From b985eb1849fff5d6e827a1135a191ea060e85969 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: alexknop <knopalex@msu.edu>
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2023 09:16:19 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] added a workaround to show the MainView on older Android
 devices < 9 (#310)

---------

Co-authored-by: Alex Knop <alexknoptech@protonmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Dimo Karaivanov <doftor.livain@gmail.com>
---
 src/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/TraditionalT9.java | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/TraditionalT9.java b/src/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/TraditionalT9.java
index a97bf3fa..f1c17d60 100644
--- a/src/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/TraditionalT9.java
+++ b/src/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/TraditionalT9.java
@@ -795,11 +795,13 @@ public class TraditionalT9 extends KeyPadHandler {
 	 * are invisible. This function forces the InputMethodManager to show our window.
 	 */
 	protected void forceShowWindowIfHidden() {
-		if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.P
-				&& !mInputMode.isPassthrough()
-				&& !isInputViewShown()
-		) {
+		if (mInputMode.isPassthrough() || isInputViewShown()) {
+			return;
+		}
+		if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.P) {
 			requestShowSelf(InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);
+		} else {
+			showWindow(true);
 		}
 	}