I've been hunting this issue on XDA but I've not found a solution, it's the eternal issue of keyboard switcher. I speak several languages, like a lot of people here. It is a royal pain to manually switch from english to french to spanish and back and forth. everytime i want to write in one language i have to change the entire locale.
So far, I found this:
-apowersms (if you go to setting, there is a language filter, which is very interesting because you can choose which language keyboard you need) (and the keyboard layout isn't so bad looking)
- softkeyboard (for the keyboard button, when you press it long, you can directly change to the language you want)
I'm trying to find, how to create a custom shortcut maybe to switch between the languages that I speak. something like this, so that I can switch languages for my gingerbread keyboard.
Does anyone out there have a better solution for my problem. let me know.
thanks
Using stock keyboard, go to the keyboard settings and search for something like "languages". Select the languages you want to use. Now swipe your finger on the space key to switch between the selected languages
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Download AnySoftKeyboard (free), or SmartKeyboardPro (paid).
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Hi,
I'm often switching between english, french, german. The 3 languages have a different keyboard layout. When you switch language in most keyboards such as swype, htc me, etc so that the language correction works properly, the keymap also changes. its impossible to use, when the keymap change all the time, i always get the keys wrong by reflex.
so i would like a keyboard that does auto correction, or even swype-like, but keeps the same layout (of my choice) when changing language.
secondarily, i would like the keyboard to have arrow keys (for the terminal mainly)
i can't find such a gem. is there any?
I think touchpal is pretty good for multiple languages, if you can find the language packs. You can get the chinese touchpal from the market, but then install any Western language pack touchpal apks. I've only got English on mine, but that works great. Only one click on the keyboard to get to arrow keys, home, end page up/down etc. Give it a try.
couldnt find language packs for the latest version =/
used it a bit in english and its not bad, although keys are a bit small and sometimes it lags a bit. only using qwerty and only have english+chinese but the mixed language input seems to work. maybe in future versions with language pack it could be neat (i saw they announced a version 5.0 with more packs soon)
i use the droid x multitouch atm its very fast, but it doesnt solve any of my problems of course
Hello Guys,
I have rooted my NC. Everything is working as expected. Now I want to put some app icons on Home but I can't find how to do that.
Also the Keyboard setting is not working. If I go to Settings > Keyboard the NC go back to the prevous screen. I need to stop the auto-correct or change the language for autocorrect.
Any suggestion will be appreciated.
Regards,
Jorge
jorgeantonio said:
Hello Guys,
I have rooted my NC. Everything is working as expected. Now I want to put some app icons on Home but I can't find how to do that.
Also the Keyboard setting is not working. If I go to Settings > Keyboard the NC go back to the prevous screen. I need to stop the auto-correct or change the language for autocorrect.
Any suggestion will be appreciated.
Regards,
Jorge
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You'll need a 3rd party launcher to put icons on your homescreen (launcher pro,adw, zeam...).
The keyboard setting isn't working because rooting switched it to a new keyboard. It should work fine when you open a text field. There are threads on here about installing a variety of different keyboards.
Thanks wvcachi, I have installed another launcher and now I'm able to organize the home screen. Now I need to solve the issue with the keyboard. The keyboard is working well, the problem is the auto-correct, the is changing my words when I write in another language (spanish).
Can I just stop the auto correct?
Can I revert to the original Keyboard on NC?
Thanks for your help.
I have the same problem, I need to change the language of the keyboard, but I cannot get into the settings. I've tried different keboards, but with none I can change the particular settings nor language.
Hello, I got the fix downloading and installing a GBKB.APK from another sub-forum here (not nook subforum, I think android Dev subforum) after install that I'm able to select and use the gingerbread keyboard. Now in gb kb there is setting button where you can add another languages.
I hope this work for you.
Regards
The language of auto-correct is tied to the keyboard. Autonooting gives you the Droid X keyboard with American English autocorrection.
You can install a Chinese IME, Spanish keyboard, AZERTY with French auto-correct, or whatever else you desire. As the previous poster mentioned, there is a modified Gingerbread keyboard for 2.1 that includes Spanish dictionary. You can search for it in the Nook Color forums (the keyboard is from another forum, but there are directions for NC here). It's a very long thread, but the directions in the OP should work.
You can install Smart Keyboard or SwiftKey from the market (and moving the app to the System/app directory), and then, from the keyboard, enter to the specific settings.
In Smart Keyboard you have to long press the ABC or 123 key to enter settings, and in SwiftKey you have to long press the mic key. There you can change the language or disable autocorrect.
Additionally, if you want, you can change the language of the nook color (so that all programs menus and dates and stuff appear in spanish) using morelocale2 from the market.
Is it possible to change the language of the nook color? Or at least change the configuration of the keyboard so the autocomplete and autocorrect is in spanish?
Thanks
RSchmauk said:
Is it possible to change the language of the nook color? Or at least change the configuration of the keyboard so the autocomplete and autocorrect is in spanish?
Thanks
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I cannot speak for spanish, but I can read/type Chinese quite easily with a couple of keyboards that support pinyin (chinese input). A quick glance shows quite a few options: http://www.androidzoom.com/android_applications/spanish keyboard
I change the language of the nook color with morelocale2.
I'll see what I can do with the keyboard. I'm sure swift Key have spanish, but the menu appears white text over white background, so I can't choose the language... Maybe I'll just try them all.
I was able to change the language of two keyboards, SwiftKey and Smart Keyboard. One with a long press in the mic button and the other with a long press in the ABC button.
Sadly, Swift Key uses predictions for both languages at the same time, mixing them, so I had to chose Smart Keyboard as a default, even though I like the former better.
Hello.
I have a Motorola Milestone running CM7.
My problem is that I need to use another language other than English with it but can't change the typing language when using the physical QWERTY keyboard.
In the language settings both English and the other language are selected and I can switch between them when using the virtual keyboard.
The physical keyboard has a lang changing button but after flashing CM7 it turned into "menu".
Trying to change that using an option in OpenRecovery made the whole keyboard stop working.
However if I install AnySoftKeyboard from the market and use it, I can use Shift+Alt on the physical keyboard to change layouts.
Anyone knows how to change the language on the physical keyboard while using "Android Keyboard" as an input method?
want to know too.
I have same this issue ..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1352426
and waiting for the developer to solve it..!!!!
Hello.
I am not familiar with your device(XT702) but in CM7 for milestone ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=941346 ) by kabldan starting with version 7.1.0.3, the language key can be used to change between languages as it was intended.
He managed to make it work so it might be a good idea to address him with this subject.
Yuh gotta try this - definite best keyboard i've used.
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The Beta worked for about 14 days, and then the phone started doing some random hangs. and after not being able to type anything in a SMS i changed the keyboard back, and my phone is now normal.
Cool keyboard, but might cause problems....
when the beta stops working you might want to try Perfect Keyboard, and Smart keyboard, they have similar options, except importing SMS into dictionary.
Thanks for it
I will try and see
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i can absolutely recommend swiftkey. try it guys.
This looks nice. Will try it out...
Go Keyboard problems
1. I use the speech recognition a lot. When I set the Voice Key to 'On main keyboard' I loose the Comma key.
Is there any way I can get both the voice key and the comma key on the main screen?
2. When I use the voice recognition (the Voice Recognition is great, 90% or better) but if I try to edit the phrase it shows because a letter is incorrect. I put the cursor to the right of the letter and hit backspace or space and it pastes the whole phrase in again in the middle of the phrase I am trying to edit. Any idea how to avoid this?
I really like Go Keyboard, but these 2 things are driving me nuts.
Regards,
Mark
I cant seem to be getting the T9 on the messaging. As soon as i click on the msg body , the t9 button just disaapears.. it appears on when I am adding a contact name... any clue on how to fix this ?
How does it compare to Swype?