Merge "Update a stale comment in IMMS constructor" into main

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/inputmethod/InputMethodManagerService.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/inputmethod/InputMethodManagerService.java
index 2d7761026239..9de14f1fb9ec 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/inputmethod/InputMethodManagerService.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/inputmethod/InputMethodManagerService.java
@@ -1274,7 +1274,13 @@ public final class InputMethodManagerService implements IInputMethodManagerImpl.
 
             mShowOngoingImeSwitcherForPhones = false;
 
-            // InputMethodSettingsRepository should be initialized before buildInputMethodListLocked
+            // Executing InputMethodSettingsRepository.initialize() does not mean that it
+            // immediately becomes ready to return the up-to-date InputMethodSettings for each
+            // running user, because we want to return from the constructor as early as possible so
+            // as not to delay the system boot process.
+            // Search for InputMethodSettingsRepository.put() to find where and when it's actually
+            // being updated. In general IMMS should refrain from exposing the existence of IMEs
+            // until systemReady().
             InputMethodSettingsRepository.initialize(mHandler, mContext);
             AdditionalSubtypeMapRepository.initialize(mHandler, mContext);