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  • Which keyboard is most likely to replace the AOSP keyboard on GrapheneOS?

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I have no problem using AOSP keyboard. But then again my expectations aren't high. (I don't rely on spell check and if make a mistake, I just apologize and move on) I presume, in terms of security it fares well otherwise it would have no place in GrapheneOS.

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  • Post #21

investigator That's not correct. FlorisBaord ditched Nuspell for this exact reason.

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    • Post #22
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    SoulKeeper Did you try using FlorisBoard? The difference is huge.
    More languages, more features, more customization, etc.

      a month later

      Any update on this?

      FlorisBoard is awesome. Even in it's currents state it's way better than the stock keyboard.

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      investigator decentralized technology

      *federated learning?

        matchboxbananasynergy

        Look at requiring the rights to the BlackBerry vkb . Needs updating but it may be using SwiftKey licences?? It's a great keyboard just the way it is now. I'm using it on my 6a.

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          Room101 Florisboard is not abandoned. I'm not a dev, but it looks like they are working through the issues of integrating a new NLP core.

          https://github.com/florisboard/florisboard/issues/2218

          Edit: also from github...

          The current focus is on implementing next-word suggestions, which has become complicated/hit a snag and is taking more time than originally planned. Updates will come when this issue is resolved. Thank you for being patient.

            7 months later

            I think its best to have every app as a user app. AOSP keyboard is fine for setting up the phone.

            The big UI improvement would be to show installable user apps on setup, where you can install apps not made or maintained by GrapheneOS.

            GrapheneOS has a very bad UX out of the box but preinstalling big and hardly maintained apps has many disadvantages, with the restrictive licenses being the most obvious one.

            I think this is all about Obtainum getting a Feed feature. Currently I use F-Droid basic with izzyondroid and more repos, just to get 90% of all Android FOSS apps to care about, where I can then copy the source URL into obtainium.

            Having a secure appstore using official releases in the GrapheneOS appstore would be a big step

              5 days later

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              missing-root I don't agree that it has bad UX OOBE. Other than that, solid points. The stock apps look bad but that is UI. They function like expected.

                  [deleted] yeah I think the gallery is the worst app, the rest is okay. LineageOS updated all the AOSP apps to material you, this should be very useful if the licenses are compatible?

                    Simple Keyboard on fdroid. Open source and looks like Gboard. Last update was 4 months ago.
                    Doesn't ask for network permissions.

                    Simplemobiletools is bought up, all the F-Droid apps will not receive updates.

                    Many are already packaged as part of the FossifyOrg fork of the same codebase.

                    16 days later

                    Hey y'all, sorry for asking again but curious to know of any recent recommendations here (as opposed to starting a new thread). I am not personally opposed to using the stock GrapheneOS keyboard (would prefer it, honestly) but I want to be able to theme the bottom black bar that is always there under the keyboard and is not overridden by the light or dark setting. I am trying to avoid inconsistencies with display for long-term burn-in reasons. Looks like Floris is still not updated recently and I'm not familiar with what others might be trustworthy at the moment.

                    Thanks in advance!

                      I like the AnySoftKeyboard very much: https://anysoftkeyboard.github.io/

                      I've been using it for 3-4 years and love all the tweaks and customization options. Disclaimer: I haven't tested a lot of keyboards. I picked this for the good features and the privacy aspect.