Android Markdown Editor no longer allowing edits

[ZorbaTHut]

Operating system

Android

Joplin version

3.5.8

Editor

Markdown Editor

What issue do you have?

This feels like something that absolutely must be my fault but I can't figure out why.

The Markdown Editor no longer allows edits of any kind. If I open a note and try to edit it, I get a keyboard and a cursor; if I push buttons on the keyboard, the phone does its standard mini keyboard vibrate, but nothing is entered in the note. All notes appear to be read-only for some reason, including a new note I made just to test this.

If I switch to the Rich Text Editor, I can edit things . . . but then the "back" button doesn't work, so there's no longer any way to leave the note, even if I switch back to Markdown. Actually, I can't get the back button to work at all anymore even if I don't mess with editor settings. I think that's new.

Also, this is all on my wife's phone. My phone, which is also Android 3.5.8, works fine. I cannot tell what's different about my wife's phone.

Any idea what to test?

[mrjo118]

What version of Android is your wife’s phone? It potentially may be an issue on an older version of Android

[ZorbaTHut]

“System is up to date”, Android 16. Kept up to date pretty reliably.

Still happening, unfortunately.

[mrjo118]

Does she use any apps which use an accessibility service / device administrator access? Sometimes such apps can draw over other apps and cause issues, but that’s a longshot.

What is the phone model and is it stock Android with google play, or some other Android derivative like LineageOS?

[personalizedrefriger]

Are there any Markdown editor-related error messages in configuration > tools > logs? To check:

1. Open the logs screen (configuration > tools > logs).
2. Click "Errors Only".
3. Click the "search" button and type "MarkdownEditor".

For example, for me, the screen looks like this:

Also helpful would be the WebView information listed in configuration > more information (near the bottom of the screen).