UI Input: Hide Input Issue on Android

I'm trying to hide the input on Android device, and it does hide on the device but the Input field doesn't behave like the native Input field. The text is not selectable and the delete key doesn't work. It's annoying that hide input is of no use from a long time and still there. Is it a Unity bug? How do I solve this issue?

 

Add to that, it looks like hiding the native input field got broken in Unity 5.0.0f4. Even though the checkbox is checked, the native input field is no longer hidden on Android. (I don't know if iOS has an equivalent of that native input field, but if it does, the bug does not appear on iOS.)

 

I reported the issue to Unity. But it seems like they don't really care about this issue. Doesn't seem to be on their priority list.

 

I reported the same bug today. It's not about UI system. It's about native keyboard support which is about this code:

"TouchScreenKeyboard.hideInput = true;" is not working in Unity 5.

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class custom : MonoBehaviour
{
void Start()
{
TouchScreenKeyboard.hideInput = true;
}

void OnGUI()
{
if (GUILayout.Button("Keyboard", GUILayout.MinWidth(400), GUILayout.MinHeight(200)))
{
TouchScreenKeyboard.Open(null);
}
}
}

 

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Is there an update on this?

 

i think it's bugged i try last beta today

 

is it fixed in 5.5?

 

It is one of those bugs for an obscure feature not many people use, so don't hold your breath for a fix any time soon!

I would also file a bug report but it seems two people above said already have.

Though searching the issue tracker, I have only found this issue.

From what I understand, the issues you report do not appear in the issue tracker website until unity 'approves' your bug report (?) and I can't see any android TouchScreenKeyboard.hideInput related bug there, so maybe they havn't even seen it yet? (Though it has been 1 and a half years since the first report.)

Donno, we can only speculate until someone from Unity actually says something.

 

It's resolved guys...

TouchScreenKeyboard keyboard;
TouchScreenKeyboard.hideInput = false;
if (keyboard == null || !TouchScreenKeyboard.visible)
keyboard = TouchScreenKeyboard.Open ("", TouchScreenKeyboardType.Default, false, false, false, false, "xyz");

 

No it is not... Tried in both Unity 2017.1.1f1 and Unity 2017.2.0b6

 

resolved?

 

this bug from 2015 and unity not resolve this bug!!!!

 

ok guys, i create simple native code to open keyboard and detects inputs , you can download it from github https://github.com/clockfree/InputField-Native-Android-For-Unity
regards.

 

Is there a way to make it so that the predictive text line still shows on the keyboard?

 

Yeahs still broken lol

 

No fix?

 

They didn't fix more obvious bugs for years. No surprise if this doesn't get fixed for 3 more years. 5 years? Still no surprise.

 

I did request this get addressed and trying to get an ETA on when the fix will be available for Android.

 

What's eating my lunch is they've said Unity is going public which means now they're going to be pandering to bigwigs instead of fixing bugs :|

Btw I'm not blaming the devs or engineers, I think every dev knows this is an issue with overzealous management.

 

On the other hand, if they can get big money from going public, they can hire more engineers to fix more bugs. Going public is not a bad thing. If it was, no company would go public. Also, you don't need to be a bigwig to own the shares of a company.

 

I spoke with the Android team last night and this issue has been fixed in 2019.2 and will be back ported to 2019.1. Assuming all goes well (with all of us testing this), it is likely to get back ported to 2018.3 as well.

 

And then they'll beat profit expectations and fire 8% of their staff in celebration Going public only ever translates to keeping investors happy at any cost, the same investors that wonder if they have the Facebook do they have the internet also.

As much as I cherish Unity I know it's time to diversify into other game engines because of this move.

Neat thanks for the update, I'll be waiting on 2018.3

 

Hi @Stephan_B, I'm having the hideInput issue on iOS as well. I'm using Unity 2018.2.16f1.
I've seen here (https://forum.unity.com/threads/hide-mobile-input-does-not-work.481660/) that the issue should be fixed already, but it is waiting for a Unity update. Would that fix it for iOS as well?

Thanks

 

Hide mobile input only hides the single line text field above the virtual keyboard. This does not hide the full soft keyboard.

Hide mobile input should work correctly on iOS.

 

I'm seeing this issue in 2018.3 so I'm assuming it didn't get fixed...

 

Not in Unity 2018.3 yet. Should be in 2019.1 and up.

 

Can confirm that it is fixed in 2019.1. @Stephan_B do you know when it will be backported to 2018.3? or even in 2018.4 when it's released in the next few weeks?

 

Talking with the engineer tonight about this topic for 2018.3 / .4

 

Any news if this will make it into 2018.3 / .4?

 

Waiting to hear back from the Android team about the backport for 2018.3 / .4

 

Has there been any update on this? I noticed it was not in 2018.4.0f1 maybe a future update? We are not planning on updating to a tech stream but would really like this feature.

 

PR is still in flight. Although for 2018.3, this might end up in 2018.4. Not sure yet.

 

hi,
this bug isn't still fixed in 2018.4 ???

 

Bug is fixed now - Make sure the "Hide Mobile Input" option is selected on the InputField object

version: 2019.1.7f1
worked on a Samsung Galaxy S8

As shown below:

 

@stephan

I m facing same issues in LTS 2017.4.5f1 version. can you please provide patch solution on LTS 2017.4.5f1

 

I can see the fix now on 2018.4.3f1. Is it possible to port the fix to 2017 as well?

 

im facing the issue in android 9 using unity version 2019 .3.1