Open keyboard when replying to a message if no text / file / voice record is pending + bumped gradle

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Group changes to describe their impact on the project, as follows:
 - Account EXPIRES is now set to 1 month instead of 1 year for sip.linphone.org accounts
 - Replaced voice recordings file name by localized placeholder text, like for video conferences invitations
 - Decline incoming calls with Busy reason if there is at least another active call
+- Open keyboard when replying to a message if no text / file / voice record is pending
 - Removed jetifier as it is not needed
 - Switched from gradle 7.5 to 8.0, requires JDK 17 (instead of 11)
 

app/src/main/java/org/linphone/activities/main/MainActivity.kt

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 package org.linphone.activities.main
 
 import android.content.ComponentCallbacks2
+import android.content.Context
 import android.content.Intent
 import android.content.res.Configuration
 import android.net.Uri
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ import android.os.Parcelable
 import android.view.Gravity
 import android.view.MotionEvent
 import android.view.View
+import android.view.inputmethod.InputMethodManager
 import androidx.annotation.StringRes
 import androidx.core.splashscreen.SplashScreen.Companion.installSplashScreen
 import androidx.core.view.doOnAttach
@@ -248,6 +250,16 @@ class MainActivity : GenericActivity(), SnackBarActivity, NavController.OnDestin
         currentFocus?.hideKeyboard()
     }
 
+    fun showKeyboard() {
+        // Requires a text field to have the focus
+        if (currentFocus != null) {
+            (getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE) as InputMethodManager)
+                .showSoftInput(currentFocus, 0)
+        } else {
+            Log.w("[Main Activity] Can't show the keyboard, no focused view")
+        }
+    }
+
     fun hideStatusFragment(hide: Boolean) {
         statusFragment.visibility = if (hide) View.GONE else View.VISIBLE
     }

app/src/main/java/org/linphone/activities/main/chat/fragments/DetailChatRoomFragment.kt

@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ import androidx.recyclerview.widget.LinearLayoutManager
 import androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
 import com.google.android.material.dialog.MaterialAlertDialogBuilder
 import java.io.File
-import java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
 import kotlinx.coroutines.*
 import org.linphone.LinphoneApplication.Companion.coreContext
 import org.linphone.LinphoneApplication.Companion.corePreferences
@@ -57,9 +56,6 @@ import org.linphone.activities.main.chat.viewmodels.*
 import org.linphone.activities.main.chat.views.RichEditTextSendListener
 import org.linphone.activities.main.fragments.MasterFragment
 import org.linphone.activities.main.viewmodels.DialogViewModel
-import org.linphone.activities.navigateToContacts
-import org.linphone.activities.navigateToImageFileViewer
-import org.linphone.activities.navigateToImdn
 import org.linphone.compatibility.Compatibility
 import org.linphone.core.*
 import org.linphone.core.tools.Log
@@ -274,10 +270,7 @@ class DetailChatRoomFragment : MasterFragment<ChatRoomDetailFragmentBinding, Cha
                     val chatMessageEventLog = adapter.currentList[index]
                     val chatMessage = chatMessageEventLog.eventLog.chatMessage
                     if (chatMessage != null) {
-                        chatSendingViewModel.pendingChatMessageToReplyTo.value?.destroy()
+                        replyToChatMessage(chatMessage)
-                        chatSendingViewModel.pendingChatMessageToReplyTo.value =
-                            ChatMessageData(chatMessage)
-                        chatSendingViewModel.isPendingAnswer.value = true
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -437,10 +430,7 @@ class DetailChatRoomFragment : MasterFragment<ChatRoomDetailFragmentBinding, Cha
             viewLifecycleOwner
         ) {
             it.consume { chatMessage ->
-                chatSendingViewModel.pendingChatMessageToReplyTo.value?.destroy()
+                replyToChatMessage(chatMessage)
-                chatSendingViewModel.pendingChatMessageToReplyTo.value =
-                    ChatMessageData(chatMessage)
-                chatSendingViewModel.isPendingAnswer.value = true
             }
         }
 
@@ -1344,4 +1334,17 @@ class DetailChatRoomFragment : MasterFragment<ChatRoomDetailFragmentBinding, Cha
             Log.e("[Chat Room] Can't scroll to position $position")
         }
     }
+
+    private fun replyToChatMessage(chatMessage: ChatMessage) {
+        chatSendingViewModel.pendingChatMessageToReplyTo.value?.destroy()
+        chatSendingViewModel.pendingChatMessageToReplyTo.value =
+            ChatMessageData(chatMessage)
+        chatSendingViewModel.isPendingAnswer.value = true
+
+        if (chatSendingViewModel.sendMessageEnabled.value == false) {
+            // Open keyboard
+            binding.footer.message.requestFocus()
+            (requireActivity() as MainActivity).showKeyboard()
+        }
+    }
 }

build.gradle

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ buildscript {
         } // for com.github.chrisbanes:PhotoView
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.0.0'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.0.1'
         classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.15'
         classpath 'org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:1.8.10'
         classpath 'com.google.firebase:firebase-crashlytics-gradle:2.9.5'