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SlideIt keyboard

I have been using Swype keyboard for some time and absolutely love it, but have been annoyed about it not having special letters such as used in Scandinavia.
Then Yesterday I fell over a similar keyboard called SlideIt and that works same way as Swype, it just have support for all European languages plus Arabic and Hebrew, plus you can make abbreviations and as a benefit to all those that don't use WM you can also get it for Android and Symbian.
Price is a reasonable 7.99 USD
You read about here: http://www.mobiletextinput.com/

U are scandiavian? Does the keyboard support ÆØÅ?

Yes, I'm Danish.
Yes, as I wrote then it supports all European languages, you download a language pack of your choice, mine was of course Danish and you can just download the Norwegian language pack and in options you choose the language you want as Primary and which one you want as secondary and voila you have all the special characters for Norway.
The only issue is when you have used Swype for some time is that the buttons are a little smaller, but that only takes a day to get used to.

ok, and it works when u flip the phone to the side?
Have to check out the videos on youtube before i decide...
But if anyone else have used this, i would like to know about the feedback..

Brilliant, abselutly brilliant....
Recommended....

SlideIT is the no.1 keyboard for my/the HD2. Far superior over Swype IMHO.

kuzibri said:
SlideIT is the no.1 keyboard for my/the HD2. Far superior over Swype IMHO.
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After alot of tests, I can only agree

Cobra2 said:
After alot of tests, I can only agree
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Thanks!!! Certainly the new version kicks the hell out of Swype.

Im Norwegian and have been using SwipeIT since the start. Works fine, but the only issue i have is that it does not work in landscape mode. The keyboard turns all white and the letters are not visible.
Think this is a know'n problem since i have heard some other reports on the same.

Eggy88 said:
Im Norwegian and have been using SwipeIT since the start. Works fine, but the only issue i have is that it does not work in landscape mode. The keyboard turns all white and the letters are not visible.
Think this is a know'n problem since i have heard some other reports on the same.
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it is fixed in the new version, works like a charm

It is really a great keyboard! One issue I have is that it does not detect text selection in HTC Messaging application. I don't think the problem is with SlideIT since it works fine on another text application like Pocket Notepad, and also Swype does not detect selected text also... So probably a problem with HTC Messaging app text selection method...
Anyway it is a great input method and works very good!

DeadVirus said:
It is really a great keyboard! One issue I have is that it does not detect text selection in HTC Messaging application. I don't think the problem is with SlideIT since it works fine on another text application like Pocket Notepad, and also Swype does not detect selected text also... So probably a problem with HTC Messaging app text selection method...
Anyway it is a great input method and works very good!
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Double tap selection never works in HTC Messaging. Long press/hold on the word brings up the editing menu. It's stupid, in my view.

donalgodon said:
Double tap selection never works in HTC Messaging. Long press/hold on the word brings up the editing menu. It's stupid, in my view.
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Yeah, I know about the long press editing menu. but even if I select a word with the little pointers (or whatever that things are called) SlideIT does not detect it, so I cannot add/edit/remove that word to/from the SlideIT dictionary like the video here: http://www.mobiletextinput.com/Product/SlideIT/Corrections.php

DeadVirus said:
Yeah, I know about the long press editing menu. but even if I select a word with the little pointers (or whatever that things are called) SlideIT does not detect it, so I cannot add/edit/remove that word to/from the SlideIT dictionary like the video here: http://www.mobiletextinput.com/Product/SlideIT/Corrections.php
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Ah, yes. I guess that is why so many people are disabling HTC Messaging and using the WM default client. It's better in these areas, but it looks like crap.

donalgodon said:
Ah, yes. I guess that is why so many people are disabling HTC Messaging and using the WM default client. It's better in these areas, but it looks like crap.
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I agree! The HTC Messaging app has some serious issues that should get fixed. But it also has some nice features and is pretty

Best app i've downloaded so far, i couldn't be happier

Hi all!
Have just installed SlideIT and i think if i give it some time i will use it before the HD2 original one. But, is there some better looking skins for it? Or at least one with slightly bigger buttons?
Have googled it but i can't find anything that points me in any way that says that someone is making or are going make skins for it.
Can it be done?

In PDF User Manual, I read this:
"The user has the option to introduce a large number of new words into the dictionary rapidly or to even use a customized dictionary. To do this, create a file containing the new words on a PC and then move the file to the device. The user must open the file and select all of its content. Next, tap on the indicator ‘+’. The bulk update is then performed. Note that the maximum length of the selected text is 1000 characters."
But which kind of file I've to create, where I've to put it, and how can I access to it from the keyboard ?

casci said:
In PDF User Manual, I read this:
"The user has the option to introduce a large number of new words into the dictionary rapidly or to even use a customized dictionary. To do this, create a file containing the new words on a PC and then move the file to the device. The user must open the file and select all of its content. Next, tap on the indicator ‘+’. The bulk update is then performed. Note that the maximum length of the selected text is 1000 characters."
But which kind of file I've to create, where I've to put it, and how can I access to it from the keyboard ?
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You can use an application like Pocket Notepad with a txt file...

Why is it so much better than swype? I have 0 issues most of the time with swype unless im trying to do a lot of mixed numbers/letters...

TouchPal Keyboard discussion (for people with the beta only)

This is a thread for people testing TouchPal's beta. This is not an "applying for beta" thread, if you don't have it installed, you're in the wrong place.
From my PM, I got the following:
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** Feedback **
The main goal of having beta testing is to collect valuable feedback. Your feedback is important to us! To submit your feedback, please email to (removing address to prevent spamming).
Besides TouchPal Keyboard, TouchPal Dialer is another app that helps you find contacts quicky in T9 keypad, display caller location, and much more. Search "TouchPal Dialer" in Andorid market and it is free!
Again, sincere thanks from TouchPal team!
Best regards,
Jessica Wu
TouchPal
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Personally, I'm having some luck emailing Jessica (and got a reply), but also having a lot of bounces. I'll try to get a note through to CooTek that I started this thread.
I'll post my email & reply in a moment.

oops - double posted. sorry.

What I sent earlier today:
Only been playing around 30 minutes, so will try to send a longer one after using a few days, but some quick thoughts:
- I kept typing "This is a test" to see if the keyboard would learn. I know on Swiftkey (which I own) that the first time I type it, it's the default next time (ie, when I type "This" then "is" "a" "test" will all be top suggestions in that order.
On TouchPal, the word "Test" didn't show the first couple times, then it did show on the right, and slowly moved to the left of suggestions - so I think it's learning. I don't know how the settings are, but might need some tweaking.
- With tracing turned on, you obviously can't slide down on letters to get alternate symbols But holding down works just fine. Likewise, with tracing on, you don't get to see the predicted next word until you hit a space.
The problem with that - with tracing keyboards I usually do trace-trace-trace, never hitting the space bar. Spaces are auto-entered. To get the next-word predition, I have to do trace-space (see if the word I want is on the list & if not go back to tracing). I'll have to try this for a few days, but right now it's faster to just trace the next word I want then hit the space & see if the word I want is up there.
On, with tracing on, no idea how to change keyboard layouts.
- Toolbar area, please change the buttons. Make the language one be settings with one click & language with 2 clicks. I don't need another settings button where words will be. Likewise, I don't need a tutorial button there. I do like the middle buttons for cut/copy/arrows. Maybe a button to turn tracing on/off or change layouts?
- Percise mode. One of the BIGGEST things I use in SlideIT is the ABC/Sliding button so I can turn off tracing and go to exact input. Very useful for web page addresses, user name, password, names - anything where you temp. need your exact clicks. Maybe make your TouchPal symbol a toggle to turn this mode on & off.
- Is it me, or is the bottom left A/Book button the same as the Shift button?
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Thanks for the feedback! Here're some quick response:
On TouchPal, the word "Test" didn't show the first couple times, then it did show on the right, and slowly moved to the left of suggestions - so I think it's learning. I don't know how the settings are, but might need some tweaking.
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Please note that in the example, "a" is followed by "test". There are many possible words after "a", so inputting "a test" for once doesn't necessarily mean you will have "a test" in the next time. If "test" is promoted too fast, this would be a disturbing option. If you try some other combination, such as "This is a quick test", I believe "test" will be immediately promoted after you input "quick".
The problem with that - with tracing keyboards I usually do trace-trace-trace, never hitting the space bar. Spaces are auto-entered. To get the next-word predition, I have to do trace-space (see if the word I want is on the list & if not go back to tracing). I'll have to try this for a few days, but right now it's faster to just trace the next word I want then hit the space & see if the word I want is up there.
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That's true. Because we need to give you an option to change the traced word first.
On, with tracing on, no idea how to change keyboard layouts.
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Slide from the toolbar button, such as shift key.
- Percise mode. One of the BIGGEST things I use in SlideIT is the ABC/Sliding button so I can turn off tracing and go to exact input. Very useful for web page addresses, user name, password, names - anything where you temp. need your exact clicks. Maybe make your TouchPal symbol a toggle to turn this mode on & off.
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You do have such a toggle button on the left-bottom-corner with A and a book (indicating dictionary). Is it not obvious enough? Do you have a better suggestion?

My verdict.
I like it but currently swype is better.
Improvements
* the ability to add words to dictionary by manually typing it.
* Auto correct is to sensitive. A slight delay when typing gives you an extra letter. swype is smoother.
* auto capitalisation after fullstop
* symbols done the usual way, its a nice idea but annoying when having to scroll through pages, try to add more on each page.
to be honest i thought i would type this with TouchPal so i could see bugs whilst typing, and I'm starting to like it. autocorrect the only annoyance
Swyped from my MIUI Galaxy S II

dh2311 said:
* the ability to add words to dictionary by manually typing it.
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As far as I can tell, it already does that. Type a word (no matter whether you are in dictionary mode or not), and next type you are typing it it will suggest the word. Or when swiping it next time, it will also come up.
My comments:
I agree with most of the things that are posted here. I had one crash of touchpal today, it occured while i tapped and hold the backspace key to get rid of a few lines of text. Touchpal closed and didn't give me an option to send a crash log, unfortunately. Tried it a few times more, and sometimes when "backspacing" a lot of text, it will crash. Pretty reproducible.
I just don't completely understand the dictionary button, I don't find a difference in behavior whether it's turned on or off?
And when clicking a word (that was a mistake), it would be neat if other suggestions would come up so you can easily correct it, like swype does.

Thusfar, I think SlideIT (my normal keyboard) is better. My big thing is wanting the next word suggestion but I can't see an easy way of doing it and suggesting fixes for the Slide.
My only thought so far would be to split the suggestion line and make the first 2-3 suggestions fixes for the current word and then the next 2-3 words suggestions for the next word. Color code them so you know which are which.
I suppose you could also do two lines and let the user decide which one or both they want to see.
I will keep this one as my default for at least a week to see how it goes. I've found some other differences that would require adjustment. Spacing particularly going from single taps to tracing and back seems to be a bit inconsistent.
For a beta version, it's running pretty smooth. Suggestions and improvements can always be added

I was trying to type 'sim' today and it absolutely would not let me. When I hit the s key, it typed an a. No amount of tweaking would work. If I managed to get the s to work, I'd type an i and then tried to type the m, but it automatically inserted 'sin', and would not let me type 'sim'. Very frustrating.
Plus, there is a typo - I can't find it now, but somewhere the word 'editing' is misspelled 'editting' (two t's).

That reminds me - any way to remove a word entered by accident?
This app makes me miss Ultra Keyboard, wonder how he's doing. That was the one that tried to cram in every dang option from every keyboard out there. I seem to remember that the tracing was pretty bad at getting the correct word, but sure had a lot of options. Don't think it had next word prediction though.

This is my review I posted on reddit
Here is my review after ~1 hour of playing with it
I know I can come off as bashing this, but I'm not. I'm just giving my honest, personnal impression of this beta. I'll also be comparing it to swype only since it's its main competitor
PROS
- The install was flawless (no registration or anything for now). Swype is annoying for this, particularly when it fails to generate license or w/e. Flashing new roms regularly on my phone, I've had a good share of failed installs of swype. Pain in the ass to remove as it's usually a system app (not uninstallable without Root explorer/Titanium Backup/etc.)
- I haven't seen crashes/bugs
- It has been fully responsive without a hint of slowdown unlike swype (sometimes I get a slight lag on swype)
CONS
- I couldn't find the "blank keyboard" shown in the video. I'm thinking it was just a way for them to show you can type blind with the keyboard
- The predictions are pretty bad for short words (2-4 letters). Swype is also not so great at this, but usually better
- The default dictionary seems like it needs much more training than swype. I frequently flash new roms on my phone and usually I barely have to train swype to get to a satisfactory level when typing. This wasn't the case. I'd say swype predicts correctly about 70-80% of my words out of the box while Touchpal is probably around 50-70%.
SWYPE VS TOUCHPAL
Here is some unscientific tests I did with a few sentences with both keyboards out of the box. Using "swype" method and not tapping amongst the suggestions (letting the keyboard pick its best guess)
"Why are you so mad?"
* TOUCHPAL: Whiff ate youtube sop mad?
* SWYPE: Why are you so mad?
"Reddit is the place to be"
* TOUCHPAL: Reaffirm its the place to be
* SWYPE: Freddie is the place to be
"This is a test of an android keyboard"
* TOUCHPAL: This its the testy of android keyboard
* SWYPE: This is a test of an android keyboard
"Let's do one more test for Reddit"
* TOUCHPAL: Lewis dull one mower test for restitution
* SWYPE: Let's do over more test for refit
TL;DR
Promising but swype still far "better". I'm hoping for improvement as I hate Swype installation.

i agree with what you say, TouchPals correction is poor, tries too hard to find what you're trying to say, shouldn't try to lengthen words, just ends up guessing words that begin around where you started. its a good idea but flawed by its predictions. shouldn't go longer than amount of letters you stopped on
Swyped from my MIUI Galaxy S II

Quick questions:
Is it me or with tracing on, is there a way to quickly change keyboard layouts (from full keys to TouchPal+ to T9)?
Is there a way to do tracing while in TouchPal+ mode (2 letters per key)?

After using this for a while, I agree with a lot of the comments here.
1. The auto-correction is too sensitive. Always giving me words that I am NOT often using even as I swype over and over again.
2. I cannot seem to swype words like "Haha" "Hehe" "Lol". Can't even seem to add them to dictionary. It never seems to learn that I like to use those words often.
3. I set my Keyboard Layout in Portrait to FULL QWERTY. When I am on an active telephone call and I want to use the keyboard, it will auto switch to 12-Key PhonePad for me.
So for now, I am still sticking to Swype app. =) Oh I hope there's a quick way to tap the to have a smiley inserted immediately rather than tapping that Smiley > Going into a Smiley Menu > Tap a Smiley. Swype can do it it in one tap of a button.

Currently reinstalling after a reflash earlier but i've got to say what stood out the most (negative) was the desire to lengthen words. I understand that its a great feature to type "ackn" and get "acknowledge" but so many times i'm trying to write something simple and the first suggestion will always be much longer and obscure (can't remember the one earlier for "hey").
Maybe some sort of gesture to let the keyboard know you're trying to write a longer word using less keystrokes? I don't know how many words start with double letters, maybe a quick double tap on the first letter before sliding? Trying to think of situations where that would be worse than what we're experiencing.
Given that this is a phone/tablet keyboard and most users right now are on phones using this for texting and/or quicker e-mails, I think you are more likely to see people simplifying their speech automatically rather than trying to swype a really long word like "got it" instead of "acknowledge"
Will post more meaningful thoughts when I get a chacne to play with it some more

2 things that really bug me:
- not able to correct a word when i tap on it. have to delete the whole word and re-swipe it.
- not able to input custom words.

yeah.. tried to send feedback via the email they gave and it bounced back twice. :l

TouchPal, it was doing great until it comes to learning new words. The promotion system sucks as the word I really use often move very slowly to the blue recommendation box. For those who are fast typist, use super simplified words, this app is not meant for you. Its a damn slow learner. But can be fixed if they implement SMS learning in it. Plus, if I edit some existing word, it will just create another new word, without taking the existed word into account. Even if I just want to add an -es into it.
Sent from my HTC Desire HD using XDA App

Really annoying to hit space after every word. Especially with a small space bar. Need continuous swyping!
Samsung Captivate using XDA App

No french dictionnary

thanks for adding me to the beta team.
i could use it for daily use if the german dict would also be released. so i only can test a few sentence because i only use english 5% of my typings.
a must have for me also is a configurable smiley button. want to change some smilies.
the thing i also miss is: when typing some words, and you want to correct a word typed 3 words before, that you put the cursor somewhere into the word and get the correction list as in smartkeyboard pro.
i would also like to see the cursor arrows all the time like in smartkeyboard pro. optionally.
sent from my SGSII via T*patalk

I'd like to add this in case any Epic 4G users happen to read. I found that TouchPal affected my hardware keyboard by making the 'fn' and 'shift' keys lose their functionality. I was unable to capitalize letters and make symbols with it. Was fine before I installed TouchPal, and it was fixed after I uninstalled TouchPal. Tried re-installing it several times to see if it was just a mishap, but after 6 times the problem was always there.
Current build is Froyo 2.2.1, [EC05]SyndicateROM Frozen 1.2, Twilight 1.1.1 Kernel.
Other than that, some very nice features. Love the up/down slide on keys for capital letter/number/symbol shortcut. Would love if a future version had full text shortcuts when pressing they key and scrolling up, down, left or right. For now though, no go. I need my slide-down keyboard :3

[APP][4.0+]Clavis Keyboard - PC-like tablet keyboard

Hi Everyone!
I use a Lenovo Yoga tablet, and struggled for a while with the keyboards made for smartphones. Every time I had to write a character with an accent (éáóúöüőűí) I had to hold the key, and wait for the alternative characters to appear. They didn't really help with coding either, so I tried the Hacker's Keyboard. It was quite good, but if we can have the whole PC keyboard on screen with all the modifier buttons, why not use its potential and add hotkeys? This is how Clavis Keyboard was born.
Clavis Keyboard is a PC-like keyboard for tablets, with numerous hotkeys.
Features:
-Familiar: The keys are where you'd expect them to be
-Well-known hotkeys: Copy-paste-cut and select all work like on PC
-New hotkeys: Search for selected text on Google (Ctrl+G)
Open a new e-mail, paste selected text (Ctrl+M)
Insert text macro 0-9 (Ctrl+Shift+Number)
Change the first letter of the last word before the cursor from lowercase to uppercase or back (Ctrl+I)
Home (Ctrl+Left arrow)
End (Ctrl+Right arrow)
-Themes: There are numerous themes already, but I'm planning on adding much more.
-Layouts: US, GB, DE, FR, IT, BE, HU
I welcome any questions, advices, requests and ideas regarding Clavis!
You can download Clavis Keyboard here:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/....theophrastkeyboards.claviskeyboardfree&hl=en

Please fix, "Caps Lock, on/off". The letters doesn't change.

leprophotography said:
Please fix, "Caps Lock, on/off". The letters doesn't change.
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You can change it in the appearance menu

This looks really good, and I'm excited to test it a bit more when I get the chance. I did notice a few things:
I'm on Lollipop (CM12.1, on a Nook HD+), and the initial setup was a bit of a pain. After enabling the keyboard, step 1 of 3, nothing happened. I had to back out of the settings and manually progress to the next steps (selecting the keyboard to use). Not sure where the issue lies, but other keyboards have set up properly.
Settings -> Language & Input -> tapping Clavis Keyboard Free (to open Options) gives an error: "Failed to open settings for Clavis Keyboard Free"
Behavior settings have untranslated group headings, and one option ("Gyors pont Pontot ir ha duplan koppintasz a szokozre")

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This looks really good, and I'm excited to test it a bit more when I get the chance. I did notice a few things:
I'm on Lollipop (CM12.1, on a Nook HD+), and the initial setup was a bit of a pain. After enabling the keyboard, step 1 of 3, nothing happened. I had to back out of the settings and manually progress to the next steps (selecting the keyboard to use). Not sure where the issue lies, but other keyboards have set up properly.
Settings -> Language & Input -> tapping Clavis Keyboard Free (to open Options) gives an error: "Failed to open settings for Clavis Keyboard Free"
Behavior settings have untranslated group headings, and one option ("Gyors pont Pontot ir ha duplan koppintasz a szokozre")
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Thanks for the feedback!
The setup is new and actually worked when I made it, but it seems I managed to mess up the code just before release
I'll patch these very soon.

Its me again, been using it a bit more and i do like it, especially that you can adjust the height on screen. Have a bug, a question, and a suggestion.
auto uppercase doesnt seem to be working, from the start of text entry and also after a period. ive tried disabling and reenabling it, and still no go.
Is auto correct disabled, or just not implemented?
Can you add an option to adjust the key repeat delay?
Thanks, and keep up the good work!

Hi, does it have polish letters?

like the keyboard, and I tried on phone, but it is too small, in my opinion. can you optimize for phone as well

Yeah thanks a lot, and thanks for IT Layout!

twiztid_ said:
Its me again, been using it a bit more and i do like it, especially that you can adjust the height on screen. Have a bug, a question, and a suggestion.
auto uppercase doesnt seem to be working, from the start of text entry and also after a period. ive tried disabling and reenabling it, and still no go.
Is auto correct disabled, or just not implemented?
Can you add an option to adjust the key repeat delay?
Thanks, and keep up the good work!
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Autocorrect is not yet implemented. First I want to fix the known bugs, but I will definitely include it later on
I'll take a look, and will tell you what I could do about the key repeat delay and the auto uppercase.

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Hi, does it have polish letters?
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Sadly not yet. I plan to add the spanish and the portugese layouts next, and then hopefully the polish. Problem is, I got no friends who could translate the scripts for me, so it'll certainly take some time :/

bobn said:
like the keyboard, and I tried on phone, but it is too small, in my opinion. can you optimize for phone as well
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Well I made it especially for tablets, but you can try to increase the height and use it in landscape. Maybe later on I'll come up with something to make it more comfortable, but right now it's not my primary goal. Sorry

testing the new keyboard. doesnt seem to have any auto correct?

May I help in adding Hebrew characters layout?
If so, how?
Here's how a standard Hebrew keyboard looks like:
http://store.aramedia.com/shopimages/products/normal/kb-hebrewwhite.jpg
Do note, that since Hebrew is a right-to-left language (like Arabic), it has weird behavior on some keyboards, like putting "(" instead of ")" . I really hate it, and would be happy to have the option to disable this behavior (it even happens on Windows OS , but somehow only on some apps).
Since Hebrew doesn't have uppercase letters, when pressing SHIFT or CAPS-LOCK, it just writes in English. However, on Android, those keys are gone, and you can long click on any key to have the alternative being written on it.
Attached how it looks like on various Android keyboards apps.

Please, make a pt-br layout... You idea is great

Good idea! Great keyboard.

AndroidDeveloperLB said:
May I help in adding Hebrew characters layout?
If so, how?
Here's how a standard Hebrew keyboard looks like:
http://store.aramedia.com/shopimages/products/normal/kb-hebrewwhite.jpg
Do note, that since Hebrew is a right-to-left language (like Arabic), it has weird behavior on some keyboards, like putting "(" instead of ")" . I really hate it, and would be happy to have the option to disable this behavior (it even happens on Windows OS , but somehow only on some apps).
Since Hebrew doesn't have uppercase letters, when pressing SHIFT or CAPS-LOCK, it just writes in English. However, on Android, those keys are gone, and you can long click on any key to have the alternative being written on it.
Attached how it looks like on various Android keyboards apps.
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Thanks for your offer!
Hebrew keyboard seems interesting, so I'll gladly make it after the planned layouts.

Woragh said:
Thanks for your offer!
Hebrew keyboard seems interesting, so I'll gladly make it after the planned layouts.
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Thank you for considering it.

Woragh said:
Sadly not yet. I plan to add the spanish and the portugese layouts next, and then hopefully the polish. Problem is, I got no friends who could translate the scripts for me, so it'll certainly take some time :/
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Thanks. I don't know how much effort does it need as I'm really busy right now, but maybe I could help you a bit... However I have no knowledge in programming coding or development....

Thejungle said:
Thanks. I don't know how much effort does it need as I'm really busy right now, but maybe I could help you a bit... However I have no knowledge in programming coding or development....
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Thanks!
You wouldn't have to code or anything, just translate a few lines from English to Polish.
By the way I've just finished the Polish layout. It will be included in the next version (without translation for now).

[APP][4.3+] BeHe Keyboard - Programming & Hacking

Hello XDA,
I'm Vlad Todosin (aka Vlath) and maybe some of you know me for the development of the open-source browser BeHe ExploreR. Today I'm introducing to you a new open-source app, but this time a keyboard. I've tried many of the keyboards with special keys available on the market, but all of them have a downside (at least from my point of view) and that's the design and the ease of use. This is what inspired me to create BeHe Keyboard. This keyboard features three different keyboard faces (normal QWERTY, a D-PAD with special keys and a programming face). All of this faces can be changed with a touch of a button, this is what makes it easy to use as a default keyboard, without the need to switch between input methods when you want to do something new. Also, the arrow keys from the D-PAD face can be useful at regular typing.
So, with that being said, I'd let the app speak for itself. Remember, this is just the first version, more updates to come. I love to hear from you, so if you have any feature request, just post it here.
Also, BeHe Keyboard is open-source, so if you think that it's spying, go check the source, and you'll see it's NOT.
Contributors are welcome. BeHe Keyboard can be easily built with Android Studio, unlike the other open-source keyboards that are hard to build. My goal was to create a keyboard app that's useful and also easy to modify.
DOWNLOAD BEHE KEYBOARD: [url]https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vlath.keyboard[/URL]
CHECK THE SOURCE CODE ON GITHUB: [url]https://github.com/VladThodo/behe-keyboard[/URL]​

CHANGELOG FOR VERSION 1.0.1b:
- Fixed shift key bug. The double tap on the shift key was not working properly (was not setting locked caps). With this update, the bug is fixed.
Enjoy!

apkadvisor said:
check free apps for android mobile
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Thanks for spamming on my thread. Unfortunately for you, I really don't care. Your post is going to be reported. By the way, for all those interested, this message was written with BeHe Keyboard

Sounds interesting. Will try it out, Vlath!

dandrake47 said:
Sounds interesting. Will try it out, Vlath!
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Thank you! Tell me what you think about it and if you have any suggestion, I'd love to hear it

Any feature requests for BeHe Keyboard?

Vlath said:
Any feature requests for BeHe Keyboard?
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Yeah, more languages would be nice, like Swedish

baxtex said:
Yeah, more languages would be nice, like Swedish
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I'm doing my best to add multiple languages, thank you

It would be nice to have the option to enable the top number row on the standard keyboard layout.

ajgftw said:
It would be nice to have the option to enable the top number row on the standard keyboard layout.
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Thank you! That sounds really good, I'll add that in the next update

Hi @Vlath Behe Keyboard looks very nice, although i think this some improvements.
Just some details and feature request.
* The keyboard don't show variants from some leters, work's with A (Á, etc), but not for N (ñ) by example.
* Check how looks for me the default Android Keyboard..
http://i.imgur.com/nh9Rkws.png
.. and so looks current Behe Keyboard
http://i.imgur.com/9OcNMRo.png
I like this uses less screen space than Android Keyboard, that is nice. but..
add some details like number upper letters, check Android Keyboard have Q(1) W(2) E(3) R(4) T(5) Y(6) U(7) I(8) O(9) P(0)
* add a bit more of design, is a bit "confusing" just view letters on a black space, make some dark gray buttons borders or something. again, compare with Android Keyboard
* I know this keyboard is specially for programming, but..
(check again the images) while Android Keyboard is moving a bit the screen, Behe Keybord is making the input text space an full text box.
I think this is wrong, or at least must be as an option.
Regards

any plans to release on f-droid store?

Nice work ... But i miss functions from hackers keyboard.... You can look at in play store. Anyway awesome job keep developing . I'll keep it as a second keyboard :good:
Just some pictures for some ideas
Sent from my SM-A300FU using XDA Labs

@Vlath
Check out GitHub, I've added a translation to Portuguese (BR)
Some arrays are unstranslatable, if you're not using them as keys inside the app, I'd like to translate them too.

I love the keyboard, two suggestions. A vibrate on tap option, and key borders. I have huge thumbs so my accuracy is a little off.

Good! But more languages is better And more theme too

Impressive, I've been wanting something similar and with low ram usage. Problems I've encountered: When holding i button it makes the keyboard unpressable, sometimes keys get struck writing same letter forever. Also I would like to have more letter variants. (e.g. Ö)

ajgftw said:
It would be nice to have the option to enable the top number row on the standard keyboard layout.
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I miss that too.
Also some vibration as option would be great. Other then that I really like your keyboard, thanks for it and I hope you will post it on F-Droid also.

Vlath said:
Hello XDA,
I'm Vlad Todosin (aka Vlath) and maybe some of you know me for the development of the open-source browser BeHe ExploreR. Today I'm introducing to you a new open-source app, but this time a keyboard. I've tried many of the keyboards with special keys available on the market, but all of them have a downside (at least from my point of view) and that's the design and the ease of use. This is what inspired me to create BeHe Keyboard. This keyboard features three different keyboard faces (normal QWERTY, a D-PAD with special keys and a programming face). All of this faces can be changed with a touch of a button, this is what makes it easy to use as a default keyboard, without the need to switch between input methods when you want to do something new. Also, the arrow keys from the D-PAD face can be useful at regular typing.
So, with that being said, I'd let the app speak for itself. Remember, this is just the first version, more updates to come. I love to hear from you, so if you have any feature request, just post it here.
Also, BeHe Keyboard is open-source, so if you think that it's spying, go check the source, and you'll see it's NOT.
Contributors are welcome. BeHe Keyboard can be easily built with Android Studio, unlike the other open-source keyboards that are hard to build. My goal was to create a keyboard app that's useful and also easy to modify.
DOWNLOAD BEHE KEYBOARD: [url]https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vlath.keyboard[/URL]
CHECK THE SOURCE CODE ON GITHUB: [url]https://github.com/VladThodo/behe-keyboard[/URL]​
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Awesome work! We would like to integrate this keyboard into our new LineageOS builds. Can you advice us on how to integrate into our LineageOS ROM during compilation?

lumiannah said:
sometimes keys get struck writing same letter forever.
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Happened to me also with space key.

[GUIDE] MultiLingO Keyboard

I no longer use Multiling O, but use Floris Board on my phone. It, imo, is a superior keyboard.
GitHub - florisboard/florisboard: An open-source keyboard for Android which respects your privacy. Currently in early-beta.
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As with my other post about the Jbak2 keyboard for tablets (here https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/guide-jbak2-keyboard-t4016959), I present instructions for installing and configuring the Multiling O keyboard for use on phones. I prefer using Multiling O on my phone because its default configuration is almost perfect for phones (easily adjustable keyboard size, just the right amount of keys), and requires just a few changes to make it perfect for a phone.
You can install from https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=kl.ime.oh&hl=en
Like the Jbak2 keyboard, this has only four permissions (although different ones):
android.permission.VIBRATE
android.permission.READ_USER_DICTIONARY
android.permission.WRITE_USER_DICTIONARY
android.permission.INTERNET (used to download
Themes/Addons, but not required to function properly)
Link to my shared pCloud http://pc.cd/VJ47 New http://u.pc.cd/v9s7
To try out my configuration (see screenshot) MultiLingO-Screenshot.png
Download it (it's just a plain-text file) MultiLingO-keyboard_Settings.txt
Open it and Copy entire contents to your clipboard
Go to Settings⇛Misc.⇛Import|Export⇛Settings, then tap 'Paste' to replace what's already there with what you just copied to the clipboard.
TIP: To see full functionality, including emojis, PressHold the BlackGearIcon, and slide to the desired function.
TIP: After PressHold the BlackGearIcon⇛Emoji, you will see emoji *categories*. Press one to see full list of emojis.
TIP: Press the red lock icon to return to main keyboard layout.
You can read another post about the MultiLing O keyboard by @mermaidkiller here
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-multiling-o-keyboard-highly-t3629298

hi
the link provided by you (http://pc.cd/VJ47) is not working
please share a working link
thanks

rajesh6432 said:
hi
the link provided by you (http://pc.cd/VJ47) is not working
please share a working link
thanks
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New link added. I monitor this thread, so I'll see whatever message is posted here.

TiTiB said:
New link added. I monitor this thread, so I'll see whatever message is posted here.
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hey there, do you happen to know how to make the Ctrl key lock/toggle on and off like the Shift key? Or of any still active community i can ask in?

@r0dster dont think its possible.

biopsin said:
@r0dster dont think its possible.
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damn really? it seems like such an essential functionality for basic key shortcuts like ctrl + arrow/backspace/delete to navigate/select, delete/f-delete words easily, and so many other shortcuts. instead of having to create different buttons/gestures for each direction and for each key…

You are still able to design the kb the way you like with your desired "shortcuts" I say shortcuts but you should look over http://honsoapps.appspot.com/1/k.html and redesign default or own layout.

biopsin said:
You are still able to design the kb the way you like with your desired "shortcuts" I say shortcuts but you should look over http://honsoapps.appspot.com/1/k.html and redesign default or own layout.
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but i can’t do that without a toggle-able button, can i?
let me clarify, lets say the layout i’m using only has Shift, Backspace, Delete and Arrow keys. i’d then only need 1 toggle-able Ctrl key for ctrl + arrows (like shift + arrows for selecting).
but if i want to do that without a toggle button (since i can’t hold it down), i’d need to make 2 dedicated buttons for word-forward and word-back. same happens with ctrl + backspace (now needs 1 more dedicated button) and ctrl + delete (yet 1 more dedicated button). plus for ctrl + up or down (yet 2 more dedicated buttons).
so with just these few shortcuts, what would have only needed 1 toggle-able Ctrl button, instead now needs 6 different dedicated buttons (or 6 different gestures, if using [4D:…]). now imagine i want to add shift to the combination for even more shortcuts, that’s another 6 more dedicated buttons on top (now we’re at 12 extra dedicated buttons/gestures instead of 1 toggle-able Ctrl button). or am i missing some trick?
and don’t worry, i know about creating layouts

I see, yea it would be sound having more sticky functionbuttons. I guess the dev no longer respond either.
Maybe the dude over at Unexpected-Keyboard might have something going, but its not quite the same.

biopsin said:
I see, yea it would be sound having more sticky functionbuttons. I guess the dev no longer respond either.
Maybe the dude over at Unexpected-Keyboard might have something going, but its not quite the same.
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yea, i’m kinda hoping it’s possible in some less known way/some workaround. because implementing shift to be toggle-able but no way for ctrl and alt just seems like an odd development decision, as all three keys are used as “hold-down combo keys” on pc. and yea the dev has long left this project, just hoping that he already implemented it in some sort of way
thanks, i’ll check out unexpected-keyboard but i’m sure there’s no chance that overall it can do what multiling can unfortunately. every time i develop my layouts a bit further i discover something new, it has insane versatility throughout

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yea, i’m kinda hoping it’s possible in some less known way/some workaround. because implementing shift to be toggle-able but no way for ctrl and alt just seems like an odd development decision, as all three keys are used as “hold-down combo keys” on pc. and yea the dev has long left this project, just hoping that he already implemented it in some sort of way
thanks, i’ll check out unexpected-keyboard but i’m sure there’s no chance that overall it can do what multiling can unfortunately. every time i develop my layouts a bit further i discover something new, it has insane versatility throughout
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Have you tried jBak2 keyboard (my xda thread in OP) has info?
I no longer use MultiLingo, but use jBak2 on my tablet, and Florisboard on my phone.
jBak2 is in active development and has *many* improvements from the version available on Play Store. Although I've liked the newer versions' features I don't use them any longer because they have
android.permission.INTERNET
android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
and I don't really need the new features.
If you need the link to get/check out the new versions pm me.

Hi,
with Multiling O keyboard, to write an accented letter (é, à. ò, ù, etc) I used to write the letter first and then,
in the rightmost place of the second row of letters, appeared the letter with the accent so I had just to tap there
to get what I was looking for. Now this behaviour has disappeared (don't updated the app and don't know what happened):
I can I get it back?
Thanks.
fabio

fabiospark said:
Hi,
with Multiling O keyboard, to write an accented letter (é, à. ò, ù, etc) I used to write the letter first and then,
in the rightmost place of the second row of letters, appeared the letter with the accent so I had just to tap there
to get what I was looking for. Now this behaviour has disappeared (don't updated the app and don't know what happened):
I can I get it back?
Thanks.
fabio
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I don't know. Also, I no longer use Multiling O (gonna update the OP), but use Floris Board on my phone. It *does* have accented characters, and, imo, is a superior keyboard.
GitHub - florisboard/florisboard: An open-source keyboard for Android which respects your privacy. Currently in early-beta.
An open-source keyboard for Android which respects your privacy. Currently in early-beta. - GitHub - florisboard/florisboard: An open-source keyboard for Android which respects your privacy. Curren...
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TiTiB said:
I don't know. Also, I no longer use Multiling O (gonna update the OP), but use Floris Board on my phone. It *does* have accented characters, and, imo, is a superior keyboard.
GitHub - florisboard/florisboard: An open-source keyboard for Android which respects your privacy. Currently in early-beta.
An open-source keyboard for Android which respects your privacy. Currently in early-beta. - GitHub - florisboard/florisboard: An open-source keyboard for Android which respects your privacy. Curren...
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But in Florisboard swipe writing only works in English. A pitty by now, let's see if there is any other update soon

years later, and im using it just fine on my ricedroid a13
hopefully honso will popup with an update since some people think its dead so theres no use trying it out

I don't know how but I lost the ability to add the accents with two strokes: letter then accent, and I can't find a way to restore this functionality.
DO you know anything about it?
Thanks.
fm.

fonzacus said:
years later, and im using it just fine on my ricedroid a13
hopefully honso will popup with an update since some people think its dead so theres no use trying it out
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yes sir, Its the best one out there still working fine for me too.
Hopefully waiting for Honso to release another wild update.

Still use this Multiling O, the feature that i like are: autotext, auto count (1*1 will count =2)
still cant find other keyboard that has this 2 features.
anyone know any keyboard with this 2 features? thanks you

Update: for Autotext,already found texpand just now.very impressive.
Auto count / sum math still not found