Strange Behavior with AndChat

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. install AndChat, IRC client for Android
2. connect to an IRC server (any will do)
3. Use the Hacker's Keyboard while in AndChat and 

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
After sending a few messages, each of which causes the keyboard to open, and 
then close once sent, periodically, the input line will not display text as you 
type, yet the text will be processed by AndChat and can be sent.  Switching 
orientation of the device will keep the current input but will reset the box's 
functionality.  This issue appears to be isolated to the hacker's keyboard and 
not AndChat but I can contact the developer of that app as well.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Latest (1.17 I think) on Android 2.2.2

Please provide any additional information below.
The behavior does consistently happen but it is not an immediate issue.  
Several lines of text or commands must be submitted and the keyboard opened and 
closed.  After all that, it will suddenly stop displaying the text, almost as 
though the text buffer and the display of that buffer are disconnected.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by kaishi.a...@gmail.com on 20 Jun 2011 at 7:20

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Is this consistent, or only after a fresh installation or upgrade? See 
http://code.google.com/p/hackerskeyboard/wiki/FrequentlyAskedQuestions#It_doesn'
t_work_right_after_upgrading for a known issue, but I'm unsure if that's the 
one you're seeing.

Any chance you could look at log messages, for example with aLogcat? See 
http://code.google.com/p/hackerskeyboard/wiki/FrequentlyAskedQuestions#It_doesn'
t_work_right_after_upgrading for info about the debugging tools.

Original comment by Klaus.We...@gmail.com on 21 Jun 2011 at 1:57

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yes, I've upgraded the application while it was active, I somehow missed that 
bit of the FAQ. How can I repair the installation?  When the 1.20 patch was 
released, I made sure to switch to the Multitouch keyboard before running the 
update, but the problematic behavior is still occurring.  I have not tried 
removing the app and reinstalling it.  Is that the right approach?

I can get you some logs if you like but, why would it only express this 
behavior while in a particular app? seems odd to me.

thanks!

Original comment by kaishi.a...@gmail.com on 21 Jun 2011 at 8:06

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I still haven't figured out the correct repair method to fix this problem. 
Should I remove the app and reinstall? or, would you prefer I produce some 
logged output before I proceed? The behavior I described is extermely 
frustrating.

Also, as I mentioned before, it only happens to me in AndChat.  Googletalk, 
gmail, terminal emulator, etc. never exhibit symptoms yet AndChat does. I can't 
provide an explanation for that.

Original comment by kaishi.a...@gmail.com on 27 Jun 2011 at 1:56

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I've attempted to fix this issue several ways.

1) I selected a different keyboard, then disabled the app, then upgraded it.  
No success.
2) I uninstalled the app entirely, removed the settings, and reinstalled it.  
No success.

I would like to assist in fixing this issue so I will attempt to install a 
logging app to collect data for a more detailed report.  I would like to know 
if there is anything else I should try.

Original comment by kaishi.a...@gmail.com on 29 Jun 2011 at 2:38

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I wiped and reloaded my entire device.  The keyboard behavior is no better.  
I'm confident that the issue is related to a different bug in either the 
keyboard or AndChat.  I'm not sure which.

I also installed aLogCat and didn't find any hits for the string that the FAQ 
said I would see.

I'm also running 2.3.3 now, rather than 2.2.2

Original comment by kaishi.a...@gmail.com on 4 Aug 2011 at 2:22

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The known issue during updates normally fixed itself by restarting both the 
keyboard application and the current input-using application, it definitely 
shouldn't persist across system restarts or show up so persistently. However, 
I'm not sure what exactly was going on to trigger it. It's possible that 
AndChat triggers the same bug repeatedly, but I think it's more likely to be a 
different issue.

Did aLogCat show any messages from PCKeyboard (Hacker's Keyboard generally logs 
under that log tag) or LatinIME? Especially any information about exceptions 
would be useful, including if you see any errors from AndChat.

Note that AndChat's Market description says: *** Having disappearing text 
issues? So sorry to say I haven't been able to track down the cause of this :( 
It occurs with some keyboards and not with others! A temporary solution is to 
hide the keyboard which should show the text typed so far. Again, so sorry I 
haven't been able to fix this :( ***

Original comment by Klaus.We...@gmail.com on 4 Aug 2011 at 11:48

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See also http://www.andchat.net/bugs/task/39

Let me know if you see any relevant-looking logs. According to that bug it also 
affects other keyboards including the stock Gingerbread one.

Original comment by Klaus.We...@gmail.com on 4 Aug 2011 at 11:51

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I'll close this bug for now considering that it apparently also affects other 
keyboards, and is mentioned in AndChat's Market description as a known bug. 
Please reopen if you find any additional clues about what's going on that 
indicate it's due to the keyboard doing something wrong.

Original comment by Klaus.We...@gmail.com on 26 Sep 2011 at 10:21

• Changed state: Invalid