Privacy @lemmy.ml northernnoel @lemmy.sweeney.social 10 mo. ago

Open Source Keyboard with Swipe for Android

I've been having a look for one but can't find any. Am I missing something obvious?

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FlorisBoard is in f-droid, and has swipe. What it doesn't currently have, and has been in the "to do" list for - I don't know, over a year - is autocorrect. This makes swipe far less effective than on other boards. But it does work well; there are just a lot of spelling errors to fix.
- The problem is that It looks abandoned. Not a new release in a year
  
  If it's feature complete, a keyboard doesn't need regular updates. According to the other thread it's not feature complete, so it could be abandoned. Since it's FOSS any enthusiastic person could stop it from being abandoned.
- Yeah after a while I found I had this issue. Now switched to AnySoftKeyboard and it seems to have what I need.
  
  I switched the other way, but I honestly don't remember why. I'll have to try AnySoft again.
AnySoftKeyboard, I use it and love it, but it need a lot of time to be configured exactly like you want
- In using ASK with swore, but as you can see, it's not yelling accurate. I wish that the namespace key would remove the while worked, not letter by letter.
  
  (I'm using ASK with swipe, but as you can see, it's not terribly accurate. I wish that the backspace key would remove the whole word, not letter by letter.)
  
  You can set gestures on spacebar to delete whole word. This is why I say anysoft need a lot of time, because probably your needs are already fulfilled, but find the option is an ordeal
- Think I've settled on this one. So far so good thanks!
- I looked at it briefly and just want to confirm - it doesn't support simultaneous use of multiple languages, od does it?
  
  It does! You can download the additional languages and then configure it how you want (a very common one is to swipe on the space bar)
  
  Yes, it is possible, but it's hard to find the option. Here an answer on GitHub https://github.com/AnySoftKeyboard/AnySoftKeyboard/issues/1524
I'd suggest you openboard, this version is a fork of the original one & is being maintained currently . Have a look at the readme and you'll find how to add gesture swipe.
- cant find the relaeased apk. do i have to compile by myself?
  
  The APKs are right there on the Github. https://github.com/Helium314/openboard/releases
  
  ~~ it's on F-Droid https://f-droid.org/packages/org.dslul.openboard.inputmethod.latin/ ~~
  
  EDIT: if anyone sees this, how can i strikethrough text? i'm trying to signal this mistake but i am failing
Heck out this post: https://lemmy.zip/post/154760 As far as I can tell https://github.com/florisboard/florisboard is one that support swipe.
- That's great thanks. Just tried it and appears to work well.
Use gboards with a firewall blocking any traffic from it.
- Wait, is using GBoard with blocked internet access actually private? I read other people say it is like a keylogger, and probably would bypass the internet restriction.
  
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- Trying this. Been struggling to find dictionary of my native language in openboard. Thanks dude!
I don't believe there is a FOSS library for sliding keyboard input.

I want to say it was possible to install a proprietary package for the AOSP keyboard several years ago to enable it (before Gboard was a thing), but the data driving that input method was never open.
Swipe sucks
- that's your opinion (I share it)
  
  but that totally isn't a valid response that's helping OP in any way.
  
  Your response is a fact. And I admit that.
- Maybe for you but I prefer it 😛
- When you get the hang of it, you can type very quickly with just one hand. Becomes muscle memory.

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