When SwiftKey Flow's first beta came out, I discovered that SwiftKey did not leverage the existing dictionary and predictions which I'd spent months teaching SwiftKey 3.
This posed a problem to me, as it reduced my typing speed a lot, and made it difficult to efficiently talk to many people at once. To fix this problem, I created a simple app that allowed me to change keyboards much faster than manually going into settings and doing it. I then uploaded the app to Google Play, in the hope that it will help others.
Now with the coming of so many keyboards that people are trying out and using (Kii, SwiftKey Flow, SwiftKey, Skype, Thumb just to name a few), I thought I'd make a thread here as well to share that app and take suggestions.
The app is free, with just one advertisement in the settings screen (which isn't as bad as it sounds, as you can get away with visiting the settings screen just once for the entire time you use the app).
Update #1:
I've added Danish and Chinese Translations to the app
There is now an option to start at boot
FAQ
Q: Why can't the app switch keyboards automatically, instead of showing a dialog with a list?
A: The Android SDK does not allow third party apps to change the selected keyboard without user intervention, as this could result in a malicious app replacing your keyboard with its own (and perhaps log everything you type with it) without your permission. This would be a serious security problem, and is hence not allowed.
Raghav Sood said:
FAQ
Q: Why can't the app switch keyboards automatically, instead of showing a dialog with a list?
A: The Android SDK does not allow third party apps to change the selected keyboard without user intervention, as this could result in a malicious app replacing your keyboard with its own (and perhaps log everything you type with it) without your permission. This would be a serious security problem, and is hence not allowed.
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Is there anything I miss ? what is the different between this app in the notification bar then the Android's system "Choose input method" ?
When my I am in input mode, the "Choose input method" becomes available in the notification area. I click it and a list of keyboard appears which is the same as this app ?
Like you said in FAQ... if it can switch between two pre defined keyboard.. that would be great.. instead of looking at the list and involve more steps before it can switch KB quickly..
I've had this frustrating problem for a while where Google Maps will stop saying street names while Navigating. I've had this issue on 2 different devices, different ROMS, etc. Sometimes it happened after I ran fix permissions, other times I don't know why it happened . I could fix the problem by FCing Maps and clearing it's app data. But that's annoying because I can't safely do that while I'm driving, and it also resets all the Maps preferences.
Googling for this problem shows that a lot of people have had this problem, and I assume there are a variety of problems at play (eg messed up TTS).
At least one cause of this problem is incorrect permissions for /data/data/com.google.android.apps.maps/app_da_speech and the .wav files within it. The directory needs to be rwx rwx -wx (773) and the files within need to be rw- rw- rw- (666).
If you know how to change permissions w/ chmod or a file manager program, then your set. You can also flash the attached .zip, which will give you an init.d script that fixes these permissions on every boot.
All my permissions seem to be correct but Navigation still periodically stops reciting street names and I have to clear cache and data in Maps to get it back. Really annoying.
That fixed it for me. I have a Tmo Note 2.
Thank you very much.
The zip, do we flash it in recovery ( TWRP) every time we fix permission, or just once?
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If you flash the .zip then it will place an init.d script in /system/etc/init.d . If your ROM/kernel supports init.d scripting, this will fix the Maps permission on every boot. If your ROM/kernel does not support init.d scripting, then flashing the .zip file will do nothing
premiatul, if your ROM/kernel supports init.d scripts, then you never have to flash this again. If you have a problem w/ Maps, just reboot your ROM and it will fix permissions on boot. Or you can use script manager to run /system/etc/init.d/99mapperm without the need to reboot. Or you could use any terminal emulator app to run the following commands:
Code:
su
chmod -R 666 /data/data/com.google.android.apps.maps/app_da_speech
chmod 773 /data/data/com.google.android.apps.maps/app_da_speech
clankfu if you flashed the .zip and your ROM supports init.d scripts, you should not have to clear data. You can do any of the above 3 steps and then restart google nav
Should this work even if you're using a 3rd party TTS like SVOX?
clankfu said:
Should this work even if you're using a 3rd party TTS like SVOX?
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It should. This fixes files that belong to the Google maps/nav program. If the problem is file permissions this will fix it.
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Thank you so much :highfive:
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At least one cause of this problem is incorrect permissions for /data/data/com.google.android.apps.maps/app_da_speech and the .wav files within it. The directory needs to be rwx rwx -wx (773) and the files within need to be rw- rw- rw- (666).
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Brilliant! This worked perfectly. I'm glad I finally have a fix that doesn't involve clearing data (which didn't always work for me) or uninstalling updates (which did).
I have the problem that Google Maps doesn't use the selected TTS engine (SVOX Classic or Ivona) even if it has the same language as the global phone language specified in the system settings.
Does anyone know how to fix this?
Thanks
MaluNoPeleke said:
I have the problem that Google Maps doesn't use the selected TTS engine (SVOX Classic or Ivona) even if it has the same language as the global phone language specified in the system settings.
Does anyone know how to fix this?
Thanks
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If you still have this problem, download MoreLocales2 or Set Locale and Language from the Google Play store and set your locale as the appropriate language/country (English - US for me). This helped me to get different TTS engines working with Google Maps, including Ivona.
[SOLUTION] Maps saying street names
Hi everyone,
I have been reading a lot about this issue and many are stating different solutions and some work and some don't.
I would like to provide my solution.
Phone:
Bell (Canada) Galaxy S4 running 5.0.1 with root. Root is not required for this solution. Stock rom.
Google Maps version 9.7.1, anything in the 9.X.X has stopped saying street names for me.
Solution
Description:
Yes there is an issue with the language needing to match and there is a way to trick it, by changing to another language and then changing back to English (US).
This method requires clearing data, and also factors what you should do when you restart your phone, meaning shut down and power up.
Steps in order:
[#1 Change Language] go to - Settings > Language and Input > Language > set it to another language you can read, in my case French. NOTE: If you can't understand another language memorize all of the steps, menus and buttons that you need to click on.
[#2 Clear Data for Maps] go to - Settings > Application Manager > Maps > click Clear Data. Remember this must be done in another language.
[#3 Open Maps] Launch Google Maps > get passed all of the welcome, hints, and information screens > navigate to another location. You should now here street names in the other language.
[#4 Change Language] go to - Settings > Language and Input > Language > set it to English
[#5 Open Maps] Launch Google Maps > navigate to an address and you will hear street names in English again.
Notes:
If you ever restart/reboot/shutoff your phone, you will need to follow these instructions again, otherwise you will not here street names.
I have tried Samsung's TTS and Google's TTS, none of that makes a difference or seems to matter. I can have my system language as French and my TTS as English (US) and the street names are said in English. For some reason the TTS does not affect my Google Maps' ability to say street names.
I'm not sure if step 3 can be skipped, I can check when I have some free time or if someone can verify.
As mentioned above this could be an issue with permissions and using CHMOD to fix it, however the solution that I have provided will work but needs to be applied every time you boot the phone.
If you have any questions or concerns feel free post here.
Good luck and report back if this works for anyone else.
Cheers!
Thank you so much for sharing this! I finally have proper turn-by-turn directions with street names. It was frustrating not having it with a brand new s6 out of the box.
Well, it turns out that the fix is only temporary. Despite NOT rebooting/restarting the phone, Google maps reverts to generic directions. At least, this is the case with my phone, Samsung s6 edge. The good news is I have the process down to 30 seconds or less, so at least it's functioning, albeit not in an ideal way.
In Apple's IOS setting if we change region to another country, it changes lots of thing in system in accordance to that particular region. The best thing I like of this setting is when you do a Google search in safari, it shows ADS of selected region in search results and Google search website is also automatically changed to that region though location at last of results is not changed. Whereas there is no such setting in android except language changing option. I have searched on internet how can we see another nation's ADS in Google search results. People says Google uses IP address to find your location and shows ads of located region and the only way to change is changing proxy server or using VPN server. I just want to know how APPLE does that? Does iOS changes proxy server etc when we change region? why android has not offered us this setting feature? And Is it is possible to have such setting feature in android?
So I have one specific app that doesn't show up in recent apps menu no matter on what phone or android version I use it. It's banking app and I think it's intentionally protected from showing up there (it's called 'mPBZ' and it's official app of one of the Croatian banks). But is there any way to force it to show in there? It's specially important because sometimes I have to switch a lot between this app and some others when I retype some texts that cannot be pasted. I've tried googling the problem but it didn't help me.
I am trying to figure out why the Discover feed is not loading any content whatsoever on my new Pixel 3. The feature is turned on (seemingly) from the Google App's settings, but all the toggles are greyed out in under the Discover section (Google App > More > Settings > Discover). Toggles move, but they remain greyed out here. When I'm in the Google app's first screen, I also have 'Customise' greyed out. The Discover tab within the Google App itself also doesn't work - nothing is being loaded content-wise.
Does anyone have any idea why this is so? I'm thinking there's some hidden setting that is disabling this, but can't figure it out.
Any help would be appreciated!!
Thanks!
Never mind - a factory reset did the job. It might have been an issue with the first setup, possibly restored some files from backup that messed up the Google App for me. Still baffled by this, but at least it's fixed.
Another thing that could be the cause - for whomever might stumble on this - the language. I think Discover feed doesn't work with English (UK), only with English (US).