Workaround iOS text input crash for emoji+Korean text #36295

cyanglaz · 2022-09-20T20:14:53Z

This is what iOS 16 does when transforming 2 Korean characters into 1 (for example ㅇ ㅏ) right after a unicode composed character (emoji etc):

The keyboard deletes the emoji.
The keyboard API inserts the composed character back.
The keyboard API inserts the transformed Korean character.

However, in iOS 16.0, there is a bug that in step 2, only the first unicode is inserted, which creates an incomplete or different composed character.

To workaround this issue, this PR:

Cache the deleted composed character.
Detects when iOS only adds the first unicode of the composed character, then replaced the first unicode with the cached input.

The issue is caused by an iOS bug and this PR only provides a workaround, we should revert this workaround when the issue is fixed by iOS.

fixes flutter/flutter#111494

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shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterTextInputPlugin.mm

+  if (emoji) {
+    self.lastEmoji = emoji;
+  }
+  if (text.length == 1 && !text.UTF8String &&


shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterTextInputPlugin.mm

+  dispatch_once(&onceToken, ^{
+    set = CFCharacterSetCreateMutableCopy(
+        kCFAllocatorDefault,
+        CTFontCopyCharacterSet(CTFontCreateWithName(CFSTR("AppleColorEmoji"), 0.0, NULL)));


cyanglaz · 2022-09-21T22:38:59Z

#34508 seems similar and we might be able to use some of the tests in the PR.

jmagman · 2022-09-21T22:41:23Z

engine/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterTextInputPluginTest.mm

Lines 421 to 439 in a7accef

    
           - (void)testDeletingBackward { 
        
             NSDictionary* config = self.mutableTemplateCopy; 
        
             [self setClientId:123 configuration:config]; 
        
             NSArray<FlutterTextInputView*>* inputFields = self.installedInputViews; 
        
             FlutterTextInputView* inputView = inputFields[0]; 
        
             [inputView insertText:@"ឹ😀 text 🥰👨‍👩‍👧‍👦🇺🇳ดี "]; 
        
             [inputView deleteBackward]; 
        
             [inputView deleteBackward]; 
        
             // Thai vowel is removed. 
        
             XCTAssertEqualObjects(inputView.text, @"ឹ😀 text 🥰👨‍👩‍👧‍👦🇺🇳ด"); 
        
             [inputView deleteBackward]; 
        
             XCTAssertEqualObjects(inputView.text, @"ឹ😀 text 🥰👨‍👩‍👧‍👦🇺🇳"); 
        
             [inputView deleteBackward]; 
        
             XCTAssertEqualObjects(inputView.text, @"ឹ😀 text 🥰👨‍👩‍👧‍👦"); 
        
             [inputView deleteBackward]; 
        
             XCTAssertEqualObjects(inputView.text, @"ឹ😀 text 🥰"); 
        
             [inputView deleteBackward];

LongCatIsLooong

This approach LGTM. I think the keyboard also handles grapheme clusters wrong. I'll check what the exact behavior is.

LongCatIsLooong · 2022-09-21T23:07:15Z

shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterTextInputPlugin.mm

+  }
+  // Only need to use lastComposedCharacters for the one insertion right after deletion.
+  // Clear it even it is not used in the above if block.
+  self.lastComposedCharacters = nil;


also maybe set the stored value to nil at the end of the runloop?

LongCatIsLooong · 2022-09-21T23:09:47Z

shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterTextInputPlugin.mm

+    // Workaround for https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/111494
+    // TODO(cyanglaz): revert this workaround if when flutter supports a minimum iOS version which
+    // this bug is fixed by Apple.
+    text = self.lastComposedCharacters;


So this step adds the emoji back, then the IME will call insertText: again to insert "어"?

why the text.length == 1 check? Shouldn't !text.UTF8String be enough (I'm assuming this checks the string is not malformed)?

nvm. I tried some grapheme clusters, the keyboard always inserts the first code unit.

So this step adds the emoji back, then the IME will call insertText: again to insert "어"?

Yes. I'm going to add what the "bugged" behavior actually is in the PR description.

LongCatIsLooong · 2022-09-23T23:02:38Z

shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterTextInputPlugin.mm

    // Workaround for https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/111494
    // TODO(cyanglaz): revert this workaround if when flutter supports a minimum iOS version which
    // this bug is fixed by Apple.
-    text = self.lastComposedCharacters;
+    text = self.temporarilyDeletedComposedCharacter;


nit: also clear the stored string here since it's consumed?

LongCatIsLooong · 2022-09-23T23:03:19Z

shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterTextInputPluginTest.mm

+  [inputView deleteBackward];
+  [inputView shouldChangeTextInRange:OCMClassMock([UITextRange class]) replacementText:@""];
+
+  // Insert the first unicode in the emoji.


nit: first unicode -> first unichar

LongCatIsLooong · 2022-09-23T23:08:16Z

shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterTextInputPlugin.mm

@@ -1956,9 +1961,8 @@ - (void)deleteBackward {
    NSString* deletedText = [self.text substringWithRange:_selectedTextRange.range];
    CFRange range =


nit: consider using fml::RangeForCharacterAtIndex

jmagman · 2022-09-28T20:25:18Z

@cyanglaz is out this week, he will pick the nits for next week.

format fix fix fix delete multiple remove unused code add comments format fix comments fix clang tidy fix autorelease tests release temporarilyDeletedComposedCharacter after use, use more accurate verbose

jmagman · 2022-10-04T18:28:24Z

@cyanglaz is this ready to merge?

cyanglaz · 2022-10-04T19:55:30Z

@LongCatIsLooong Updated to use fml::RangeForCharacterAtIndex, also refactored out an "IsEmoji" method, ptal

LongCatIsLooong · 2022-10-04T20:09:57Z

shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterTextInputPlugin.mm

-                                        range:charRange
-                               remainingRange:NULL];
-      if (gotCodePoint && u_hasBinaryProperty(codePoint, UCHAR_EMOJI)) {
+      if (IsEmoji(self.text, charRange)) {


nit: some emojis are in plane 0 and require only one code point to encode, e.g.: https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/U+2764

LongCatIsLooong

still LGTM

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* Fix an issue that deleting an emoji may crash the app (#34508) * Workaround iOS text input crash for emoji+Korean text (#36295) Co-authored-by: Yang Chao <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Chris Yang <[email protected]>

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		NSString* deletedText = [self.text substringWithRange:_selectedTextRange.range];
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