In the `Jetchat` app, if you click on any of the chat messages prior to engaging message input, and ...

# compose

[Denis Sakhapov]

In the Jetchat app, if you click on any of the chat messages prior to engaging message input, and then try to type a message, the input field won't trigger the keyboard to show up. Is this a known issue and are there any workarounds for it? I experience pretty much the same behavior in my project when I first click outside an input field and then on it, it seems to obtain the focus but the soft keyboard doesn't appear.

Screen_Recording_20201117-105809_Jetchat.mp4

[ppvi]

yeah the focus and keyboard is a problematic area right now, there's a note about this in the readme

[ppvi]

although I don't see this behavior, does it happen always or after a combination of gestures?

[Denis Sakhapov]

It always happens if you follow these simple steps:
• launch the app
• click anywhere outside the message input field
• try clicking on the input field to type the message
• keyboard does not show up
Same behavior can be observed in my personal projects. However, simply scrolling the chat does not seem to affect this.
Not sure if there is anything we can do to work around this. Do we just wait for the next alpha release(s)?

[David Attias]

I think this is related to that : https://kotlinlang.slack.com/archives/CJLTWPH7S/p1605612481233200?thread_ts=1605202318.429100&cid=CJLTWPH7S

[ppvi]

Yup we need to revisit jetchat after that's in

[ppvi]

Looks like there's a race condition in text field which is being fixed in aosp/1456460

[Denis Sakhapov]

Sweet! Thanks for updating us!