Resume suggestion when backspacing to the end of a word

Bug: 5515381
Change-Id: I26fea896feaf2e9716c7ae3d4f2630360f23ac50

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/TextEntryState.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/TextEntryState.java
index 82242f87e..a6041b310 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/TextEntryState.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/TextEntryState.java
@@ -146,9 +146,24 @@ public class TextEntryState {
         } else if (sState == UNDO_COMMIT) {
             setState(IN_WORD);
         }
+        // TODO: tidy up this logic. At the moment, for example, writing a word goes to
+        // ACCEPTED_DEFAULT, backspace will go to UNDO_COMMIT, another backspace will go to IN_WORD,
+        // and subsequent backspaces will leave the status at IN_WORD, even if the user backspaces
+        // past the end of the word. We are not in a word any more but the state is still IN_WORD.
         if (DEBUG) displayState("backspace");
     }
 
+    public static void restartSuggestionsOnWordBeforeCursor() {
+        if (UNKNOWN == sState || ACCEPTED_DEFAULT == sState) {
+            // Here we can come from pretty much any state, except the ones that we can't
+            // come from after backspace, so supposedly anything except UNKNOWN and
+            // ACCEPTED_DEFAULT. Note : we could be in UNDO_COMMIT if
+            // LatinIME#revertLastWord() was calling LatinIME#restartSuggestions...()
+            Log.e(TAG, "Strange state change : coming from state " + sState);
+        }
+        setState(IN_WORD);
+    }
+
     public static void reset() {
         setState(START);
         if (DEBUG) displayState("reset");