FlorisBoard VS AnySoftKeyboard

I'm quite happy with FlorisBoard, though initial configuration was a bit annoying. https://github.com/florisboard/florisboard

I didn't last long with the stock keyboard before installing AnySoftKeyboard which is one of the few FOSS alternative with support for swipe typing. The experience was... OK. It felt slow and it's accuracy left a lot to be desired. I still had to be slow and pretty accurate, so it didn't really feel like much of a change from the stock experience. FlorisBoard have also introduced their own implementation but the feedback I read suggested it would be much the same as my experience with AnySoftKeyboard's gesture typing.

Keyboard → OpenBoard (OpenBoard Upadted Fork, FlorisBoard when the v4 will be released...)

You could try https://github.com/florisboard/florisboard, available on F-droid.

I am excited to see how this project will develop. I'm sure starting out with https://florisboard.org/ was extremely helpful. Other devs have started from scratch, but florisboard is already advanced and feature rich. You could keep it open source to alleviate concerns of privacy. Just an idea.

The Github code repository (https://github.com/florisboard/florisboard) had an update on February 24, so the app is not abandoned. It reads like they plan a massive update for the next version, and word suggestions will be available.

I tested two: AnySoftKeyboard, it's stable and works even on very old devices, but it lacks modern features and the settings are really ugly and confusing (but once you look at all of them, you'll be able to make the keyboard the way you like it, is very customizable). And I also tested FlorisBoard, it's modern, beautiful, but it's a work in progress currently in early-beta stage and it has many incomplete or buggy features. So I ended up with AnySoftKeyboard. I know there are others, but it was these two projects that caught my attention the most.

Probably only via AOSP mirror. It's an AOSP component so not officially available as its own component. Check out https://github.com/florisboard/florisboard for a GitHub based OSS keyboard.

> I'd take a one-touch button to temporarily disable autocorrect/auto-capitalization. Either toggled or until next space.

AnySoftKeyboard¹ has this²; the button disappears with the suggestions but the setting only "sticks" until you dismiss the keyboard.

1: https://anysoftkeyboard.github.io

2: https://i.imgur.com/CE1xeGY.jpeg

My choice is https://github.com/AnySoftKeyboard/AnySoftKeyboard/

It does have glide typing, even.though I don't use it.

It rather uses long-tap to access multiple symbols, and can be split or pushed to a corner on devices with a big screen.

I didn't last long with the stock keyboard before installing AnySoftKeyboard which is one of the few FOSS alternative with support for swipe typing. The experience was... OK. It felt slow and it's accuracy left a lot to be desired. I still had to be slow and pretty accurate, so it didn't really feel like much of a change from the stock experience. FlorisBoard have also introduced their own implementation but the feedback I read suggested it would be much the same as my experience with AnySoftKeyboard's gesture typing.

This sounds interesting. I think AnySoftKeyboard has some kind of shortcuts, similar to a textexpander, so you could check it out (it's also open source).

Unusable for me and many other people because of this bug: https://github.com/AnySoftKeyboard/AnySoftKeyboard/issues/1399

AnySoftKeyboard should do the trick: https://anysoftkeyboard.github.io/

I tested two: AnySoftKeyboard, it's stable and works even on very old devices, but it lacks modern features and the settings are really ugly and confusing (but once you look at all of them, you'll be able to make the keyboard the way you like it, is very customizable). And I also tested FlorisBoard, it's modern, beautiful, but it's a work in progress currently in early-beta stage and it has many incomplete or buggy features. So I ended up with AnySoftKeyboard. I know there are others, but it was these two projects that caught my attention the most.

AnySoftKeyboard is another good FOSS option and does have (beta) swipe typing.

I was going to suggest NetGuard. I would switch to AnySoftKeyboard