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I can't get predictive text and multiline text working at the same time on Survey123 on Android app.

RobertMoore

Predictive text has been disabled on the Android Survey123 app by default. How do I get predictive text working for multiline text fields through the Survey design spreadsheet. At the moment, it seems to only be allowing 1 or the other to be enabled at a time. This is very frustrating for myself and the users.

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BrandonArmstrong

Hi Robert,

Which version of Survey123 Connect and the Survey123 Field App are you using? After specifying a value of 'multiline predictivetext' in the appearance column of a text question and publishing your survey, you should see both the multiline appearance and predictive text enabled on your Android device.

I confirmed this behavior to be working when publishing a survey using Survey123 Connect v. 3.1.126 and Survey123 Field App v.3.1.159 on a Samsung Galaxy S8 with Android 8.0.

Let us know what your results are after trying this out.

Best,

Brandon

HaroldHerrera1

I have the same problem, I can't get predictive text and multiline text working at the same time on Survey123 on Android app. the value 'multiline predictivetext' isn't exist.... only 'multiline' or 'predictivetext', how could we combinate both values? I mean, I need multiline text and predictive text at the same time.

I using Survey123 Connect v. 3.1.126 and Survey123 Field App v.3.1.159

BrandonArmstrong

Hi Harold,

You may need to turn off the validation rules for that particular cell in order to allow for multiline predictive text to be entered as a value. As mentioned here, you can quickly remove data validation for a cell, by selecting it, and then going to Data > Data Tools > Data Validation > Settings > Clear All.

Try this and let us know your results.

FingalAdmin

Hi Brandon,

Thank you, I was using an old version Survey123 Connect and that was causing the issue. I upgraded to the latest version and that fixed the issue. Thanks very much.

DerrickWestoby

Hi @BrandonArmstrong ( @Anonymous User ) - This value works fine in S123 connect and the field app behaves as expected, but my feature reports fail to generate when I make this change. The error message says something along the line of: "appearance" cannot be found for ${comment_general | appearance:"multiline"}

Is this a known bug/limitation?

Anonymous User

Hi @DerrickWestoby,

This should be supported and honor the carriage returns (line breaks) in a multiline text input. The documentation is here:

Report templates—ArcGIS Survey123 | Documentation

If you are seeing issues with this in your feature report, please raise it as a BUG via Esri Support so we can have it officially logged and added to backlog to resolve in future update.

Regards,

Phil.

UltrafastAdmin

Hi @DerrickWestoby Did you get this resolved i am having the same error. So just wondering if you got any closure for this?

DerrickWestoby

Yes I did. I edited the resolution into my last post, but here it is as well. (use "predictivetext multiline", NOT "multiline predictivetext")

EDIT for posterity: This was confirmed as a bug (BUG-000146779), but using "predictivetext multiline" in the appearance column (instead of "multiline predictivetext") does work. While troubleshooting, we noticed that "multiline predictivetext" will work if it's present when the survey is first published, but not if it's changed after first publishing.

MichaelBruening

So this will "only" work if this appearance type of "predictivetext multiline" is used the very "first" time the survey is published? This is a huge bummer as being able to see the entire text string while using the "speech to text" function would be a huge help for our field crews like it used to be way back in the day.

Have you noticed if you add new questions will this work for them or is it the overall survey itself?

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