Angular material: free focus with click on input

Question

Using angular and material design, I notice that when you focus the input and then go outside (nothing special):

• on the desktop, focus is removed from the input
• on a mobile phone (Android), focus remains

This is really annoying on mobile devices, because having focused MD autofill, the virtual keyboard slides up and takes up half the available height. And there is no way to hide it, except by clicking on another field or button!

I really cannot understand why a mobile phone should not behave like a desktop. Is it impossible to lose focus when the user clicks on it or selects an item?

Answer 1

app = angular.module('App', ['ngMaterial'])
  .config(function( $mdGestureProvider ) {
      $mdGestureProvider.skipClickHijack();
  });

I know that this is already a summer issue, but in case someone has the same problem. $mdGestureProvider.skipClickHijack()worked for me.