PhoneGap 1.9.0 & Android text entry issue

[Philip Arnold]

Since PhoneGap won't help unless you're using PhoneGap Build, they've pointed me to ask here...

I'm not sure if this has been reported before, but we're having an issue with PhoneGap 1.9.0 & Android (all versions 2.2+) - it didn't happen on previous builds (I've had to downgrade to 1.8.1 to solve it) 

When you go into an INPUT field, you tap on it and the keyboard appears, but whatever you type doesn't appear in the field - you have to tap the field, then tap again to ensure that the field has focus, and then it allows input 

We're also using JQuery 1.7.2 & JQuery Mobile 1.0 on the project in case this makes a difference 

Any help would be appreciated as I don't like downgrading after an upgrade, thanks

[Simon MacDonald]

Phillip, you are at least the third person reporting this issue. There
is someone looking into it from the PhoneGap team. Please add your
comments to the issue:

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-1017

Simon Mac Donald
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[Simon MacDonald]

I'm pretty sure that Joe fixed the bug in this commit:

https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=incubator-cordova-android.git;a=commit;h=9d4977db009d62fecc874bac0411e51b7dcce1d3

which I'm pretty sure will fix all the versions.

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On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 4:50 PM, Mark <mse...@warmhealth.com> wrote:
> We're experiencing the same issue with our app. We have a textarea and when
> you click on it you have to click on it again in order to be able to
> actually type. However we do not see this in the 4.x devices; I'm
> currently only seeing it in a 2.3.x device. (We're using PhoneGap 1.9 and
> JQuery 1.7.1, and JQM 1.1.1)
>
> Simon, I think the issue you've directed us to is for Jelly Bean devices, is
> there another issue that pertains to this - or is that issue just
> mislabeled?
>
> (Also - Simon, thanks for all the GREAT posts and info in your blog. Very
> helpful!)
>
> -Mark

>
>
> On Tuesday, July 10, 2012 7:50:07 AM UTC-5, Simon wrote:
>>
>> Phillip, you are at least the third person reporting this issue. There
>> is someone looking into it from the PhoneGap team. Please add your
>> comments to the issue:
>>
>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-1017
>>
>> Simon Mac Donald
>> http://hi.im/simonmacdonald
>

[Horst]

Hello Simon,

i have read about this bug in some threads. I would like to know more about it. I use 1.9.0 and can input on all devices i have tested. So i don't understand if i can publish my app, or better wait for an update?

Greetings
Horst

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[Simon MacDonald]

If it is working for you then it looks like it is a 4.x issue only.
BTW, 2.0.0 is out late next week.

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[Mark]

Simon, 

   I grabbed the latest code and rebuilt/replaced the jar in my application and it indeed has seemed to fix the problem.  (Although I had to make some unrelated modifications to a plugin I have because of other changes in the latest)  In any case, thanks again!

-Mark

[Simon MacDonald]

What did you have to do with the plugin? I did some shim code so that
folks wouldn't need to change their plugins so if there is anything I
missed I'l like to know about it.

Simon Mac Donald
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[Mark]

This all might have been my fault - I'm not sure, I think things were in flux.  I was trying to avoid using "this.getContext()" as that seems to be on the way out.

In my code I access the activity (to get to packagename and such) in any case, first I was using:  this.ctx.getActivity()

However, at the time, that was giving me an exception, so I changed the code to: this.cordova.getActivity()

I believe this was my fault though, I think the new jar file might not have been in place yet - because now if I change the code back to use this.ctx.getActivity() it seems to work without exception.

Sorry for the confusion!

-Mark

[Simon MacDonald]

Awesome! Thanks for double checking for me.

Simon

[Horst]

Hello Simon,

sorry, but i still don't understand. I have tested also on 4.0.3, 4.0.4 and 4.1 and got no error. So how can it be an 4.x issue? In which case this problem appears? 

About 2.0.0: New version, new errors. Sorry, but it is not a good idea to use a fresh version for a important app. I prefer to wait some weeks to get the errors reported. Like this one in 1.9. But in this case i don't know if i can ignore, becasue in the group and issue tracker it sounds like an error i should see in my app. But i don't see it. Iam uncertain what do to.

best regards
Horst

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[Simon MacDonald]

Well if you are not seeing the problem that is a good thing right?
Anyway, it may have something to do with some CSS rules other folks
are using. Hard to tell at this point. Sorry I can't give you a
definitive answer.

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[Andy Joslin]

Hi,

I upgraded to Phonegap 2.0, but on my Jellybean (4.1) device, the text input still doesn't work.  It does work on 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, though.

[Andy Joslin]

Any progress?

[thor968]

Hi,

Hi,

as far as I can see this or the similar problem still exists after upgrading to 2.1.0?

I'm porting a Enyo 1.0-app to Android but I have some issues with input-fields:

• I'm not able to set numlock active (autoKeyModifier: "num-lock"), any idea how to solve this?
  
• Sometimes/often I have to touch twice on an input field to get the blue frame and the virtual keyboard to be able to enter text.
  
• I'm using a popup for my settings and because this are "some", I have to scroll down to get the <Save>-button. But if I do so, without leaving the input field before (what I don't want, because I do not want that the keyboard disapears), the blue frame with the entered content remains sticky on the current position.

These problems exist on the emulator and on real devices with 2.3.4/2.3.6 and 4.0.3/4.0.4.

I attached two screenshots that show the problem with the inputfield while scrolling.

Thanks a lot for any ideas,

thor968

[thor968]

Am Samstag, 22. September 2012 11:34:23 UTC+2 schrieb thor968:

• I'm not able to set numlock active (autoKeyModifier: "num-lock"), any idea how to solve this?

OK, for this I found a solution, I just had to put inputType: "number" into my kinds.

An other issue is, that the app closes if you turn the device.

thor968

[venkatesh R]

The below errors are displayed when i am using actionbar to to create a tabbar in android(similar to iphone) using phonegap

I want a solution for this problem

01-12 22:51:12.404: D/dalvikvm(1150): GC_FOR_ALLOC freed 40K, 4% free 6357K/6595K, paused 166ms

01-12 22:51:12.404: I/dalvikvm-heap(1150): Grow heap (frag case) to 6.754MB for 513744-byte allocation

01-12 22:51:12.493: D/dalvikvm(1150): GC_FOR_ALLOC freed <1K, 4% free 6859K/7111K, paused 37ms

01-12 22:51:12.574: D/dalvikvm(1150): GC_CONCURRENT freed <1K, 4% free 6859K/7111K, paused 3ms+2ms

01-12 22:51:12.724: I/CordovaLog(1150): Changing log level to DEBUG(3)

01-12 22:51:12.724: I/CordovaLog(1150): Found preference for useBrowserHistory=true

01-12 22:51:12.734: D/CordovaLog(1150): Found preference for useBrowserHistory=true

01-12 22:51:12.734: I/CordovaLog(1150): Found preference for exit-on-suspend=false

01-12 22:51:12.734: D/CordovaLog(1150): Found preference for exit-on-suspend=false

01-12 22:51:12.764: D/JsMessageQueue(1150): Set native->JS mode to 2

01-12 22:51:12.854: D/DroidGap(1150): DroidGap.init()

01-12 22:51:12.854: D/AndroidRuntime(1150): Shutting down VM

01-12 22:51:12.864: W/dalvikvm(1150): threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x40014760)

01-12 22:51:12.894: E/AndroidRuntime(1150): FATAL EXCEPTION: main

01-12 22:51:12.894: E/AndroidRuntime(1150): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.example.actionbar_demo/com.example.actionbar_demo.MainActivity}: java.lang.NullPointerException

01-12 22:51:12.894: E/AndroidRuntime(1150):  at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1815)

01-12 22:51:12.894: E/AndroidRuntime(1150):  at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1831)

01-12 22:51:12.894: E/AndroidRuntime(1150):  at android.app.ActivityThread.access$500(ActivityThread.java:122)

01-12 22:51:12.894: E/AndroidRuntime(1150):  at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1024)

01-12 22:51:12.894: E/AndroidRuntime(1150):  at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)

01-12 22:51:12.894: E/AndroidRuntime(1150):  at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:132)

01-12 22:51:12.894: E/AndroidRuntime(1150):  at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4123)

01-12 22:51:12.894: E/AndroidRuntime(1150):  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)

01-12 22:51:12.894: E/AndroidRuntime(1150):  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:491)

01-12 22:51:12.894: E/AndroidRuntime(1150):  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:841)

01-12 22:51:12.894: E/AndroidRuntime(1150):  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:599)

01-12 22:51:12.894: E/AndroidRuntime(1150):  at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

01-12 22:51:12.894: E/AndroidRuntime(1150): Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException

01-12 22:51:12.894: E/AndroidRuntime(1150):  at com.example.actionbar_demo.MainActivity.setContentView(MainActivity.java:77)

01-12 22:51:12.894: E/AndroidRuntime(1150):  at org.apache.cordova.DroidGap.init(DroidGap.java:343)

01-12 22:51:12.894: E/AndroidRuntime(1150):  at org.apache.cordova.DroidGap.init(DroidGap.java:313)

01-12 22:51:12.894: E/AndroidRuntime(1150):  at org.apache.cordova.DroidGap.loadUrl(DroidGap.java:358)

01-12 22:51:12.894: E/AndroidRuntime(1150):  at com.example.actionbar_demo.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:32)

01-12 22:51:12.894: E/AndroidRuntime(1150):  at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:4397)

01-12 22:51:12.894: E/AndroidRuntime(1150):  at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1048)

01-12 22:51:12.894: E/AndroidRuntime(1150):  at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1779)

01-12 22:51:12.894: E/AndroidRuntime(1150):  ... 11 more

Thanks in advance

Note: I attached my .apk file