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AppGameKit Classic Chat / EditBox Issue - AGK v2 on Android Lollipop

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Funnell7
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Posted: 17th Apr 2015 21:10
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EditBoxes have for a very long time been a little sketchy, but I have recently brought a Samsung S6 running Android Lollipop, and it would appear the EditBoxes now hardly work at all with this version...

You cannot type anything more than 1 character at a time. If say I type 'Dan' it will appear in my suggestions window, but nothing appears in the EditBox. Selecting 'Dan' from the suggestions window also does nothing...

The only way you can get anything in the EditBox is by tapping only 1 character, and then selecting it in the suggestions window. But this also adds a space. It would appear there is an issue with the EditBox accepting multiple characters. This is using the stock keyboard (I know Swype has always been an issue)...

Paul, I know a few critical bugs crept in to v2.0.12, but I think this could also do with some attention ...

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CJB
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Posted: 18th Apr 2015 00:45
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I first highlighted this particular bug almost three years ago. It's the same issue as using an alt-keyboard such as Swype. The keyboard has some kind of buffer for entire words, except AppGameKit can only read a single character at a time.

I found an article about the same issue (and a fix) here, but Paul said he doesn't know how to fix it (see this thread).

Not sure where we can go from here as Paul is the only AppGameKit developer as far as I can tell. Perhaps the only way is to switch to Tier2 and try to use the solution above?


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Paul Johnston
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Posted: 18th Apr 2015 00:50
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I had a look at the Android input methods to see if I could solve this once and for all and managed to get a hidden Android edit box to accept input and then pass it on to AGK. This should allow all third party input methods that are supported by Java apps to be used with AppGameKit input commands. It'll be in 2.0.13.
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Funnell7
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Posted: 18th Apr 2015 19:09
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Paul, thank you so much for taking a look at this so quickly! I can confirm the EditBoxes now work on Android Lollipop... For the most part There is still a small issue where you cannot delete individual characters, the only way to delete what you have typed is to do a long press which will delete the entire string... If you get a chance, it would be great if you could take a look at this... Definitely a step closer though, and hopefully we can soon put this one to bed thanks...

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Posted: 18th Apr 2015 19:19
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Quote: "There is still a small issue where you cannot delete individual characters"


Couldn't replicate the problem on Android 5.1, portrait or landscape. 4.4.4, 4.0.4, and 2.3.3 also seem to work.
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Posted: 18th Apr 2015 20:11
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@paul
i wish you replace this editbox with a own optional agk screen keyboard.
i have no trust in the android 2-5 version and agk combination.
at some os versions the input seems to work, other not, belongs also the device manufacturer.

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Quote: "Couldn't replicate the problem on Android 5.1, portrait or landscape. 4.4.4, 4.0.4, and 2.3.3 also seem to work."


Ok, thats good news, at least its not a widespread issue I am running on 5.0.2, on a Samsung S6... Like Marcus says, its abit hit and miss, so perhaps this is due to the device and/or OS version? I'll try a few other devices too...

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Paul! I freakin LOVE you! Just this one fix has opened up SO much potential for Android development. THANK YOU!

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