bug(android): Entire Keyboard non-responsive when used with Phone Link: Windows to Android sync

[DylanCross]

Describe the bug

Summary: Phone Link is a windows application that let's you opperate your Android device from your Windows PC. When using this application, the keyman keyboard as seen on the PC does not respond to clicks. So no text is typed.

Device(s) Details: Windows 10 PC and Samsung Galaxy Note 9

Phone Link Reference: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/introducing-microsoft-phone-link-and-link-to-windows-2e4bb4c0-f99a-4464-92a8-5264c7c39734

Note: This was reported to me secondhand, but I can communicate directly with the affected user as needed.

Reproduce the bug

1. Connect a mobile phone to PC via Windows Phone Link.
2. Open an app that can use the keyman keyboard
3. Click a text field
4. Observe the keyman keyboard appears
5. Click on the keyboard to type
6. Observe, no text is entered

Expected behavior

It is expected that text would be entered into the text field as is typical when typing.

Related issues

No response

Keyman apps

• [X] Keyman for Android
• [ ] Keyman for iPhone and iPad
• [ ] Keyman for Linux
• [ ] Keyman for macOS
• [ ] Keyman for Windows
• [ ] Keyman Developer
• [ ] KeymanWeb
• [ ] Other - give details at bottom of form

Keyman version

v15.0.272

Operating system

Windows 10 / Android

Device

Samsung Galaxy Note 9 paired with Windows 10PC

Target application

Biblingo v1.0

Browser

n/a

Keyboard name

Hebrew (SIL)

Keyboard version

1.9 sil_hebrew

Language name

Ancient Hebrew

Additional context

No response

[darcywong00]

Sounds like a similar compatibility issue of Keyman for Android with Samsung Dex #4515

Our primary focus is that Keyman keyboards work on the Android device, and don't really have capacity to test how it integrates with host computers.

[mcdurdin]

Originally reported at https://community.software.sil.org/t/bug-keyman-non-responsive-w-android-on-windows-phone-link/7019/4