[Bug][Android] Date|Time question touch target

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Hi Epicollect5 team,

We are experiencing a UI / touch target issue with the Date question field in the Epicollect5 Android app across multiple devices and projects over the last few days.

Issue Description:
When opening a form containing a Date field (format dd/MM/YYYY), tapping on the main area or left side of the d/mm/aaaa input box does not launch the date picker calendar dialog. The field appears completely frozen/unresponsive.

Current Finding / Workaround:
After troubleshooting, we noticed that the calendar picker ONLY triggers when tapping a very small region on the far right of the input box, right next to the “X” (clear) button.

System Details:

App: Epicollect5 for Android

OS: Android (tested on multiple devices)

Question Type: Date (dd/MM/YYYY)

Occurring since: ~5 days ago across all users in our organization

It seems a recent update (possibly Android System WebView or an app build) shifted or shrunk the click target/hitbox for triggering the date selector modal.

Attached is a screenshot of the issue. Could you please look into this and release a patch for the touch event alignment?

Thank you!

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Hi, thank you for reporting this (there is no screenshot but the issue is known anyway)

This is not specific to your project. It is caused by a recent upstream change in Chromium / Android System WebView to the native control: tapping the main / left side of the field no longer opens the calendar, only a small tap target on the far right next to the X does.

Workaround for now: tap the far right edge of the date field to open the picker.

We are shipping a fix in the next app update so tapping anywhere on the date field programmatically opens the picker again, restoring the previous behaviour.

Thanks again for flagging it.