Android Question Keyboard Problem with Android 8 Oreo

[Paulsche]

Hi,

More and more users report that since Android 8 Oreo Update no more decimals with semicolon and dot can be entered.
Is the problem known and is there a solution?

 

[Erel]

It is not a known problem and also the keyboard handling is not done by B4A but rather by the OS.

 

[Paulsche]

This is how the keyboard looks to the users, without dot and comma.

 

[Erel]

You need to provide more information. What is the targetSdkVersion? Which InputType are you using for these fields?
Are you using the IME library to limit the accepted chars?

 

[Paulsche]

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_MEDIA_STORAGE"/>
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="4" android:targetSdkVersion="22"/>
<supports-screens android:largeScreens="true"
    android:normalScreens="true"
    android:smallScreens="true"
    android:anyDensity="true"/>)
SetApplicationAttribute(android:icon, "@drawable/icon")
SetApplicationAttribute(android:label, "$LABEL$")
SetApplicationAttribute(android:theme, "@style/MyAppTheme")

CreateResource(values-v20, theme.xml,
<resources>
   <style name="MyAppTheme" parent="@android:style/Theme.Material.Light">
   </style>
</resources>
)CreateResource(values-v14, theme.xml,
<resources>
  <style name="MyAppTheme" parent="@android:style/Theme.Holo.Light">
  </style>
</resources>
)

EDT01datLiterpreis.InputType = EDT01datLiterpreis.INPUT_TYPE_DECIMAL_NUMBERS

i use IME only for Showkeyboard/Hidekeyboard

 

[Erel]

I'm unable to reproduce it.

Can you reproduce it in a small project and upload it?

 

[Erel]

FWIW, it works fine here:

It is the responsibility of the set keyboard app to properly respect the input type. I guess that the device with this issue uses a problematic keyboard. You can ask the user to try it with a different keyboard.

Another option: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/customview-numpad.64191/#content

Another option: Use text input type and check whether the value is a number with IsNumber.

 

[Paulsche]

Thank you Erel.

 

[Paulsche]

Apparently, it only affects the Samsung Galaxy A3 and A5 2017 devices
with Android 8.0,
where the problem with the keyboard can occur.
I've got a Galaxy A5 2017 for testing and updated it to Android 8.0, but I have no problem, comma and dot are displayed.
Strange.