[iOS/iPadOS 15] Hide QuckType bar

[kkebo]

In iOS/iPadOS 15, a-Shell displays the QuickType bar on the bottom.

If I remember correctly, it was hidden in iOS/iPadOS 14.x and earlier.

Maybe, it relates to this:

In iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 and earlier, when autocorrectionType is set to UITextAutocorrectionTypeNo, the QuickType bar is disabled. For apps linked against iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 or later, the QuickType bar is enabled and shows spellchecking candidates. If the new behavior isn’t desirable for your use case, set spellCheckingType to UITextSpellCheckingTypeNo to hide the QuickType bar. (68874861)

[holzschu]

That's strange: I don't have this bar on my iPad (running iPadOS 15.0), with all the different keyboards I could try.

A WkWebView does not have the spellCheckingType property, so the advice on the linked page does not work. I'll keep investigating.

[kkebo]

My environment:

• 12.9-inch iPad Pro 5th generation
• iPadOS 15.1 Developer Beta 2
• a-Shel 1.7.6 (194)
• Magic Keyboard (for iPad)
• Keyboard settings:
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[kkebo]

@holzschu It seems that you can't reproduce the problem if the Auto-Correction is disabled, so please check it. Also, after changing it, restarting the app is required.

[kkebo]

I believe that we need this workaround.

• blinksh/blink@0e18174
• https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=230360

[holzschu]

Impressive workaround. I'll add it to a-Shell.

[holzschu]

Quick update: I still cannot reproduce the issue on my end, with or without Auto-Correction disabled. I have copied the workaround you linked into a-Shell, and it does not break at compilation or execution. It will be in build 197. If it works, I'll try to convert the objective-C code to Swift.

[kkebo]

I still cannot reproduce the issue on my end, with or without Auto-Correction disabled.

Hmm, that's strange. After small tests, I found that the problem is depending on what keyboard I'm using. For instance, I can reproduce it when using "English (US)" keyboard, but can't when using "Japanese - Romaji" keyboard.

I have copied the workaround you linked into a-Shell, and it does not break at compilation or execution. It will be in build 197. If it works, I'll try to convert the objective-C code to Swift.

Thank you.

[kkebo]

I tried a-Shell 1.7.6 (197), but the workaround didn't work unfortunately.

[holzschu]

That's good to know, thanks (even if it's bad news).
I also received a report that it actually made the QuickType bar appear in settings were it was not appearing before (so, at least, I have proof that it does something...)

I'm going to remove that file, and let's hope Apple fixes the many issues with WkWebView on iOS 15...

[kkebo]

By the way, could you share the file you added to try to fix the problem?

I want to look into it a bit more.

[holzschu]

Here you are, and thanks for the help. The repository is behind the distributed version, but it should be working.
Archive.zip

[kkebo]

Thank you so much. If I find a workaround that works, I'll send a PR.

[kkebo]

Hi @holzschu, I've confirmed that the workaround would work well, so I sent a PR #324.

[kkebo]

Thank you for merging my PR. In a-Shell 1.7.6 (199) (TestFlight), the problem has finally been solved at least on my environment.