What android keyboard app do you use and why?

Paradachshund@lemmy.today to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world – 127 points –

I use Gboard.

The main things I like about it are:

  • Very customizable (I like having number row always visible, and having long press for symbols on each letter).
  • Has gif support built in.

My biggest pain point is:

  • It auto corrects words that are spelled correctly to other words. I type "our" and it changes to "out", I recently typed "purpose" and it changed it to "purple". Autocorrect is awesome and necessary, but I hate that it corrects words to other words and not just typos. I wish I could find a keyboard that has the things I like without this annoyance.

Am I looking for a unicorn? Let me know! 😄

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FUTO Keyboard. Its newer. Still needs improvements to gesture typing. Overall I like it.

The only thing I'm missing is the ability to use multiple languages at once.

It's pretty easy to switch, es posible cambiar con una toca. You can map it to a long press or swipe or use a dedicated key.

I have 4 languages i need to constantly switch between. It becomes frustrating after a while

How would you like to switch between them? I use 3 regularly with different layouts and I've never had an issue. For me, a keyboard swipe is quicker than a long press and tap to select, or a tap on a single button. It could be any of the above. You can also have the switching button in the top menu or by the space bar.

Is there a better switching method for you?

Does it have the features I called out that I like about Gboard?

I don't think there is a free/private keyboard with gifs or stickers. There's gboard, SwiftKey, Samsung keyboard, and increasingly sketchy keyboards from there on down.

I'd be happy to pay for one if it was good enough.

Oh, I meant free as in not proprietary. Free as in freedom.

I remember hearing about Fleksy keyboard years ago, although I can't really attest to it. It seems to have far fewer trackers than most proprietary keyboards, and just for analytics. Most other keyboards you find will send your data to advertisers or worse.

So far, most of the ones suggested here are free and private, meaning that they belong to the community and not to a company, and they do not collect or sell your data. That may be a factor for you or it may not, but I think a lot of people on Lemmy tend to care about it.

I've heard people say that the gesture typing is not great, but I've never had an issue.At least not more than any other keyboard.

For me, the voice typing is literally the best I've ever used.

I don't think there is a free and private keyboard that has gifs, stickers, etc. but I do like the way FUTO handles emoji.