SelectableText has no selection handle on iOS when long press, only appears after choosing selecting all text

@justinmc

Steps to Reproduce

Create a new app with
flutter create myapp
In the main.dart, replace text with selectabletext :

SelectableText(
   'You have pushed the button this many'
),

Run on Android, long press on the sentence, you can select and there are handles.
Run on iOS, long press on the sentence, you can hit select all, and now you have all the text selected and handles are visible ; but there just after long press on text there is no handles, so you can not easily select just a few words.

Expected results:
I expect to have handles on iOS to select the text I want.

Actual results:
On iOS there is no handle. I can only hit select all, then reduce the selection.

Related to #59600

Hello @justinmc as you asked me in this message #59600 (comment) I create this new issue. I did not took new screenshots, as they would have been the same as in the issue #59600. Is it ok for you ?

flutter doctor -v


[✓] Flutter (Channel master, 1.21.0-6.0.pre.96, on Mac OS X 10.15.5 19F101,
    locale fr-FR)
    • Flutter version 1.21.0-6.0.pre.96 at /Users/user921712/Downloads/flutter
    • Framework revision a4d570f0dd (il y a 2 jours), 2020-07-29 08:26:05 -0700
    • Engine revision a9910e409c
    • Dart version 2.10.0 (build 2.10.0-1.0.dev 24c7666def)

 
[!] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 26.0.1)
    • Android SDK at /usr/local/Caskroom/android-sdk/3859397,26.0.1
    ✗ Flutter requires Android SDK 28 and the Android BuildTools 28.0.3
      To update using sdkmanager, run:
        "/usr/local/Caskroom/android-sdk/3859397,26.0.1/tools/bin/sdkmanager"
        "platforms;android-28" "build-tools;28.0.3"
      or visit https://flutter.dev/docs/get-started/install/macos#android-setup
      for detailed instructions.
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      --android-licenses

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    • Xcode at /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
    • Xcode 11.6, Build version 11E708
    • CocoaPods version 1.9.1

[!] Android Studio (version 4.0)
    • Android Studio at /Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents
    ✗ Flutter plugin not installed; this adds Flutter specific functionality.
    ✗ Dart plugin not installed; this adds Dart specific functionality.
    • Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build
      1.8.0_242-release-1644-b3-6222593)

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      https://flutter.dev/intellij-setup/#installing-the-plugins

[✓] VS Code (version 1.47.2)
    • VS Code at /Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents
    • Flutter extension version 3.11.0

[✓] Connected device (1 available)
    • macOS (desktop) • macos • darwin-x64 • Mac OS X 10.15.5 19F101

@TahaTesser

Hello, @TahaTesser maybe the triage should be quite easy for this issue as I created it at the behest of Justin McCandless, see on previous message.

Code Sample

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

void main() => runApp(MyApp());

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
      title: 'Material App',
      theme: ThemeData.dark(),
      home: Home(),
    );
  }
}

class Home extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
      appBar: AppBar(
        title: Text('Material App Bar'),
      ),
      body: Center(
        child: SelectableText('You have pushed the button this many'),
      ),
    );
  }
}

flutter doctor -v

[✓] Flutter (Channel master, 1.21.0-6.0.pre.129, on Mac OS X 10.15.6 19G73,
    locale en-GB)
    • Flutter version 1.21.0-6.0.pre.129 at
      /Users/tahatesser/Code/flutter_master
    • Framework revision 30aef0a3b9 (15 hours ago), 2020-07-30 14:20:21 -0700
    • Engine revision a9910e409c
    • Dart version 2.10.0 (build 2.10.0-1.0.dev 24c7666def)

 
[✓] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 30.0.1)
    • Android SDK at /Users/tahatesser/Code/sdk
    • Platform android-30, build-tools 30.0.1
    • ANDROID_HOME = /Users/tahatesser/Code/sdk
    • Java binary at: /Applications/Android
      Studio.app/Contents/jre/jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java
    • Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build
      1.8.0_242-release-1644-b3-6222593)
    • All Android licenses accepted.

[✓] Xcode - develop for iOS and macOS (Xcode 11.6)
    • Xcode at /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
    • Xcode 11.6, Build version 11E708
    • CocoaPods version 1.9.3

[✓] Chrome - develop for the web
    • Chrome at /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome

[✓] Android Studio (version 4.0)
    • Android Studio at /Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents
    • Flutter plugin version 47.1.2
    • Dart plugin version 193.7361
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      1.8.0_242-release-1644-b3-6222593)

[✓] VS Code (version 1.47.3)
    • VS Code at /Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents
    • Flutter extension version 3.13.0

[✓] Connected device (5 available)
    • SM M305F (mobile)  • 32003c30dc19668f                     • android-arm64
      • Android 10 (API 29)
    • iPhone 11 (mobile) • 7863E29F-EEE8-499E-BB28-6B111B76E3EE • ios
      • com.apple.CoreSimulator.SimRuntime.iOS-13-6 (simulator)
    • macOS (desktop)    • macos                                • darwin-x64
      • Mac OS X 10.15.6 19G73
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      • Flutter Tools
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      • Google Chrome 84.0.4147.105

• No issues found!

@justinmc

Hello @justinmc do you have any update on this issue ?

@chunhtai

@chunhtai Should SelectableText select on long press, or just show "Select All"? It seems like the native behavior is to select on long press on iOS, the same as we do now for double tap.

@nathanael-h

@nathanael-h Thanks for the reminder! Let me double confirm the correct behavior, then I think it should be a fairly small change to get this fixed.

@justinmc

@justinmc I think we should match the native. I remember it used to select the whole word when long press

Ok got it, thanks. I'll mark this as a regression and try to take a look.

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nathanael-h commented on Jul 31, 2020

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