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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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?
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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?
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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)
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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
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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 )
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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?
On fascinate, the default android keyboard does not have the option to un-check. So, even if I installed other keyboards, only the default keyboard is on. Is there any way to disable the stock keyboard and use other keyboard that I want to use?
Thanks!
jus ordered my fascinate so still wait on mine but as far as I know you cant disabled but to switch it should be the same across the board on androids just tap ur text box then long press in the text box and it should pop up with ur options
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Go to messages. Long press on input feild, go to android keyboard, press it with ur finger, WA la
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In some cases, when you install a new keyboard manually (such as one of my favorites HTC_IME http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=624416), you have to go to Settings > Language & Keyboard and enable the checkbox next to the keyboard you installed.
After that, the instructions ksizzle listed above still apply.
Thanks!!! I do not have the phone with me right now, but I will try that!!
Coming from an HTC device, which has a keyboard that worked quite nicely, I was utterly disgusted by the horrible keyboard on this phone. Reading around a bit, I decided that Better Keyboard was the way to go, so I decided to shell out the $2.99 for it, and also downloaded a couple of the free themes. I now have a very good looking keyboard, which works 10 times better than the stock one.
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Coming from an HTC device, which has a keyboard that worked quite nicely, I was utterly disgusted by the horrible keyboard on this phone. Reading around a bit, I decided that Better Keyboard was the way to go, so I decided to shell out the $2.99 for it, and also downloaded a couple of the free themes. I now have a very good looking keyboard, which works 10 times better than the stock one.
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Which skin did you go with?
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Which skin did you go with?
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It's called SilverBlue AndroidandMe. It's gray/silver keys over a medium blue background. It seems to fit well with the gray/blue theme that Samsung has implemented on this phone.
this is my first touch screen so what makes the htc and better keyboard better than the stock one?
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Coming from an HTC device, which has a keyboard that worked quite nicely, I was utterly disgusted by the horrible keyboard on this phone. Reading around a bit, I decided that Better Keyboard was the way to go, so I decided to shell out the $2.99 for it, and also downloaded a couple of the free themes. I now have a very good looking keyboard, which works 10 times better than the stock one.
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The HTC_IME keyboard link I posted is pretty much the HTC keyboard with a ton of customizable options. And its a free download.
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The HTC_IME keyboard link I posted is pretty much the HTC keyboard with a ton of customizable options. And its a free download.
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Ah darn, guess I should have hunted a little more. Oh well, I'm happy with better keyboard, and you can apply themes to it, for added value. For the record, I think it works even better than the HTC keyboard, but I'd have to actually try it on this phone to make a fair comparison. All I know is that I can type way faster on this one than I've ever been able to on a touchscreen phone before.
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In some cases, when you install a new keyboard manually (such as one of my favorites HTC_IME http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=624416), you have to go to Settings > Language & Keyboard and enable the checkbox next to the keyboard you installed.
After that, the instructions ksizzle listed above still apply.
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That worked like a charm. Thanks!
This May just be Another Rant Thread But Hear Me Out. If you Hate The Touchscreen Keyboard Lag on stock Transformer Keyboard then You Really Should Try some other options. I switched to Thumb Keyboard and although not Perfect It waaay Snappier Than the Stock Asus one. If you havent tried out other Keyboards you really Should. It Can make a World of Difference. Plus Thumb Keyboard is So Highly Customizable!
How Long Does It Take You To Type An Entire Paragraph Like This? Does Your Handwriting Look Like This Too?
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How Long Does It Take You To Type An Entire Paragraph Like This? Does Your Handwriting Look Like This Too?
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Troll. -_-
Don't really want to buy the Thumb Keyboard yet. I have Swiftkey and gave that a try. It lags badly with the stock browser, same as the ASUS and Android keyboards.
All the keyboards work just fine with Opera though (and they worked okay with 3.0.1 before the 3.1 update).
go to stock browser type in about:debug press enter. now go to settings and new settings will be there uncheck the first option... download and install thumb keyboard NO LAG!
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Troll. -_-
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I know this is off-topic for this thread, but I find it quite interesting how often I find people who used to type like I did.
As You Read In My First Paragraph, I Have Now "Out Grown" (Or, Morever, Forced Myself Out Of The Habit) Typing In Camel Caps.
The Weird Thing Is, In My Research It Apparently Only Becomes a Habit For Programmers. I Started Typing Like This At A Very Young Age, Probably To Make Myself Seem Older Than I Was Online, And I Always Wonder The Circumstances For Other People Whom I See Type Like This On Internet.
In any case, thanks for the tip. I'm getting a Transformer 5 days from now, and was looking on XDA in the meantime.
Just got this keyboard, completing changes the way I type on the tabet for the better
It's on sale at Amazon for .99 right now. There's still some lag, bit it's hard to notice while you're typing. Indispensible.
Thremix said:
go to stock browser type in about:debug press enter. now go to settings and new settings will be there uncheck the first option... download and install thumb keyboard NO LAG!
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So you mean uncheck " enable opengl rendering in the debug options". I just did that and it is much better with and without the keyboard, also without thumb keyboard.
Trying out Thumb Keyboard, I can definitely vouch for the improved responsiveness in typing, even on demanding sites such as this forum. The lag is more bearable now, so maybe I could go back to the stock Browser since it has the best layout of all the others, IMO.
There is a new swype 3.0 keyboard available in beta that works great!
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I'm using Tablet Keyboard Free. Takes awhile to get used to.
Asus, if you are reading this, please get rid of the warning we get everything time we dock - "ASUS Keyboard is not selected, Change to ASUS keyboard to keep consistency with hardware keyboard".
I like the Android keyboard because it has the normal keyboard layout and I can touch type better. However, it is very annoying to receive the warning message EVERY SINGLE TIME I dock. There should an option to stop is message from displaying every time time. Better yet, have it automatically switch to Asus keyboard when docked.
Yes!
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totally agree!
and also fix the "Auto-replace", "Auto-capitalization" and "Auto-punctuate" so that that it actually replace, capitalize and punctuates. Oh an while they're at it, fix the dock drain!
I'm soooo close to 100% happy its not funny. So happy that I've even converted about 5 Ipad sales to transformer sales!
I agree with this also , its very annoying to get this message. Maybe there's a dev out there that can figure this out for us...if its even possible to get rid of?
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Although the constant reminder is an extra tap and is certainly annoying, it's a good tip nonetheless. I've been using the Swiftkey beta, and it has a bug where it won't stop auto-correcting with the physical keyboard attached, which makes typing a bear. So, I do need to switch to another keyboard every time anyways.
What I'd find much more useful is an option in the settings to automatically switch to the Asus keyboard (or another) when attaching the dock.
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What I'd find much more useful is an option in the settings to automatically switch to the Asus keyboard (or another) when attaching the dock.
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This. Or better still, to set the keyboard on a per-program basis. For example, I prefer the stock Asus soft keyboard most of the time, but it's nearly unusable in Splashtop because it doesn't send keystrokes to the remote PC immediately, only when entire words are completed. Hence I far prefer the stock Honeycomb keyboard in Splashtop, which sends every letter immediately.
If you go to the latest Prime rom and plug in the keyboard dock there is a little checkbox you can check so that it doesn't show that message anymore
Cool, shame we have to go to third party firmware and potentially lose our warranty coverage to get the fix. Hopefully Asus can look at improving this in the stock firmware...
I never get it. of course I use the Asus version of the keyboard when on the tablet only. Think it might have to do with using other versions of a keyboard and it having incompatibilities with the dock keyboard? ...go figure...
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This. Or better still, to set the keyboard on a per-program basis. For example, I prefer the stock Asus soft keyboard most of the time, but it's nearly unusable in Splashtop because it doesn't send keystrokes to the remote PC immediately, only when entire words are completed. Hence I far prefer the stock Honeycomb keyboard in Splashtop, which sends every letter immediately.
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I use the dock when in Splashtop. I like using my mouse and I don't use the touch pad so I just turn it off. Takes a bit of getting used too as for double click...long click ..but when you do you can do just about everything you can when just using the PC.
You do know that this is not the ASUS TF101 official forum right? So I don't know why you'er directing the OP post to ASUS. Email it to ASUS or write on their forums.
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You do know that this is not the ASUS TF101 official forum right? So I don't know why you'er directing the OP post to ASUS. Email it to ASUS or write on their forums.
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Rumor has it that Asus did notice and react to posts in this forum -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15292689&postcount=289
I'm not experiencing the
issue listed above. I use hacker's keyboard as a touch keyboard and have a B60 dock.
All I get is an alert that the dock has been connected and to press okay. Is that what you are talking about? I never actually have to change to ASUS keyboard or anything like that.
Only way to get rid of atm is using Prime 1.5 (has this "Do not show this again" option when it comes up), or root and disable IME change event on ASUS keyboard.
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I use the dock when in Splashtop. I like using my mouse and I don't use the touch pad so I just turn it off. Takes a bit of getting used too as for double click...long click ..but when you do you can do just about everything you can when just using the PC.
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I use the dock when in Splashtop sometimes, but sometimes I don't want to be carrying the extra weight around with me.
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I'm not experiencing the
issue listed above. I use hacker's keyboard as a touch keyboard and have a B60 dock.
All I get is an alert that the dock has been connected and to press okay. Is that what you are talking about? I never actually have to change to ASUS keyboard or anything like that.
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That's what we're talking about. The warning gets a bit tedious the 30th or 40th time you've seen it.
You are just pressing okay. I don't think it warrents a major issue.
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You are just pressing okay. I don't think it warrents a major issue.
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a) Nobody said it was major
b) When does it become worth fixing, for you? The 50th time you've seen the message? 100th? 500th? Or is it best to leave annoying behaviors just because they're not "major"?
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a) Nobody said it was major
b) When does it become worth fixing, for you? The 50th time you've seen the message? 100th? 500th? Or is it best to leave annoying behaviors just because they're not "major"?
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It just doesn't bother me as much as keyboard lag in browser, speaker issue, better battery in standby when leaving wifi on, quality control, shortcut to last app on keyboard, i.e alt+tab, etc.
So if I were to complain, I would complain about those first than just a warning. No gadget is 100% perfect so the warning, while annoying, is something I can deal with.
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It just doesn't bother me as much as keyboard lag in browser, speaker issue, better battery in standby when leaving wifi on, quality control, shortcut to last app on keyboard, i.e alt+tab, etc.
So if I were to complain, I would complain about those first than just a warning. No gadget is 100% perfect so the warning, while annoying, is something I can deal with.
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It's probably also a much easier fix, because it's not a bug -- so there's no need to try and replicate a problem, isolate where it's going off the rails, and fix it.
It's most likely a matter of 5-10 minutes work for a programmer somewhere to add the option to squelch the warning.
So I was so tired of not being able to long-press the upper row of the keyboard to input numbers, so I remember reading somewhere that Google had updated the keyboard with this feature for tablets, to my surprise, Play Store didn't notice any update, so I tried installing it from the play store website like I do pretty much always, and I got the update pushed to my phone.
I attach the link to the playstore here, even if it says INSTALLED, click on it and you will get the option to install it on the devices linked to your account.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.inputmethod.latin
My keyboard gets the numbers on the top row now. Thanks!
Shame I paid for SwiftKey 1 week prior to get that feature.
Bah
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oldtimer42 said:
Shame I paid for SwiftKey 1 week prior to get that feature.
Bah
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Don't regret it: SwiftKey is far better than the "standard" Android Keyboard!
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Don't regret it: SwiftKey is far better than the "standard" Android Keyboard!
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Indeed. One of the best features for me is reducing "hold" time for secondary characters.
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henklbr said:
Don't regret it: SwiftKey is far better than the "standard" Android Keyboard!
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Different strokes for different folks. I prefer SwiftKey's functionality, but there's something about "stock" that's always appealing for me.
Thanks for letting us know. I'm a bit confused why keep this update hidden and not notify the users like a normal app would do, That's weird !
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Huh, the Google Keyboard update installed automatically for me just fine, right when it came out.
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Indeed. One of the best features for me is reducing "hold" time for secondary characters.
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Google Keyboard can also do this.
Hmmmm. Didn't do anything for me. Couldn't push it from a PC, the option was grayed out for my N7. Went into apps, installed updates, forced closed, went to the play store and updated ... nada. Using Swype, so no biggie, but still...
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Hmmmm. Didn't do anything for me. Couldn't push it from a PC, the option was grayed out for my N7. Went into apps, installed updates, forced closed, went to the play store and updated ... nada. Using Swype, so no biggie, but still...
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Try opening the play store page on the tablet, and clicking install from the webpage open in the tablet.
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Try opening the play store page on the tablet, and clicking install from the webpage open in the tablet.
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Did that and it didn't work. Ah well, as I said no big matter as I am using Swype anyway.
Guys, I've installed the last version from play store.
I have a problem that it seems to exist only on my (actually my wife's) N7II. I don't have it on other "regular" android phones...
When I press a key, I don't get that blue pop-up with the key pressed, if u know what I mean...
Does anyone get the key pressed on the blue pop-up ?!?
I searched on settings, but I haven't found nothing related to this...
Is this a bug or does it work like this on tablets (or at least on N7) ? Can also be a 4.3 bug??
Best keyboard setup with google keyboard is advanced setting, custom input styles, english (us) (pc). Gives you a pc keyboard layout. Numbers on top and symbols like your familiar qwerty pc board. Keys get small on portrait but thats what swyping is for.
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Guys, I've installed the last version from play store.
I have a problem that it seems to exist only on my (actually my wife's) N7II. I don't have it on other "regular" android phones...
When I press a key, I don't get that blue pop-up with the key pressed, if u know what I mean...
Does anyone get the key pressed on the blue pop-up ?!?
I searched on settings, but I haven't found nothing related to this...
Is this a bug or does it work like this on tablets (or at least on N7) ? Can also be a 4.3 bug??
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No one?!?
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No one?!?
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What do you mean, "blue pop-up"? Letters don't "pop up" on the stock Android keyboard unless you hold down the key to select, say, a number or symbol.
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What do you mean, "blue pop-up"? Letters don't "pop up" on the stock Android keyboard unless you hold down the key to select, say, a number or symbol.
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But on my Samsung S3, Desire HD, Huwaei X5 (and so on...) it shows the contrary ...when I touch (or hold down, it's indifferent) a key on those devices I get that blue popup
Oh, and now I went to the keyboard settings and there is an option for that: "Popup on Keypress"
If I disable it, it wont show that popup as natural.
On N7 I can't remember quite if it's there and if it's enabled or not... only at night when I came back home...
Maybe this is a phone feature, maybe it's a nexus bug, a 4.3 bug... who knows...
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But on my Samsung S3, Desire HD, Huwaei X5 (and so on...) it shows the contrary ...when I touch (or hold down, it's indifferent) a key on those devices I get that blue popup
Oh, and now I went to the keyboard settings and there is an option for that: "Popup on Keypress"
If I disable it, it wont show that popup as natural.
On N7 I can't remember quite if it's there and if it's enabled or not... only at night when I came back home...
Maybe this is a phone feature, maybe it's a nexus bug, a 4.3 bug... who knows...
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None of those other phones ship with the stock Android keyboard- the S3 in particular uses Samsung's keyboard app, the Desire HD uses HTC's, the X5 Huawei's own app, etc. This is the stock keyboard app that is on Nexus devices: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.inputmethod.latin&hl=en
Edit- I've had a check, on tablets it doesn't do the pop-up because the keyboard is big enough for you to see the letters. Swiftkey does, I think. Try Swiftkey!
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Edit- I've had a check, on tablets it doesn't do the pop-up because the keyboard is big enough for you to see the letters. Swiftkey does, I think. Try Swiftkey!
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But I think this is stupid... altought the kayboard is big enough I would love to see the letters popup... sometimes I just can't see it...