bug(web): Web and Android keyboards appear simultaneously when a physical keyboard is connected to an Android mobile.

[dinakaranr]

Describe the bug

the SIL_IPA keyboard and Android keyboard appeared on the browser at the same time.

Reproduce the bug

Steps to reproduce:

1. Open the Chrome browser on the Android Mobile
2. Connect the physical keyboard to Android Mobile.
3. Open the *.index.html from the "build artifacts".(keyman-18.0.162-alpha build)
4. Click the 'View Keymanweb use samples' link button.
5. Click the 'Example1 - Toggle UI, all resources in the same folder as page' link button.
6. Add "sil_ipa" in the ‘Add a keyboard by keyboard name’ box.
7. Click in the "text area" box.
8. Type n letter from a physical keyboard.
9. Type > symbol from a physical keyboard.
   Actual Results: Here, the SIL_IPA keyboard and Android keyboard appeared on the browser at the same time.
   SIL_IPA keyboard appeared behind the Android keyboard. if I type letters on the physical keyboard and the Android keyboard letters do not give output.

Three test cases failed for the same problem.
Test case for Baseline_Add_SIL_IPA (Touch / Hardware Platforms)
Test case for Baseline_Add_Khmer_Angkor (Touch / Hardware Platforms)
Test case for Baseline_Swedish (Touch / Hardware Platforms)
Please refer to the attached screenshots

Expected behavior

Related issues

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Keyman apps

• Keyman for Android
• Keyman for iPhone and iPad
• Keyman for Linux
• Keyman for macOS
• Keyman for Windows
• Keyman Developer
• KeymanWeb
• Other - give details at bottom of form

Keyman version

keyman-18.0.162-alpha build

Operating system

Android 14

Device

Samsung Mobile

Target application

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Browser

Chrome

Keyboard name

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Keyboard version

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Language name

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Additional context

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[darcywong00]

The physical keyboard is tied to the system (Android keyboard).

Even though you have the "IPA" keyboard above, the Android system keyboard characters are what is output.

[jahorton]

This PR from a while back should help point in the right direction; the bug sounds like something went "off" with its code.

#7343

[darcywong00]

From meet-after discussion, I'll investigate by making a new test page (with no KeymanWeb elements), with inputMode="none" and observing how the external keyboard behaves.

[darcywong00]

So I copied the web test page
/web/src/test/auto/resources/fixtures/inputs-numeric-none-disabled_email.html

and tested the 3 input fields with the external keyboard.

I could type in each of the 3 input fields with the external keyboard.
For inputMode=none and inputMode=email, the device displayed a mini US keyboard:

[ermshiperete]

Darcy's test page: https://darcywong00.github.io/examples/input/

I get slightly different results with the test page when the "Show virtual keyboard" setting is disabled:

Gboard keyboard

Numeric inputmode: no keyboard, but a bar with symbols passwords/payment methods/address (but I think that's Chrome's); typing with hardware keyboard is possible
None inputmode: no keyboard; typing with hardware keyboard is possible
Email inputmode: mini US keyboard (like Darcy's screenshot), plus the bar with pw/payment/address; typing with hardware keyboard is possible

Microsoft Swiftkey keyboard

Numeric inputmode: numeric keyboard, plus pw/... bar; typing with hardware keyboard is possible and makes the keyboard disappear
None inputmode: no keyboard; typing with hardware keyboard is possible, a bar with suggestions might pop up
Email inputmode: email keyboard with suggestion bar, plus the bar with pw/payment/address; typing with hardware keyboard is possible

Keepass2Android keyboard

Numeric inputmode: no keyboard, pw bar, typing with hardware keyboard is possible
None inputmode: no keyboard, no bar, typing with hardware keyboard is possible
Email inputmode: no keyboard, pw bar, typing with hardware keyboard is possible

Keyman Alpha keyboard

Numeric inputmode: no keyboard, pw bar, typing with hardware keyboard is NOT possible
None inputmode: no keyboard, no bar, typing with hardware keyboard is NOT possible
Email inputmode: no keyboard, pw bar, typing with hardware keyboard is NOT possible

[ermshiperete]

Looks like we discovered this problem already when testing/reviewing #7343. The suggested workaround was to disable the "Show virtual keyboard" setting (which appears in the (OS) keyboard selection pop up when a physical keyboard is connected).

However, given the findings in the previous comment that show that you can't type on the hardware keyboard when the Keyman keyboard is enabled, I don't think that is a good option.

[ermshiperete]

Strange - the control-by-control example doesn't show two keyboards.

It does show the behavior if I reconnect the keyboard.