openboard VS Neo-Launcher

After reading a lengthy GitHub discussion at the Openboard repo that went into the logistical options and challenges I decided to go with the less-than-ideal option of using Helium314's Openboard fork with the proprietary Google swipe library (libjni_latinimegoogle.so) imported. I've been using it for a few weeks now and though it feels slightly different than the Gboard I'm used to, the difference has been negligible and I'll be sticking with this setup for the foreseeable future.

GitHub Link

Open Board with Gesture Typing

If you are asking about gesture typing then this is maybe what you are looking for.

There are forks of OpenBoard that do have swipe typing

You can remove the Google search bar from a Pixel phone or any Android phone by replacing the launcher.

I recommend Neo Launcher, which is free and open source: https://github.com/NeoApplications/Neo-Launcher

But I tested this with neo Launcher which is also based on rootless pixel launcher. It doesn't have this issue.

Neo launcher. It's on the izzyondroid repo. https://github.com/NeoApplications/Neo-Launcher/releases

You can always give Neo a try.

just checked, the neo launcher i use is not on the play store, although there is some other "neo launcher hyperion", thats not what i meant. If you want to try it out, you'll have to get the apk directly from their github (https://github.com/NeoApplications/Neo-Launcher) or get the F-Droid store & activate the IzzyOnDroid repo (https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/).

You can try something like https://github.com/NeoApplications/Neo-Launcher Its based on the stock aosp launcher and it has quite a lot of customization features all while looking natural and not iphone-ish.

I use Neo-Launcher on my Oppo Find X3 Lite 5G, with ColorOS 13 and I have a Neo Launcher start latency.

Neo Launcher