From ff498fc206f8be4f484f00baea5396b9b5423dae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Muhammad Rifqi Priyo Susanto <muhammadrifqipriyosusanto@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2023 14:00:30 +0700
Subject: [PATCH]  Android: Reliably showing an IME for text input dialog
 (#13521)

This commit is inspired by this blog post: https://developer.squareup.com/blog/showing-the-android-keyboard-reliably/
---
 .../net/minetest/minetest/CustomEditText.java | 39 ++++++++++++++++++-
 .../net/minetest/minetest/GameActivity.java   | 19 +++------
 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/net/minetest/minetest/CustomEditText.java b/android/app/src/main/java/net/minetest/minetest/CustomEditText.java
index 8d0a503d0..7a38d0965 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/net/minetest/minetest/CustomEditText.java
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/net/minetest/minetest/CustomEditText.java
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 Minetest
 Copyright (C) 2014-2020 MoNTE48, Maksim Gamarnik <MoNTE48@mail.ua>
 Copyright (C) 2014-2020 ubulem,  Bektur Mambetov <berkut87@gmail.com>
+Copyright (C) 2023 srifqi, Muhammad Rifqi Priyo Susanto
+		<muhammadrifqipriyosusanto@gmail.com>
 
 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
@@ -29,17 +31,52 @@ import androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatEditText;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
 public class CustomEditText extends AppCompatEditText {
+	private int editType = 2; // single line text input as default
+	private boolean wantsToShowKeyboard = false;
+
 	public CustomEditText(Context context) {
 		super(context);
 	}
 
+	public CustomEditText(Context context, int _editType) {
+		super(context);
+		editType = _editType;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public boolean onKeyPreIme(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
-		if (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK) {
+		// For multi-line, do not close the dialog after pressing back button
+		if (editType != 1 && keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK) {
 			InputMethodManager mgr = (InputMethodManager)
 					getContext().getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
 			Objects.requireNonNull(mgr).hideSoftInputFromWindow(this.getWindowToken(), 0);
 		}
 		return false;
 	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void onWindowFocusChanged(boolean hasWindowFocus) {
+		super.onWindowFocusChanged(hasWindowFocus);
+		tryShowKeyboard();
+	}
+
+	public void requestFocusTryShow() {
+		requestFocus();
+		wantsToShowKeyboard = true;
+		tryShowKeyboard();
+	}
+
+	private void tryShowKeyboard() {
+		if (hasWindowFocus() && wantsToShowKeyboard) {
+			if (isFocused()) {
+				CustomEditText that = this;
+				post(() -> {
+					final InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)
+							getContext().getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
+					imm.showSoftInput(that, 0);
+				});
+			}
+			wantsToShowKeyboard = false;
+		}
+	}
 }
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/net/minetest/minetest/GameActivity.java b/android/app/src/main/java/net/minetest/minetest/GameActivity.java
index d4fb57e44..caac0637d 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/net/minetest/minetest/GameActivity.java
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/net/minetest/minetest/GameActivity.java
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import android.view.View;
 import android.view.WindowManager;
 import android.view.inputmethod.InputMethodManager;
 import android.widget.Button;
-import android.widget.EditText;
 import android.widget.LinearLayout;
 
 import androidx.annotation.Keep;
@@ -96,21 +95,11 @@ public class GameActivity extends NativeActivity {
 		container.setOrientation(LinearLayout.VERTICAL);
 		builder.setView(container);
 		AlertDialog alertDialog = builder.create();
-		EditText editText;
-		// For multi-line, do not close the dialog after pressing back button
-		if (editType == 1) {
-			editText = new EditText(this);
-		} else {
-			editText = new CustomEditText(this);
-		}
+		CustomEditText editText = new CustomEditText(this, editType);
 		container.addView(editText);
 		editText.setMaxLines(8);
-		editText.requestFocus();
 		editText.setHint(hint);
 		editText.setText(current);
-		final InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
-		Objects.requireNonNull(imm).toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED,
-				InputMethodManager.HIDE_IMPLICIT_ONLY);
 		if (editType == 1)
 			editText.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT |
 					InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_MULTI_LINE);
@@ -119,7 +108,8 @@ public class GameActivity extends NativeActivity {
 					InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_PASSWORD);
 		else
 			editText.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT);
-		editText.setSelection(editText.getText().length());
+		editText.setSelection(Objects.requireNonNull(editText.getText()).length());
+		final InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
 		editText.setOnKeyListener((view, keyCode, event) -> {
 			// For multi-line, do not submit the text after pressing Enter key
 			if (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ENTER && editType != 1) {
@@ -143,12 +133,13 @@ public class GameActivity extends NativeActivity {
 				alertDialog.dismiss();
 			}));
 		}
-		alertDialog.show();
 		alertDialog.setOnCancelListener(dialog -> {
 			getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_HIDDEN);
 			messageReturnValue = current;
 			messageReturnCode = -1;
 		});
+		alertDialog.show();
+		editText.requestFocusTryShow();
 	}
 
 	public int getDialogState() {