[Scummvm-tracker] [ScummVM :: Bugs] #15311: In-App keyboard not available when using bluetooth mouse

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#15311: In-App keyboard not available when using bluetooth mouse
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Reporter:  OliKosch                      |       Owner:  (none)
    Type:  defect                        |      Status:  new
Priority:  normal                        |   Component:  Port: Android
 Version:                                |  Resolution:
Keywords:  usability, external hardware  |        Game:
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Comment (by antoniou79):

 I see this too on my device (Android 12, microsoft bluetooth mouse (BLE
 5)).

 The issue here is that Android wrongly detects the bluetooth mouse as a
 Hardware Keyboard Input device. I don't know why this is (maybe it's a
 known bug for Android?).

 Googling the issue online I get these results that seem to mention the
 same thing:
 https://r1.community.samsung.com/t5/tablets/on-screen-keyboard-and-
 bluetooth-mouse/td-p/14665410
 https://www.reddit.com/r/SamsungDex/comments/lutt3g/dexandroid_mouse_detected_as_keyboard_input/https://www.quora.com
 /How-come-you-cant-use-your-on-screen-keyboard-and-mouse-at-the-same-time-
 on-Android-Is-there-a-way-to-get-the-on-screen-keyboard-to-pop-up-while-
 using-a-mouse-on-Android-11

 So, then the ScummVM app, thinks that there's a hardware keyboard
 connected and it won't show the keyboard overlay. The issue of course is
 not restricted to the ScummVM app.

 As of yet, I cannot think of a workaround for this.

 The workaround mentioned in the linked google results will not work for
 ScummVM --it's only for the system's on-screen keyboard which the ScummVM
 does not use. But, furthermore, you wouldn't want the on-screen keyboard
 to appear if you actually had a physical keyboard connected as well.

 I wonder if this has been submitted to Google as a proper bug ticket for
 Android.
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