Doing some InputDialog testing...

[Gary Miyakawa]

I'm seeing some inconsistant results with a very small test program. It's at the end of this posting.

I'm running the latest version (B4A 1.5, Dialog 2.3.0)... I've got an AT&T Atrix running Android 2.2.2.

When I run the program below (with or without debug enabled)... The InputDialog box appears for about 1-2 seconds and then it clears never giving me a chance to type anything in. Please note that I have the InputType set to Phone. If I comment out that statement (line 22) the code works a bit more as expected allowing me to input text. (when clicking on Accept).


When I run the exact same program on my Xoom (Android 3.1) the InputDialog box appears (and stays visible). (with the phone type input) and when you click on accept, the Phone keyboard goes away and is replaced with the text keyboard.

There is something going on here but I'm not sure what. I will also tell you that "sometimes", when I click on accept, the keyboard clears.

Also, to faithfully reproduce this issue, you need to uninstall it before each test.

I'm open to suggestions on this one.

Thanks,

Gary M

'Activity module
Sub Process_Globals
   'These global variables will be declared once when the application starts.
   'These variables can be accessed from all modules.
End Sub
Sub Globals
   'These global variables will be redeclared each time the activity is created.
   'These variables can only be accessed from this module.
   Dim GetIP_Address As String
End Sub
Sub Activity_Create(FirstTime As Boolean)
   Activity.LoadLayout("1")
   GetIP_Address = "0.0.0.0"
   Get_IPAddress
End Sub
Sub Activity_Resume
End Sub
Sub Activity_Pause (UserClosed As Boolean)
End Sub
Sub Get_IPAddress
   Dim Id As InputDialog
   Id.InputType = Id.INPUT_TYPE_Phone
   Id.Input = ""
   Id.Hint = "Enter IP Address"
   Id.HintColor = Colors.Blue
   ret = DialogResponse.CANCEL
   ret = Id.Show("Input IP Address (IPv4 only)", "Site Info", "Accept", "Cancel", "", Null)
   If ret = -1 Then
      GetIP_Address = id.Input
   End If
End Sub

 

[Erel]

Your code looks correct. Does it only happen when InputType = INPUT_TYPE_Phone ?

Note that the application is reinstalled each time you run it. There is no need to uninstall it first, unless you are saving some internal files and want to delete those.

 

[Gary Miyakawa]

It only happens with Input_Type_Phone.... the others work as expected...

I can not explain why the symptoms are different on the first time you run it as apposed to the 2nd/3rd... but in my testing, they were....

Thanks for looking at this!

Gary M