Arc default keyboard - General Questions and Answers

I did search but didn't get a clear picture
I want a keyboard where i can longpress the qwerty keys to type numbers instead of switching to number mode.
I saw both motorola milestone 2 and nexus S has such a keyboard. it seems it is part of the standard gingerbread keyboard.
Is it possible to enable this in the Arc or do I have to install 3rd party application?
Are there any recommended 3rd party apps for this?

There is a keyboard where you cn long press the letters to get numbers. Its a gingerbread keyboard. Its been posted on the xperia arc forums on xda. It dhould be fairly easy to find. Hope you do find it
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=875202
Just found the link for. Ive downloaded this keyboard it works great, abd has the long press numbers.
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Modify HTC / XDA Keyboard Dictionary

Hello all,
I would like to know if it is possible to modify the HTC keyboards stock dictionary. Basically I would like to force it to type "the" every time I accidentally type "Tue".
I am currently using the XDA version of the keyboard, and know that it is possible to edit the user dictionary.
Thanks.
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I would like to know this too..
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x3, im sick of it trying to shove "OS" onto my texts instead of "is"
I think if you type the word enough it starts to use the other one.
Alright, to get to the user dictionary, pull up the keyboard and look for the microphone icon, it should also have a gear under it on that same button. long press it and this brings up the touch input settings. Scroll down to user dictionary and add or remove any words you would like. The nice thing with that is now I never text ducking to people........
Hi, I would like to know how to access HTC dictionaries too. I am currently deodexing a Gingerbread 2.3.5 ROM to try an d find the needed apk and all.
I am using a ROM which doesn't support French dictionary, spell-checking, or prediction (obviously you might say if there is no dict...) and would like to add at least this dictionary.
Could anyone point me in the right direction ? I would be grateful !
Edit : HTC_IME.apk from stock ROM did the job for me. Check my post here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1521922

Keyboard Switching App

I was wondering if there was any application out there that I could use to have separate keyboards for landscape and portrait? I would lioe to be able to use swype for portrait and have it switch to better keyboard when I'm using landscape? Or maybe someone could create it if there wasn't already something like that on the market (dot dot dot hint)?
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Not seen anything that auto switches.. But it's quite quick to long press on the text input box and change the input method.. I suppose!!!
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Nahh... that takes too long for me, that's why an automatic one would be best
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[APP] A.I Type Keyboard Free

While our Samsung Keyboard is great..... If you like me dont find it easy to type for some reason then there is this great app in the market called A.I.Type Keyboard Free..... while the intelligent prediction turns of after 21 days we can continue to use this app beyond this period.. This keyboard has a great number of appearance setting to make it look like a keyboard from the iphone,windpws phone(my personal favorite), stock gingerbread or even create a custom keyboard for yourself.... you can also adjust the vertical height of the keyboard so u can still look at the webpage while typing.. so go ahead and give this app a try and let me know your thoughts on it or if there are any other apps that are better than this
(M on my phone... will attach the play store link later)
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[Q] What is your main software keyboard?

Current betas are included. Pick which third-party keyboard you've chosen as your go-to keyboard.
SwiftKey is the Best
I have tried both Swype and SwiftKey and in my point of view "SwiftKey" is the best.
I use thumb keyboard..its stable and more responsive.. imo..
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I use the GO Keyboard. I like the designs and interface as well as the multi language functionality when I need to communicate in Latin to my brethren. It's got swype functionality and it's free too. I've used several keyboards before so I've had a decent spectrum to play with.
SwiftKey is awesome! Their new Flow feature (basically their version of Swype) is great too.
I've Enjoyed Mine!
I used to use as many keyboards I could to test which I like. For a long time I didn't keep a keyboard for a week. I eventually found the keyboard of my dreams (replaced by the stock ICS now)... Jelly Bean Keyboard by VLLWP. I highly recommend it.:good:
Since 4.2 never used any software as it included swype feature.
Before that swype 3
And also used siine keyboard just for fun.
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I use swiftkey. The trail it leaves when swiping looks loads better than Swype and stock JB
Swiftkey on my phone, Hackers Keyboard on my tab. (swipe on 10.1 inch, really?)
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I use Touchpal on my phone and tab. I like the fast switching between languages (I switch a lot between English and Dutch) and between swyping and typing. And the fast way to type numbers and symbols (swyping up on the right key) is a big advantage.
TouchPal is the best.
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Smartkeyboard.
I gave so many others the chance, but every other missed features I need.
I need customizable longpress duration, customizable smileys (I even use a smiley key as my mail, meaning it's so much easier to login everywhere) and really important: the whole keyboard must be resizable (because my lcd density on the nexus4 is on 240, wich would mean every keyboard is extremely small).
I also like the arrowkeys in portrait mode and the domainkey (wich I only use for even more shortcut smileys susch as \o/ or ^^ / ^.^)
Oh, and I don't need any prediction, here in switzerland we write in swiss-german, wich doesn't really exist. There is no word prediction or something like that for us.
I get an average kpm of 240-250 with smartkeyboard pro. Once I even got to almost 300
Mine is Swype. The only feature it's missing that I desperately want is a setting for long press duration.
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I have also used a lot of keyboards
but I keep turning to smart keyboard
swiftkey lags a little on my phone
I just hope smart keyboard had ics theme
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Main KB
I'm using Swype atm.
SwiftKey is the best in my opinion because its much better than the stock keyboard.
I wish SwiftKey had the action of the swype key.
Where it highlighted the last word..
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SwiftKey is the fastest on my phone.
I am using anysoftkeyboard.
It's not bad.
I actually liked SwiftKey Flow, even though everyone hates it.

Which keyboard?

I realize I liked the Samsung keyboard (I switched to CM so it is gone). I used to use smartkeyboard but they've never added slide typing or whatever you call it when you slide your finger around the keyboard.
So anyway, does anyone really love a particular keyboard and why?
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sharonbw said:
I realize I liked the Samsung keyboard (I switched to CM so it is gone). I used to use smartkeyboard but they've never added slide typing or whatever you call it when you slide your finger around the keyboard.
So anyway, does anyone really love a particular keyboard and why?
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Have you tried SwiftKey Tablet?
It's not free but it has the swiping feature, and in landscape mode it splits into two halves so you can type with your thumbs.
The Google Keyboard is free, and also has the swipe feature.
Dattinator said:
Have you tried SwiftKey Tablet?
It's not free but it has the swiping feature, and in landscape mode it splits into two halves so you can type with your thumbs.
The Google Keyboard is free, and also has the swipe feature.
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Thanks for the suggestion. I actually found Swype (also not free) which I really love. It has every feature I could ask for except for one thing. It doesn't have a built in button for disappearing the keyboard. Most of the time - but not always - a button appears on my nav bar. Other than that I would call it the perfect keyboard.
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