Merge "Make a better effort to detect a framework lie."

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Jean Chalard 2014-10-01 10:24:31 +00:00 committed by Android (Google) Code Review
commit eff21b653f
3 changed files with 35 additions and 17 deletions

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@ -926,8 +926,10 @@ public class LatinIME extends InputMethodService implements KeyboardActionListen
// mLastSelection{Start,End} are reset later in this method, no need to do it here
needToCallLoadKeyboardLater = true;
} else {
// When rotating, initialSelStart and initialSelEnd sometimes are lying. Make a best
// effort to work around this bug.
// When rotating, and when input is starting again in a field from where the focus
// didn't move (the keyboard having been closed with the back key),
// initialSelStart and initialSelEnd sometimes are lying. Make a best effort to
// work around this bug.
mInputLogic.mConnection.tryFixLyingCursorPosition();
mHandler.postResumeSuggestions(true /* shouldIncludeResumedWordInSuggestions */,
true /* shouldDelay */);

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@ -849,8 +849,9 @@ public final class RichInputConnection {
/**
* Try to get the text from the editor to expose lies the framework may have been
* telling us. Concretely, when the device rotates, the frameworks tells us about where the
* cursor used to be initially in the editor at the time it first received the focus; this
* telling us. Concretely, when the device rotates and when the keyboard reopens in the same
* text field after having been closed with the back key, the frameworks tells us about where
* the cursor used to be initially in the editor at the time it first received the focus; this
* may be completely different from the place it is upon rotation. Since we don't have any
* means to get the real value, try at least to ask the text view for some characters and
* detect the most damaging cases: when the cursor position is declared to be much smaller
@ -859,7 +860,20 @@ public final class RichInputConnection {
public void tryFixLyingCursorPosition() {
final CharSequence textBeforeCursor = getTextBeforeCursor(
Constants.EDITOR_CONTENTS_CACHE_SIZE, 0);
if (null == textBeforeCursor) {
final CharSequence selectedText = mIC.getSelectedText(0 /* flags */);
if (null == textBeforeCursor ||
(!TextUtils.isEmpty(selectedText) && mExpectedSelEnd == mExpectedSelStart)) {
// If textBeforeCursor is null, we have no idea what kind of text field we have or if
// thinking about the "cursor position" actually makes any sense. In this case we
// remember a meaningless cursor position. Contrast this with an empty string, which is
// valid and should mean the cursor is at the start of the text.
// Also, if we expect we don't have a selection but we DO have non-empty selected text,
// then the framework lied to us about the cursor position. In this case, we should just
// revert to the most basic behavior possible for the next action (backspace in
// particular comes to mind), so we remember a meaningless cursor position which should
// result in degraded behavior from the next input.
// Interestingly, in either case, chances are any action the user takes next will result
// in a call to onUpdateSelection, which should set things right.
mExpectedSelStart = mExpectedSelEnd = Constants.NOT_A_CURSOR_POSITION;
} else {
final int textLength = textBeforeCursor.length();

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@ -1127,19 +1127,21 @@ public final class InputLogic {
StatsUtils.onBackspaceSelectedText(numCharsDeleted);
} else {
// There is no selection, just delete one character.
if (Constants.NOT_A_CURSOR_POSITION == mConnection.getExpectedSelectionEnd()) {
// This should never happen.
Log.e(TAG, "Backspace when we don't know the selection position");
}
if (inputTransaction.mSettingsValues.isBeforeJellyBean() ||
inputTransaction.mSettingsValues.mInputAttributes.isTypeNull()) {
// There are two possible reasons to send a key event: either the field has
if (inputTransaction.mSettingsValues.isBeforeJellyBean()
|| inputTransaction.mSettingsValues.mInputAttributes.isTypeNull()
|| Constants.NOT_A_CURSOR_POSITION
== mConnection.getExpectedSelectionEnd()) {
// There are three possible reasons to send a key event: either the field has
// type TYPE_NULL, in which case the keyboard should send events, or we are
// running in backward compatibility mode. Before Jelly bean, the keyboard
// would simulate a hardware keyboard event on pressing enter or delete. This
// is bad for many reasons (there are race conditions with commits) but some
// applications are relying on this behavior so we continue to support it for
// older apps, so we retain this behavior if the app has target SDK < JellyBean.
// running in backward compatibility mode, or we don't know the cursor position.
// Before Jelly bean, the keyboard would simulate a hardware keyboard event on
// pressing enter or delete. This is bad for many reasons (there are race
// conditions with commits) but some applications are relying on this behavior
// so we continue to support it for older apps, so we retain this behavior if
// the app has target SDK < JellyBean.
// As for the case where we don't know the cursor position, it can happen
// because of bugs in the framework. But the framework should know, so the next
// best thing is to leave it to whatever it thinks is best.
sendDownUpKeyEvent(KeyEvent.KEYCODE_DEL);
int totalDeletedLength = 1;
if (mDeleteCount > Constants.DELETE_ACCELERATE_AT) {