am 5e099580: Merge "Backward compatibility hack : send delete when empty."

* commit '5e099580565039dfd19cc23eff5e086202473fcd':
  Backward compatibility hack : send delete when empty.
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Jean Chalard 2014-02-13 02:13:00 -08:00 committed by Android Git Automerger
commit ef30447d2a
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@ -973,7 +973,13 @@ public final class InputLogic {
} else {
final int codePointBeforeCursor = mConnection.getCodePointBeforeCursor();
if (codePointBeforeCursor == Constants.NOT_A_CODE) {
// Nothing to delete before the cursor.
// HACK for backward compatibility with broken apps that haven't realized
// yet that hardware keyboards are not the only way of inputting text.
// Nothing to delete before the cursor. We should not do anything, but many
// broken apps expect something to happen in this case so that they can
// catch it and have their broken interface react. If you need the keyboard
// to do this, you're doing it wrong -- please fix your app.
mConnection.deleteSurroundingText(1, 0);
return;
}
final int lengthToDelete =