on "On Demand", "Search", or "Settings" screens

If you have one of the listed devices and can reliably reproduce one of these two issues, please log a ticket and include:

* A video of the issue

* A detailed set of reproduction steps

* Detailed logcat output for just the application that shows what the error being raised is

For each of these tickets that is accepted, has the correct information, and isn't a duplicate, an additional $40 payment will be made to the submitting member.

 

Contest Scope

Testing playback is important for this bug hunt.  Please ensure you can accuratley play back both live TV and On Demand assets.  We have made significant improvements in the video playback using a new player library from the client, so playback is important.  Make sure to test specifically:

• Correct playback after a clean install
• Correct playback after force-quitting the app and restarting it
• Continuous playback for 1+ hours

In addition, in the forum is a new test account that should show the "Off Campus" screen in all situations.  The user shouldn't be able to get to any functionality in that state.

The goal of this competition is to clearly identify the limitations of the provided application and ensure the functionality of the app works as expected, specifically focusing on the new search functionality, although the rest of the application is still in scope.

Things to test:

• The functionality works correctly on phone and tablet.
• Off campus screen showing for the new test account
• The display is correct
• Navigation works
• Scrolling works
• Closed captioning (CC button on playback)
• SAP (SAP button on playback)
• The guide tab works as expected
• The channel switcher works as expected
• Updated back button navigation works properly

Known issues:

Do NOT log issues for these:

• Missing periods or tooltips are not in scope
• Login page is not in scope
• Anything currently open as an F2F challenge
• Anything currently logged in JIRA already

Platform

This bug hunt will only test the Android based version of the app, for both phone and tablet, Android 4+

Screenshots

Note that for every bug you assign to a specific OS, you MUST provide a screenshot for that platform. This is a requirement to ensure proper test coverage on each platform. For instance, if you assign a bug to Windows and OS X, but you don't provide a screenshot for OS X, the bug will be rejected.

Parental controls

Parental controls are now removed from the app.  You shouldn't see any remants of that functionality.

Users

Login with the user accounts found in the forum. 

Scope

The login page is out of scope. Also, any tooltip or minor punctuation errors won't be accepted.

Format

For each report of a limitation or bug, we need the following information:

1) Steps to reproduce, including any needed information
2) Screenshots (if applicable)
3) Expected results after the bug is fixed
4) Current results, before the bug is fixed
5) OS version (4.0, 4.2.2, 5.0, etc..)
6) Device type and version (Nexus 7, Galaxy S II, etc...)

Only actual bugs will be counted. Tickets logged for enhancements or issues that aren't bugs won't be counted.

When in doubt, always provide a screenshot. Screenshots are very helpful due to the graphical nature of the application and help clarify bugs. If you don't provide a screenshot, there's a good chance your bug will be rejected.

You will log your tickets here: https://apps.topcoder.com/bugs/browse/HPBU You must select the "University Android Client" component for each logged issue or it may not get counted during review.