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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[–] rufus@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Why are the versions of FlorisBoard and OpenBoard, available on F-Droid so old? I really don't like to download important apps from a github release page and keep everything updated manually...

[–] uuhhhhmmmm@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Check out Obtainium

[–] Knusper@feddit.de 10 points 1 year ago

F-Droid has the most up-to-date versions (v0.3.16 and v1.4.5). Both of these just haven't seen a release in a while, although the FlorisBoard developer seems to have recently returned.

[–] glacier@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 year ago

They haven't been updated in a while. Luckily there is a fork of openboard that is being updated and works quite well: https://github.com/Helium314/openboard You can easily install and update it with Obtainium.