Major Swype update released yesterday.
http://beta.swype.com
You need to already be a beta tester.
I'm thrilled that they no longer automatically add words to the dictionary. That was my biggest complaint.
SwypeInc is pleased to announce the BETA release of the latest version of Swype!
With this version come two major new features, and several minor changes, bringing Swype support to more devices, and more stability for existing devices
Tap Correction - In v3 of Swype, we're introducing full tap correction functionality. Having trouble getting the hang of Swype and just want to tap for a little while? Prefer to tap out some words while Swyping others? No need to switch keyboards! Swype's powerful tap prediction and correction engine is based on many of the same principles that make Swyping so effective. We emphasize speed over accuracy, so tap away with reckless abandon and Swype will still make sure you're getting the words you want.
Automatic tap correction is enabled by default, but you can control exactly how it behaves through the new "Word Suggestion" category in Swype's settings screen. Simply long-press the Swype key, choose "Options" and then go to "Word Suggestion." You'll be able to set whether corrections happen automatically, whether Swype shows the actual tapped characters or the first suggestion in the active text field, and whether to show word suggestions at all.
Horizontal Word Choice List (HWCL) - While the pop-up Word Choice Window served us well for a long time, we have decided to utilize Android's built-in horizontal word choice list functionality, bringing us in line with evolving input standards.
Now, when you tap or Swype a word, suggestions will be displayed in a scrollable horizontal list above the keyboard. This has several major advantages:
No matter what happens, when you Swype something, a word will always be entered into the active text field.
We're able to display more suggestions at a time.
When you tap out a word, the characters you actually tapped - regardless of predictions - will appear at the beginning of the suggestion list.
Choosing to use a word you tapped in when it's not in our dictionary will offer an option to add that word to your dictionary via the HWCL; no more automatically adding misspelled words to the dictionary.
Honeycomb support - With v3 of Swype, we're now able to support tablets running Android Honeycomb with a customized layout and some awesome new features! The most noticable feature will be the "movable keyboard." With Swype active, press the "keyboard size" button in the lower-right corner. This will shrink the Swype keyboard to a size that's more conducive to Swyping, and allow you to tap-and-drag on the sides of the keyboard to move Swype to the center of the screen, the bottom left, or bottom right corner. It's excellent for people who want a one-handed thumb-swyping experience on their tablet, and for moving the keyboard out of the way when it's blocking something in the app you're using!
Extended device support - We've improved our licensing system in several ways, including the addition of support for devices that don't have a cellular plan. Bought a WiFi only Motorola Xoom? Now you can download the Swype BETA too! The new licensing scheme will work on any device that was SHIPPED with Android 2.3 or above, though older devices may work as well.
In addition to our licensing changes including better support for a wider range of devices, we've also fixed two pesky licensing bugs that many of you have complained about:
Swype will no longer fail to license after rebooting, with the error "Swype is configured for another device." This issue was due to a feature of new phones called "quickboot" and has been resolved.
On CDMA devices, Swype was unable to authorize its license when the device was in Airplane Mode. Now, if Swype detects that your device is in Airplane Mode, things will continue running as they should.
These changes are in addition to a wide array of minor compatibility updates, bug fixes, behavior changes, and feature updates. Swype v3 is a major milestone for us and we're proud to provide our BETA users with a first look at the work we've been doing on Swype over the past several months. We look forward to hearing your feedback on our forums, and hope you enjoy this powerful new version of Swype!
So, it says that it wont work if we already have Swype preinstalled with the phone. Does this matter if we we're rooted? I suppose I could remove the original Swype but has anyone tried installing this with Swype already installed?
just tried it out, it is much better for typing one letter at a time now which was my main issue with it
Just tried out. Looks much more better, wonder when will the release version come out after 18months
Just downloaded and installed. Seems to be working well. And it's quite easy to type on it too.
Oh, and you don't need to be a beta tester already. I signed up with a new account.
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How am I sappose to install this?. It says I need andrid keyboard. I only have swype.
Samsung Epic 4G
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spiz516 said:
So, it says that it wont work if we already have Swype preinstalled with the phone. Does this matter if we we're rooted? I suppose I could remove the original Swype but has anyone tried installing this with Swype already installed?
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I do agree with the others that it's greatly improved. Tapping is much easier now.
As far as your question, yes, it should be possible to install this on a phone where swype is pre-installed.
This is what I did on my Droid X. Please research and see if this method is compatible with other phones before you attempt it. Proceed at your own risk.
Must be rooted.
Make your default keyboard something other than sywpe.
Go into applications and do a force close, clear cache, clear data on Swype. (I think this step is very important. I skipped it the first time and got force closes after I installed the new swype).
Rename \system\app\swype.apk to swype.apk.bak
Rename \data\dalvik-cache\[email protected]@[email protected] to [email protected]@[email protected]
Rename \system\lib\libSwypeCore.so to libSwypeCore.so.bak
Reboot
Install Swype Installer and follow the directions
If you ever want stock swype back, unistall swype app, uninstall swype installer, reboot and then rename the 3 files back.
After installing this beta, I can no longer switch to other keyboards. No matter which one I select, swype always resets itself as the default keyboard.
FYI. You have to uninstall v2.x before installing v3, otherwise it just stays version 2.x. You're also supposed to uninstall Swype Installer, but I didn't find that to be necessary.
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This is what I did on my Droid X. Please research and see if this method is compatible with other phones before you attempt it. Proceed at your own risk.
Must be rooted.
Make your default keyboard something other than sywpe.
Go into applications and do a force close, clear cache, clear data on Swype. (I think this step is very important. I skipped it the first time and got force closes after I installed the new swype).
Rename \system\app\swype.apk to swype.apk.bak
Rename \data\dalvik-cache\[email protected]@[email protected] to [email protected]@[email protected]
Rename \system\lib\libSwypeCore.so to libSwypeCore.so.bak
Reboot
Install Swype Installer and follow the directions
If you ever want stock swype back, unistall swype app, uninstall swype installer, reboot and then rename the 3 files back.
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Thanks. Your directions were exactly what I needed. Using version 3.5 to write this on my Captivate.
heres instructions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1123811
I wish the suggestion bar was kept open... like how the default android does. Because the poping up and down gets to you after a while. Maybe I type too slow haha.
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I wish the suggestion bar was kept open... like how the default android does. Because the poping up and down gets to you after a while. Maybe I type too slow haha.
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I came here with exactly the same complaint, haha. I hate how the text box keeps jumping around, it makes it harder to keep an eye on what you're typing
Otherwise, I'm loving the new beta. Switched to the Swiftkey beta a few months ago but Swype now doesn't type 'buys' every time I swype 'bus' so I might switch back
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FYI. You have to uninstall v2.x before installing v3, otherwise it just stays version 2.x. You're also supposed to uninstall Swype Installer, but I didn't find that to be necessary.
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I did just fine removing just swype. I ran the installer and it looked for and downloaded the new version.
The only thing that annoys the hell out of me is how the cursor automatically goes to the end of the word instead of where you tap for it to go.
yea you can uninstall/reinstall if you have the 2.x beta :x..
Loving this new one.. the word list isn't as intrusive although word suggestions auto replacing what I wrote takes some getting used to.
Loving the new swype.
Don't forget to skin it
Swype skins by esk02k.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1001821
MUCH better.
I'd stopped using swype just last week, and switched to slideIT demo to see how that was. Was actually quite good, except for how difficult it was to use punctuation keys. Swype's implementation of that is very good.
My biggest problem with swype was that stupid annoying pop up screen saying something about a hidden word.
I'm not sure if Swype does this, but I certainly don't think it did before, was suggest words based on how often you use them.
But yes, overall very happy now.
Also at the end of my SMS, if i type for example "330" and click send... it seems to type 330 and leave it there for the next message to send again... not sure if I explained that well.
For example "meet you at 330" > Send (without clicking the suggestion for 330 on the bar.. just using what you typed that came up"
then it will have 330 there for the next message, which i then have to delete
Doesn't seem to happen every time, but it's happend enough, and seems to be mainly on words/numbers not in the dictionary
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Also at the end of my SMS, if i type for example "330" and click send... it seems to type 330 and leave it there for the next message to send again... not sure if I explained that well.
For example "meet you at 330" > Send (without clicking the suggestion for 330 on the bar.. just using what you typed that came up"
then it will have 330 there for the next message, which i then have to delete
Doesn't seem to happen every time, but it's happend enough, and seems to be mainly on words/numbers not in the dictionary
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Yeah I know what you mean. When you press and hold to insert characters at the end of your message, for some reason it leaves those characters there even after you sent your message.
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Can anyone tell me if Swype works with the Thunderbolt? Tried it a few months ago and it didn't. Can't find anything about update saying it supports it.
Dear all, I've been using Android for quite a while. I have a question related to LINE application, one of the famous chat application available in the market.
As we know, this application is supported for both Android and iOS. Thus, when there is some message being sent from iOS users who included the Emoji font, our Android is not able to see that font. Our Android system shows just only the block of square.
I've try to do something as in this link See EMOJI and other fonts! [ROOT USERS] But, it still showing the square block.
Does anyone have any other method to see the emoji in LINE application?
Thank you very much in advance
PS. I'm using Huawei Ideos X6 U9000 ROM MIUI 1.11.11
Newer iOS (5) uses Unicode encoding for emoji, old version (4) uses old encoding.
The mentioned font only support old encoding, so I have built a new DroidSansFallback font, in case you want to try: http://lazyfai.dyndns.org/emoji/DroidSansFallback-emoji-ics.ttf
Rename to DroidSansFallback.ttf before writing to the device.
^ is this color or black and white only?
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lazyfai said:
Newer iOS (5) uses Unicode encoding for emoji, old version (4) uses old encoding.
The mentioned font only support old encoding, so I have built a new DroidSansFallback font, in case you want to try:
Rename to DroidSansFallback.ttf before writing to the device.
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I have tried this, at least there are some symbols show up.
But some kind of Smiley face is still in square block.
I'm looking forward to find ways to make it more compatible with android
Thanks
If you install the Google Keyboard, type a word and get the three suggested words up, then long-press on the middle word to get the extended list of suggested words up, do you get a few lines of words with a horrible choice of colours? Because I do. It would be a lot more pleasant were it a single colour background and a single text colour on top of that.
I've used Google Keyboard on Moto G and S3, Never had to long press any word to get more suggestions as my vocabulary is fairly simple.
However, I've just checked what you've mentioned, and I should say that it indeed is horrible. I'm not sure that I remember it correctly, but Moto G had nothing of this sort (or did it?).
I think we should put up with this issue until the next release, which will have a different keyboard altogether.
Just received a release with new Material Design UI from Google.
still the same issue..
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Just received a release with new Material Design UI from Google.
still the same issue..
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Yeah, the words get bolder towards the right and still with lines in between. On Lollipop (nexus 10) it's fine, so it's just the Z3 then, not the OS.
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If you install the Google Keyboard, type a word and get the three suggested words up, then long-press on the middle word to get the extended list of suggested words up, do you get a few lines of words with a horrible choice of colours? Because I do. It would be a lot more pleasant were it a single colour background and a single text colour on top of that.
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Did you ever find a fix for this? I just installed the Google Keyboard but the color choices are horrible!!
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Did you ever find a fix for this? I just installed the Google Keyboard but the color choices are horrible!!
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No, I see this as a Sony bug. The same Google keyboard is fine on the S3 regardless of ROM, and Nexus 10 running stock lollipop. I never faff around with themes or anything so perhaps that'll change it, but themes never seem to change very much apart from the wallpaper and icons; maybe there's a theme that changes the suggested word colours. I'm sure you can change it on a rooted phone, but sadly that seems to be some way off on the Z3.
Hi all,
I am a long user of comic sans fonts in Android.
Everything was working fine till I decided to upgrade to 5.0 and more. First I thought it is related to CM 12 but after trying out a few roms it seems to be the problem with Android 5.0 and up. The characters appear as blocks. Before they were working just fine. I am attaching the screenshots
Any ideas how to fix it except going back to less than Android 5.0?
The second image is ukranian keybord. Their currency symbol is not showing up. Interesting I can see the Ukrainian "I" (I with two dots) without any problems (which doesn't work in other fonts at all)..
Hi
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I really don't think this is the answer I'm looking for
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I really don't think this is the answer I'm looking for
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If your main concern is the clock try leaving clocktopia with the default version.
Also, give a try to Comic Neue, an attempt on making Comic Sans more appealing, might work. I find that lighter fonts look better on my phone.
That rectangle normally appears if A the fonts to big B the character is missing in the font
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The Gear S3 has the ability to customize the UI font via FlipFont, but unfortunately, the built-in fonts are garbage, and the ones that you can buy in the store are just as bad, with probably only Helvetica and Frutiger being any good. I was wondering if any developers here knew of a way to create your own custom FlipFonts? I know it was possible with Samsung's Android phones, but since the Gear runs Tizen, I'm sure the process would be different. Any help would be awesome, thanks!