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sreid55
Posts: 41
Registered: ‎09-28-2009
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Black Screen - Edit Fields have no visible Cursor

Hi - 

 

I'm going to post this question which I've been struggling with for some time, and the solution I just discovered in hopes it will be useful to someone in the future.

 

My app has an options screen with an all-black background.  All of the fields - various types -  have overridden paint() methods to make the text white or some other color.

 

I've had literally a handful (4 I think) of users complain that they can't see the cursor in the options screen.  All of these users had 8130 or 8330 Verizon BlackBerrys with 4.5.0.77.

 

Up to this point, I had pretty much assumed this was a bug in 4.5.0.77, or some other, as yet undetermined,  incompatibility with my app.

 

The solution -

Verizon included a default theme in these devices called "Verizon".  This theme forced a black cursor / highlight. (a poor choice imo) Changing the theme from this default made my app usable.

 

Cheers,

Scott

 

 

 

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sreid55
Posts: 41
Registered: ‎09-28-2009

Re: Black Screen - Edit Fields have no visible Cursor

Second post so I can mark this as a solution.  See original post for actual solution.

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