QQuickwidget does not call the virtual keyboard in ios

[J.Hilk]

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to ask, if anyone encountered this bug as well:
https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-63157
and has a workaround/fix for it?

It's over a year old, but still no progress with it.
I'm not familiar enought with QGuiApplication to actually dabble with the source code

I made my own workaround, with whom I'm not really that satisifed with.
Currently I create a new normal QLineEdit, that is invisible and forward the textChanged event to the QML - LineEdit

That creates the needed events to call forth a virtual Keyboard.

class iOSLineEdit : public QLineEdit
{
    Q_OBJECT
public:
    explicit iOSLineEdit(QWidget *parent = nullptr);

    Q_INVOKABLE QString newUuid(){return QUuid::createUuid().toString();}
public slots:
    void initLineEdit(const QString &text, const QString &uuid);

signals:
    void currentTextChanged(const QString &uuid, const QString &text);
    void currentEditFinsihed(const QString &uuid);

protected:
    QString m_Uuid;
};

//------

iOSLineEdit::iOSLineEdit(QWidget *parent) : QLineEdit (parent)
{
    setMaximumSize(QSize(0,0));
    connect(this, &QLineEdit::textChanged, this, [=](const QString &text)->void{
        if( !m_Uuid.isEmpty()) {
            emit currentTextChanged(m_Uuid, text);
        }
    });
    connect(this, &QLineEdit::editingFinished, this, [=]()->void{
        if(!m_Uuid.isEmpty())
            emit currentEditFinsihed(m_Uuid);
        m_Uuid.clear();
        clear();
        setEnabled(false);
        hide();
    });
    lower();
    hide();
}

void iOSLineEdit::initLineEdit(const QString &text, const QString &uuid)
{
    m_Uuid.clear();

    setText(text);

    m_Uuid = uuid;
    setEnabled(true);
    show();
    setFocus();
}

//qml

TextInput {
   id: tInput
   ......
}

MouseArea {
            id: iosClick
            anchors.fill: tInput
            property string uuid: BackEnd.newUuid()

            visible: Qt.platform.os === "ios"

            onClicked: {
                BackEnd.initLineEdit(tInput.text,iosClick.uuid);
            }

            Connections{
                target: BackEnd

                onCurrentTextChanged:{
                    if(uuid === iosClick.uuid ) {
                        tInput.text = text
                    }
                }
            }
        }

I think there has to be a better way for it x)
Hopefully, this at the least, brings some more focus/votes on the issue ;-)

[raven-worx]

@J.Hilk
just a shot in the dark:
try playing with QInputMethod::setVisible() at some points in your codee

[J.Hilk]

@raven-worx
mmh, I'm unsure but I'll look into it.

However that gave me an idea. The TextInput QML-Item should have it's own c++ class(I'm however unsure what it's called), somewhere with QQuickItem as it's very base class.

I could look into creating my own myTextInput Item that handles the QInputMethod-Query