I'm on the Verizon S7 Nougat. So far, it's really nice, but I have noticed that I can no longer choose a default keyboard like you could before in the settings.
In the Verizon S7 Nougat, there is Settings->Language and Input->Virtual Keyboard.
From there, it lists the keyboards (such as Google voice typing, GBoard, Samsung keyboard, SwiftKey Keyboard) and then a Manage Keyboards item.
Selecting any of the keyboards takes me to the settings section for that keyboard, but nowhere is there a way to set it as the default keyboard.
If I select "Manage Keyboards", each keyboard is listed with a toggle switch. The only way I can switch to another keyboard is to toggle off all the other keyboards, and toggle on the keyboard I want to use.
Is this the same for non-VZW S7s on Nougat?
I did a search from the settings screen for "Default Keyboard" and other permutations but there is no such setting in the Nougat version of the VZW S7.
Just curious if this is the same for AT&T, Sprint, etc models under Nougat or that VZW and/or Samsung screwed up?
Uninstall and reinstall SwiftKey, when you first run it it will allow you to set it as default
Yeah, had to do similar thing with my Finacee's AT&T Edge. She had to run G-Board from the app drawer and let it prompt to be set as default after the upgrade.
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Uninstall and reinstall SwiftKey, when you first run it it will allow you to set it as default
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That's not the problem. The problem is there's. I way to change the default keyboard without going into the Manage keyboards section and turning off the other keyboards. But it does appear to be a common problem across all s7s whether they're on Verizon or not. But thanks for the tip but rather than uninstalling, I'll just turn off the other keyboard in the manage keyboard section when I want to try out other keyboards. Hopefully, they'll fix the issue and give us the ability to easily change the default keyboard like we could in Marshmallow.
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That's not the problem. The problem is there's. I way to change the default keyboard without going into the Manage keyboards section and turning off the other keyboards. But it does appear to be a common problem across all s7s whether they're on Verizon or not. But thanks for the tip but rather than uninstalling, I'll just turn off the other keyboard in the manage keyboard section when I want to try out other keyboards. Hopefully, they'll fix the issue and give us the ability to easily change the default keyboard like we could in Marshmallow.
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I see what you mean, yea they seem to have removed a lot of default app abilities, including setting a default 3rd party video player, there is only browser, contacts, messaging and launcher you can switch between defaults for from the default applications setting
Most people including myself want MX Player as default, no can do, was a bit miffed when I realised that, even disabling all video players apart from MX results in it saying there are no apps that can open this file type when you try opening a video from the gallery
Change defaul keyboard on Android 7 (nougat)
iBolski said:
I'm on the Verizon S7 Nougat. So far, it's really nice, but I have noticed that I can no longer choose a default keyboard like you could before in the settings.
In the Verizon S7 Nougat, there is Settings->Language and Input->Virtual Keyboard.
From there, it lists the keyboards (such as Google voice typing, GBoard, Samsung keyboard, SwiftKey Keyboard) and then a Manage Keyboards item.
Selecting any of the keyboards takes me to the settings section for that keyboard, but nowhere is there a way to set it as the default keyboard.
If I select "Manage Keyboards", each keyboard is listed with a toggle switch. The only way I can switch to another keyboard is to toggle off all the other keyboards, and toggle on the keyboard I want to use.
Is this the same for non-VZW S7s on Nougat?
I did a search from the settings screen for "Default Keyboard" and other permutations but there is no such setting in the Nougat version of the VZW S7.
Just curious if this is the same for AT&T, Sprint, etc models under Nougat or that VZW and/or Samsung screwed up?
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Settings | General Managemnt | Default Keyboard
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Settings | General Managemnt | Default Keyboard
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The Verizon version doesn't have that setting anywhere. There isn't any "Default Keyboard" option at all. Sigh. Verizon screwed something up after the Nougat update.
I mistyped... Settings | general management | language and input | default keyboard.
I also installed a keyboard switcher since I use various keyboard for various tasks. Android 7.0, I'm a Verizon customer.
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So I was able to enable it and get it to work when using "samsung keyboard", but when i switch to swype it doesnt work whatsoever, is that just me?
And it's even kind of annoying in Samsung Keyboard, the auto spell/suggestion bar bounces up and down when it has a suggestion and goes away when it does.. other android versions I've used leave that bar there so as to not assult your eyes with bouncing text.
Any suggestions?
Swype settings and auto-spell/correct are, I believe, independent from the Android auto-spell/correct dictionary (from my read of the Swype boards).
Settings for Swype are accessible through Home > Settings > Locale and text > Swype
Liking the phone so far, except gesture typing with the android keyboard will not work. I have enabled this in the android keyboard settings, and even tried restarting the phone, with no success. Is this a known issue? Anyone having the same problem?
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Liking the phone so far, except gesture typing with the android keyboard will not work. I have enabled this in the android keyboard settings, and even tried restarting the phone, with no success. Is this a known issue? Anyone having the same problem?
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I have no issue with the app. What is you problem? Is it that when you go to type the regular keyboard is showing? If so hit the globe icon next to the space bar. That will either auto switch to Google Handwriting Input or give you a menu to with the option to choose Google Handwriting Input. If that isn't your problem then please tell us what specific issue you're having.
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I have no issue with the app. What is you problem? Is it that when you go to type the regular keyboard is showing? If so hit the globe icon next to the space bar. That will either auto switch to Google Handwriting Input or give you a menu to with the option to choose Google Handwriting Input. If that isn't your problem then please tell us what specific issue you're having.
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Sorry, I was not too specific. In the messaging app, or search widget, or any time when the android keyboard pops up, I am unable to use swipe to input text, that is, inputting a word by sliding through the letters. This is in spite of gesture typing being enabled in android keyboard settings. Settings/Language and Input/Android Keyboard/Gesture Typing
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Sorry, I was not too specific. In the messaging app, or search widget, or any time when the android keyboard pops up, I am unable to use swipe to input text, that is, inputting a word by sliding through the letters. This is in spite of gesture typing being enabled in android keyboard settings. Settings/Language and Input/Android Keyboard/Gesture Typing
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Oh OK. Yeah it's a known issue. Install the Google Keyboard from the play store. That one works fine.
Hi all, I have an AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6 (920A) that is on CleanROM 1.1 OE2 but partly on OF3 firmware. It is running Android 5.0.2 and rooted. I modified the build.prop file to allow the on screen navigation (software) keys to be displayed, similar to Nexus 5: back, home, and app switcher keys. I would expect Android to readjust the screen resolution for the home screen to accommodate the navigation keys but the keys are just laid on top of the bottom apps area. Also, the camera screen is also not adjusted, such that the soft keys are covering some parts of the cameras' keys. Attached are three screenshots of the home screen where the soft keys aren't adjusted, the camera screen, and while in apps, such as settings, the screen area is adjusted. Anybody run into a solution to fix the home and camera screens to adjust accordingly for the soft keys?
You can change the build prop dpi value and the screen resolution with an app, but you will have to find out what values to put...
My tip is to use an alternative launcher, like Nova, for your home screen since touchwiz doesn't have native navbar support. And you can use an app called "all in one gestures" in which you can enable immersive mode and add a blacklist for apps you don't want to have immersive mode in, I.e. Nova launcher. If the UI glitch in the camera app is a deal breaker (I don't bother that much since its still fully usable) try a different camera app. Hope it helps!
Reflash with stock 5.1.1 ROM via odin.
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You can change the build prop dpi value and the screen resolution with an app, but you will have to find out what values to put...
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I tried this method, but unfortunately, as I found out, Samsung is horrible with their Android build where some of their apps (camera for example) depend on DPI values and not scale their apps according to resolution.
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My tip is to use an alternative launcher, like Nova, for your home screen since touchwiz doesn't have native navbar support. And you can use an app called "all in one gestures" in which you can enable immersive mode and add a blacklist for apps you don't want to have immersive mode in, I.e. Nova launcher. If the UI glitch in the camera app is a deal breaker (I don't bother that much since its still fully usable) try a different camera app. Hope it helps!
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Thanks. I believe this was the best workaround proposed somewhere I've read before. I think I'll just live with the fact that my home screen will be invaded by the navigation bar by some margin and my Samsung camera app, well I'll probably use Google's camera app soon.
I just like how Nexus 5 was set up with no home button and now it's growing on me again such that I don't use the touch keys at the bottom of the S6.
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Reflash with stock 5.1.1 ROM via odin.
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That doesn't work with an AT&T branded Samsung Galaxy S6. AT&T so far has released Android 5.0.2.
So I don't know if this is a feature or a bug but I saw that whenever i had the keyboard open i would get a "Select input keyboard" notification (you can see it in the first image). When i open the notifications i get the dialog in the second picture.
So i went straight on disabling all the other keyboards: i disabled Swype and Google app (because of Google Vocal Typing or something like that) from the apps settings so the AOSP keyboard is the only one left (see third image) but again no luck, the notification is still there. I also tried replacing the AOSP keyboard with Google keyboard and ensuring that it was the only one active but it still didn't work. Is this standard Android behavior? Or possibly an Alcatel bug? A bug in my software? That thing is annoying as hell.
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So I don't know if this is a feature or a bug but I saw that whenever i had the keyboard open i would get a "Select input keyboard" notification (you can see it in the first image). When i open the notifications i get the dialog in the second picture.
So i went straight on disabling all the other keyboards: i disabled Swype and Google app (because of Google Vocal Typing or something like that) from the apps settings so the AOSP keyboard is the only one left (see third image) but again no luck, the notification is still there. I also tried replacing the AOSP keyboard with Google keyboard and ensuring that it was the only one active but it still didn't work. Is this standard Android behavior? Or possibly an Alcatel bug? A bug in my software? That thing is annoying as hell.
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I get that dialog when I press a small button to the right of the nav bar (it only appears when the keyboard pops up). Did you try to longpress the notification and then press the "i" symbol, then disable notifications from that source?
I always get that dialog, even with only one keyboard app installed/enabled, so that's not normal.
By the way, i tried disabling the notification but since it comes from Android System itself it cannot be disabled but only set to priority mode.
It drove me crazy for a bit cause I'm a little OCD with my screen, but I just ignore it now.
My partner's S6 has recently received the update to 7 from 6, and she dislikes the whole new style of the Samsung interface and the way the phone behaves.
I believe that most of this can be overcome, but the thing that seems to be bugging her the most is the keyboard change on the Internet browser.
All of the other keyboard on the phone show the "predictive text" bar, and when you press the "period / comma" button is allows you to choose your punctuation for that instance.
HOWEVER, on her phone, there is no predictive text bar, and pressing to add punctuation changes the function of that button to the punctuation you used.
I cannot for the life of me find a way of changing the behaviour or restoring the predictive text bar, and while "install a new keyboard" might see like a viable option, the question still stands of why did they change it!?
I have friends with the S7 and S8 phones that don't have these issues, so I am thinking it is something to the Samsung / EE rom that was installed on her UK phone, or a setting somewhere that I am missing.
Any help is appreciated.