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WP Android stops responding in some cases when editing a classic block
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Description
Expected behavior
The app should not crash/stop responding when editing these pages/posts
Actual behavior
The app crashes when these pages/posts are edited. The error message mentions: AN Input dispatching timed out (Waiting to send non-key event because the touched window has not finished processing certain input events that were delivered to it over 500.0ms ago. Wait queue length: 9. Wait queue head age: 18080.2ms.)
Steps to reproduce the behavior
I've been unable to replicate the behaviour on my device, but since the user is on a free WP.com plan and can replicate it on two devices, I'm pretty sure this is a bug. The user has also submitted the feedback when the app got frozen, so the crash logs should have come through too.
- Create a page with a classic block on a WordPress site
- add some content to the classic block
- try to edit that page within the WordPress Mobile app. After a while, it should crash


Tested on [Dragon Touch K10], Android [8.1.0], WPAndroid [20.4]
Also replicated on a Samsung Galaxy A20e with Android 11
#5474973-zen
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the reproduction steps for editing content in a classic block on WP Android, using the supplied Android 8.1 and 11 environments and the app version noted. Check the submitted feedback and crash logs for the input-dispatch timeout. Done means the freeze or crash is understood and no longer occurs when editing the described pages or posts.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- android
- Domain
- mobile-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100