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Angus Atkins-Trimnell
Angus Atkins-Trimnell

Reputation: 121

Select Element Does Not Update in Android 2.3.x

We have a Web application that dynamically builds elements via JS. We are testing for mobile usability and are finding that on devices that run 2.3.x versions of Android, our select element behavior is a little strange. A touch on the select element will bring up the usual radio button list of the options and touching an option will select it and return to the page view. However, the option shown in the select box does not update. It still shows the top element in the option list. When the page is reloaded, the behavior is normal. I have tried adding an additional empty element at the top of the list and setting it as selected when the element is built, which seems to clear up the issue on some devices, but our QA tester is saying that behavior remains on others.

Any ideas?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 314

Answers (1)

Vishnar Tadeleratha
Vishnar Tadeleratha

Reputation: 371

If you're fishing for areas to look into, I had a similar issue for select elements when using the fastclick library in any Android 2.3.x browser. The issue was caused by a hack in fastclick for it to work better under Android Chrome. The fix for native browsers hasn't been merged to this day (https://github.com/ftlabs/fastclick/pull/190).

On another note Android 2.x can be a nightmare in unexpected places once you start adding an assortment of everyday things - CSS animations, opacity, negative margins outside the screen etc

Upvotes: 1

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