I use SwiftKey with external Bluetooth and OTG keyboards. SwiftKey is designed for this. However, SwiftKey only gives me the English keyboard layout. When using the soft keyboard, my layout is Norwegian, and I alternate between typing in Norwegian and English. Norwegian layout is important to me as it contains special characters. How can I get Norwegian (or any other latin-based) layout when using the hard keyboard with SwiftKey? What is the easiest way to switch between different layouts quickly while using a physical keyboard with SwiftKey? (Something akin to the Samsung stock keyboard's alt+Shift Shortcut) My details: Samsung I9305 running rooted stock 4.4.4 with Xposed Framework and SwitKey 6.1.0.71.

After *Android OS*'s last system "update" (to build # BP3A.250905.014) you cannot use *Bluetooth* keyboards to enter 2-factor-authentication codes to access your Google accounts. If you focus the input box, all keypresses cause the input box to lose focus, so that you can not enter your code. How to restore *Google* access? - Do you have to undo the update (roll back to the old version) to restore this ("Alt + Tab" switches)? Have the stock *Android OS* (not [**AOSP**](https://source.android.com/) , which includes sudo); is it possible to go back to the old version on devices without sudo? - Do you have to purchase a new phone (and remember to disable all processes related to "updates" / "provisioning" (and *Google* still asks, refuse those))? - If you can not refuse those: use without the **SIM** card (so *Google* can not force those), or [switch to a new **OS** (such as *Ubuntu Phone*) which allows you to use your phone](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/57674/ubuntu-for-android) ? If you press "More ways to veridy", there is a option to use **SMS**, but build # BP3A.250905.014 also [breaks **SMS**](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/262245/build-bp3a-250905-014-prevents-you-from-sending-or-receiving-sms-messages-which) .

After the "update" (to build # BP3A.250905.014), + still shows the apps list, but does not switch to next (nor to previous) apps upon release&re-press of `` (which is what *Android OS* used to do, and all other *OS*s still do.) Before BP3A.250905.014, could use + (through *Bluetooth*) to show the apps list, then release ` and re-press ` to switch through all of the current apps. How to restore this? Do you have to undo the update (roll back to the old version) to restore + switches? Have the stock *Android OS* (not [**AOSP**](https://source.android.com/)) ; is it possible to go back to the old version, or do you have to return such defective devices and purchase new? Can not include photos of the current apps list since (as of BP3A.250905.014) the + combo is broken in the apps list (the combo just shows the volume tooltip unless you release ` (but releasing closes the current apps list)). A previous "update" broke the physical screenshot buttons on Bluetooth keyboards, which (as of BP3A.250905.014`) are still broken (still can not use).

I bought a Bluetooth QWERTY external keyboard for my Android tablet (Samsung Galaxy Tab S8) running Android 13. But I need to make the French accent and special characters. I know it's possible to put the US International keyboard option but unlike Windows, this keyboard layout doesn't exist in the parameters of Android devices. Is there another way to install it?

Two rows of keys have stopped working: 4RFV and 5TGB. Apparently, this is not fixable and I have to buy a new keyboard. But that's not in the budget currently. I'm looking into something called keyboard mapping as a temporary solution,at least I think it's called key mapping. I want to be able to press something like "Alt P", to type "R". I found the External Keyboard Helper app. But I think it's for Bluetooth connections. The Book Cover keyboard is connected by the 3 metal dots at the bottom. Does anyone know of any workaround to get the keys to work through some other keys? There are other options I will look into as a last resort (buying a new keyboard). Im trying to keep this keyboard because it's not really feasible to take notes on a touchscreen. And the great thing about the tablet and the keyboard it came with was that I could take it to classes and meeting. The tablet model name is SM-T736B. The keyboard is EF-DT730. Any help is appreciated!

This question is for a **hardware** keyboard connected via an USB C to C cable. On the OSK I was already good, using "Unexpected Keyboard" which I love. Plugging in the hardware keyboard, I don't know how to type the letter å. I realized that if I go into the settings and disable Unexpected Keyboard and instead use Gboard or AnySoftKeyboard (Hacker's Keyboard didn't work and I couldn't find OpenBoard in F-Droid), I can type dead diaeresis, dead acute, dead grave, dead tilde, and dead circumflex with various keyboard combos enabling me to type words like ëñôéàßç and that's great. That brings me part of the way there. (I live in Stockholm where é, à, ö, ä, å are common (and ü is used in only one word, a common type of breakfast cereal that I refer to often). The one common letter I can't type is å. (I have a few friends with other weird characters in their names but I can just paste those, while å I need to type all the time.)) I've heard people say å is altgr+w but that does nothing. On iPad it's altgr+a but that does nothing here either. On Windows it's alt+0229 and on Unix a couple of different compose sequences could do it. Even with Unexpected Keyboard as my only enabled keyboard and set to control the hardware keyboard, I can type ä and ö (as altgr+u a and altgr+u o respectively), I didn't realize at first because doesn't "show" the dead umlaut the way Gboard does. What a strange and under-documented world this is. Still no å. On Android it's possible to select a Swedish layout entirely but the problem with that is that ^ and ~ and a few other important keys become "dead" keys. It's more important for me to be able to type a normal living ~ or ^ than to type å. In Termux and in Emacs I'm already set, so for medium or long texts I just type there and paste from there. (So no need to post solutions specific to those two apps, I've already got them.) But for chat apps specifically, that is a no go. It's gotten to the point that I type the rest of the message and then unplug just to pop up the OSK to type the diacritics letters. I do have a programmable keyboard (it's an Atreus) but keyboards can ultimately only send keycodes, it can't send any Unicode codepoint. So if typing å means sending Alt+0229 or alt cokebottle horseshoe W, that's fine because I can just set up a macro to do that, but if there's no way to send a living ~ or ^ I'm in trouble. A macro like "tilde + tilde" or "tilde + space" is no good; it works for typing but it'll still break keyboard shortcuts that depend on tilde. But I have no keyboard shortcuts depending on å so a "for typing only"-solution is more appropriate for it. It seems that in the Play Store there's a proprietary app called External Keyboard Helper that'll solve it but that would mean installing a proprietary app that could key log everything I do!😰

After entering wm size 1920x1080 in terminal I was unable to reset this setting. Now I have TWRP running and no information about how wm store its parameters in memory. Using adb is not possible (for adb shell wm size reset) as I cannot unlock phone (nor with usb keyboard nor with usb mouse) So the quiestion is: how to reset changes of wm command or unlock a phone with usb keyboard or mouse (graphical key)?

When I am using a physical keyboard, there is a toolbar that appears while I am typing that displays 3 words of predictive text available to autocomplete as I am typing. Surely there must be a way to choose a word from the autocomplete list with a shortcut on the physical keyboard? Specifically, I would like to use the center word from the autocomplete list. It takes more time to remove my hand from the physical keyboard to click on the word from the autocomplete list than it does to just finish typing the complete word. See the following screenshot for and example of what I am talking about: In this screenshot, I would like to complete the word "their" using the center word in the autocomplete list without clicking on it. EDIT: This is on a Google Pixel 6 using Gboard.

I have a phone with a physical keyboard (F(x) Tec Pro1 X). I would like to map that keyboard to game controller inputs so I can use it to play Android games that support controllers. Unfortunately I can only find Apps that do the opposite - mapping game controllers to keyboards. Is there a way (specific App, Tasker scripting etc.) to use a physical keyboard as a game controller on Android?

Same question as https://android.stackexchange.com/q/253455/557726 Closed here and go see there for follow up. I have a Galaxy Tab S7 and a Logitech K810 keyboard. I am used to the US-International keyboard configuration, but I am unable to impose it via any means. I tried Logitech apps, Samsung apps, third-party keyboard apps and it just won't stick. The main writing software is google docs, but any writing doesn't keep the US-International configuration, if it even allows me to choose it. Also I am not competent enough to write an app myself.

I am looking for a way to share my keyboard and mouse with the Android device that I have. I am trying to play a game on my Tab, downloaded an app called Panda Mouse Pro that lets you set keymaps to any game and then the game can be played with keyboard and mouse attached to the tab itself. But now I want to mirror the Android screen to the PC and use the PC's peripherals (audio as well) to control the Android, that way I can enjoy the game on a big screen. Yes, I know emulators exist, but my PC is not powerful enough to handle one of those.

I have a Google pixel-2. I like to use a Bluetooth keyboard and wired mouse via the USB-C-OTG canoe that came with the phone... But then I can't charge the phone. I wanted to buy something... To let me use the USB OTG and charge the phone at the same time. **Can you use USB OTG and charge at the same time?** I was thinking get a gadget that does USB-C to USB-A and USB-C... Where the USB-C would be for charging and the USB-A would be for a hub for the quoted keyboard and mouse.

I'm guessing this is some sort of Bluetooth keyboard recognition and/or selection/activation issue in Android that I can't seem to figure out. The iCade Arcade Bluetooth device is in essence a keyboard device. I can pair it with a Nexus 10 tablet, and after I do, I can see various characters appear in a text app when I move the joystick around and press the buttons. But my Android phone is being stubborn. It pairs ok, but the input refuses to get fed to the apps. I also have an actual Bluetooth keyboard, and it works ok with that phone. I've tried various Bluetooth connect apps, and there I can see a list of paired devices and the option to "connect" to a device. It refuses to work. What am I missing here? Does anyone know of a Bluetooth helper app of sorts that also gives immediate feedback on what it is picking up from the selected Bluetooth device? Is there anything specific I could look for in logcat? The phone is Android 4.4 and I can't upgrade it (Chinese phone with no firmware support). It's an ECOO S04 Aurora Plus 3GB. The Nexus 10 I think runs on Android Lollipop.

I have a Samsung Galaxy A10 on Android 10. I intend to buy an On The Go USB adapter and plug in the Keyboard adapter that is usually connected to my laptop so I can use my wireless keyboard and mouse with my smartphone. Will the Android OS recognize and accept this operation?

I have a HUAWEI tablet with the stock OS. The manufacturer only installed Microsoft SwiftKey. I connect a physical keyboard to the tablet, go to Settings, Language & input, tap on “Physical keyboard” tap “Microsoft SwiftKey Keyboard - Microsoft SwiftKey Keyboard” under “USB USB KEYBOARD” select “Ukrainian”. Then I almost can type Ukrainian except that the key with “~ `” (tilde, backtick) produces “ё” instead of “'” (apostrophe). I experience this with two physical keyboards. Is this because Microsoft SwiftKey manages my physical keyboard? How can I get a correct Ukrainian keyboard layout?

My question is the exact inverse of this question . Motivating use-case. I've paired and am using my Bluetooth apple keyboard. Just happy. I'm running ICS, on an HTC- Evo 4G LTE. Then, 7-8 mins later (timeout not yet engaged by default of course), I'm downstairs, and a call comes in. I need to type 2-3 letters to look up something (an email address, etc). and huh?! How the heck do I in the moment on-the-call type? At that moment don't remember where I exactly left that apple keyboard (which I could go back to power off, and only then get a keyboard to show) Or if I turn off Bluetooth entirely: 'Fail' as that often means I can't then continue to use the darn headset I've got on, or if driving, I'd be illegal (in CA need to have a headset). If I unpair, seems to get that keyboard (the external Bluetooth apple one) working, I have to re-pair (which, in reality, is really futzy annoying, compared to, e.g. if ignored and the time-out engages, when I then, say a day, or two later, type on that apple keyboard it works instantly instead? not paired). Regarding the app: "null keyboard" I tried it, and close, but no cigar, meaning: when I'm in a 'text field', in the notifications list, there will appear an 'input method notification' clicking on that and you get a list, and while ***that list*** should include something that offers a 'show on-screen keyboard' override, it does not. The closest thing I've been able to find is developer-centric code examples showing an (apparent) workaround to force this.. but seems to be no app ( yet?!?) that exposes that functionality into the 'inputs methods' drop-down menu. Example . **Update:** it looks like Tomas's answer is 'the answer', though I'm currently unable to test to be sure. This does strongly suggest that there is no answer available without a rooted phone.

I'm trying to use the Bluetooth keyboard app on my cell so I can control the use of my tablet. Is it possible? Otherwise, is there a way to let me use my cell phone as a keyboard for my tablet?

This is a bit of a weird one - I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite, running Android 14 and One UI 6.1 and I'm connecting to it with a Logitech k380 bluetooth keyboard. Everything works fine *except* that I cannot use right_shift-w to get a capital W. The left shift key works fine. I can use the right shift key to get every other letter in the alphabet capitalised *except W.* Unfortunately with W being on the left side of the keyboard, it really does work best with the right shift key. The problem happens in different applications, so it appears to be something on the keyboard side. It doesn't obviously do anything else, although it may be trying to do something I can't see. I can't see any conflicting keystrokes in the device configuration (and *surely* shift-[letter] would not be a viable keystroke combination?) It still occurs after restarting the tablet. Interestingly I get the same result with my (Sony) phone, so I guess this is a keyboard or Android problem. What do I need to do to be able to start a sentence with 'W' again?

I have a Lenovo Tab K10, Android 12, using Gboard. I'm trying to use Ctrl + Shift + arrow from an external keyboard to select words, however, Ctrl + Shift causes the "Choose input method" popup window to show up The selection of words is fine, but it's interrupted by this window. Is there a way to disable this shortcut in Android?

My Samsung Galaxy A24 phone used to work fine with my Windows 10 laptop via scrcpy.exe, on a USB-C cable. I did not change anything in the setup. Suddenly, now scrcpy shows the phone's screen fine on the laptop's screen, but mouse clicks have no effect, both left-click and right-click. How do I fix this? What I have tried is: - Restart the phone; - Pull out the USB cable cable and connect again. - Revoke USB debugging permissions; - Turn off and then on USB debugging. To no avail. Still, mouse clicks do nothing, whereas the phone's screen is shown fine, and directly touching the phone's own screen with the finger works as expected.