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[BUG/TEST] possible android 4.2.1 bug (Affects stock apps, req:stock keyboard)

Ok I'm developing an app with target of 4.2.1 and came across some odd behaviour. I think I have narrowed it down to a bug in the default keyboard in 4.2.1
I would just like others on 4.2.1 to confirm this for me so it's not me being either dense or stupid.
Bug: User input in text fields gets duplicated.
Apparent on : Devices : gnex and nex7
Affects : my App, other 3rd party apps from play, stock messaging app and contacts app. (But not the calendar)
Steps to produce:
-1. Have auto rotation turned on and be in portrait mode
1. Open messenger app (SMS)
2. New message.
3. Click on the input text area to bring up keyboard (kb must be stock one)
4. Enter something like "testyeeee"
5. (Important) minimize the keyboard with left soft key (down arrow)
6. Rotate to landscape
The result on all of my dev devices on 4.2.1 and AVD is the test is duplicated
This is a bug with the default android keyboard holding some kind of buffer and link to the text input view, so when a state/config change occurs the read of the text field is also appended with the kb buffer. (As is my guess)
I posted here so that I can get confirmation from the forum section most likely to be on 4.2.1

Me too
I can confirm this bug. It also happens in Whatsapp.
It happen to me many times writing in whatsapp but I couldn't figure out how to reproduce it.

callmewind said:
I can confirm this bug. It also happens in Whatsapp.
It happen to me many times writing in whatsapp but I couldn't figure out how to reproduce it.
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tbh most 3rd party apps will have this bug, those that dont I need to contact the dev and ask what black magic they are using as a workaround to implement in my app

This appears to be a bug with the Android System itself and not the Keyboard as I just tried this on a port of Jellybean 4.2 Keyboard on a Sony device in multiple apps... Hope it helps Cheers

Cheers but do those ports have the stock keyboard? If not what kB were you using?
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The file I used is a 12,647KB apk LatinIMEGoogle.apk along with 1 lib file libjni_latinimegoogle.so. I am not sure where I found it but I remember reading "extracted" in the thread, so I think the original author, not sure who, has not made any changes to the apk himself.. Best way to see would be to push those 2 files from a Nexus into an ICS or Jellybean 4.1 device and see if it can run it,then do the check for the bug ( I dont have the Nexus system dump myself to check but Ill be happy to test it if you can upload the 2 files here )

Sound like that's just the stock on that I thought no has the bug
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Easy way to tell get a 3rd party kB from play .... You shouldn't have it then
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Dont have a 4.2 device here dude Have a tiny Xperia U with 4.0 Since the Keyboard works without issue for me, it should be 4.2.. Again, yo'll have to wait till someone with a 4.2 device checks it out (Or till someone takes pity on me and gifts me a Nexus ) Sorry I cant be of much further use for now
Ps : Saw your post in App Tester Index. Maybe give an update there to situation to get a faster test done ?

bug
I think I also noticed another bug already!!
it at 1 day and a half blocks and user must remove the battery to restart. happens every 2 days + / -.
The you guys already did that happen?
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yeah i have noticed this issue with the keyboard as well on 4.2.1. i cant stand it lol

Yes. It happens on my Nexus 7 and Galaxy Nexus.

can confirm it.

Confirm on my GN with Yakju 4.2.1. But not sure this is a bug on 4.2.1 or 4.2 only or it's generally on all Android.

I tried it on my Android 4.0.4 with the Jellybean 4.2 keyboard. And no issues, so its limited to 4.2 or 4.2.1.

Whenever the keyboard opens in 4.2 there's a huge delay before the app resizes. In 4.1 and 4.0 it would do it immediately. In 4.2 it waits like a half a second. This may be part of the issue. This alone is kind of annoying. It occurs on third party keyboards as well. It has to do with 4.2 and not the keyboard itself.
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I have 4.2.1 on Nexus 4 and that procedure created the double text in Google Talk app. Is there an issue tracker entry for this so we can bring it to Google's attention?

I have logged a bug. .
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deanwray said:
I have logged a bug. .
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Link?

I just checked and the same happens if you follow the steps but start in landscape and switch to portrait.

[Q][BUG]All my home launchers are belong to Samsung?[solved]

Ok I'm getting tired of this 'feature, bug' whatever someone might call it. I haven't seen anyone else complain of it but I dont use TW for launcher and every time i reboot or power cycle i get asked to choose a launcher again. Then get helpfully told to clear defaults (as if I didn't know already) there's none to be cleared and fixing permissions does nothing, reimaging the unit does nothing so far.
Is Samsung saying they know what is best for me? Is anyone else getting this problem?
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I think it might be Action launcher in this case, gotta contact dev. Possibly solved
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hi
well to give a pointer , i am on stock rom , with nova launcher.
i have no problems when rebooting .( it reboots to nova launcher )
so i do no think it's a Samsung "bug " or whatever.
you could be right thats it a 3 rd party app..eg.. Action launcher, ?
(as you claim/stated.)
Why don't you "test " it with another launcher.. eg Apex/Nova.. etc?
good luck

Solved. Was a bug in Action Launcher. Dev well on the way to fixing. Thx for response
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Samsung Galaxy S4 TouchWiz launcher

So here's the story, I saw some cool apps that were only available for Samsung devices, I did some searching, and I ended up with some files completely irrelevant to what I was originally looking for,
These files were flashable zips of the S4's TouchWiz launcher and the weather widget to go long with it.
For some random reason (boredom), I decided to flash these (after a backup of course).
Guess what?
They work!
Not just "they work" with some glitches. I mean perfectly smooth with not a single problem!
Update: it seems that the app drawer shortcut cannot be re-positioned from the far right of the four quick-access shortcut bar thing (whatever you call it. If anyone finds a way to fix this, feel free to let us know!)
Update 2: the launcher seems to close and re-open quickly every few hours, it might just be me or the launcher may be just a tiny bit unstable. Either way, it's barely noticeable and doesn't affect the launcher's functionality.
Here's the links to the files:
(I did not upload these, credit goes to the uploader specified in the link)
The launcher
http://d-h.st/D68
The weather widget
http://d-h.st/KZd
I may be more hyped about this than I should be, but either way,
Enjoy!

good find buddy, as far as the launcher opening and closing, ima try something. with samsung i think the twframework.jar is in the classpath in the ramdisk. i added it to the classpath and flashed both zips. lets see if it fixes anything, i'll let you know tomorrow.
-cheers

Evolutionmods said:
good find buddy, as far as the launcher opening and closing, ima try something. with samsung i think the twframework.jar is in the classpath in the ramdisk. i added it to the classpath and flashed both zips. lets see if it fixes anything, i'll let you know tomorrow.
-cheers
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Thanks! I appreciate it

rino757 said:
So here's the story, I saw some cool apps that were only available for Samsung devices, I did some searching, and I ended up with some files completely irrelevant to what I was originally looking for,
These files were flashable zips of the S4's TouchWiz launcher and the weather widget to go long with it.
For some random reason (boredom), I decided to flash these (after a backup of course).
Guess what?
They work!
Not just "they work" with some glitches. I mean perfectly smooth with not a single problem!
Update: it seems that the app drawer shortcut cannot be re-positioned from the far right of the four quick-access shortcut bar thing (whatever you call it. If anyone finds a way to fix this, feel free to let us know!)
Update 2: the launcher seems to close and re-open quickly every few hours, it might just be me or the launcher may be just a tiny bit unstable. Either way, it's barely noticeable and doesn't affect the launcher's functionality.
Here's the links to the files:
(I did not upload these, credit goes to the uploader specified in the link)
The launcher
http://d-h.st/D68
The weather widget
http://d-h.st/KZd
I may be more hyped about this than I should be, but either way,
Enjoy!
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work like a charm. But it is possible to change app drawer to 5x6?

irwancihuy said:
work like a charm. But it is possible to change app drawer to 5x6?
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I'm sorry, but I've been changing roms and launchers almost daily to find which ones work best for me.
I only posted about this launcher to let others know.
To be honest I didn't even keep it for more than a couple hours.

Post pics
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irwancihuy said:
work like a charm. But it is possible to change app drawer to 5x6?
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Is better to support |6x5___ not 5x6(may be truncated the icons)..
Sorry for my english
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8.4 Lags/Temporary freezes?

Just got the 8.4 and after installing my apps (including Nova Launcher and using that as the main launcher), I get constant lags and temporary freezes when trying to work within an app or move to a new app. Eventually it un-freezes itself buts it's pretty frustrating. Anyone else experiencing this? Is there a setting that could be causing this? Maybe just a bad unit? Any help-suggestions would be appreciated. I have 9+ gb available after my apps are installed.
Thanks,
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koozer said:
Just got the 8.4 and after installing my apps (including Nova Launcher and using that as the main launcher), I get constant lags and temporary freezes when trying to work within an app or move to a new app. Eventually it un-freezes itself buts it's pretty frustrating. Anyone else experiencing this? Is there a setting that could be causing this? Maybe just a bad unit? Any help-suggestions would be appreciated. I have 9+ gb available after my apps are installed.
Thanks,
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I heard about some problems with launchers, but this was CM11 rom related. Latest builds fix it up, so i have no problem now. If i'll switch to stock rom, i'll test it and let you know. Maybe you must wait for official update if you want to use Nova launcher.

Question Oneui 5 beta broke my app switcher, please help

So now my app switcher only works about 10% of the time, the rest of time it will show all the open apps as tiny little icons that don't do anything and I can't switch to any app, only go to the home screen.... I'm on the latest alpha of lawnchair and had no problems before the update. And it happens folded or open
I uploaded a video of it happening. Any help would be appreciated

spart0n said:
Any help would be appreciated
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I am also on the UI5 beta.
I can't directly suggest anything that solves your problem. But I can at least give you a little insight. I am using Nova Launcher. I already knew that with Android 12L and 13, Nova Launcher didn't support the new taskbar. So I also assume any other new switching features are also unsupported while using Nova Launcher. So why am I replying? The more traditional app switching works just fine for me while using Nova Launcher.
I'll be interested to learn whether other users of the full UI5 beta are having the same experience so we can understand if your experience is an anomaly or a general beta bug.
But if it is a general bug, you might want to use a third party launcher until the next beta or the imminent general release.
If this needs to be explored further, I can also try changing my launcher to Samsung's default to see whether I have the same experience as you. But first let's see what others have to say.

goattee said:
I am also on the UI5 beta.
I can't directly suggest anything that solves your problem. But I can at least give you a little insight. I am using Nova Launcher. I already knew that with Android 12L and 13, Nova Launcher didn't support the new taskbar. So I also assume any other new switching features are also unsupported while using Nova Launcher. So why am I replying? The more traditional app switching works just fine for me while using Nova Launcher.
I'll be interested to learn whether other users of the full UI5 beta are having the same experience so we can understand if your experience is an anomaly or a general beta bug.
But if it is a general bug, you might want to use a third party launcher until the next beta or the imminent general release.
If this needs to be explored further, I can also try changing my launcher to Samsung's default to see whether I have the same experience as you. But first let's see what others have to say.
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I also asked my question in the lawnchair telegram group and they said it's a bug with the good lock apps from Samsung and lawnchair not playing right together on the beta. So I guess I'm going to switch to nova. I used to have nova and gave it up for foss but I always missed it.

I'm running stock Launcher and app switcher /recent apps is broken in landscape mode. There's a null pointer error because of a colour that's undefined. Could be related to your issues

andy242 said:
I'm running stock Launcher and app switcher /recent apps is broken in landscape mode. There's a null pointer error because of a colour that's undefined. Could be related to your issues
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Since I've made this thread I've tried nova, action, Niagara, neo, lawnchair V2, Microsoft launcher, and I think a couple more and all have app switching broken for me.
So I made a bug report with the Samsung members app thing. Not sure if it's worth much considering how much I've debloated this device because idk how much data they can still get from me.

spart0n said:
Since I've made this thread I've tried nova, action, Niagara, neo, lawnchair V2, Microsoft launcher, and I think a couple more and all have app switching broken for me.
So I made a bug report with the Samsung members app thing. Not sure if it's worth much considering how much I've debloated this device because idk how much data they can still get from me.
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I've sent them a couple of bug reports on it and even sent them the log with the null pointer error