I came across everyday topic on Techlore Discussions about free and open source keyboards for Android and discovered this little gem. It is FlorisBoard, a virtual keyboard for Android which respects privacy of the user. I can sigh with relief and finish my search for that singular keyboard for typing stuff on the go.
It has everything I need and more.
- Multilanguage support: detailed layout options, popular presets
- Swift and glide typing experience
- Customizable gestures: switch language by fast swiping the keyboard itself left and right, change case by swiping up, the infamous cursor swipe on space bar
- Emojis
- Clipboard
- Smartbar: quick actions and clipboard cursor tools
- One-handed mode
- Other look-and-feel settings
Yeah I had given up on the project and had settled on OpenBoard for now, but if/when the word suggestions ever land, I’ll gladly jump over. I don’t dislike OpenBoard per se, it’s actually pretty decent, reminds me of older AOSP when it was a bit more naive, but I really miss swipe typing.
https://github.com/Helium314/openboard/releases
Openboard fork with swipe typing
Iiiinteresting. Will test that out. Thanks!
Edit: works great! Thank you so much.
Note that this fork relies on the proprietary Google library to do this. It’s not really an alternative.
Didn’t know they did releases. Thank you!
You should give AnySoftKeyboard a spin. Has word suggestions that are really good and the swiping works really well too
I kind of dismissed it as the project looks more or less dead on GH…