How to disable autocorrect in HTML input on Android?

Question

I can not disable autocorrect of text input in web browser on Android.

I tried this:

<input type='text' autocomplete='off' spellcheck='false' autocorrect='off'>

Demo: http://jsbin.com/coqum/3

Both Chrome 35 and Firefox 29 do autocorrect on Android 4.4. Is it an Android bug?

Is there a way to ask Android not to autocorrect?

Update (March 2015)

It looks like the bug has been fixed in Chrome on Android, it now obeys autocomplete='off'. Firefox on Android still autocorrects.

Demo: http://jsbin.com/jivupadolu/1

Answer 1

In experiencing the same issue I did some digging and discovered it is indeed a bug in Chrome for Android. It appears to just recently have been fixed and hopefully should be released in an update soon.

https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=303883&q=autocorrect&colspec=ID%20Pri%20M%20Iteration%20ReleaseBlock%20Cr%20Status%20Owner%20Summary%20OS%20Modified

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