Sailfish virtual keyboard overlays input field of Android apps
asked 2020-02-29 22:50:39 +0200
Description
In Android apps with a text input field at the bottom (for example messaging apps like Signal or Conversations), the Sailfish virtual keyboard (vKBD) overlays this field for text input. This only happens in portrait orientation. The input field is not moved up far enough, when it is selected and the vKBD appears, hence one cannot see the result of one's own typing.
Side note: The affected Android apps appear to reposition their (bottom) input field when the vKBD comes up, but at incorrect coordinates when in portrait orientation (maybe AlienDalvik provides incorrect coordinates to them?).
Tested with an Xperia 10 and Xperia X, both @SFOS 3.2.1 (i.e., the current AOSP8- and AOSP4.4-based AlienDalvik versions).
Edit: ... and AlienDalvik Control 9.1.3.
Expected behaviour
A (bottom) text input field of an Android app shall always be completely visible on top of the screen area occupied by the vKBD when it is active, as it is already the case in landscape orientation.
Workarounds
- Use the affected Android apps in landscape orientation until this issue is fixed.
- Tap on Settings -> AlienDalvik Control -> Navigation bar: Show and live with the navigation bar for now.
P.S.
So ultimately this seems to be an issue caused by AlienDalvik Control, not by AlienDalvik.
