[Android Apps and Games] Isaias Matewos:
Do you type your name, email or address multiple times throughout the day? If yes, then Texpand is for you. It will save you lot of time if you set it up right. Texpand is text expansion app designed to assist you with your frequently typed texts. It is a bit different than other text expansion apps that you might have used in other platforms; it uses floating windows to assist you with your typing. The demo video above shows thoroughly how to get started, it is a must watch to get the most out of it. It includes the following features:

•	Sort you phrases by usage count, last used time, shortcut name and phrase

•	Backup and restore you phrases to/from Google Drive or your local storage

•	Floating window to let you complete your expansion if you type your shortcut correctly or to show you

suggestions based on the word you typed or selected

•	Expand by selection e.g.: if you select name and you have shortcut name defined to expand to your full

name the floating window will show you either complete your expansion green button or yellow suggestion

button

Settings:

o	Specify if shortcut name matching is case sensitive (case sensitive by default)

o	Whether to add space or not after expanded text

o	Whether to show floating indicators while typing. Note that if you disable floating indicators text

expansion will be immediate i.e. when you type the shortcut text it will immediately expand to its

corresponding phrase.

o	Exclude apps from text expansion e.g.: if you don’t want to expand text in a particular app go to

Settings > Exclusions and click the plus(+) button then choose the app you want excluded from the

list of app then Texpand will not expand text on the apps you add to exclusions neither will it show you

suggestions. To remove an app form exclusions click it from the list of exclusions then dialog will

prompt you if you want to remove it click yes to remove it.

Known cases where Texpand will not work:

•	If the app is not developed using standard Android SDK namely PhoneGap SDK that uses HTML5 for UI

elements. Texpand only works if the app uses native EditText widget but stay assured that this is what

almost all apps use.

•	Texpand will not work on password fields but this is by design not a limitation. Because if text expansion is

enabled on password fields it may interfere with what you think you are typing. Note that some app have a

show password option if the password is not being masked by dots or asterisks then it is not regarded as

password field so Texpand has no way of knowing this is a password field so it will expand your texts as it

will on normal input fields.

•	Texpand does not support input fields on webpages

•	Word processor apps use highly specialized input fields, they are not currently supported but I am trying to

find a way to make them supported by Texpand.

•	Text expansion by selection may not work in some apps, in which case the apps choose to handle selection

themselves without notifying the system.

•	Finally floating app like Facebook chatheads may cover the floating indicator in this case you could expand

text by disabling floating indicators. In the future I will add app preference settings that will let you disable

floating icons on specific apps.

P.S.: If you have more issues I will be happy to hear from you go to settings and click send feedback.