On some devices (mostly Samsung, but others too) and combinations of: Android version, WebView version (even with the evergreen WebView in Android 7) and keyboard, there are a number of issues: keypress isn't fired keydown and keyup always contain keyCode=229 keypress and input are fired but don't contain the key textInput isn't fired maxlength attribute isn't honored on input[type=text] while the user types (more than maxlength chars are allowed and the input is validated only when the form is submitted) Is there a way to fix these issues?

Android WebView HTML input keypress doesn't fire

On some devices (mostly Samsung, but others too) and combinations of: Android version, WebView version (even with the evergreen WebView in Android 7) and keyboard, there are a number of issues:

keypress isn't fired
keydown and keyup always contain keyCode=229
keypress and input are fired but don't contain the key
textInput isn't fired
maxlength attribute isn't honored on input[type=text] while the user types (more than maxlength chars are allowed and the input is validated only when the form is submitted)

Is there a way to fix these issues?

Android WebView HTML input keypress doesn't fire

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