Bug: italic / bold unusable on Android Webview 12
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Description
Lexical version: 0.36.1
My device: Huawei Mate 50 Pro, EMUI 14.2.0, based on Android 12
Webview: Chrome 114
## Steps To Reproduce
1. open android webview tester on android 12 device
2. open lexical playground
3. start entering italic or bold text
4. try to erase it
Video:
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/31efd1a0-0f66-4872-b5da-d938e11138f0
## The current behavior
erasing, typing works very unpredictable
## Impact of fix
It makes editor unusable on android 12
Contributor guide
Research direction
Reproduce the issue in the Android WebView tester on an Android 12 device using the Lexical playground, following the listed bold and italic typing and erasing steps. Compare the unpredictable behavior with normal editor behavior and verify that styled text can be entered and erased reliably on the affected WebView.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, typescript
- Domain
- frontend, mobile-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100