I came across everyday topic on Techlore Discussions about free and open source keyboards for Android and discovered this little gem. It is FlorisBoard, a virtual keyboard for Android which respects privacy of the user. I can sigh with relief and finish my search for that singular keyboard for typing stuff on the go.

It has everything I need and more.

Multilanguage support: detailed layout options, popular presets
Swift and glide typing experience
Customizable gestures: switch language by fast swiping the keyboard itself left and right, change case by swiping up, the infamous cursor swipe on space bar
Emojis
Clipboard
Smartbar: quick actions and clipboard cursor tools
One-handed mode
Other look-and-feel settings

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[–] vaselined@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

https://github.com/Helium314/openboard/releases

Openboard fork with swipe typing

[–] folkrav@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Iiiinteresting. Will test that out. Thanks!

Edit: works great! Thank you so much.

[–] beyond@linkage.ds8.zone 4 points 2 years ago

Note that this fork relies on the proprietary Google library to do this. It's not really an alternative.