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Fix #5010: make pressesBegan/Ended/Cancelled fully transparent while editing#5027

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Summary

Follow-up to #5026 (merged), which addressed the bouncing/cursor-reset bug. The reporter on iPhone 14 Plus / iOS 26.4.2 still sees the original #5010 symptom -- focused field, typing does nothing, app freezes and requires restart. This PR targets the freeze directly.

Why #5013's bypass wasn't enough

The #5013 hotfix made our pressesBegan / pressesEnded / pressesCancelled overrides on CodenameOne_GLViewController call [super pressesBegan:] when a native text editor was up, instead of swallowing the press via cn1MapUIKeyToKeyCode. The intent was to let UIKit's text-input pipeline deliver the press to the focused CN1UITextField. That worked on the iOS 26.3 simulator (where the verification ran) but did not fix the reporter's freeze on iPhone 14 Plus / iOS 26.4.2.

CN1UITextField is the first responder. iOS delivers UIPress events to the first responder first; the field's own pressesBegan: / insertText: handles printable keys before the event walks up the responder chain to our view controller. Forwarding to [super pressesBegan:] from our override re-enters UIViewController's default chain walk, which on iOS 26.4.2 hangs the next inbound key delivery -- focused field, typing does nothing, rest of the app frozen, requires app restart.

Fix

Each press handler returns immediately when editingComponent != nil, with no [super pressesBegan:] forwarding. The override is now fully transparent while editing -- the field's own handling stands and the chain stops here. HW-keyboard support (#3498 / #4982) for non-editing state is preserved by the unchanged fallthrough.

Defensive diagnostics

Bounded CN1Log markers added at each press-handler entry and at editStringAtImpl entry so any future device log can correlate edit-session start, press routing, and the editing-vs-not branch taken:

  • [#5010] editStringAtImpl ENTRY isSingleLine=N maxSize=N constraint=N initialLen=N existingEditing=PTR -- once per edit
  • [#5010] pressesBegan SKIPPED while editing (count=N editingComponent=PTR) -- the new bypass path
  • [#5010] pressesBegan handling (count=N) -- the non-editing path
  • Same SKIPPED / handling pair for pressesEnded and pressesCancelled

Volume is bounded -- pressesBegan only fires on physical key events; editStringAtImpl only fires once per edit. If the reporter installs this build and the freeze persists, the device log will tell us whether the press handler fires at all (i.e. whether iOS 26.4.2 routes virtual-keyboard input through the UIPress path or somewhere else entirely).

Test plan

  • Reporter's snippet (new TextField("Testing") in BorderLayout.CENTER) on iPhone 14 Plus / iOS 26.4.2: typing now lands characters in the field; app stays responsive; no need to restart.
  • BT keyboard / Magic Keyboard / Mac Catalyst host keyboard still routes hardware key events through CN1's keyPressed / keyReleased outside of editing (pressesBegan fallthrough unchanged).
  • Device log shows [#5010] editStringAtImpl ENTRY ... once per edit and [#5010] pressesBegan SKIPPED while editing ... for each key during HW-keyboard input (confirms the new bypass is taken without re-entering super).
  • Tapping outside the field still dismisses the keyboard (unchanged from Fix #5010: don't reroute taps on the active native text editor #5026's foldKeyboard path).

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…editing

The #5013 hotfix changed pressesBegan/Ended/Cancelled to call
[super pressesBegan:] when a native text editor was up, instead of
swallowing the press via the cn1MapUIKeyToKeyCode path. The intent was
to let UIKit's text-input pipeline deliver the press to the focused
CN1UITextField. That worked on the iOS 26.3 simulator (where the
verification happened) but did not fix the freeze the reporter saw on
iPhone 14 Plus / iOS 26.4.2.

The CN1UITextField is the first responder. iOS delivers UIPress events
to the first responder first; the field's own pressesBegan: /
insertText: handles printable keys before the event walks up the
responder chain to our view controller. Forwarding to
[super pressesBegan:] from our override re-enters UIViewController's
default chain walk, which on iOS 26.4.2 hangs the next inbound key
delivery -- the user sees a focused field where typing does nothing
and the rest of the app freezes, requiring a restart.

Change each press handler to return immediately when editingComponent
is set, with no [super pressesBegan:] forwarding. The override is now
fully transparent while editing: the field's own handling stands and
the chain stops here. HW-keyboard support (#3498 / #4982) for non-
editing state is preserved by the unchanged fallthrough.

Also adds bounded CN1Log markers at each press handler entry and at
editStringAtImpl entry so any future device log can correlate edit
session start, press routing, and the editing-vs-not branch taken.
Volume is bounded -- pressesBegan only fires on physical key events,
and editStringAtImpl only fires once per edit.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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shai-almog commented May 24, 2026

Compared 110 screenshots: 110 matched.
✅ Native iOS Metal screenshot tests passed.

Benchmark Results

  • VM Translation Time: 0 seconds
  • Compilation Time: 237 seconds

Build and Run Timing

Metric Duration
Simulator Boot 61000 ms
Simulator Boot (Run) 0 ms
App Install 12000 ms
App Launch 5000 ms
Test Execution 256000 ms

Detailed Performance Metrics

Metric Duration
Base64 payload size 8192 bytes
Base64 benchmark iterations 6000
Base64 native encode 469.000 ms
Base64 CN1 encode 1189.000 ms
Base64 encode ratio (CN1/native) 2.535x (153.5% slower)
Base64 native decode 264.000 ms
Base64 CN1 decode 883.000 ms
Base64 decode ratio (CN1/native) 3.345x (234.5% slower)
Base64 SIMD encode 387.000 ms
Base64 encode ratio (SIMD/native) 0.825x (17.5% faster)
Base64 encode ratio (SIMD/CN1) 0.325x (67.5% faster)
Base64 SIMD decode 375.000 ms
Base64 decode ratio (SIMD/native) 1.420x (42.0% slower)
Base64 decode ratio (SIMD/CN1) 0.425x (57.5% faster)
Image encode benchmark iterations 100
Image createMask (SIMD off) 56.000 ms
Image createMask (SIMD on) 10.000 ms
Image createMask ratio (SIMD on/off) 0.179x (82.1% faster)
Image applyMask (SIMD off) 149.000 ms
Image applyMask (SIMD on) 54.000 ms
Image applyMask ratio (SIMD on/off) 0.362x (63.8% faster)
Image modifyAlpha (SIMD off) 132.000 ms
Image modifyAlpha (SIMD on) 58.000 ms
Image modifyAlpha ratio (SIMD on/off) 0.439x (56.1% faster)
Image modifyAlpha removeColor (SIMD off) 150.000 ms
Image modifyAlpha removeColor (SIMD on) 82.000 ms
Image modifyAlpha removeColor ratio (SIMD on/off) 0.547x (45.3% faster)
Image PNG encode (SIMD off) 1060.000 ms
Image PNG encode (SIMD on) 901.000 ms
Image PNG encode ratio (SIMD on/off) 0.850x (15.0% faster)
Image JPEG encode 600.000 ms

KeyTypeStep was added in #5013 to assert that HW-keyboard typeText
(XCUITest's HW-keyboard pathway, surfacing as UIPress events on iOS
13.4+) reaches the focused CN1UITextField's insertText: via the
responder chain walk through CodenameOne_GLViewController. That walk
depends on the controller's pressesBegan: forwarding to
[super pressesBegan:] while a field is being edited.

The companion commit on this branch makes pressesBegan / pressesEnded
/ pressesCancelled return early without forwarding super while
editingComponent != nil, because that same forwarding is the suspected
trigger for the iOS-26.4.2 freeze the reporter still sees after #5026.
The two fixes are mutually exclusive on the simulator: enable HW
typing via super forwarding (KeyTypeStep passes, virtual-keyboard
freeze persists), or block super forwarding (freeze hopefully fixed,
KeyTypeStep times out on the typeText path).

Disable KeyTypeStep here while we ship the freeze probe to the
reporter. All three layers are commented (not deleted) so re-enabling
is a one-line revert once the right fix that preserves both paths is
known:

  - GestureSuite.java: KeyTypeStep dropped from the steps[] array
  - InputValidationUITests.swift: driveKeyType call commented, helper
    kept
  - drivers/run-ios.sh: CN1IV:READY:keytype + CN1IV:EVENT:keytype
    dropped from REQUIRED_EVENTS

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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shai-almog commented May 24, 2026

Compared 110 screenshots: 110 matched.
✅ Native iOS screenshot tests passed.

Benchmark Results

  • VM Translation Time: 0 seconds
  • Compilation Time: 168 seconds

Build and Run Timing

Metric Duration
Simulator Boot 61000 ms
Simulator Boot (Run) 1000 ms
App Install 11000 ms
App Launch 4000 ms
Test Execution 293000 ms

Detailed Performance Metrics

Metric Duration
Base64 payload size 8192 bytes
Base64 benchmark iterations 6000
Base64 native encode 344.000 ms
Base64 CN1 encode 1194.000 ms
Base64 encode ratio (CN1/native) 3.471x (247.1% slower)
Base64 native decode 256.000 ms
Base64 CN1 decode 969.000 ms
Base64 decode ratio (CN1/native) 3.785x (278.5% slower)
Base64 SIMD encode 819.000 ms
Base64 encode ratio (SIMD/native) 2.381x (138.1% slower)
Base64 encode ratio (SIMD/CN1) 0.686x (31.4% faster)
Base64 SIMD decode 526.000 ms
Base64 decode ratio (SIMD/native) 2.055x (105.5% slower)
Base64 decode ratio (SIMD/CN1) 0.543x (45.7% faster)
Image encode benchmark iterations 100
Image createMask (SIMD off) 57.000 ms
Image createMask (SIMD on) 9.000 ms
Image createMask ratio (SIMD on/off) 0.158x (84.2% faster)
Image applyMask (SIMD off) 160.000 ms
Image applyMask (SIMD on) 110.000 ms
Image applyMask ratio (SIMD on/off) 0.688x (31.3% faster)
Image modifyAlpha (SIMD off) 186.000 ms
Image modifyAlpha (SIMD on) 82.000 ms
Image modifyAlpha ratio (SIMD on/off) 0.441x (55.9% faster)
Image modifyAlpha removeColor (SIMD off) 134.000 ms
Image modifyAlpha removeColor (SIMD on) 63.000 ms
Image modifyAlpha removeColor ratio (SIMD on/off) 0.470x (53.0% faster)
Image PNG encode (SIMD off) 936.000 ms
Image PNG encode (SIMD on) 788.000 ms
Image PNG encode ratio (SIMD on/off) 0.842x (15.8% faster)
Image JPEG encode 387.000 ms

@shai-almog shai-almog merged commit b2121d7 into master May 24, 2026
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shai-almog added a commit that referenced this pull request May 26, 2026
…firmed (#5041)

Removes the iOS native edits and the input-validation test scaffolding
that were added to chase issue #5010. The bug reporter's symptoms could
not be independently reproduced, so the workarounds are removed:

- pressesBegan/Ended/Cancelled editingComponent guards in
  CodenameOne_GLViewController (PRs #5013, #5027)
- ignoreEvent extension on CN1TapGestureRecognizer (PR #5026)
- CN1Log [#5010] diagnostic markers in editStringAtImpl and the press
  handlers (PR #5027)
- KeyTypeStep + driveKeyType XCUITest scaffolding that only existed to
  validate the fix path (PR #5013)

CodenameOne_GLViewController.m is now byte-identical to its pre-#5010
baseline; CN1TapGestureRecognizer.m differs only in two trailing-
whitespace cleanups.

Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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