Explore use of API 33 methods to overcome Android limitiation where for some text fields only single character can be entered

[freebrowser1]

Update to 2.40 results in restricted setting and even the ADB setting does not help. After setting : adb shell settings put secure enabled_accessibility_services net.christianbeier.droidvnc_ng/.InputService:$(adb shell settings get secure enabled_accessibility_services) it still says 'Restricted setting'. Even setting 'Allow restricted settings' in 'settings => apps => three dots top right => allow` does not help.

[freebrowser1]

After uninstalling the app and reinstalling it from f-droid it did work, no 'restricted' settings. Presumable Android does not like downloading from Github. But still when typing in a text area the letters don't proceed, i.e. each letter is typed over the other.

[bk138]

@freebrowser1 that is a known issue with some text entry fields, I saw this mostly on older devices with search fields. Most other text inputs did/do work though. Can you provide more details for a repro case?

[freebrowser1]

@bk138 : Yes, I filled in on a website in Iceraven browser (Firefox clone) on this page: https://github.com/bk138/droidVNC-NG/issues/208, which is exactly this ticket and it went wrong, so I used my laptop replying to this ticket. But when I type in the URL bar of the browser over the same VNC, it did work. VNC client: RealVNC. I hope that this is enough information.

Another (unrelated / off-ticket) issue: when using this VNC it is not encrypted (which is standard in VNC). May be an option is making the server localhost only and that a user should connect with an SSH tunnel and use VNC over SSH.

[bk138]

Confused. So it works now?

[freebrowser1]

Yes it works, except for some text areas.

[bk138]

Known issue, follow up to #4, can maybe be overcome by using https://developer.android.com/reference/android/accessibilityservice/AccessibilityService#getInputMethod(), https://developer.android.com/reference/android/accessibilityservice/InputMethod#getCurrentInputConnection() and https://developer.android.com/reference/android/accessibilityservice/InputMethod.AccessibilityInputConnection#sendKeyEvent(android.view.KeyEvent)