feat: update SoftwareKeyboard visibility handling and improve keyboard dismiss polling

src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citron/citron_emu/applets/keyboard/SoftwareKeyboard.kt

@@ -37,21 +37,36 @@ object SoftwareKeyboard {
     private fun executeInlineImpl(config: KeyboardConfig) {
         val activity = NativeLibrary.sEmulationActivity.get() ?: return
         val overlayView = activity.findViewById<View>(R.id.surface_input_overlay) ?: return
+        val previousVisibility = overlayView.visibility
+        val previousAlpha = overlayView.alpha
 
         // Make sure the overlay can receive input
-        overlayView.requestFocus()
+        overlayView.visibility = View.VISIBLE
+        if (previousVisibility != View.VISIBLE) {
+            overlayView.alpha = 0f
+        }
+        overlayView.isFocusableInTouchMode = true
 
-        val imm = overlayView.context.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE) as InputMethodManager
+        overlayView.post {
+            overlayView.requestFocus()
 
-        // Restart input to ensure clean state
-        imm.restartInput(overlayView)
-        imm.showSoftInput(overlayView, InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED)
+            val imm =
+                overlayView.context.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE) as InputMethodManager
 
-        // Poll every 500ms to detect when the keyboard is closed
-        startKeyboardDismissPolling(overlayView)
+            // Restart input to ensure clean state
+            imm.restartInput(overlayView)
+            imm.showSoftInput(overlayView, InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED)
+
+            // Poll every 500ms to detect when the keyboard is closed
+            startKeyboardDismissPolling(overlayView, previousVisibility, previousAlpha)
+        }
     }
 
-    private fun startKeyboardDismissPolling(overlayView: View) {
+    private fun startKeyboardDismissPolling(
+        overlayView: View,
+        previousVisibility: Int,
+        previousAlpha: Float
+    ) {
         val handler = Handler(Looper.myLooper()!!)
         val delayMs = 500L
 
@@ -66,6 +81,8 @@ object SoftwareKeyboard {
                 }
 
                 // Keyboard was dismissed → submit result
+                overlayView.visibility = previousVisibility
+                overlayView.alpha = previousAlpha
                 NativeLibrary.submitInlineKeyboardInput(KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ENTER)
             }
         }, delayMs)
@@ -138,4 +155,4 @@ object SoftwareKeyboard {
 
     @Keep
     data class KeyboardData(var result: Int, var text: String)
-}
+}

src/android/app/src/main/jni/native.cpp

@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ Core::SystemResultStatus EmulationSession::InitializeEmulation(const std::string
     jauto android_keyboard = std::make_unique<Common::Android::SoftwareKeyboard::AndroidKeyboard>();
     m_software_keyboard = android_keyboard.get();
     m_system.SetShuttingDown(false);
+    Settings::values.swkbd_applet_mode.SetValue(Settings::AppletMode::HLE);
     m_system.ApplySettings();
     Settings::LogSettings();
     m_system.HIDCore().ReloadInputDevices();