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Cannot Add message to photo with bluetooth keyboard
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Description
Guidelines
- I have searched searched open and closed issues for duplicates
- I am submitting a bug report for existing functionality that does not work as intended
- This isn't a feature request or a discussion topic
Bug description
When trying to "Add a message" to a picture before sending it, the external keyboard does not work.
Just to note: writing on Signal with an external bluetooth keyboard works fine everywhere else.
Steps to recreate:
- Connect bluetooth keyboard to phone.
- Open Signal > open contact > Press + icon > select photo
- Press "Add a message"
- Try to write anything.
What happens when you do this is: after pressing "Add a message", the on screen keyboard appears; then when you start typing on the bluetooth keyboard, only 1 letter/number is typed, the on-screen keyboard disappears, and then the keyboard stops working (i.e. no more letters/numbers are written on the message).
This bug does not benefit from a screenshot, therefore none are attached.
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Device
Samsung S22
Android version
14
Signal version
7.35.0
Link to debug log
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Research direction
No source file or test is named. Reproduce the flow on Android with a Bluetooth keyboard, following the listed steps and checking the linked debug log, then trace the photo composer’s “Add a message” input behavior. Done means the external keyboard can enter a complete message after the on-screen keyboard appears.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, kotlin
- Domain
- mobile
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100