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[Android Apps and Games] rsptexas:
Results from testing new version (installed from Android Market on 1-3-2011), on rooted Barnes & Nobel NOOK COLOR:

1. Install from Android Market, copy com.beansoft.keyboardplus.zip from /data/app/ to /system/app/

2. Reboot

3. Load a Web Browser and click edit box

4. Default layout appears as follows:

PORTRAIT MODE -- bottom keyboard line HIDDEN [NEW BUG]

LANDSCAPE MODE -- bottom keyboard line VISIBLE

5. Switch to "Phone - Large Layout" from landscape mode keyboard, and that layout appears as follows:

PORTRAIT MODE -- bottom keyboard line HIDDEN

LANDSCAPE MODE -- bottom keyboard line VISIBLE

6. Switch to "Phone - Compact Layout" from landscape keyboard, and that layout appears as follows:

PORTRAIT MODE -- bottom keyboard line HIDDEN

LANDSCAPE MODE -- bottom keyboard line VISIBLE

7. Switch to "Standard Layout" from landscape default keyboard, and that layout appears as follows:

PORTRAIT MODE -- bottom keyboard line VISIBLE

LANDSCAPE MODE -- bottom keyboard line VISIBLE

8. Switch to "Tablet 7" - Layout 1" from landscape mode keyboard, and that layout appears as follows:

PORTRAIT MODE -- bottom keyboard line HIDDEN

LANDSCAPE MODE -- bottom keyboard line HIDDEN

9. Delete /data/data/copy com.beansoft.keyboardplus/shared.prefs settings file and reboot.

10. Switch to "Tablet 7" - Layout 2" from landscape mode keyboard, and that layout appears as follows:

PORTRAIT MODE -- bottom keyboard line HIDDEN

LANDSCAPE MODE -- bottom keyboard line HIDDEN

11. Delete /data/data/copy com.beansoft.keyboardplus/shared.prefs settings file and reboot.

12. Switch to "Tablet 10" - Layout" from landscape mode keyboard, and that layout appears as follows:

PORTRAIT MODE -- bottom keyboard line HIDDEN

LANDSCAPE MODE -- bottom keyboard line HIDDEN

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Just reinstalled Thumb Keyboard v1.5.1, which I will have to do with for now in view of the new default keyboard layout portrait mode problem mentioned above. Thought I might give you feedback on that to:

"Thumb QWERTY Large Layout" appears as follows:

PORTRAIT MODE -- bottom keyboard line VISIBLE

LANDSCAPE MODE -- bottom keyboard line VISIBLE

"Thumb QWERTY Compact Layout" appears as follows:

PORTRAIT MODE -- bottom keyboard line HIDDEN

LANDSCAPE MODE -- bottom keyboard line VISIBLE

"QWERTY Standard Layout" appears as follows:

PORTRAIT MODE -- bottom keyboard line VISIBLE

LANDSCAPE MODE -- bottom keyboard line VISIBLE
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
Thanks for the extensive testing and putting the result together this way. Now maybe I can create a work around for the NOOK COLOR. The new bug is very helpfull in this respect :) As well as your test report.

This is definitely a nook color bug. I hope that with this info I can get it working on the nook. It will cost some trial and error debugging though because I can't test it on the virtual nook device emulator. Anyway maybe there's something consistent going on in this inconsistency :)

Maybe you can PM me your email address so I can send you some test versions. First of all I will provide a temporary update that gets you working again with the full version.
[Android Apps and Games] 360Razir:
I am still unable to get Thumb Keyboard working on my (rooted) NOOKcolor. I have tried a number of different ways, to no avail.

I have tried just a standard install from the Android Market, then moving the associated .zip from the /Data/App folder to the /System/Data folder. I see the icon in the launcher and when I click on it I get the information page. However, when I go into NookColor Tools > Choose Keyboard, I do not see an option for the Thumb Keyboard.

I have also backed up the Thumb Keyboard from my DX and then took those files and transferred them to the NC. I get an .apk and a .zip doing it this way. I took both files and moved them to /System/App and then did an install of the .apk....that also did not work, as I am still not getting the option to pick the Thumb Keyboard from within the NC Tools app.

The version I am trying to install is 2.6 (although at the top of the "About", it still says 2.5).

I was able to load Smart Keyboard Pro and ShapeWriter, so not sure why I am having so much trouble with the Thumb keyboard.

Any ideas of what I may be doing wrong? :confused:

Thanks!

<P.S.> the Thumb Keyboard is working great on my DX :)
[Android Apps and Games] 360Razir:
Also, if I can ever get this working, I would be happy to be a beta tester for it on my NOOKcolor.
[Android Apps and Games] cal3thousand:
MyTouch 4G

Just installed this on my MyTouch 4G and it works great. I think I might end up using this more than Swype!

I just wish I could get it on the Nook Color!!!! :p
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
I definitely will get this working on the nook color.
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
Lol, hot from the press: the tablet layout has been copied by the most popular and expensive keyboard on the market. (source: engadget)
[Android Apps and Games] ojmbrooklyn:
Another Nook Color user willing to beta test and provide feedback!

I too will beta and provide feedback on getting this working on the Nook Color ("NC"). I love this keyboard and bought it for the NC, but can't get it working. I copied the .zip to the system/app folder, rebooted, etc. Still can't get it to show up at all. Any advice on install?
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
Nook Color users

This is what I found on installing a keyboard on the Nook Color

http://nookdevs.com/NookColor_Replace_the_Default_Keyboard

Basically, just copy the apk to /system/app

after that " Use Nook Color Tools to change the keyboard "

I have a design version ready. It's not a beta test version, but a version to help me set some parameters. The NC isn't all the way android compatible for input methods so I have to find a work around.

Please PM me if you got the keyboard running and want to participate. It's really a small amount of work. I've designed a special nook version that allows you to set some parameters with some sliders, that's all.
[Android Apps and Games] jadambpharm:
i had to copy the apk to system/app from app-private and then install the apk while it was in system/app. this worked for me. gimme some beta! :-) great work.
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
Ah great. Can you PM me your email address?
[Android Apps and Games] kuelexx:
Just bought this a few ago, this is by far the best keyboard i have so far. VERY NICELY DONE! If you can out do yourself on this, i will purchase another one.
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
Thanks :) The Nook Color version is currently tested. Hope to release a version that is compatible with the NC this weekend. (Not for sure though)
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
Preview

Here's a preview of a new (landscape) layout for the 5" Dell Streak and phones with large displays (> 4"):

Suggestions and requests for this layout are welcome!

(BTW the alt characters on the num pad will be substituted for (punctuation) characters that are much used, like the ?, !, @ etc)

The upgrade is planned this weekend.
[Android Apps and Games] cal3thousand:
Works: new version has .apk instead of .zip

Got it to work with the standard instructions of copying to /system/app

difference is the last version that I had (Market) was putting a .zip in the app-private folder instead of an apk.

So after copying it to /system/app and installing it from there, it works.

Now after playing with some of the widths of buttons, I still can't get the bottom row to show no matter what numbers i put there.

Do you have a ball park of where I should start? or even what each width affects? I'm not sure how this thing is ultimately rendered, so I'm not sure if my adjustments are any where near valid.

BTW... I'm loving this thing on my Nook. I'm also planning to use it in Landscape only on the MyTouch 4G and using Swype in Portrait.
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
Okay, I kinda hoped that a small adjustment would display the bottom row.

The width adjustments are in percentage of the original key. For example setting the width of the return key to 101% means that the key will be 1.01 * wider.

I hoped that setting one of these keys to 101, 102 ... 105% would solve the problem.

The problem is that the Nook Color refuses the display the bottom bar if the separate keys on the bottom bar have a particular width. This is a bug of the Nook Color. Some width settings work some not and there's no pattern in it. That's why I did choose for the current test construction.

If it doesn't work, I guess I have to follow a trial and error procedure and produce a couple of bottom bars with the hope that one will show up :)
[Android Apps and Games] 360Razir:
OK, FINALLY got it installed! :eek:

What worked for me was:

1) Backing up the Thumb KB on my Droid X using "My Backup Pro" app

2) Transferred the newly created backup from my DX to my NC

3) Used Root Explorer to go into the backup file and and copied the .apk to /System/App

4) From within Root Explorer, installed the .apk (I was already R/W)

I could just not get it installed from the Market, for whatever reason...even after copying the .apk from /Data/App-private to /System/App.

Love Thumb KB on my DX and now I am sure I will dig it on my NC, esp once it gets optimized for it.

I am up for being a beta tester if you still need volunteers.
[Android Apps and Games] waypoint:
I'm not one for rooting or buying expensive apps. But the version of Thumb Keyboard available on this thread is GREAT! *2* Thumbs Up!
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
Maybe you can't install it from the market on another device because the app is copy protected. (However i'm looking into a way to protect it some other way.)

Can you "PM" me your email address ? Also, there's a new version on the market. I'm very interested to know if the new 5" layout will work on the Nook Color.
[Android Apps and Games] 360Razir:
I should clarify, I could install from the Market (said it was "Purchased"), but when I did install it from the Market, I could never see it in the list of keyboards to select from within 'NOOKcolor Tools'.

Now, here is something I did at the same time (which I know better than to do multiple changes when troubleshooting, but it was late and I was tired :o), I renamed the "LatinIME.apk" back to just that (I had renamed it to something different so the default keyboard wouldn't show up in the list). Anyway, after doing the renaming of the default keyboard and then installing my backup of the Thumb .apk, and then rebooting, it finally showed in the list.
[Android Apps and Games] Kroutnuk:
Sorry for my request but will you release the AZERTY layout for the phone-large layout and compact layout ?

Otherwise it is the best keyboard I have ever used.
[Android Apps and Games] holgalee:
I read about a free trial version and would like to download that before deciding whether to purchase. The new Market ruling of 15 minutes is not enough for me to try out a new keyboard. :(
[Android Apps and Games] Kroutnuk:
The free keyboard is attached in the first post
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
Yes, I will add it this week. I promised it before but I just forgot it in the latest updates.
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
I know about this issue and I'm working on it. The native library I'm using is not compatible with CM 7. Hope to have a fix soon.
[Android Apps and Games] lfe136:
Thumb Keyboard v2.7.4

dell streak with dj steve 1.6.0

locks up the screen and laggy.
[Android Apps and Games] nebukadneza:
That doesn´t seem to be a bug, 2.7.4 works just fine on my streak with steves 1.6.0
[Android Apps and Games] Namuna:
Any ETA on the fix for this appelflap? Swiftkey is becoming more and more of an annoyance due to my fatty fingers always hitting the wrong danged buttons because the keys are so narrow!

Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
If everything is going as planned I hope to have it ready this week.
[Android Apps and Games] Namuna:
You sir, are a dev well deserving of my money. :)
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
Merci bien :)

New Android 2.3 compatible version is in the market now. (also added some other things.. )
[Android Apps and Games] Namuna:
Working beautifully on my N1 with CM7 nightly build 15. :D
[Android Apps and Games] daikichi:
ctrl esc tab keys?

Are there any plans to add functions keys such as tab and ctrl? Or are they there now? I'm still trying to find the ideal keyboard to work with ConnectBot on the Dell Streak...
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
Tab key was added yesterday. You can find it in the additional character keyboard that will popup when you long press on the right most space bar.

Escape and control aren't added yet. In a future version one can add users definable characters.
[Android Apps and Games] katsushiro:
Any luck overall, or can someone post the specific steps they took to get the keyboard working on a NC? Appears some people have it working, but I really can't seem to. I purchased the app on the market and installed it, then went in with root explorer, copied the com.beansoft.keyboardplus.zip over from /data/app to /system/app, reboot, and nothing, don't see it in the keyboard chooser in Nook Color Tools. So then I go in, copy the com.beansoft.keyboardplus.apk from /data/app-private to /system/app, reboot, still can't set it in Nook Color Tools. :(

Is there a step I'm missing that the others who have gotten it to work are doing? Or am I just going to have to be patient and wait for the (apparently awesome, from everything I'm seeing on this thread ;) ) dev to finish up a version more compatible with the NC? Thanks in advance!
[Android Apps and Games] daikichi:
Sounds good. However, the tab key doesn't seem to do anything? I've tried it in browser, quickoffice and of course in connectbot/bash. It doesn't seem to send a tab anywhere.

The connectbot thing may be a separate issue, because other keyboards with a tab (e.g. Swype) don't successfully bash-tab-complete either. However, the Swype tab does send a normal (working) tab in browser and in QuickOffice, so this leads me to believe that ThumbKeyboard is either sending a different signal or none at all...

Love it otherwise though!
[Android Apps and Games] overground:
Where's my voice input??? :p
[Android Apps and Games] daikichi:
So I dug around a bit more and it seems that ConnectBot's tab doesn't work for anybody. However, I just tried this custom build:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=813176

on my Dell Streak and it works great, in that Swype's tab key now bash-completes. So, assuming you can get the ThumbKeyboard tab to send a tab (again, it's not tabbing in any app so far), I can be happily SSHing away. Again, thanks for your great work on this app. My ginormous sausage thumbs love this keyboard.
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
I use Unicode 9 for the tab. This is the general tab code and it will generate tabs in textfields. If you can find out which unicodes connectbot is expecting I'm glad to implement them. I saw connectbot has a google code project page, maybe you can ask around there.
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
NC users, I saw the NC got a firmware update (http://phandroid.com/2011/01/26/barnes-noble-issues-firmware-upgrade-for-nookcolor/) . Very interested to know if they also fixed the keyboard issue.
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
Omg :) just talk to the damn keyboard. It will fully understand you LoL

No seriously, voice input and multi touch will be part of the next major update. It just takes some time.
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
Just PM the NC users in this thread that have struggled with it and got it to work. I'm sure they will help you out.
[Android Apps and Games] katsushiro:
Thanks! I actually managed to figure it out a few minutes before I saw this post, got it running, and loving it.. but, yeah, having the same problem as others before, after that first shift from portrait to landscape, the bottom row is gone for good. It's still just about usable, kind of, but.. looking forward to seeing the fix for that, now that at least I've got the basic installation out of the way. And I'm available for any testing that may or may not be needed. :)
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
Thanks for your offer. I first wait to see if the new Nook Color firmware, released yesterday, fixed this incompatibility issue. Again, it's a NC problem not a TKB or Android issue. Only thing I hope to do, if B&N doesn't fix it, is to create some kind a workaround. Which is very difficult to do because I don't have access to a NC.
[Android Apps and Games] daikichi:
well, the problem at this point seems to be that the thumb keyboard tab key isn't working for me anywhere in any text boxes, not just connectbot. For example, in a quickoffice document, or even in the browser search bar, both the native android keyboard's and swype's tab key makes the cursor jump, whereas the thumb keyboard's tab does nothing. Any ideas?

I would think that utf 9 is the right signal to send. Only alternative I can think of is ctrl-i, though maybe that sends the same signal, I'm not sure.
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
I will look at it. I've implemented the tab key very quick when I was updating the app for a little bug fix.
[Android Apps and Games] Kroutnuk:
Bouhouhou you forgot me and the AZERTY layout :p
[Android Apps and Games] katsushiro:
Just updated to 1.1.0 rooted firmware, and can verify that, alas, it does not fix the issue with they keyboard on Nook Color tablets. :( I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the keyboard after the upgrade, but still get the magic disappearing bottom bar.
[Android Apps and Games] cal3thousand:
Woah... its been too long since I've been in this thread.

Anyways... I updated to 1.1.0 and installed the latest version of your KB. 7" Tablet Layout #1 works great... but when I switch to 7" Tablet Layout #2, my spacebar disappears. (Only portrait findings)

Landscape: I don't see the spacebar, but I can't get back into the layout menu now as the keyboard button pulled a catch-22
[Android Apps and Games] Rogerzhuo:
this seems worked, thanks alot
[Android Apps and Games] fmdaddy:
Market disappearance?

Hi,

I was a proud purchaser on the Market of Thumb Keyboard for my ViewSonic gTablet, but all of a sudden, the keyboard has disappeared.

Before it stopped working, I flashed an old ROM in order to get the over-the-air updates working for my device. When I recovered from the update, Thumb Keyboard was missing, and I can't find it in the market, despite trying the "Market Fix" several times.

Any ideas?

UPDATE:

'Twas my bad....my reflashing of the ROM eliminated a key build.prop setting tweak that was exposing TK to my Market.

Thanks for listening, anyway. ;)
[Android Apps and Games] 360Razir:
Good things to come, my fellow NC and Thumb KB users....:)
[Android Apps and Games] Namuna:
Request:

Please add option to put more space between spacebar and first row of letters (v,b,n,m). It's increasingly frustrating for me as the Spacebar is getting incorrectly triggered instead of the intended letters.

Thank you!
[Android Apps and Games] 360Razir:
Have you tried going into the Preferences and in the section "Appearance and Customization", select 'Height Keyboard'? There are settings in there for increasing/decreasing the space between the rows in both portrait and landscape modes.

On my NookColor, I am not using the settings in the portrait or landscape modes, but I am using the 'Height bottom row', as that raises the entire keyboard and separates it from the softkeys at the bottom of the NC's screen. I have hit the back button on accident when trying to hit the space bar and that is no good. This option is perfect (I set mine at 130%) for making sure I don't fat-finger that soft back button again.

Again, we are talking two different devices, so I can only share with you how it works on my Nook. If I see something with my Moto DX, I will let you know that as well. Just haven't tested Thumb on the DX lately.

Good luck! :)
[Android Apps and Games] ert69:
WOW! Really good keyboard.. Fast and precise :) Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
I will recalibrate the spacebar in the next version. That should solve it.
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
Nook Color users: I've finally found a work around for the NC. I will update the keyboard in the market tomorrow.

Thanks to 360Razir for me helping me out!
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
Nook Color compatible version is in the market (v 2.9) Also added some more goodies :)

Space bar is also recalibrated. The problem with registering a spacebar input when hitting keys above the spacebar should be gone now.
[Android Apps and Games] rajones19:
Bought this in the market a week or two ago when I first heard of it. LOVE this keyboard!! I was about to write and suggest there be a period on the numeric keypad, but then I found it a few minutes ago. On my Droid X, however, it's almost invisible - the key itself is dark grey, and the period marking on it is black instead of white. It appears that a long-press on that key should generate a comma, but I get a period either way. Marvelous keyboard - thanks for all the work on this.
[Android Apps and Games] katsushiro:
Yes! Working perfectly on my rooted Nook Color now. Thank you! :D
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
You are right. On the symbol keyboards the . and , are not displayed right. Will fix that in the next version.
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
Btw I'm planning to create an installer for rooted NC users. Just to reduce the hassle a bit. Horrible what you guys need to do on the NC to install a third party keyboard. It will also reduce the workload for updates. :)
[Android Apps and Games] Rasenganfan2:
I still don't know how to get it working. I moved it to system/app, but it refuses to work.

Also, Sir appelflap, will said installer cost anything extra? I can't pay anymore, hence the question
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
Of course not.

Edit: take a look at this post by 360Razir: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=11042954&postcount=6

Maybe this will help
[Android Apps and Games] Rasenganfan2:
appelflap: That would help, but I do not have another Android device. I think that the root of the problem may be that the file comes as a .zip, for whatever reason. The file name is something to the extent of "com.beansoft.blahblahblah.zip"

Maybe if it was just a .apk file, there wouldn't be a problem. I may try using a rubbish UnZip app I downloaded via the Market, after I move it to my SD card, but that'll be a while.
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
I will look at it myself. I have some sort of copy protection turned on on the market that should make it impossible to install the app on another device. Maybe that's the source of many problems I read about and maybe that's the reason the app is delivered as a zip.

Nevertheless, a apk is a zip file as well. Have you tried renaming the .zip extension to .apk? Maybe that will give you an installable file. The com.beansoft.blabla is just an identifier. You can rename that as well.

EDIT: Do not rename the filename, only the extension. Renaming the filename can cause a "parsing error" during installation of the apk.
[Android Apps and Games] lucman_was_here:
Didnt works on my Galaxy 5

Its closed on start

I installed version 1.5

Im using Android 2.2 (motafoca rom)
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
If you get a FC with version 1.5.1, is there a window showing up with a message that you ca n send a error report? If so, please do, so I can see what is going on.
[Android Apps and Games] dasmoover:
Awesome keyboard man, keep the good work up!
[Android Apps and Games] despertaferro!:
Very good work!!! But, do you plan to add support for the spanish characters?? when ready I'll buy it for sure.
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
The keyboard supports international characters, also spanish. To enable them you have to turn off "long press for numbers and characters" in the settings of the keyboard.

I turned it off by default in the latest update.. Not a very good move. :) Now I get constantly emails of people wondering where the accented characters are gone. The settings option is also totally not intuitive.. Sorry.

In short, yes it has spanish characters