Ubuntu Touch 24.04-2.0 call for testing

Ida_

@klh I tried reporting it with my limited knowledge of the components involved, I may have used some wrong words to describe the problem and/or reported it in the wrong place. https://gitlab.com/ubports/development/core/packaging/qt6-base/-/work_items/2

pparent

@klh said:

immodules.cache hack

Here is an interesting test that can be done to see if the bug is specific to the use of immodules.cache or not. It is possible to start a QML app in XWayland mode.

Here is an example on how to do it with "Maps exporter", but it can be adapted with any QML app: You can enter those commands in abd or in the terminal:

export QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb
export DISPLAY=:0
export QT_SCALE_FACTOR=2 
export QT_IM_MODULE=maliit
cd /opt/click.ubuntu.com/mapsexporter.pparent/current/
qmlscene app/Main.qml

What I observe on 24.04-1.x is that the application starts in XWayland mode and the On-Screen-Keyboard do work, but sometimes it works only after refocusing on the window: by switching to another windows and going back, or by locking and unlocking the phone.(This points once again towards something working wierdly with the focus detection of XWayland windows)

It would be extremely interesting to know how this behaves on 24.04-2.x, if someone can test. Can we get the OSK with a QML app sarted in XWayland mode (with the above commands)?

Also I'm wondering if on existing XWayland apps ( like uWolf, or Min browser or Signal UT ) refocusing on the window ( by switching to another windows and going back, or by locking and unlocking the phone ) could possibly allow to have the OSK appear again in 24.04-2.x , in any way shape or form?

@messayisto @gpatel-fr @equareo @ida_ ?

Ida_

Also I'm wondering if on existing XWayland apps ( like uWolf, or Min browser or Signal UT ) refocusing on the window ( by switching to another windows and going back, or by locking and unlocking the phone ) could possibly allow to have the OSK appear again in 24.04-2.x , in any way shape or form?

I've tried leaving Signal UT open right after clicking the message box while locking and opening the screen again, this does not trigger the OSK. I have also tried switching between Signal UT and various apps like Morph, Cinny, Music Recognition, but no OSK unfortunately.

Ida_

@pparent I tried your little experiment with Maps Exporter. The app launched in an x11 window, and the OSK was gone! This was a fresh install for me as I don't use Google Maps, but I verified that the OSK worked first when I launched it as a click the usual way by pressing the icon.

I really really hope we can find a solution to this that can be included in 2.0.

pparent

@Ida_ said:

@pparent I tried your little experiment with Maps Exporter. The app launched in an x11 window, and the OSK was gone! This was a fresh install for me as I don't use Google Maps, but I verified that the OSK worked first when I launched it as a click the usual way by pressing the icon.

Ok so when you launch "Maps exporter" it in XWayland mode with the commands above you have no keyboard. Can you confirm it still is the case after refocusing on the XWayland window created by the adb/terminal commands ( by switching to another windows and going back, or by locking and unlocking the phone )?

@ida_ Thank you very much!

@klh said:
immodules.cache hack

It seems to show that the bug is not specific to the "immodules.cache" configuration or even to maliit-inputcontext-gtk, but concerns any XWayland window using maliit.

Ida_

@pparent Switching windows or locking/unlocking does not trigger the keyboard here either. Here is the output, in case it is relevant: https://pastebin.com/CG7sJg7T