Flutter 3.19.4 | Android Specific | `enableSuggestions = false` on `TextField` causing emoji button to disappear. #146540

daksh-gargas · 2024-04-10T01:16:56Z

Steps to reproduce

Use a TextField and set enableSuggestions to false.

TextField(enableSuggestions: false)

This will result in emoji button, which opens emoji keyboard, to disappear.

Not sure if Emojis have anything to do with suggestions.

Note:

Tried similar code on my older Flutter 3.13.4 version, and enableSuggestions have no impact. It doesn't even remove suggestions box. Seems like a bug back then and the fix must have also caused this side effect.

Expected results

Emoji button should not disappear when suggestions are turned off

`enableSuggestions: true`	`enableSuggestions: false`

Actual results

`enableSuggestions: true`	`enableSuggestions: false`

Code sample

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

void main() {
  runApp(const MyApp());
}

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  const MyApp({super.key});

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
        title: 'Flutter Demo',
        theme: ThemeData(
          colorScheme: ColorScheme.fromSeed(seedColor: Colors.deepPurple),
          useMaterial3: true,
        ),
        home: Scaffold(
          appBar: AppBar(
            backgroundColor: Colors.red,
            title: Text('O_o'),
          ),
          body: const Center(child: TextField(enableSuggestions: false)),
        ));
  }
}

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danagbemava-nc · 2024-04-10T09:07:34Z

I can reproduce the issue using the sample provided above.

This appears to be caused by flutter/engine#46037 which fixed #71679

In native android, the same is seen when the flags in the PR are used.

It appears that the visiblePassword flag might be disabling the emoji input since the noSuggestions flag by itself has the emoji option present.

cc @bleroux to see if you have any idea what might fix this

textNoSuggestions (android)	flutter	textNoSuggestions/textVisiblePassword

android layout

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">


    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/editText"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="8dp"
        android:text=""
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
        android:autofillHints=""
        android:inputType="textNoSuggestions|textVisiblePassword" />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

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bleroux · 2024-04-10T12:28:16Z

@daksh-gargas Thanks for the detailed report.
@danagbemava-nc Thanks for your insight.

As pointed in flutter/engine#46037 description:
"Several Android devices (Samsung) and/or IMEs (including GBoard) does not disabled suggestions when InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_NO_SUGGESTIONS flag is set. The common solution is to rely on the following flag: InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_VISIBLE_PASSWORD."

Unfortunately, this behavior is specific to IMEs and as Daniel pointed the behavior is the same for a native app (removing TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_VISIBLE_PASSWORD flag will make the emoji button visibile but it will also make GBoard displaying the suggestion bar).
If someone can point to a flag combination that would disable suggestions and enable the emojis button for a native app, I will be happy to file a PR to apply this combination for Flutter.

justinmc · 2024-04-11T22:10:53Z

I agree with @bleroux, I think this is working as intended, unless someone can come up with the specific InputType flags we need to support.

Maybe let's keep this open for now to gather feedback, but otherwise close it if no one has any suggestions after awhile.

EnergyEigenfunction · 2024-04-24T10:41:56Z

Same issue, also ,enableSuggestions = false turns the keyboard to the one when keyboardType = TextInputType.visiblePassword, which would disable Chinese input.

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Flutter 3.19.4 | Android Specific | `enableSuggestions = false` on `TextField` causing emoji button to disappear. #146540

Flutter 3.19.4 | Android Specific | `enableSuggestions = false` on `TextField` causing emoji button to disappear. #146540

daksh-gargas commented Apr 10, 2024 •

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danagbemava-nc commented Apr 10, 2024

bleroux commented Apr 10, 2024

justinmc commented Apr 11, 2024

EnergyEigenfunction commented Apr 24, 2024 •

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Flutter 3.19.4 | Android Specific | enableSuggestions = false on TextField causing emoji button to disappear. #146540

Flutter 3.19.4 | Android Specific | enableSuggestions = false on TextField causing emoji button to disappear. #146540

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daksh-gargas commented Apr 10, 2024 • edited

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danagbemava-nc commented Apr 10, 2024

bleroux commented Apr 10, 2024

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EnergyEigenfunction commented Apr 24, 2024 • edited

Flutter 3.19.4 | Android Specific | `enableSuggestions = false` on `TextField` causing emoji button to disappear. #146540

Flutter 3.19.4 | Android Specific | `enableSuggestions = false` on `TextField` causing emoji button to disappear. #146540

daksh-gargas commented Apr 10, 2024 •

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