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Gingerbread-style keyboard that doesn't get cut off

I downloaded the free Gingerbread keyboard from market, but found that in landscape it was cut-off by the Archos buttons. I then downloaded Steven Lin's latest source code from github, compiled it, and noticed that it doesn't have the landscape cut-off. I don't know why the version in Market is cut-off.
I then made some tweaks for myself. Two of these you can ignore: it comes with a nighmode version in red, but that's optional, and you can force the suggestions to be on even when the app requests them to be off (e.g., in search boxes), but that, too, is option. One tweak may annoy, and you can't turn it off: I added all the rest of the punctuation to what you get when you tap and hold the period and the comma. I can't do with only some punctuation on the main keyboard. Finally, I removed all language support other than English, which greatly slims down the apk.
So, all in all it's something I made for myself. But if you want it, it's here.

Thanks! It works great. The available additional punctuation is much appreciated; I always found the additional keystrokes needed annoying when using the terminal or ssh.

macemoneta said:
Thanks! It works great. The available additional punctuation is much appreciated; I always found the additional keystrokes needed annoying when using the terminal or ssh.
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Yeah, the lack of a full ASCII keyboard has always been a pet peeve of mine about portable devices. I suppose not everyone sends emails that require all ASCII symbols.

It doesn't work on A70. The keyboard doesn't open.

Flix123 said:
It doesn't work on A70. The keyboard doesn't open.
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1. Do you have "Gingerbread ARP keyboard" checked in the Keyboard settings?
2. What happens when you long tap on an input field, and then choose "Select input method"? Is it listed among the options?
By the way, I just found that the current version of the Gingerbread Keyboard in the Market works fine with landscape on my A43.

arpruss said:
1. Do you have "Gingerbread ARP keyboard" checked in the Keyboard settings?
2. What happens when you long tap on an input field, and then choose "Select input method"? Is it listed among the options?
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Of course, I activated the Gingerbread ARP keyboard in the settings. I chose it in the "select input method" menu.
When I tap on a textfield, the keyboard doesn't open, but at the bottom of the screen, there are ca. 2 rows of pixels, where I can see a little bit of the keyboard.
What can I do?

Interesting. There is no blank space, either?
What happens in landscape?
Does this happen with the 2.3 keyboard in the Market?

arpruss said:
Interesting. There is no blank space, either?
What happens in landscape?
Does this happen with the 2.3 keyboard in the Market?
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There is no white/blank space and the problem is in the landscape mode.
It happens everytime when I try to use this keyboard.
It's like the keyboard would be invisible, only the 2 rows of pixel on the bottom.

Try MultiLing Keyboard instead
arpruss said:
I downloaded the free Gingerbread keyboard from market, but found that in landscape it was cut-off by the Archos buttons.
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Try the MultiLing Keyboard, which I've found works fine. Unfortunately the sources are not available.
-- jch

Flix123 said:
There is no white/blank space and the problem is in the landscape mode.
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Can you email me a screenshot? (My favorite way is to use adb: adb fbgrab /storage/gb.png and then adb pull /storage/gb.png.)
Is it fine in portrait?
Did you change your DPI setting? (I don't think it would make a difference, but you never know.)

The keyboard works great with my Archos 43. Thanks! I think I'll be using it from now on.

[Q] keyboard and lockscreen question

So whenever I type I get a keyboard in my notification area asking me to choose an input method, im using the samsung keyboard, and it annoys me that it is there.
I'm also not fond of how the quick punctuation works.
Im wondering if anyone has suggestions for a lockscreen that doesnt require me to hit ok when I enter a pin either, I realize its a small thing, but I just dont like having to hit ok.

Keyboard
Hi, the keyboard thing is just normal.. i think there is no locker with your wishing feature....
Maybe iam false let ne know..

lyingit said:
So whenever I type I get a keyboard in my notification area asking me to choose an input method, im using the samsung keyboard, and it annoys me that it is there.
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the input method thing in the notification area is a feature introduced by google in jelly bean, its not a samsung thing.

Samsung keyboard dictionary

Does anyone know if we can access the note 8's keyboard dictionary to edit it and if so how do I get to it?
I don't see anything in settings like most keyboards.
life is better with r00t

I might be missing something too... but my biggest irritation with this tablet is its compulsive auto correct. I often find it'll change my word... So I go back and edit it, press space for the next word and damn it! It's been auto corrected again! F*ck you! Leave my spelling alone!
Anyone know how to adress this issue?

FaeMinx said:
I might be missing something too... but my biggest irritation with this tablet is its compulsive auto correct. I often find it'll change my word... So I go back and edit it, press space for the next word and damn it! It's been auto corrected again! F*ck you! Leave my spelling alone!
Anyone know how to adress this issue?
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Samsung keyboard settings: disable Predictive Input

Hmm... but that disables predictive input entirely.
What I'm looking for, is that suggested words come up, but they aren't auto-corrected.... in other words, it leaves my spelling as is unless I actually select the suggested word.

FaeMinx said:
Hmm... but that disables predictive input entirely.
What I'm looking for, is that suggested words come up, but they aren't auto-corrected.... in other words, it leaves my spelling as is unless I actually select the suggested word.
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Can't find such option in Samsung keyboard. If you are willing to switch, Swype has separate options for suggestions and autocorrect.

SWYPE
p107r0 said:
Can't find such option in Samsung keyboard. If you are willing to switch, Swype has separate options for suggestions and autocorrect.
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Swype is really worth a try!

blackg3cko said:
Swype is really worth a try!
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seems to have bigger dictionary and better recognition as well

Will I lose the option to use handwriting recognition if I switch to Swype?

FaeMinx said:
Will I lose the option to use handwriting recognition if I switch to Swype?
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Swype has it's own handwriting recognition, never tested so don't know if it's better or not.
It is also possible to keep Swype as normal keyboard and Samsung handwriting for pen input - in one of the threads here someone suggested an app which automatically switches default keyboard upon pen removal, alas don't remember it's name.
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I'm trying out Swype right now. Swyping is fast and accurate, and the Dragon dictation is nice, but the handwriting recognition sucks (poor recognition and predictability), IMHO. I don't find it much of a hassle to switch between it the Samsung and Google keyboards (due a glitch in the return key not working) by pulling down the the notification bar and chasing input method.

p107r0 said:
app which automatically switches default keyboard upon pen removal
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found it:
[App][Root] SPenBoardSwitcher 2 - Changing keyboards depending on the S-Pen Position:
Have you ever wanted to use a certain keyboard for normal use, and a different one for the S-Pen! This will ease your life.
- When the service is running, the pen's position is detected and the keyboard is switched to the learned or pre-defined one (depending on the mode).
- The service runs quietly and efficiently. No popups, no interventions.
- Support for starting on boot
- Service supports two modes:
Learning mode: Tries to detect the keyboard you use in each pen position, stores the detected keyboard, and uses it the next time you take your pen off, or return it to its place.
Fixed Mode: The service only uses the keyboards you chose inside the application, even if you use another keyboard for a short time, when the pen's position, the keyboard is reverted back to the ones you chose.
app in post #2, there's also donate version in Play Store

anyone able to edit user dictionary ... or import text file ... right now its learning from facebook and gmail but cannot import it by whatsapp ... software like User Dictionary manager show blank dictionary ... samsung note 2 n7100

Dual analog sticks on N64 First Person Shooters (Goldeneye, PerfectDark)

Someone asked about this in the GeForce forums. Since I did the write up, I figured I would post it here if anyone cared.
Games like Goldeneye and Perfect Dark can be tailored to work as well as well as current first person shooters with the latest Mupen64plusAE. I personally use the nightly builds found here http://www.paulscode.com/source/Mupen64Plus-AE/AutoBuilds/
What you need to do is click the menu icon in the top left corner. First, go into settings. Check the box under input that says "share controller". From there, go into profiles>controller profiles. Tap on "shield" and click copy. Name the new profile something like 2ndConFPS, (for 2nd controller first person shooter), or even just Shield2 to make it easy if you aren't using a keyboard.
Go down and choose that new profile and click "edit" then edit the controls for analog stick and assign each direction to the RIGHT analog on the controller. Not the left, because that's already mapped to the first player controller. Map the RIGHT trigger to Z.
Now you are ready to assign the controllers as part of an in-game profile specifically for GoldenEye (or Perfect Dark, etc). Click on GoldenEye from the game launcher menu. The menu will come in from the left that says "Resume" "Restart" and "Settings". Click settings, and choose controller 2 profile. Controller 1 should already be defaulted to Shield. If not set it as Shield. Then click controller 2 profile and set it as 2ndConFPS or Shield2, or whatever you named it.
From there, start the game and the rest is done from the menus of the actual rom. Just choose from one of the 2 controller styles. Galore and Goodhead are the best (insert dirty joke here). One is inverted, the other isn't.
P.S. Many of the modern first person shooters have the move/strafe control on the left, with look/turn on the right. To do that, you can do one of two things. First just switch the player one and two profiles. So for example, the profile that uses the right analog and right trigger, make that the profile for player one, then do the standard profile as player two. Or you can make a 3rd profile and assign the second and third, etc. Let me know if you have questions.

bradleyw801 said:
Someone asked about this in the GeForce forums. Since I did the write up, I figured I would post it here if anyone cared.
Games like Goldeneye and Perfect Dark can be tailored to work as well as well as current first person shooters with the latest Mupen64plusAE. I personally use the nightly builds found here http://www.paulscode.com/source/Mupen64Plus-AE/AutoBuilds/
What you need to do is click the menu icon in the top left corner. First, go into settings. Check the box under input that says "share controller". From there, go into profiles>controller profiles. Tap on "shield" and click copy. Name the new profile something like 2ndConFPS, (for 2nd controller first person shooter), or even just Shield2 to make it easy if you aren't using a keyboard.
Go down and choose that new profile and click "edit" then edit the controls for analog stick and assign each direction to the RIGHT analog on the controller. Not the left, because that's already mapped to the first player controller. Map the RIGHT trigger to Z.
Now you are ready to assign the controllers as part of an in-game profile specifically for GoldenEye (or Perfect Dark, etc). Click on GoldenEye from the game launcher menu. The menu will come in from the left that says "Resume" "Restart" and "Settings". Click settings, and choose controller 2 profile. Controller 1 should already be defaulted to Shield. If not set it as Shield. Then click controller 2 profile and set it as 2ndConFPS or Shield2, or whatever you named it.
From there, start the game and the rest is done from the menus of the actual rom. Just choose from one of the 2 controller styles. Galore and Goodhead are the best (insert dirty joke here). One is inverted, the other isn't.
P.S. Many of the modern first person shooters have the move/strafe control on the left, with look/turn on the right. To do that, you can do one of two things. First just switch the player one and two profiles. So for example, the profile that uses the right analog and right trigger, make that the profile for player one, then do the standard profile as player two. Or you can make a 3rd profile and assign the second and third, etc. Let me know if you have questions.
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Can believe this has no comments. Was setting this up on my note 3 with a ps4 pad. This is a saviour

Work profile - unable to bring up keyboard

I have updated to Android 10. Today I tried using work profile to install Amazon Prime separate from main profile. But it seems I am unable to launch keyboard even for Google sign-in.
How to solve this?

Use on screen keyboard apps. Or floating keyboard.
Does A10 support different profiles?

Mustajab Is'haq said:
Use on screen keyboard apps. Or floating keyboard.
Does A10 support different profiles?
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The keyboards do not pop-up. I can see a cursor in the text field but no way to bring up the actual keyboard.

sling-shot said:
The keyboards do not pop-up. I can see a cursor in the text field but no way to bring up the actual keyboard.
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Try a wired keyboard maybe?

I cannot do that each time. Anyway I will see if I can use it to login to Google services and if that fixes issues.

Turned out there was no keyboard app at all in work profile!
Connected a physical USB keyboard, went to Play Store and installed one.
Now everything works as expected.

sling-shot said:
Turned out there was no keyboard app at all in work profile!
Connected a physical USB keyboard, went to Play Store and installed one.
Now everything works as expected.
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Good work!