Well, since the bug report indicates that keyboardActivated/keyboardDeactivated messages were added to Android, if they are not working please report it. If you want to just use a general rule for a 'safe zone', then prompting at the top of the screen should work fine.
~Roger On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 7:31 AM, Jonathan Lynch via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Hi Roger - yup, this problem affects other development environments too. > Many have complained about it online. I currently force the input into the > top half of the screen. Do you think I should force it even higher? > > I could just make the input go to the very top when a user enters it. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Sep 1, 2017, at 7:25 AM, jonathandly...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > The android version is 6.0.1. > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > >> On Sep 1, 2017, at 6:46 AM, jonathandly...@gmail.com wrote: > >> > >> Hi Jacqueline, > >> > >> Sadly, that did not help. It received the KeyboardActivated message, > and I had it check the effective working screenrect both at that point and > again in a handler set to trigger a second later. They all return results > as if the keyboard is not there. > >> > >> This is on a galaxy tab E, with the OS from 2015, so it might just be > that this tablet is not very good. However, I need the app to work on most > android devices. > >> > >> When I get a more powerful machine, I might test a few of these things > again. I can make it do different things depending whether a particular OS > resource is available. > >> > >> Thanks! > >> > >> J > >> > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> > >>> On Aug 31, 2017, at 10:11 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> What happens if you check the effective working screenrect in a > keyboardActivated handler? > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > >>> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> On August 31, 2017 8:04:45 PM Jonathan Lynch via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Actually, never mind, that cannot be it. > >>>> > >>>> I tried the follow script: > >>>> > >>>> on mouseUp > >>>> > >>>> create field "test height" > >>>> > >>>> select after field "test height" > >>>> > >>>> send getEWSR to me in 1 second > >>>> > >>>> end mouseUp > >>>> > >>>> on getEWSR > >>>> > >>>> answer the effective working screenrect > >>>> > >>>> delete field "test height" > >>>> > >>>> end getEWSR > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> it still returns the same screenrect that I get without using "effect > >>>> working", which is the screenrect of the device. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Any other ideas? > >>>> > >>>>> On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 8:51 PM, <jonathandly...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> A question for Mark Waddingham... > >>>>> > >>>>> Mark, in my app, in the place in question, the keyboard is activated > by a > >>>>> browser widget. Is it possible that this means it is not sending a > signal > >>>>> to LC to update the value of the effective working screen rect? > >>>>> > >>>>> Sent from my iPhone > >>>>> > >>>>>> On Aug 31, 2017, at 8:27 PM, jonathandly...@gmail.com wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Yes - it makes me want to share whatever I can. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Sent from my iPhone > >>>>>> > >>>>>>>> On Aug 31, 2017, at 7:14 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode < > >>>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> On 08/31/2017 07:33 AM, Jonathan Lynch via use-livecode wrote: > >>>>>>>> Just a random comment - having the CTO of LC directly answer our > >>>>> questions is an incredible benefit to LC developers. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> I also want to give a shout out to the supportive community here. > This > >>>>> is by far the best online community I've ever had the honor of being > a part > >>>>> of. 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