Provide start date when an error has been encountered?

[defagos]

As a sports app developer I would like to possibly display a countdown when some content is not available yet. Currently there is no way I can know the date at which content will be available.

Hints

Request initially submitted for Apple platforms.

Acceptance criteria

• Discuss within the team.
• Create issues if needed.

Tasks

• Discuss.
• Discuss again after Deliver metadata with business errors? #80.

[defagos]

Current status:

• For the web: Not yet publicly provided but could easily be provided.
• For Apple: Not yet publicly provided but could be added to PlayerMetadata (though only provided as info and not used by the player itself, and essentially an SRG SSR business need rather than a universal one). Cannot be attached to the error on Apple platforms (since error information is degraded by the resource loader delegate), requires Deliver metadata with business errors? #80 to be implemented.
• For Android: Could be attached to the error.

Team agreement: Even if we supply a date we must not implement auto-restart at this date. It will be the responsibility of the app to decide what to do and to setup a dedicated timer if desired.

Next steps:

• Wait until Deliver metadata with business errors? #80 has been decided (requires Android PoC) because required for some platforms.
• Discuss again.