BUG - double clicking a word sometimes deletes it in Gmail + Flickering problem + more

The method AnysoftKeyboard::performRestartWordSuggestion is “patchy” because it does the following:

ic.deleteSurroundingText(toLeft.length(), toRight.length());
ic.setComposingText(word, 1);

The input connection doesn’t have to delete text and re paste it, just for the suggestions to work. Please consider using setComposingRegion or something else.

This current mechanism causes several problems: flickering upon moving the cursor, problems with styled text (for example in facebook), and the following problem:

Steps to reproduce

1. Enable “suggestions restart” in the keyboard settings.
2. Compose a new message in Gmail
3. Write some words (with spaces between them)
4. double click some words several times until the bug happens.

Expected behaviour

Double clicking a word should select it.

Actual behaviour

Sometimes the word is deleted from the input.

Android OS version: 7.1.1

Device manufacturer and model: Samsung Note 8

List of installed add-ons (like languages, or themes): defaults

[menny]

@sabisab and thank you for the tip.

[menny]

Great! Thanks for verifying

On Mon, Apr 2, 2018, 4:36 AM Tuko [e-mail] wrote:

working great 😃

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