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Can't get a keyboard up in serial REPL

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
30/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
android, javascript
Domain
cli, mobile

Research direction

Reproduce the serial REPL interaction on Android 8.1 with Chrome 75, using the reported degree-symbol program and checking both keyboard launch and serial echo. Trace the browser-side serial REPL input and focus handling; done means the keyboard opens and Ctrl+C/Ctrl+D or typed input reaches the REPL as expected.

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Description

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I'm trying a program with the ° symbol on android chrome. Serial is unresponsive i.e. my print statement isn't being echoed to serial window. I click the blue line click here or press CTRL c to enter REPL.
When i click on the cursor to get a keyboard so i can try CTRL+D (reboot) i can't get either of my keyboards to launch.

Android version 8.1.0
Samsung experience version 9.5
Chrome version 75.0.3770.101

Dominant language
JavaScript
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Forks
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