Every time I connect a physical keyboard HID device (Either a bluetooth keyboard or a bluetooth barcode scanner), Android toggles the physical input toggle to _ON_ ! It's infuriating, because this blocks the soft keyboard from showing, and I need both! I know if I write an app for the application I have in mind, I can just toggle the soft keyboard ON - that's easy enough, but no dice for web apps... which are better in many ways for me.
What should I do? Where do I start? Custom build? Custom kernel? Anyone have a recommendation?
Bleh I have an album of screenshots but it won't let me post them.
It's on imgur.com / a / Y20GH
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I don't have a physical keyboard to try this out with but I think the Keyboard Manager app might let you do this?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...rTGFicy5hbmRyb2lkLnV0aWxpdHkua21MYXVuY2hlciJd
I suspect there is also a way Tasker can control it.
not really a solution for me...
PMOttawa said:
I don't have a physical keyboard to try this out with but I think the Keyboard Manager app might let you do this?
(xda doesn't let me do links, ninja edit)
I suspect there is also a way Tasker can control it.
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Tasker can toggle the soft keyboard ON, but this doesn't really solve my issue... looking to keep that hardware keyboard disabled... is there a script that could do it via tasker somehow?
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You can always bring it up by pressing the keyboard icon at the bottom of the screen. How can you remove it though ?
All Apps handle the keyboard differently. Only a very few let you press the keyboard button again to remove it. Some let you scroll the App underneath. Some don't let you do anything.
A good example is Windows Explorer. Have a play and see what I mean.
Am I missing something, is there a solution ?
hey hesian, sorry but i dont have a solution but am in agreement with you on this. my example is while using opera the keboard icon remains and blocks out the "tabs" icon when in portrait. hope someone may know this one.
my phone is HD2 with lynx-ex 1.4.1 rom.
thanks
Can't believe nobody else has an issue with the keyboard ???
Same problem here
hesian said:
Can't believe nobody else has an issue with the keyboard ???
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looking for small keyboard size. Any advise.
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I can't seem to be able to use the keyboard to type in the top app when I use multi-window. Pressing any key reverts me to the app on the bottom half of the screen. I'm using Swiftkey btw. Anyone know fixes? Thanks in advance.
dadeadman said:
I can't seem to be able to use the keyboard to type in the top app when I use multi-window. Pressing any key reverts me to the app on the bottom half of the screen. I'm using Swiftkey btw. Anyone know fixes? Thanks in advance.
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I believe when you are using Stock Keyboard, you can detach it and move around when in Multiwindow mode. But i don't know about SwiftKey, play around in it's settings and see...
stanley08 said:
I believe when you are using Stock Keyboard, you can detach it and move around when in Multiwindow mode. But i don't know about SwiftKey, play around in it's settings and see...
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Wow bro i was exactly in this moment post this issue.
I have the problem to i cant type in the upper app whatever the app is, i also use siwftkey. Have you find any solution? this happened to me after upgrading to kitkat sm-n900.
I tried undocking swiftkey and it worked, but it can be the complete solution. There are some pics of different apps , another issue is that when i want to edit the multiwindow apps the option to go play store is not available.
I don´t know were to look, if any of you know something please share
Thanks
Nope, sorry man. Currently i'm just sticking to swapping the top screen with the bottom whenever I need to type. Tedious though
I have this issue too. I noticed that the stock keyboard doesn't have this problem.
As a temporary solution I used tasker with the note buddy plugin to automatically switch the SwiftKey keyboard to stock.
I know it's just not the best solution since you always have to pull out the s pen, but it's something.
For those who don't have tasker, there's the SpenBoardswitcher.
Link to thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46236231
Has there been and solutions or updates to this? Driving me nuts. I noticed that after I updated my note 3 to 4.4.2 on att this issue presented itself
Swiftkey doesn't support Multiwindow. It has never officially done so.
Ugh. Quite frustrating but it is what it is. Thanks for the response.
Today I noticed that when you try to go to forums and type in your user name and password, you can only type in one field. Its pretty annoying... So today I was just pressing buttons trying to back out of the on screen keyboard and sure enough.
On the Logitech K400r, you need to hit the blue Fn button and F7. That will drop the on-screen keyboard away thus allowing you to type in your password after your user name, click on other on-screen fields etc.
Hopefully this will help someone else, as that on-screen keyboard is an eye sore...
If it helped, hit Thanks!
I have same as what you have been encountered the annoyed on-screen keyboard.
Im using Logitech k700 (I think) with trackpad built-in.
I haven't tried use null keyboard
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wparam.nullkeyboard
Problem is that Amazon fire tv doesn't have input selection and it may be will not working with the null keyboard.
yeah I did see it, but I also heard that it can break the other keyboards... The F6 trick works great! I also just installed Tapatalk and that makes my forums come thru perfect. Im using my K400r now, typing through the Amazon FTv on-screen keyboarrd seemlessly...
Has anyone found a way to do this without one of these keyboards? That pop up keyboard makes me want to throw my fire tv through the window. If there is a way to get to the full android settings, I'm sure it could be done.
There is a settings.apk that can be sideloaded,but I don't know if you can install null keyboard without root since the unknown sources issue in tween updated users.
If you are stuck without root on the latest of firmwares,you can install apk files from unknown sources without root since Amazon nicely enabled it,but I still don't know if null keyboard will install.
I'm rooted, but I hadn't heard of the settings apk. I'll have to look that up. I know on another android device there is a built in option to hide the on screen keyboard when an external keyboard is plugged in.
Here is one of the topics.
I hope the file is still available after all this time.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2714494
I hate modern browser "intuitive" website linking which removes the much needed http for link posting to work.
I have a A2017U on B27 Stock that's unlocked, rooted, and with Xposed.
I use three Google keyboards: English, Japanese, and Korean. Whenever the keyboard opens, I'll have a notification that allows switching between the three. It's irrelevant since each of the keyboards has a button to switch between them anyways. Has anyone found a way to remove it?
I've read that deleting all keyboards except one fixes this, which is obviously not a solution. I've also read that this is a notification built into the Android ROM, but there are individual phone model specific fixes for it. If anyone has found an Axon 7 solution please let me know.
Also, anyone know how to remove this globe button from the keyboard? It switches between my three keyboards, but it's redundant since long pressing the Space bar key does the same action. I often press it accidentally when trying to type a comma or a space.
Hey I was able to achieve this was by manually deleting the stock keyboard with a file explorer except the google one; aka only leaving ONE keyboard. I don't think you can do that without deleting all other keyboards. As you can see from the screenshot, I don't have any keyboard notifications.
You could try http://repo.xposed.info/module/biz.underpants_gnomes.android.xposed.mods.hidexposedime and see if it works. About the globe, I have no idea.
Get Swift keyboard, it has language packs download.
Pollito788 said:
Hey I was able to achieve this was by manually deleting the stock keyboard with a file explorer except the google one; aka only leaving ONE keyboard. I don't think you can do that without deleting all other keyboards. As you can see from the screenshot, I don't have any keyboard notifications.
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Yeah I mentioned in my post I found that info, and it's not a solution when you need to type in three different languages.
awsomjgp said:
You could try http://repo.xposed.info/module/biz.underpants_gnomes.android.xposed.mods.hidexposedime and see if it works. About the globe, I have no idea.
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Thank you!!! Worked like a charm! Also read on its Xposed page description that Cyanogenmod can do this natively without an app/module. Good to know once we get an official CM ROM.
No need for xposed.
It's a notification to ask you to choose a keyboard. Click the notification, click choose keyboards at the bottom, disable keyboards you are not using. Done.
JKSurf said:
No need for xposed.
It's a notification to ask you to choose a keyboard. Click the notification, click choose keyboards at the bottom, disable keyboards you are not using. Done.
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Again for the second time, if you'd read the OP this is not a solution for anyone who types in multiple languages. Thankfully member awsomjgp provided an Xposed module solution that fits the original requirements.
I want to use the Samsung Keyboard but it have a space idiot between the keyboard and gesture...Have one method to remove this? I don't want to use another keyboard.
CPI Justiceiro said:
I want to use the Samsung Keyboard but it have a space idiot between the keyboard and gesture...Have one method to remove this? I don't want to use another keyboard.
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Why don't you want to use another keyboard? With SwiftKey or Gboard you don't have to physically switch languages. It happens automatically. Seeing the as your keyboard says Portuguese I think you would benefit from one of those options. Just FYI. ?
To answer your question, the space is there to prevent accidental swipes so I'm not sure that you can actually remove it with gesture navigation.
Having the same issue here. The space is anoying me. Anyone know how to take it off? (Gboard here)
lucasakira said:
Having the same issue here. The space is anoying me. Anyone know how to take it off? (Gboard here)
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In navigation bar options turn off show button to hide keyboard but I recommend keeping it on as you can accidentally type while trying to exit the keyboard