[craighay1]

But the author works at Google, so can surely pass the message on up the chain that this design decision is stifling innovation in touch-based text editing?

[scottjenson]

I'm the author. I've been trying...

[p1mrx]

I suggest focusing on the minimum viable product: an app with a single text field.

Maybe add the option to load and save txt files, but even clipboard I/O would be sufficient. Just let people play with the editor. If it's actually good, the next steps should become obvious.

[Muromec]

It’s a big company, so unless you can make a nice project to be promoted, it doesn’t get in the list of priorities