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What is a good keyboard app for Android? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Ashen@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I've been using SwiftKey for over a decade now, and I didn't really realize how potentially horrible it is for privacy. What are some good alternatives you guys can suggest, ideally open source?

My ideal keyboard includes swipe to type and a notepad (to paste certain emoticons like shrug emoji and such).

Thank you!

Edit, for any future lemmings/internet people who want the definitive answer (so far, as of October '23), OpenBoard works great.

Download the latest release apk from here

And if you want swipe typing as well,

Download the "libjni_latinimegoogle.so" file onto your phone from here

Then when you open OpenBoard, go to Advanced and select "Load gesture typing library". When it asks you to select a file, select the "libjni" file and swiping should work just fine.

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[-] Dillacorn@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 year ago

I was going to recommend AnySoftKeyboard but someone recommended OpenBoard fork with swipe type and that's by far the best open source keyboard app I've used now... Especially coming from gboard

[-] mortrek@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

For anyone who wants it: https://github.com/erkserkserks/openboard

[-] Ashen@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Agreed, it's a fantastic alternative.

[-] Redinx@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks, trying it now and it's great so far. Also trying to get away from Swiftkey.

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