What is a good keyboard for android?

I’ve been using SwiftKey for waaaaaaay too long. I shoulda switched when Microsoft bought them out.

But old habits die hard. And I love the skin I use.

Help they know everything I’ve typed on a phone. That can’t be good for anyone.

Edit: Holy fuck everyone, thanks for all of the responses!

I went with Heliboard, and typing this, it looks like I have to change a couple more settings to get it like I had Swiftkey, but I already like it more.

The fact you can basically make your own skin by changing all of the colors of the keyboard is amazing.

Fuck microsoft’s ai keyboard.

Heliboard for lyfe!

Edit edit: trying to delete my data from Swiftkey was INSANELY hard. I couldn’t do it from my phone, so I had to login with a computer. They think they are slick… Fuckers…

pineapplelover,

Ima be honest, I just use Google Keyboard but disable the its networking for the app.

buzz86us,

I use openboard mod with gesture typing

SanndyTheManndy,

thumbkey. blazingly fast and secure.

mukt,
@mukt@lemmy.ml avatar

I have been using Hacker’s Keyboard since … forever?

foremanguy92_,

I would recommended you HeliBoard (an OpenBoard alternative with some enhancements like multi language typing) github.com/Helium314/HeliBoard

Broken,

Thanks for the recommendation. I see there’s gesture typing support if you load a library. Which one do you use if any?

N4CHEM, (edited )

I followed the recommendation of the developer and installed the file from GApps packages (“swypelibs”). They provide a link in Heliboard’s README, scroll down to the FAQ section and look for “How to enable glide typing”

bluespin,

Thanks to you and everyone else in this thread that recommended HeliBoard. It’s excellent

Asudox,
@Asudox@lemmy.world avatar

FlorisBoard beta is very nice. Mine looks very nice.

Vigilante,

Yeah been using that for a long time.

N0x0n,

Also FlorisBoard is back in the game !

Note: Due to various reasons development has been quite stuck in the past year, but things are slowly improving again and new releases/features will follow in the near future, please see the roadmap for details!

florisboard

N4CHEM,

Heliboard github.com/Helium314/HeliBoard

Blisterexe,

no material you ):

HeavyRaptor,

I’m also a Swiftkey holdover, trying Heliboard now…

Is there a keyboard that can do haptic feedback while typing and enable multiple languages at the same time. These two features are really missing for me.

N4CHEM, (edited )

Heliboard can do multilingual typing, and I believe there is some kind of haptic feedback… I don’t use that function, but it was mentioned in the latest release notes

HeavyRaptor,

Thanks! I went back and eventually found the settings for them. You can even configure the length of the haptic feedback which is great.

beSyl,

How does it do multilingual typing? You have to change the input method, right?

N4CHEM, (edited )

Not necessarily: you can choose to have several languages separated as different input methods (you can switch between them very quickly by sliding vertically from the space bar) OR you can go to “Settings / Languages” and select one of your active languages and inside its submenu add languages for multilingual typing. This way when you select that original language as input method it will use and recognise all the languages you added at once. I must say this can be tricky with glide typing, but still works pretty well.

xep,

Is there a privacy conscious keyboard that offers a floating mode like Swiftkey does? I'd love to switch.

southsamurai,
@southsamurai@sh.itjust.works avatar

Heliboard seems decent so far.

xyx,

+1 vor HeliBoard. I was in the same position and switched about half a year ago. The only thing I missing so far is a dedicated voice input button.

technomad,

It has that now

wazzupdog,

I like florisboard, it’s fairly customizable.

backhdlp,
@backhdlp@iusearchlinux.fyi avatar

I use AnySoftKeyboard (fdroid github website). It has quite the amount of customizability. I like that there are arrow buttons to navigate text better.

moon,

Spent a bit of time customising it when I got it, and it’s saved me so much frustration over the past year. Copy pasting, tabbing, having an undo via keyboard, moving character with an arrow. I enjoy typing with a touchscreen now. Would recommend it to anyone wholeheartedly.

dessalines,

Here’s one I made, called Thumb-Key. No internet permissions, made to be private.

Xanis,

I appreciate that it’s made for my thumbs as opposed to other, less keyboard optimal digits.

Churbleyimyam,

Hey! I tried your keyboard out when I was setting up my new phone - very cool and innovative idea!

dessalines,

Thx!

Muun,

I use this after messagease suddenly decided to charge a subscription fee.

It’s pretty darn close in functionality. Highly recommend taking the time to learn it.

dessalines,

Thx! Ya the main reason I made it, was because messagease development died, and all my emails to the messagease team (their only contact email) went unanswered for like 2+ years. So it seemed like a good opportunity to do a from-scratch open source rewrite.

Muun,

I actually forked your code so I could customize the keyboard a little bit. I was impressed that I didn’t have any problems building the thing right away. Doesn’t always happen for me with open source projects.

One thing that was driving me nuts was how sensitive the swipe gestures on the spacebar are. I guess my thumbs always do a slight swipe when I’m pressing space and it was moving the cursor position on me. I wiped out all of that code. If you’re taking suggestions, a way to disable swipe gestures on the spacebar would be a cool add. I’ll see if I can get together a PR for it as well and be a part of the solution.

dessalines,

Sure, I’d accept a PR for adding a setting to disable all spacebar swipes.

GoOnASteamTrain,

Darn it, I popped into this thread to suggest Thumb-Key, and was beaten to it by the maker of the keyboard!

Thank you for making my phone usage much faster and enjoyable (written using Thumb-Key of course!) :)

LiveLM,

Thank you for making this!

I really need to try making something for Android, looks like fun

dog_,

I use Gboard cause it’s the only keyboard that has the preferences that I want. I’m on GrapheneOS, so I just disable the network connection for Gboard.

technomad,

What preferences are you referring to?

dog_,

Autocorrect, not removing my corrections after I hit the backspace key, being able to disable the suggestion boxes, being able to customize it to my liking, and a couple other things that I’m currently forgetting about.

someoneFromInternet,

thumb-key

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