Keyboard blinks when AutoCompleteTextView dropdown is shown

Question

I'm using AutoCompleteTextView inside DialogFragment. When it shows a dropdown list, keyboard hides and shows again very fast, it looks like a blink.

As possible solution, I found that it happens because of

AutoCompleteTextView {

    showDropDown(){
       mPopup.setInputMethodMode(ListPopupWindow.INPUT_METHOD_NEEDED);
    }
}

So overriding showDropDown() in this way removes blink

showDropDown(){
    super.showDropDown()
    mPopup.setInputMethodMode(ListPopupWindow.INPUT_METHOD_FROM_FOCUSABLE)
    mPopup.show()
}

But it shows dropdown above keyboard and blocks user input. Maybe someone knows better solution?

Answer 1

You're not going to believe this, but I am pretty sure the December 5 patch to android Q fixed this problem. I got the update this morning, and I was hoping since it was a relatively new issue that they might have addressed it. Turns out they did! I get no more flashing keyboard when using the AutocompleteTextView.