[Bug]: Using backspace in in search removes spaces in random places

[VerdommeMan]

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What happened?

When trying to erase text in the search bar it removes spaces in random places.

https://github.com/android/nowinandroid/assets/41597036/fd204f34-ff01-4dad-b42d-1b9a6ff95d2a

I am using android 11 with AOSP keyboard.

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[SimonMarquis]

This seems like an issue with the softkeyboard of your emulator. I've tested it on 2 devices and was not able to reproduce the issue. There is no custom parsing on the text input (SearchTextField). Also, it seems like your keyboard tries to auto-correct the content (which might explain your issue) as you can see the underlined words.

[VerdommeMan]

I can reproduce this on all AOSP builds while using the AOSP stock keyboard.

I have disabled text correction and it still does it. It does not seem to happen in other apps, only in this app.

https://github.com/android/nowinandroid/assets/41597036/13b8b0e2-245d-41a5-ae9b-060a81844fe9

This was on a android 12 default image

[RivanParmar]

I can confirm that this is an issue with the software keyboard. The issue probably happens because of the spellchecker. Here is a related issue from Google support: Underline appears under text being typed. So, @VerdommeMan could you please try turning off the spellchecker from the Settings and see if it works?

[alexvanyo]

Thanks for noting this, I created an upstream issue here, https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/294102838. I don't think this is due to anything we're doing in Now in Android since I could reproduce with a very basic text field in the AndroidX demo project.