How to detect if the phone has a physical keyboard, and not an on screen software keyboard? The reason I need to do this is because my app needs multiple keys pressed simultaneously, and this isn't possible with an on screen keyboard.
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is there a keyboard app that use text prediction while using a physical keyboard such as in Droid pro or HTC Status ?
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View 3 Replies View RelatedI was wondering if it would be possible to re-map the physical keyboard of an android phone. For example i would like to re-map the arrow buttons on the keyboard to special characters like �, � or �. Is this possible to do on an android cellphone?
View 6 Replies View RelatedI've admitted to myself that I'll never use my Galaxy for GTD'ing because it's just too gorram irritating to type on. Is it true that the only phones with a physical keyboard are the HTC G1 and the Motorola Droid? Further, the G1 is apparently already hopelessly antique, and even the Droid is very slow compared to the new phones such as the Nexus.
View 37 Replies View RelatedNow I want to add some key actions from physical keyboard to android such as page down, page key, printscreen, pause and so on. May you provide some ideas to me?
View 5 Replies View RelatedI was just wondering, how everyone does without a physical keyboard on the Incredible. I am really interested in this phone but I am hesitant because it only has the virtual keyboard. I have had the storm and also the lg dare and sold them because I just couldn't get used to not having a physical keyboard. I just wanted to know if anyone else felt that way and got it anyways and how it's working for you.
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View 2 Replies View RelatedI have a ListActivity based on an ArrayAdapter with setTextFilterEnabled set to true. This works fine on a device with a physical keyboard. When I start typing something on the keyboard, the items get filtered.My question is how to get the same behavior on a device with no physical keyboard?
View 1 Replies View RelatedSo i was wondering with the incredible not having a physical keyboard how will games and apps that use it hold up? Like Sinusoid or something along those lines. I mean. how will games and apps that need key's hold up? only virtual? I'm pretty much set on the incredible other than this.
View 11 Replies View RelatedAside from simply preferring a physical keyboard over a virtual keyboard, is there a reason now or possibly in the future to have one? My wife is trying to decide between getting a Droid herself or a Nexus. I know there are good reasons for and against, but this feature seems to be the fork in the road for her right now.
View 22 Replies View RelatedI have a motorola droid but would like to trade for htc droid eris, minus the memory card. I live in wisconsin and would prefer a local trade. I understand some might say motorola's offering is the better of the two but personally, I can't get used to the physical keyboard.
View 22 Replies View RelatedIn Jelly Bean when using a bluetooth or usb keyboard (certain mice and scanners also) force the on screen keyboard off.
Then anyone can choose to turn off the physical keyboard (or whatever device) by going into the input method option (also known as Input and Language) in settings and selecting the OFF option and upon doing so the keyboard (or whatever device) still works and now the on screen keyboard works also. (very simple)
The option to turn ON or OFF the physical keyboard is not present in the input method selector screen unless a physical device is attached via usb or bluetooth.
How can one do this from a terminal window or using a shell command.
I would like to automate this silly feature via Tasker or Locale but can not do so until I know the console command.
I know how to switch IME devices from the command shell or with the Secure Settings plugin but when a physical device is connected it does not show using the shell command IME LIST. Only virtual keyboards are listed, not physical devices.
I have a Cliq with handler 1.5.. and last couple weeks my physical keyboard has been tweaking! randomly, not all the time it will input a whole bunch of characters and symbols and even send the message or back out of it randomly.. sometimes it seems like it helps if i type slowly.. but it doesn't fix it all the time.. when it inputs letters and numbers a lot of times they are the same groups of letters. anyone have this problem of an idea of whats causing it?
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View 4 Replies View RelatedI can't seem to get Swype to work on my desktop PC, I downloaded the app to my phone and everything but it's hard swyping on a physical keyboard. What will I ever do?
View 9 Replies View RelatedI have ICS on the DROID 4. Everything I use is stock, not rooted, all that jazz.
In the physical keyboard settings you can turn on these three options: Auto-replace, auto-capitalization, and insert a period after double-spacing with the space bar key.
If all three are turned on, they all work, as you would expect. However, if ONLY the double-space/period one is turned on -- which is what I desire -- then it does NOT work.
What is causing this glitch and how can I fix it?
i wanted to know that how can i enable physical keyboard mode on android without actually having a physical keyboard connected to the device. i just want to enable HID mode on my device without a keyboard. I AM Rooted
View 1 Replies View RelatedI tried it and it works so far.
Dev = ne0fhyk from XDA.
From the XDA forum: Link to app page = [APP][ROOT/Keyboard] Keyboard Manager - Dual keyboard: Portrait/landscape switch - xda-developers
Verbage:
Keyboard Manager allows you to customize what keyboard (input method) appear on input based on your phone orientation.
It displays the keyboards you have enabled on your android device, and let you select one per orientation (landscape/portrait).
As your phone switch orientation, the app automatically switch the keyboard.
Requirements:
- Rooted android device (app was tested on Samsung captivate 2.1)
- Root Explorer app, or similar app that allows you to edit the permissions of a file.
To install:
1- Download the app (KeyboardManager.apk) on your device sdcard.
2- Using Root Explorer, move the apk file to /system/app
3- Using Root Explorer, edit the file permissions like below:
-- User: 'Read/Write' checked
--Group: 'Read' checked
--Others: 'Read' checked
4- Exit Root Explorer
The app should be visible in your launcher as 'Keyboard Manager'
Update:
- Added option to disable notification icon
-' start on boot' feature is disabled because it's not yet complete and tested... Sorry for the confusion
Bugs:
-On certain applications (i.e: Messaging on Samsung Captivate), the input window occasionally freeze on orientation switch. Exiting the app, and resuming should fix it.
The app is still in development.
I'd like to remap some of the keys on the PHYSICAL keyboard. For example, I've never inserted a smiley in a message and don't intend to start now, so remaping the dedicated smiley key to something useful would be productive.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI'm eying the Vibrant as my first Android phone (yep, starting at the top), coming from a long line of Palm OS devices culminating with a Treo 680. So far I like most of what I see, with two caveats: The lack of camera flash (I've not had one before, but with a 5 MP camera it seems a waste to not have one) and the lack of a physical keyboard.
I've yet to meet an on-screen keyboard I liked, but I've not tried a 4" screen before. Any first impressions, especially from people used to physical keyboards? Good, bad, ugly? Honestly that's the main thing I'm worried about.
You want predictive text wth physical keyboard here is how you do it.
View 14 Replies View RelatedI think theres an app floating around to measure text speed somewhere. IF not tell me how fast you text with it. My friend hates it so he uses swype (which i can't use worth crap) I text really slow on it, so i got an n1. Verizon plans are just too expensive for me anyway.
View 4 Replies View RelatedIs there an app that allows for the built-in auto-correction feature of the soft KB to be used on the physical keyboard?
View 9 Replies View RelatedIs there an app that will enable an audible keyclick for keys pressed on the droid's physical keyboard similar to the "sound on keypress" feature of the onscreen virtual keyboard?
View 2 Replies View Relatedon my physical keyboard my G key is sort of loose you can see the gap in between and if i move it around its loose and i think might eventually fall out..anyone else have issues like this anything i can do in case it does fall out?
View 10 Replies View RelatedI cant get the browser to automatically change orientation as I change my phone's orientation. The only time it goes into landscape mode is if I pull out the physical keyboard. Note that I don't want to select The option to always force landscape mode.
View 1 Replies View RelatedWhen opening the physical keyboard, the phone first comes out of sleep, and then switches from portrait to landscape. This is typically not too noticeable, but sometimes it takes up to 5 seconds. Is there a way to make it so that opening the keyboard just resumes this phone already in landscape? Also, has anyone figured out a way to get the home screen to respect switching to landscape when rotated, like all well-developed apps do?
View 7 Replies View RelatedI may be blind, but I can't find a way to type a "?" or a "|" I may be able to forgive the latter but what the heck on the "?" I figures at least it would be in the ALT-SYM menu, but it's not there either.
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