[5.0.0.68] In Android apps, Word suggestions doesn't remove the space after last word when typing a dot, comma or semikolon

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REPRODUCIBILITY: always
OS VERSION: 5.0.0.68
HARDWARE: Xperia 10
UI LANGUAGE: German
REGRESSION: yes

DESCRIPTION:

When typing text in Android app, e.g. Delta Chat, K-9 Mail, , if the last word is from a word suggestion, then entering a dot or a comma or semikolon, the space after the last suggested word is not removed. So between the last word and the dot, comma or semicolon remains a space. To continue writing, the space between the punctuation and the next word has to be typed by user.

PRECONDITIONS:

Only occurs in Android apps

STEPS TO REPRODUCE:

  1. Write mail in K-9 Mail or Delta Chat or use dialog on a page in Fennec browser.
  2. Type text, tap on a suggested word.
  3. Type . , or ; after last word

EXPECTED RESULT:

Space after last word from word suggestions is removed, exchanges location with the punctuation, as it always was. Space appears after punctuation.

ACTUAL RESULT:

Space after last word from word suggestions remains, after the punctuation a space is missing.

MODIFICATIONS:

A lot of timing tweaks in qml files, to make UI faster
Storeman, Chum, F-Droid
NO patchmanager,

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Occurs only in Android apps.

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edit: for semicolon, it also happens in SFOS apps (Jolla Notes, ToDo list). Dot and comma works in SFOS apps.

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Same behaviour on X10iii.

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Haven’t you already reported this bug at XT9 strange behavior since 5.0.0.62 ?

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Maybe, but I don’t remember. Before this bug report I did search for some related keywords but didn’t find anything.
This bug report is for SFOS 5.0.0.68.

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It is understandable, if you have forgotten that previous bug report or didn’t find it.

If it is the same bug, that haven’t been (tried to be) fixed yet, then why does it matter, that the SFOS version is different from the last one reported?

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So this report here sais it only occurs in Android apps, the other one speaks about Sailfish Apps.

So it does seem to be a similar but different behaviour?

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If you read the replies on the other report I linked, it turns out that everyone (including @Seven.of.nine) confirms space removing works in Sailfish apps, but not in Android apps, so it sounds exactly same to me.

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In SFOS apps it seems to work except for colon.

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space comma
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(sorry could not resist. nothing to see here, move along)

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By trial and error I found out:

cp /usr/share/maliit/plugins/com/jolla/HorizontalPredictionListView.qml /usr/share/maliit/plugins/com/jolla/HorizontalPredictionListView.qml.bak
vi /usr/share/maliit/plugins/com/jolla/HorizontalPredictionListView.qml
Undo:
cp /usr/share/maliit/plugins/com/jolla/HorizontalPredictionListView.qml.bak /usr/share/maliit/plugins/com/jolla/HorizontalPredictionListView.qml

15	Behavior on _buttonMargin { NumberAnimation { id: marginAnimation; duration: 10 } }	//100
85	Behavior on opacity { FadeAnimator { duration: 10 } }	//100
101	interval: 8	//10

Works for . ! ? , but not for ; : (reason unknown)
Analysis: Not working punct. are the shifted punctuations in row 1.
Working are: not shifted or not row 1

What’s the matter in
/usr/share/maliit/plugins/com/jolla/HwrLayout.qml
Line 57 and 73 ? Who understands this, please?