Android: textInput: secureTextEntry toggle causes keyboard change; keyboard does not automatically come up
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Description
Description:
When enabling the user to toggle the secure text entry flag on a text input, on Android, two issues are occurring:
- The keyboard does not automatically come up when rendering; the user must tap on the field.
- Tapping the 'eye' icon to toggle the secureTextEntry flag from false to true switches the keyboard type.
React Native version:
System: OS: Windows 10 10.0.17134
CPU: (4) ia32 Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU G4560T @ 2.90GHz
Memory: 1.65 GB / 7.43 GB
Binaries:
Node: 12.10.0 - C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\node.EXE
Yarn: 1.10.1 - C:\Users\mjfiandaca\AppData\Roaming\npm\yarn.CMD
npm: 6.13.4 - C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\npm.CMD
SDKs:
Android SDK:
API Levels: 23, 25, 26, 27, 28
Build Tools: 23.0.1, 25.0.1, 26.0.3, 27.0.3, 28.0.0, 28.0.3
System Images: android-23 | Intel x86 Atom, android-23 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-23 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom_64, android-26 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-26 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom_64, android-27 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-27 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom, android-28 | Intel x86 Atom, android-28 | Intel x86 Atom_64, android-28 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-28 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom_64, android-28 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom
IDEs:
Android Studio: Version 3.5.0.0 AI-191.8026.42.35.6010548
npmPackages:
react: 16.8.6 => 16.8.6
react-native: 0.60.6 => 0.60.6
Steps To Reproduce
- Sign onto the provided snack.
- Intermittently, the keyboard will not come up (I tested this several times; sometimes, no keyboard, sometimes, app starts, flashes, and then the keyboard comes up).
- Tap on the 'eye' icon to toggle the secure text entry.
- Notice the keyboard changes.
Expected Results
The keyboard should not change based on the secure text entry value.
Snack, code example, screenshot, or link to a repository:
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First steps
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- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the linked Snack reproduction and the Android TextInput behavior described in the issue. Check initial rendering and the secureTextEntry toggle separately, then verify that the keyboard appears automatically and does not change type when the eye control is used.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, react-native
- Domain
- mobile
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100