De-focus panel so that normal text entry continues to work?

I build an extension using Flash Builder and Extension Builder 2. When the user clicks a button on my extensions panel, the main window loses focus & you can't enter any text into textfields.
I tried to give the focus back using
app.activate();
CSXSInterface.getInstance().requestStateChange(com.adobe.csxs.events.StateChangeEvent.WIND OW_LOSE_FOCUS, null);
app.activeDocument = app.activeDocument;
app.activeWindow = app.activeWindow;
app.doScript("app.activate();",ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT);
but nothing worked!
Any hints?

This bug has been fixed recently. The fix will be included in the next release of Firefox for Android. For details, see:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=634555
The fix is already included in the nightly development builds of Firefox, which you can test out at: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Platforms/Android

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