hackerskeyboard VS Fairberry

I've tried all kinds of portable physical keyboards but for programming on android you can't beat Hackers Keyboard https://github.com/klausw/hackerskeyboard

I've got a fork working with Android 14

I forked the Hacker's Keyboard app on GitHub tweaked it, and compiled it. (using Android Studio)

Does not work with Hacker's Keyboard (https://github.com/klausw/hackerskeyboard). It closes itself after a few deciseconds, whereas usually the permanent notification feature can be tapped to open and use a keyboard anywhere. Or maybe I haven't tried using it on the new Android 11 yet and yet another of my favorite hacks broke.... now that I try it elsewhere, it seems this app got broken by google breaking userspace again...

If it is a keyboard problem then what the author wrote seems to indicate that he is unlikely to work on it, though some other contributor might if you open an issue (at https://github.com/klausw/hackerskeyboard/issues) and fully describe it. There are many forks so if the official app isn't updated perhaps another will.

hacker's keyboard is quite nice

When I had it installed a couple of years ago, I found hackers keyboard very useful. It has NOT been updated in a long time. So proceed with caution I guess. github link.

I've not tried it, but if you check out the mainboard Readme [0] it mentions the possibility of a lightning port connector. I assume OTG is how the product OP linked to works too.

[0]: https://github.com/Dakkaron/Fairberry/blob/main/Documentatio...

This is where I went: https://github.com/Dakkaron/Fairberry.

Awesome, you're my hero. I just ordered two of these.

It looks to be using the same Q10 keyboard as a few of the other hacks (i.e. Fairberry[0], but with the addition of the dial/hangup buttons. Are you only using them for the trackpad? Any ambitions for a touchscreen-only variant?

(if so, I've got like 15x of those Q10 keyboards scattered across my desk)

[0] https://github.com/Dakkaron/Fairberry

I made a Blackberry Q10 keyboard attachment for any Android phone. It's open source if you are technically inclined: https://github.com/Dakkaron/Fairberry

And, like aturo182, I made it all open source. So if you are so inclined, you can build your own: https://github.com/Dakkaron/Fairberry

That's the reason why, for example, I made my phone keyboard attachment open source, even though it took me around a year to make it (https://github.com/Dakkaron/Fairberry).