I use Gboard.

The main things I like about it are:

  • Very customizable (I like having number row always visible, and having long press for symbols on each letter).
  • Has gif support built in.

My biggest pain point is:

  • It auto corrects words that are spelled correctly to other words. I type “our” and it changes to “out”, I recently typed “purpose” and it changed it to “purple”. Autocorrect is awesome and necessary, but I hate that it corrects words to other words and not just typos. I wish I could find a keyboard that has the things I like without this annoyance.

Am I looking for a unicorn? Let me know! 😄

  • SavvyWolf@pawb.socialEnglish
    23·
    4 months ago

    I’ve recently replaced Gboard with Heliboard. The three main things I want in an Android keyboard are as follows:

    • Word suggestions when typing.
    • Glide typing.
    • Not being super creepy about my data.

    Hwliboard does all those things and is super customisable as well.

      • SavvyWolf@pawb.socialEnglish
        5·
        4 months ago

        I don’t use the gif keyboard or autocomplete, so I comment about that. but it’s so much more customizable than gboard. Honestly surprised you found gboard to be customizable because in my experience it’s one of the least customizable ones out there.

        • Paradachshund@lemmy.todayOP
          4·
          4 months ago

          Maybe customizable is the wrong word, but I like the way I have it setup and I’ve found some other keyboards can’t replicate it.

    • muzzle@lemm.ee
      2·
      4 months ago

      It’s there a better swiping library for heliboard? The one they suggest is a lot worse than gboard’s.