[Q] Changing keyboards depending on physical keyboard state - Epic 4G General

Is there an app that switches your software keyboard depending on if your physical keyboard is open or closed? I want to use SwiftKey when the keyboard is open and Swype when it's closed. Thanks!

Yes this is an old thread. Yes you can flame me for reviving it
On the road, searching XDA on the Epic, looking for an app that does this. I used one that wroked well 8 or 9 months ago. It was a privately dev'd app here on XDA, but I can't remember the name or remember what it was called.
Let me know if you are aware of anything.
Thanks!

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Swype adding a space every 2 words

Sorry if this is posted in the wrong location, but my Swype no longer auto spaces correctly. Rather than adding a space every word, it has started to add a space every 2 words. I now have to hit the space bar after every word I type. I have reinstalled Swype and it still has not fixed the problem. I have done a search on XDA and the net and still cant find a solution. Any thoughts from you guys?
I have the same problem. It's what made me stop using it. The only way mine would fix (and I know this sounds weird) is to delete all my messages. I moved on and now I'm using Resco Keyboard. Much better than the stock kb.
Yeah I ended up doing a hard reset because I was having so many problems with the phone. Now everything is back to normal. I might check out Resco Keyboard.
Why don't you switch to the latest version of Swype? It's great!
v3.19.20.20.6343
There is a small issue with Auto Spacing not working with HTC Messaging and Twitter. That can easily be fixed here.
Believe me, there is no on-screen keyboard that holds it's own in a contest with Swype. This thing is what got me off Hardware Keyboards.
swype never works for me!!! haha
leepriestenator said:
Why don't you switch to the latest version of Swype? It's great!
v3.19.20.20.6343
There is a small issue with Auto Spacing not working with HTC Messaging and Twitter. That can easily be fixed here.
Believe me, there is no on-screen keyboard that holds it's own in a contest with Swype. This thing is what got me off Hardware Keyboards.
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the dll didnt work on my tp2 to fix the errors
That's because it's not for the Touch Pro 2...you are in the HD2 forums...

Keyboard question

Hi! I just had a quick question about the keyboard on the 1.2 devices. My wife has been asking me to find her a better keyboard for her MyTouch, saying that her current one sucks and she wants one that doesn't suck (I don't know what that means either).
So, what is the best keyboard for the 1.2 still on android 1.6?
probably "better keyboard"
Smart Keyboard Pro
I like it but it is very similar to the stock one. What complaints does she have about the stock keyboard?
My personal favorite keyboard would have to be swype. Coming in at second would be the HTC keyboard
I love the stock keyboard, second would be the HTC keyboard (attached.)
I downloaded and installed Better Keyboard. But it's doing weird auto corrections like when she types "no" and then hits space, it inserts the word "nothing" or "yes" inserts "yesterday". I turned off the auto correction and that "fixed" the problem, but then there is no auto corrections...
I'll install the HTC keyboard and see what she thinks.
Her complaint is that when she types really fast, some of the letters don't register (probably because of the no multi touch?)
Swype might be a good option. I'll try that
Thank you for the comments
gabrialxue said:
My personal favorite keyboard would have to be swype. Coming in at second would be the HTC keyboard
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Yes, that.
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yeah, just can't stop loving it, typing a lot faster. end up sending so many message )
canhcutvl said:
yeah, just can't stop loving it, typing a lot faster. end up sending so many message )
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With which one? The swype?

[Q] HTC EVO Shift Auto Correction?

Hi all! I am new to for the forums and this is my first post. I just got a HTC EVO Shift a few days ago and coming from the moment I can't remember if the HTC Shift has auto correction for the hardware keyboard. I miss the "auto-replace" "auto-cap" and "auto-punctuate" from my moment.
So here is my question.
Does the HTC EVO Shift have "auto-replace" "auto-cap" and "auto-punctuate" correction. If it does, how do I turn it back on because I turned it off and can't find out how.
I'm playing around with my disconnected evo on wifi right now and don't have the shift next to me. If there are settings, it would be in keyboard touch input settings. I think I might have read something somewhere that the hardware keyboard doesn't have something enabled by default. If there isn't what you are looking for there, there are many free or good paid keyboards that can extend their correction features to a hardware keyboard. I know swiftkey does off the top of my head but that's paid. Gingerbread keyboard or gingerkeyboard, those are two similar ones, are good and might have what you are looking for. I'm on a quest for finding lightweight and fast keyboards lately so I don't quite remember which ones do and don't. My suggestion is to download appbrain and run a search on keyboard and maybe hardware. Look at what's available and try them out until you find one you like.
Be careful because I did notice a few paid ones that seemed good and had lot of features and settings, but were large in file size and some slowed down the phone. Try one at a time so you can determine if its creating a performance hit or not.
The settings for the hardware QWERTY are under Settings > Keyboard & Language > Touch Input.
The thing I've noticed is that the spelling and prediction aren't always there when using the hardware keyboard. It's like a 70-30 chance for.
I find it rarely changes anything in the messaging app, but google talk it almost always does.
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I just looked and swiftkey doesn't have any hardware settings but it might automatically work. Ultra keyboard does have hardware section in settings. Another neat thing about ultra is you can swype with it too, look in settings. It also has navigation arrows. This isn't the information you're looking for, sorry.
There are some keyboards that are more aggressive than others when it comes to auto correction and insert.
I didn't find that the hardware keyboard corrected anything in the stock HTC messaging and email apps, but now I use K9 for email and Handcent for messaging, both of which autocorrect with the hardware keyboard
HTC ime mod kb has hardware correction in it and is fast. I'm using it now. I followed the link to the kitchen and made myself a black one and I'm happy now. The link is in general or theme app.

[Q] Has anyone pushed swype on to the Transformer?

Has anyone pushed swype on to the Xformer ? or is there a zip that can be flashed ?
The built in ASUS keyboard has swipe typing available.
Lmao
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Gbcue said:
The built in ASUS keyboard has swipe typing available.
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The swiping on the ASUS keyboard is absolute garbage compared to Swype. It might as well not even be there.
Trying to official beta doesn't work - get an error about unsupported screen size.
I haven't tried forcing the issue.
-bZj
Too late for you now but the Amazon app store gave away flex9 keyboard which has swype functionality... in addition to voice dictation and handwriting.
swype feature is pretty good and works on the transformer.
I don't need a signature.
I have Swype and Dasur Slide it on mine and it is not a match made in heaven in the UK - as I have a conflict between the hardware keyboard and the software keyboard. It is very frustrating - as even though I have the software keyboards set to UK keyboards, this somehow alters the hardware keyboard to a US keyboard whne I re-dock. If anyone knows a way around this, I would be very grateful and the Asus trace keyboard is utter poo. I cannot use it. In fact I am not a big fan of Swype, I think Slide it is by far the best in its class.
I read a post here a few days ago showing how you could stop the dock keyboard being changed by the tab keyboard settings. Do search through the development forum. You need to move files around, etc.
I have Swype on mine but I don;t like it on the tab although it is great on my DesireHD. I use the Thumb keyboard which becomes natural very quickly.
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Here it is: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14600447#post14600447
Have the newest beta on mine as well, works great! What I tend to do is make use of the resizable keyboard, make ik smaller, position it on the right.
This way I can hold the tablet with my left hand, and swype with the right, without moving too much across the screen.
The fail in combination with the hardware keyboard is a shame, there is a solution, but you do need root, which I haven't got around to yet.
idlefrog said:
I read a post here a few days ago showing how you could stop the dock keyboard being changed by the tab keyboard settings. Do search through the development forum. You need to move files around, etc.
I have Swype on mine but I don;t like it on the tab although it is great on my DesireHD. I use the Thumb keyboard which becomes natural very quickly.
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Here it is: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14600447#post14600447
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Cheers pal, it's fathers day and I am finally having a day to play with my new toy, so far the launcher has been changed and now it looks like I will be rooted by the end of the day. Didn't think it would last long unrooted.
What's wrong?
Naadi900 said:
The fail in combination with the hardware keyboard is a shame, there is a solution, but you do need root, which I haven't got around to yet.
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I don't understand. I have Swype set as my software keyboard and am using the dock to type this. While I do get the annoying warning about setting the Asus keyboard when I first get things going, I haven't noticed any odd functions, or loss of capability. Am I missing something?
ad1980 said:
I don't understand. I have Swype set as my software keyboard and am using the dock to type this. While I do get the annoying warning about setting the Asus keyboard when I first get things going, I haven't noticed any odd functions, or loss of capability. Am I missing something?
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I don't have any problems either.
I think I did change something with the settings when I previously installed thumb keyboard (the @ was coming up as " with the dock keyboard) but I haven't had to do anything with swype.
Edit....I've not got round to rooting yet so I'm completely stock and using the uk layout.
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The swype for HC with re sizeable keyboard work great for tablet in landscape mode.
I use Swype on both my Android phones and love it. A perfect present for Fathers day was an email saying that Swype had released a new beta which included additional Honeycomb support!
Sign up and try it out here at beta.swype.com
After all, it's free! (at the moment)

Every android I have own has had this problem

I have own a Droid bionic, droid maxx, Note 3 and now the S7 edge. Every one of them the mmajority of the time type crazy when I type on browsers. Notice the double "m" in mmajority? That is an exampl. (that "e" mmissingis aanother example.) (That entire sentence is an example!)
I am just typing and hitting the word predictions at the top and it will add double letters, it will add double spaces ssometimes and and none other times, whenI use a period, it removes thelast letter of thelast word. (I am leavingthe mmistakesin so youcan see what it is doin).
I use SwiftKey but it also is hhappeningon thestock bbrowse. I havewiped the app data but it hhasn't helped. It happens on all bbrowsers, but it ddoesn't happen in any other app like texting.
Doesaanyone know what is causingthis and how to fix it? Like I sai, tthis has happenedon eeveryaandroidI haveowned. Itmakes me want topunch ssomeonein theface! Why has aandroidhad this pproblemfor the last 5 years!?
You might try with another fully configurable soft keyboard, for example Smart Keyboard Pro.
If it wasn't so serious (to you) it would be funny
It actually reads very funny when you type. Apologies.
The way of typing isn't related to what browser you're using, it's probably SwiftKey. Try some other keyboard or the standard keyboard, see if that solves your problem
Both the stock keyboard and sSwiftKey do it, I really don'tlike theoothers I have tried but I wwill ccheck them. Like I said, it does nothhappenat all in apps or text mmessagin. I think it has something to do with my auto correct built into the phone. I use to turn it off but now I ccan'tfind it. I can oonly find thesspecific kkeyboard setting. I have typed this wwithstock sSamsungkkeyboard so as yyou cansee, I ddon'ttthinkit is swiftkey.
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Both the stock keyboard and sSwiftKey do it, I really don'tlike theoothers I have tried but I wwill ccheck them. Like I said, it does nothhappenat all in apps or text mmessagin. I think it has something to do with my auto correct built into the phone. I use to turn it off but now I ccan'tfind it. I can oonly find thesspecific kkeyboard setting. I have typed this wwithstock sSamsungkkeyboard so as yyou cansee, I ddon'ttthinkit is swiftkey.
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isn't the stock keyboard made/produced by SwiftKey? have you tried the latest version of Google Keyboard or Chroma Keyboard?
cortez.i said:
isn't the stock keyboard made/produced by SwiftKey? have you tried the latest version of Google Keyboard or Chroma Keyboard?
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I didn't know tha ! I will try one of thos . Thanks!
weird, i never had that issue
I wonder if you have this saved in your dictionary. Or turn off auto correct and auto spacing would prob solve your problem
I have this problem too and I use Google Keyboard. Its only when it corrects something or I input a suggestion and space. I've somehow learned and managed to deal with it.
So far using the Google keyboard it seems much better. It is just weird that I have had this problem with all 4 phones I have had over the years. And it has always only happened in the browser.
I've used swiftkey for a few years, and have none of those problems. If it has happened on all those phones, and multiple keyboards, I think it may have more to do with the way you're typing than the keyboard or phone you use.

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