Symbols missing during transaction date edit

[vincius0000]

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• I have searched for existing issues that already report this problem, without success.
• I have updated the app to the last released version.

Current Behavior

During selection of transaction date there is a possibility to specify year, date and day. Depending on user locale the format may differ, ex:
2024-10-31 or 2024/10/31

Current issue is that the numerical keyboard does not contain symbols, only numbers can be entered and if you accidentally delete existing symbols then date is no longer valid.

For me this issue occurs on Samsung A33/SM-A336B
I can only see the numbers but I can't enter any symbols
Although, on pixel phone emulator I can see symbols exist there, so I'm not sure if this is OS specific or a property is missing in the input dialog that specifies if symbols should be included or not.

Expected Behavior

The keypad should contain symbols '/' or '-'

Steps to Reproduce

Open app on Samsung Android, One UI

Additional Information

No response

[enrique-lozano]

Probably this is directly an OS issue or directly an issue with the flutter calendar component. Could you share a video of what you see @vincius0000? Nothing seems wrong in my device, but I have a Pixel phone so it's expected as you say

[vincius0000]

Following I see on my phone (Monekin is from Google Play)

[enrique-lozano]

After a little research it seems that this is more of a system-related issue than an app issue. One solution could be to change the keyboard type to text, but that would imply less usability for devices where this feature does work.

Discussions on this:

• showDatePicker has date format issues when DatePickerEntryMode.input is selected flutter/flutter#62401
• [MaterialDatePicker] Manual Date input does not work on Samsung devices material-components/material-components-android#682
• Allow changing of the keyboard type in DateRangePicker (similar to DatePicker) flutter/flutter#121912

Anyway, I don't see this bug as a priority since you can always choose the date using the calendar instead of typing on the keyboard.

[enrique-lozano]

Since this is more of a problem related to the Flutter component than to the app, I think there is no point in complicating things for now. Flutter should be in charge of finding a general solution for this component that works with all the apps that use it.

I'm adding the wontfix tag for now, but I'm leaving this issue open in case new developments or discussions arise on this topic.

[vincius0000]

I see now. I suggest closing this as it's a Flutter issue and we do have a workaround.

Another way of doing this would be by automatically masking input (adding symbols), to match locale it may be a bit of an effort. Perhaps if we get enough upvotes on this, then we could invest into it.

If I'll have this done then I'll open PR for review.