Cannot search on Android

[George_Dadisman]

When trying to search on Galaxy S8+ w all current Android updates, keyboard flashes up and then instantly disappears. So one cannot search in Roon 1.5 at all on the phone. Is there a workaround or fix? Thx!

[Jan_Koudijs]

This might help:

Android app SwiftKey keyboard disappears

Hi Anthony, I’m using a Galaxy S8+ with Roon and SwiftKey and had the same extremely irritating problem. The solution is to turn off “Full Screen” mode for Roon, leaving the Navigation Bar visible at the bottom of the screen. Irritating, but much better than not being able to type a search term. You can do that by swiping up from the bottom of the screen and double tapping the small circle on the left of the Navigation Bar. I’m not sure whether the disappearing keyboard problem lies with Sam…

[dylan (Dylan Caudill)]

Hey @George_Dadisman,

I just wanted to check and confirm that, as @Jan_Koudijs suggested, disabling Full Screen mode worked for you. Let me know if you have any questions!

-Dylan

[Jan_Koudijs]

@dylan, I still consider this a workaround.

Is the team looking into this?

It shouldn’t be too hard to reproduce on non Samsung devices. The navigation bar can be hidden by following these instructions:

How to Force Any Android App Into Fullscreen Immersive Mode (Without Rooting)

A fix for this would be very nice since the extra real estate that it gives can make quite a difference in the number of albums that are displayed.

[dylan (Dylan Caudill)]

Thanks for the feedback, @Jan_Koudijs! It is always appreciated.

While I cannot give any guarantees that this will be addressed, or when a change would be made, I can assure you that there is currently a ticket in our internal tracker for this that is being investigated by our technical team. I’ll be sure to keep this thread updated as the technical team moves forward with their investigation.

Regards,
Dylan