D-Pad Navigation Compatability for flip phones (e.g. CAT S22, Sonim XP# PLus)

[wildBcat]

Checklist

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• [x] I have read the FAQs inside the app (Menu -> About -> FAQs), in the README and my problem isn't listed.
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Which apps should have this feature?

All Fossify Apps

Feature description

First off, I love these apps! Thank you so much for making them. I recently switched to an XP3 Plus which is a flip phone that uses Android Go 11. It can only navigate using a D-pad and a center button to select. I was surprised to find that of the functionality of these apps actually works with this type of navigation, but there are areas that don't work (for instance, I cannot get to the top where the change view, options, and search bar area in the calendar app). Is there any chance you would be able to make these apps (and maybe your others) more compatible with these types of devices? Thank you so much!

Why do you want this feature?

I wish to simplify my life more and get away from big companies like Google and Apple. Your app is the perfect freedom, as are flip phone devices like the Sonim XP3 Plus.

Additional information

No response

[vinceingithub]

I can confirm this to be an issue on my CAT S22 Flip, as noted in my closed duplicate feature request.

[naveensingh]

Closing issues concerning such smart feature phones as out of scope for Fossify.

[niva-of-salmacis]

Would it be possible to reconsider including this in the scope of Fossify? I would love to be able to continue using these apps as I migrate to a CAT S22, and being unable to navigate without the touchscreen is a big hindrance. The Clock app seems to work perfectly with the d-pad and I wish that functionality could be implemented in the other apps!

[naveensingh]

Reopening this just in case someone wants to fix these navigation-related issues, but such devices won't be officially supported by Fossify.

[Mark-KB]

Thanks. I might tackle this myself once I get a dev environment up and running. I really like Fossify's suite otherwise.

I'll note that officially (and I only found out because I was curious on what their interface guidelines say), Google considers keyboard support an accessibility issue (as some disabled users find it easier to use a keyboard), see https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/views/touch-and-input/keyboard-input/navigation . Naturally, Google's in-built apps all have fairly good d-pad/keyboard support, but the whole point is to avoid them of course.

As my issue stated, this only occurs on pages with search boxes at the top, other pages can be navigated just fine.

Just to add a few other keypad/keyboard issues I've encountered, just in case someone else gets to it first:

• The trackbar in Music's Now Playing does not take left/right arrow key input (the bar moves but the music does not skip, and it resets when the next second ticks over)
• The Calculator does not take direct input from the number keypad, you must navigate to each button and press it
• In some apps the selection box is hard to see (especially when buttons are transparent over an image or the floating add button is selected), and in Camera when you tab through the settings toolbar (flash etc) no selection box appears at all