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Open source android keyboard that works like iOS (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 days ago by Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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Is there an Android keyboard where you control the sursor with the spacebar like on iOS?

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[–] brisk@aussie.zone 39 points 3 days ago (1 children)

HeliBoard let's you move the cursor by swiping on the space bar. Is that what iOS does?

[–] Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Thanks, that's exactly what I'm looking for

[–] brisk@aussie.zone 15 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Just a heads up, glide typing requires loading a closed source library in Heliboard. Instructions are in the readme and it's pretty straightforward, but it's something to be aware of.

[–] oeuf@slrpnk.net 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Why have we had to live without an open source version for so long?

[–] Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm not sure what glide typing is but I installed the keyboard and I can move the cursor with the spacebar.

[–] brisk@aussie.zone 2 points 3 days ago

Also known as gesture typing or swype, typing by dragging your finger for each word rather than tapping each letter.