Best keyboard for GrapheneOS??

italian_job

you may have a look at OpenBoard

lemonadehabitat

For the non-paranoid, Gboard without Internet and in a profile without google apps should be good enough.

For the paranoid, I can recommend FlorisBoard. The only gripe is it does not have suggestions and autocorrect right now, but that is their priority item for their next update.

BHydden

I second FlorisBoard 👍 don't need to be paranoid, it's a solid option! 🙂

Arnauld

And what about Anysoftkeyboard? Are there any privacy concerns with it?

Standardwaste

Arnauld I use anysoft keyboard with revoked network access (for peace of mind) but did not see any data used before revoking access.

MetropleX

GBoard/Florisboard tend to be the most often recommended, I use the latter, however Openboard, Anysoftkeyboard, Simple Keyboard and stock are all fine.

Florisboard for their open source approach, has been contributed to by GrapheneOS and consideration was made to integrate into the OS.

GBoard and AnysoftKeyboard tend to be go to for people wanting multi languages.

GBoard is the only option for dictation. (Can be done by downloaded a language pack via Faster Voice typing option in settings which downloads the model to the phone for offline use, however network must be available until it downloads, takes 2-5 mins, then network revoked going forward.)

spiral

Gboard is 1000% the best

Arnauld

Standardwaste Thanks.

AtriumCompound

Would gboard be able to communicate with the network through google apps installed in the same profile, even with network disabled?

Edit: See you already answered this question in this thread, my bad

alex_herrero

I use Swiftkey, without any account and network disabled. Multi-languages, flow and custom themes.

biblebob

Does florisboard still exist on Aurora?

Themble

biblebob Seems that it is only available on F-Droid.

treequell

Themble You don't need to use F-Droid. You can install Florisboard from Google Play Store if you join the testing group. Link is given on GitHub. Alternatively you can download the APK directly from GitHub.
https://github.com/florisboard/florisboard

biblebob

Themble thank you ser

prompter

treequell last update was june 2022, no word prediction, no autocorrect. so basically its not usable in its current state

maximus87

Hello,
I see the discussions about the Keyboard often and it seems to be an important feature for a lot of people. Can anyone tell me what am I missing when using the default Keyboard?
The only downside I am seeing compared to iPhone Keyboard, that it does not remember some specific non standard words I use in my dialect.
Thank you.

Posichronic

maximus87 That's off by default for privacy reasons, you can turn it on in settings. You can also manually add words to make it stop auto correcting them.

User2288

the default keyboard has very few "secondary" (press and hold) functions. Other keyboards offer much better shortcuts in this regard. You don't have to switch pages constantly to get to non-letter characters. Its kind of a big deal in practice.

r_dac

I enjoy using the Blackberry Keyboard. A patched version which works on non-Blackberry android devices can be found on Crackberry.

brookie229

r_dac

So do I - it will never get any more updates but I like the flick word up feature and the prediction engine.

andrewteg

I like the Graphene keyboard but would take a dedicated number row and don't see that option.

I'm just wondering how to get away from Gboard but still use GIFs if anyone has any suggestions for that.

intelligence

andrewteg I'm just wondering how to get away from Gboard but still use GIFs if anyone has any suggestions for that.

Most things that are able to transmit a GIF have the ability to attach a file/image. Nextcloud talk, for instance, hit the paperclip button, then "upload from device" and pick a GIF.