During first run, or when the lastScreen.png is missing, we currently show a black screen. I am changing this to display a stock image with some text over it. We should think about exactly what we want to show here.

embedding/android/GeckoSurfaceView.java

@@ -125,10 +125,6 @@ class GeckoSurfaceView
         if (mStartupBitmap == null) {
             Log.e(LOG_FILE_NAME, "!!! NO STARTUP BITMAP !!!");
             loadStartupBitmap();
-            if (mStartupBitmap == null) {
-                mShowingLoadScreen = false;
-                return;
-            }
         }
 
         Canvas c = holder.lockCanvas();
@@ -138,9 +134,19 @@ class GeckoSurfaceView
             return;
         }
 
+        if (mStartupBitmap == null) {
+            Resources res = getResources();
+            Drawable drawable = res.getDrawable(R.drawable.start);
+            drawable.setBounds(0, 0, width, height);
+            drawable.draw(c);
+
+            Paint paint = new Paint();
+            c.drawText("Place holder. Missing screenshot.", 10.0f, 20.0f, paint);
+        } else {
             Drawable drawable = new BitmapDrawable(mStartupBitmap);
             drawable.setBounds(0, 0, width, height);
             drawable.draw(c);
+        }
         holder.unlockCanvasAndPost(c);
     }
 

embedding/android/Makefile.in

@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ MOZ_ANDROID_DRAWABLES += embedding/android/resources/drawable/desktop_notificati
                          embedding/android/resources/drawable/favicon.png                     \
                          embedding/android/resources/drawable/reload.png                      \
                          embedding/android/resources/drawable/quit.png                        \
+                         embedding/android/resources/drawable/start.png                       \
                          embedding/android/resources/drawable/address_bar_button_left.9.png   \
                          embedding/android/resources/drawable/address_bar_button_right.9.png  \
                          embedding/android/resources/drawable/address_bar_button_middle.9.png \