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| -rw-r--r-- | java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/inputlogic/InputLogic.java | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/inputlogic/InputLogic.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/inputlogic/InputLogic.java index 7d6156959..bd114ebca 100644 --- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/inputlogic/InputLogic.java +++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/inputlogic/InputLogic.java @@ -973,7 +973,13 @@ public final class InputLogic { } else { final int codePointBeforeCursor = mConnection.getCodePointBeforeCursor(); if (codePointBeforeCursor == Constants.NOT_A_CODE) { - // Nothing to delete before the cursor. + // HACK for backward compatibility with broken apps that haven't realized + // yet that hardware keyboards are not the only way of inputting text. + // Nothing to delete before the cursor. We should not do anything, but many + // broken apps expect something to happen in this case so that they can + // catch it and have their broken interface react. If you need the keyboard + // to do this, you're doing it wrong -- please fix your app. + mConnection.deleteSurroundingText(1, 0); return; } final int lengthToDelete = |