Android Inputs Require Double Tap for Focus

[calendee]

Several forum users are reporting that the Android keyboard is not appearing on input focus. They are having to double tap in the input to get focus for keyboard to open.

http://forum.ionicframework.com/t/android-keyboard-not-always-appearing-on-input-focus/1591

This IS happening with the nightlies.

NOTE : On the Beta, users were reporting that Android inputs would not receive focus and not activate the keyboard. Switching to nightly improved matters but introduced the double tap problem.

[robdmoore]

I've raised a similar issue with a replication at #1133

[adamdbradley]

I'm actively working on this right now and will be fixed in beta2.

[jprichardson]

I'm an iOS guy and was testing my app on Android... I was thinking this was Android behavior, I'm so glad that it's not!! Thanks for looking into this.

[adamdbradley]

@robdmoore @jprichardson Would you be able to test the nightly build (1712 or later) and let us know if it solved this issue?
http://code.ionicframework.com/#nightly

Related: #862 #740 #726 #691 #689 #365 #26 #1134 #1120 #1105 #1078 #772 #745

[jprichardson]

Just tested the change from 1675 to 1712. It did fix the problem, however, other problems were introduced to make it almost unusable. If I touch the header bar on an app with a side menu, the right side menu sometimes opens up, even if I don't have a right side menu. Also, after a few clicks, if I tapped near the top of the screen, then a button click would fire near the bottom of the screen. It was very weird. I observed this behavior on a Google Nexus 4 with Android 4.4.2 installed. I made sure to check before and after the change to verify.

I also tested 1712 on iOS 7.1 with an iPhone 5s. I did NOT observe any of these same issues.

I was also very sure to make sure that the CSS was indeed updated :)

[rvanbaalen]

Are you sure its iOS7.2 you're using?

[jprichardson]

Yeah, I caught that and edited it before you responded :)

[adamdbradley]

@jprichardson would you be able to create a codepen that replicates the issue?

[jprichardson]

I have the Codepen ready... but I suspect that I can't replicate it in a desktop browser. I'm viewing it on Codepen in my Android, but it looks like a desktop app... i.e. Codepen is getting in the way. Does Codpen support a nice mobile option? Should I put it on dropbox and share that way?

[jprichardson]

Running distilled sample from dropbox... can't reproduce the issue. Rebuilt with nigthly 1716 and can't reproduce from within my app. Presumably the onus is on me with this one. I doubt much changed from 1712 to 1716?

[adamdbradley]

No there isn't much between 1712 and 1716 that's related here. Since the original issue is fixed I'm going to close this. If you're still having problems with the side menus please open a new issue and we'll debug it, thanks.

[zelphir]

is this related #1112 ?

thanks

[ParitoshVaidya]

Getting same issue on Moto e (1st Gen.) Android 4.4 Ionic v 1.3.16 Will let you know about other devices. Also posted this issue at #1133 It is intermittent issue.

[danschumann]

I have a completely unrelated project, and this happens for me only when I type a bunch of text into one field, and do not do any auto-complete stuff, then click another field.

The 2nd field gets focused, but the keyboard disappears and there is no caret.

If I select an auto-complete value on the first field, it works fine.

Is this an android bug related to webview?

[mubasshir]

any update to above?
@danschumann did you able to solve it?