topic Re: Collector 20.2 for Android Tablet Missing Decimal Point in ArcGIS Collector Questions

Collector 20.2 for Android Tablet Missing Decimal Point

NickNuebel — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 18:35:01 GMT

When entering values into double or single type fields in Collector 20.2 for Android, the keyboard doesn't have the decimal point. I'm using a Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 2 running Collector 20.2.

The fields support the values-- you can paste in periods from the clipboard-- but that's not a real solution. What gives?

Re: Collector 20.2 for Android Tablet Missing Decimal Point

DougMorgenthaler — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 16:31:59 GMT

This is a limitation of the default keyboard provided on some Android devices. You can install a 3rd party keyboard like GBoard and set it as the default keyboard for the device. which will display the decimal button for these fields during entry.

Re: Collector 20.2 for Android Tablet Missing Decimal Point

TravisNaibert — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 19:48:45 GMT

Thank you for the workaround. I will try it. I am still confused why the decimal point is available on the exact same android devices while using Classic Collector.

Re: Collector 20.2 for Android Tablet Missing Decimal Point

ColinLawrence — Thu, 02 Jul 2020 00:04:40 GMT

FYI there is a bug logged (BUG-000131801) for this through Tech Support. I encourage you to contact them and get yourself attached so we can effectively gauge how many are impacted by this.

Colin

Re: Collector 20.2 for Android Tablet Missing Decimal Point

NickNuebel — Thu, 02 Jul 2020 20:23:09 GMT

Thanks, Doug. Installing GBoard and setting it as the default keyboard worked for me-- though, candidly, I'm not super excited that Collector requires a workaround for something as basic as data entry.

Re: Collector 20.2 for Android Tablet Missing Decimal Point

NickNuebel — Thu, 02 Jul 2020 20:27:04 GMT

Thanks for the tip. I've done so.