since last update the char-keyboard doesn't show up ..

[horst-n]

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Bug description

since last update the char-keyboard doesn't show up when a message input field is entered / focuesd.

it is completly missing. system reboot hasn't helped. i use a samsung A426 G5 handy. i haven't made system updates, only signal through playstore. all other apps on the phone behave as before, only signal-app now has this bug now.

Screenshots

No response

Device

Samsung Galaxy A42 5G

Android version

12

Signal version

7.70.1

Link to debug log

https://debuglogs.org/android/7.70.1/3f8a08bab8f933ce13108e8fd21b5f50c2dffb7a37d86b8ef6e958a0cfb55e41

[greyson-signal]

Hi, out of curiosity, do you have system animations disabled? If so, does enabling them fix the issue? We've seen this reported elsewhere.

[horst-n]

Oh, YES! - This is disabled here. In the meantime I had installed (via f-droid) a second keyboard-app named "unexpected keyboard". Since using it, I have displayed keyboard in signal as before. Sometimes, when switching between the keyboard-apps, also the standard keyboard is shown in signal, but sometimes not. :-/ So, I cannot securely tell, if enabling the system animations alone fixes that or not. But maybe interesting is, that my new keyboard-app is described as a "virtual keyboard", and since installing and using it, the behave in signal has changed back :-) The keyboard-app is open and can be found here: https://github.com/Julow/Unexpected-Keyboard Hopefully that helps a bit! Am 28.01.2026 um 17:12 schrieb Greyson Parrelli:

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[raljohns]

@greyson-signal

Hi, out of curiosity, do you have system animations disabled? If so, does enabling them fix the issue? We've seen this reported elsewhere.

I am seeing the same issue with both the Samsung keyboard and the KeePass2Android keyboard (set as default for testing).

The behavior I observe:

1. When opening a Signal chat, the keyboard does not appear automatically.
2. The keyboard can be triggered by:
   • opening another app that shows the keyboard and then switching back to a Signal chat that is already open,
   • turning the screen off and back on while a chat is open, or
   • enabling system animations in Android.

This has been happening for several Signal versions and only occurs in Signal; other apps work normally.

Device: Galaxy S10 (SM-G973F), Samsung One UI 4.1, Android 12, Signal 7.71.2 (and several previous versions)

Update: it seems like it's linked to #14485

[greyson-signal]

Yeah I'm gonna close this as a dupe of #14485