Text editing on mobile isn’t ok

Re:Text editing on mobile isn’t ok by eulgro on Sunday September 24, 2023 @08:16AM (#37632400)

Because the text editing process is baked in the base UI classes on Android (TextView), you cannot change it with an app. OEM manufacturers sometimes do because they ship different class code with their OS.

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Re:Text editing on mobile isn’t ok by craighay1 on Sunday September 24, 2023 @08:21AM (#37632438)

But the author works at Google, so can surely pass the message on up the chain that this design decision is stifling innovation in touch-based text editing?

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Re:Text editing on mobile isn’t ok by Muromec on Sunday September 24, 2023 @09:06AM (#37632772)

It’s a big company, so unless you can make a nice project to be promoted, it doesn’t get in the list of priorities

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Re:Text editing on mobile isn’t ok by scottjenson on Sunday September 24, 2023 @10:16AM (#37633339)

I'm the author. I've been trying...

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Re:Text editing on mobile isn’t ok by p1mrx on Sunday September 24, 2023 @03:47PM (#37636523)

I suggest focusing on the minimum viable product: an app with a single text field.

Maybe add the option to load and save txt files, but even clipboard I/O would be sufficient. Just let people play with the editor. If it's actually good, the next steps should become obvious.

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