I'm wondering if there are any themed versions of keyboards running around, or what everybody else is using as far as a keyboard goes. I was using gingerkeyboard, but it looks like it is having some compatibility issues right now for me, plus it is orange. Gross.
There are plenty of available keyboards. A droid X mulit-touch version has made its waves through here. Many people use Better Keyboard and Smart Keyboard, which are both available in the market. I prefer Smart Keyboard for its simplicity and ability to widen the spacebar and also the multiple skins that are available for the sip through the developer's site.
I use Better Keyboard 8, lots of skins and ability to customize almost anything.
Just a heads up, a number of developers have released AOSP based versions of the Ice Cream Sandwich keyboard into the Market. I downloaded the one by Binary Bulge and it's just perfect on the NC. The predictions are better than any tap keyboard I've ever user other than SwiftKey. And unlike the Gingerbread keyboard, it actually sizes properly to our tablets. I am starting to find very credible the rumour that Google included BlindType technology in ICS. Go ahead and try it out...you'll be impressed. It even manages to auto correct if two words get mashed together by accident.
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Yeah they've been released for a while, I'm using the same one (by Binary Bulge) on all my devices and it works great.
It looks a bit funny on the Nook Color though, the keys are huge in comparison to other keyboards on the NC. I guess that's not a bad thing though.
IMO a split keyboard is a must have for a tablet. I prefer Thumb Keyboard.
ChocSoldier said:
Yeah they've been released for a while, I'm using the same one (by Binary Bulge) on all my devices and it works great.
It looks a bit funny on the Nook Color though, the keys are huge in comparison to other keyboards on the NC. I guess that's not a bad thing though.
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Hmm, on CM7.1 at 160 dpi, the keys are big but not excessive. It's the right size for a tablet keyboard, and similar to the size presented by Swype. The native Gingerbread keyboard comes up far undersized.
cmstlist said:
Hmm, on CM7.1 at 160 dpi, the keys are big but not excessive. It's the right size for a tablet keyboard, and similar to the size presented by Swype. The native Gingerbread keyboard comes up far undersized.
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I think the native GB keyboard is pretty much perfect. I use this ICS keyboard on my phone and I think it works great, good prediction and speed, etc. But on my NC it just makes it look like a gigantic, oversize phone. No reason for the letters to be so huge.
I suspect once we get ICS on some tablets there will be a much better keyboard. For now I am sticking with the GB keyboard in CM7.1.
mr72 said:
I think the native GB keyboard is pretty much perfect. I use this ICS keyboard on my phone and I think it works great, good prediction and speed, etc. But on my NC it just makes it look like a gigantic, oversize phone. No reason for the letters to be so huge.
I suspect once we get ICS on some tablets there will be a much better keyboard. For now I am sticking with the GB keyboard in CM7.1.
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I guess it's a matter of preference. The GB keyboard in CM7.1 is basically the same height as a phone keyboard, but I find the ergonomics of a 7" tablet are such that I need more height than that to be able to use it effectively.
The ICS Keyboard sure is something that I absolutely love, kinda happy someone backported it to our properly working CM7 Gingerbread.
It's what will keep me going until Dalingrin and Fattire fixed their CM9 Build up to be a good replacement.
I tried it and must say they already did a fair bunch of work, it was a nice testdrive and the sweet taste of the ICS keyboard remains with that wonderful backport.
I tried the ics keyboard from johntanmi. I found the predictions to be near useless. For instance when typing out "pred" it suggests Pres, pred, or pared. Why not "prediction, predictions, predator..." etc.
FlexT9 is my favourite by far.
another vote here for split keyboard! it has an ICS theme too
good find! Thanks for this!
What I hate about the stock keyboard is very few long-press shortcuts, like /, numbers, etc.. I HATE having to go into a separate mode for them.
And the ICS keyboard has a bunch of keys in the bottom-right area which I keep hitting by accident.. I dunno why but I kept hitting "," repeatedly last night on ICS.
I think I'll just keep using Swiftkey X
khaytsus said:
What I hate about the stock keyboard is very few long-press shortcuts, like /, numbers, etc.. I HATE having to go into a separate mode for them.
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Yes, I seriously missed this for a while after switching from the HTC_IME_mod. But then I figured out something.
The numbers on the stock GB keyboard are there for long-press, same for the ICS keyboard. Most punctuation is there in the prediction area. Missing are "/", "@" and some others that might be useful, but most of what you normally need is there without a long-press.
Just in case you may not have noticed - for numbers and punctuation you can now hold on the ?123, glide to the character you want, let go, and it snaps back to the letter keyboard. Quicker than three taps.
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Hi, is there any chance of having the BB keyboard on the One??
alfa71omega said:
Hi, is there any chance of having the BB keyboard on the One??
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As much chance as having the iOS keyboard, so never
There are themes for the iOS 7 keyboard, but I haven't seen any for the BlackBerry's, mainly because it sucks. lol
TarekElsakka said:
There are themes for the iOS 7 keyboard, but I haven't seen any for the BlackBerry's, mainly because it sucks. lol
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Actually supposedly they have some of the best keyboard software compared to android and ios. It does look quite nice so I can see why. And he's asking for the actual keyboard not some dumb theme. Though either way I think the blackberry keyboards look a lot better and function a lot better than the standard android keyboard.
I can see someone possibly making a keyboard similar to it but I don't know if someone will jump on the idea. Could be patented and what not which is why no one is try by to make a similar one now. Though someone made a summer version of it on ios so it might still be doable. Even if it did happen it probably wouldn't be nearly as good as the blackberry one.
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I haven't really cared to look at BlackBerry Z10 or any of the new devices because I think RIM makes crappy smartphones so my assumption was based on my previous experiences with BlackBerry devices dating from the very first Curve and until the BlackBerry Bold 9900, and my horrible experience with their touch screen devices like the Torch and the Storm ones.
I just Googled "BlackBerry Z10 Keyboard" and I am not impressed by how it looks; in fact, it looks extremely ordinary and I am almost certain I have seen applications like A.I type keyboard and Swiftkey with very similar themes. If you think it's an excellent keyboard, then that's your opinion, and mine is that Sense 5 keyboard is great and much better than the keyboard on Sense 4 and Galaxy S3's. The Galaxy S4's keyboard is actually very good, especially because the numbers row is on top which makes it easier, but as I said a simple third party application or theme may solve that for you since porting is going to be very difficult.
Are there any keyboard themes out for the stock keyboard already or can we simple use the themes that were there for the Note 3?
Thanks everyone
I would wait a while. Everyones getting into the habit of flashing n3 stuff on n4. Bad idea i think. There are new and changed feature in n4 that you may be missing or breaking by flashing n3 mods. This may or may not be true for the keyboard but i wouldnt chance it. Wait until they're ported over or created correctly. Usually CbucZ has and does awesome keyboard work with requests. Best keyboard dev IMO for stock keyboards. Im not a fan of having a chopped up $750 n4. Just an opinion, do as you will sir?
The gang over at Android Central (thanks to user Executor32) shared what I thought to be an often sought after keyboard tweak. Very simple to do as well!
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don't like the symbols to the right of the keyboard. those kind of ruined the keyboard.
vikramjatt11 said:
don't like the symbols to the right of the keyboard. those kind of ruined the keyboard.
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It is kind of weird I agree, but an option for some. Although it's just like a desktop PC keyboard, you would have to really get used to using the shift key like you do on a physical keyboard
jbdan said:
It is kind of weird I agree, but an option for some. Although it's just like a desktop PC keyboard, you would have to really get used to using the shift key like you do on a physical keyboard
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vikramjatt11 said:
don't like the symbols to the right of the keyboard. those kind of ruined the keyboard.
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Check this thread out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2387785
I used to use these on my Nexus 5 havent tried them on my Nexus 6
If you don't like this you can use the g3 cloudy keyboard
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2767660
Kinda weird but I like it lol.
I have been spoiled by the Samsung Note keyboards that have been ported to the S3. When I get my AT&T Nexus 6 a year from now when AT&T gets their crap together, I hope someone will have ported a Samsung Note style keyboard to the Nexus 6. It's a VERY user friendly design.