I have an Android 10, and was able to download the app. Phone model is Samsung S20+
When using the kana crossword (I just started with beginner), I noticed that when I setup to use my keyboard instead of dragging characters, there were a couple issues. Like the keyboard I use frm Simeji, keeps blocking the hint at the very bottom of the screen.
And when typing kana with more than one character, like に ----you have to type んthen い to form that kana, but it took a couple tries to get that character to change to に I kept getting stuck with ん
That keyboard visibility issue might be a issue with the framework I'm using - is the link to the keyboard you are using? https://play.google.com/store/...
With regards to the ん に issue, I'm guessing it is only happening in the final space? If so, I'll have that fixed in the next release. If it is happening in non-last-space situations, let me know!
And for the ん に it was only for the last slot so far. But I did realize that the word was actually いしょう alone without に. Once I placed the right one in, the issue kind of disappeared. But I'll keep trying out the text feature, for testing. I feel that some players would love to text out the answers than just using the drag and drop characters.
I definitely see where you are coming from. However, if I do that, it'd have to be at the top of typing, at the bottom for pieces (closer to the fingers), and I'm not sure if I want to split the ui into two different arrangements.
Regardless, if a change is put in, it will not happen until next week at the earliest. Right now, I'm only patching bugs that come up.
Okay, cool! It's not a very major issue so I understand what you mean. Besides most might like to drag and drop characters, since it's easier and goes faster than typing.
I would just like to add that I'm having the same issue with the keyboard blocking the clue, using the Google Japanese keyboard in Android Marshmallow. This makes Type Mode completely unusable, as the clue is never visible.
Well good news - I can at least replicate this on a marshmallow emulator, so I have a base from which to work on. Will let you know when I have more information.
Great news - I think I have this resolved! It works on Android 11 (which always worked) and Android 6/Marshmallow (which didn't work). It'll go into the next release, so we can test it soon.
Clues are now visible :) And I found a small bug. When using type mode and selecting a word that has already been partially filled in, tapping on any box other than the first one in the word makes it so the text input box that opens contains one or more of the characters that are already filled in, while tapping on the first box generates an empty input box.
That's actually intended - whether or not it is a good idea is something I'd like to know about. If you're clicking in the middle of a prefilled answer, my idea was that you didn't want to retype what was already there.
But if you select the first box of a word, currently there is no text in the input box no matter how much of the word was filled in, so you do have to type the whole word.
Also, I'm not sure you realize how much precision clicking this feature requires. If I have a word where every other box is already filled in, when I open the text input box the cursor is at the end of the word, and I would have to move it multiple times to type the missing parts without erasing anything. I'm way more likely to just backspace everything than try to get the cursor in the right place multiple times.
It would be cool if you could somehow do something similar to how the touch mode skips past already entered boxes, like have each typed kana automatically fill in the next empty box available.
Ok, I'm just going to outright remove the half-entered text. It will not erase the previously entered stuff until you start typing, but the input field will be blank.
