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  • Improved Flow (swipe) feature in SwiftKey for Android
    -76 votes 381 comments

    Hello everyone,

    We are rolling out a new Flow experience for SwiftKey for Android. The idea of this change is that when Flowing (aka "swipe" gesture typing), we want to provide you with more choices to insert the word you wanted.

    How this new Flow feature will work:

    You Flow a word. Instead of the prediction getting automatically inserted you will be shown three possible candidates. You can then take one of the following 3 actions:

    1. Select one of the three predictions by selecting the word. This will insert the word and give you a space

    2. Continue Flowing your next word - this will insert the middle prediction and auto add a space for you

    3. Start tap typing. This will also insert the middle prediction and also auto add a space for you.

    Basically this is ensure that if the wrong word is predicted, you can easily change it by tapping one of the three predictions. But if it is correct, you can keep on Flowing or tapping just as before and it will use that middle prediction.

    Let us know your thoughts on this new change in the comments below.

    Cheers,

    Ryan, SwiftKey Community Manager 

     

  • Cannot connect to SwiftKey account [Solved]
    14 votes 167 comments

    Hello,

    I am trying to install SK for the first time on my daughter's phone. When I try to connect/create SK account, it shows me a new window for me to choose Google account or Microsoft account.

    I am trying to use Google account, a popup ask me to choose the G account, I do so and then nothing happens and the window asking me to choose G account or Microsoft is still here....

    Phone : Galaxy A5 2017

    Android : V 8.0.0

    SK : 7.3.2.19

    Please help me.

  • [Feature Request] Turn off auto spaces
    130 votes 154 comments

    How can I turn off the feature which adds a space after every predicted word I select, or punctuation mark? It should only insert a space if I then decide to add another word. Having to delete excess spaces at the ends of things, or sometimes after the "#" in a hash tag, is really getting old quickly.

  • Bing Search Feedback
    -30 votes 73 comments

    Hello all,

    We have been beta testing Bing Search within SwiftKey. This feature allows you to quickly search the web for anything and either, quickly capture a screen shot, crop it and send it OR send the URL directly in the conversations you are already having. 

    Key features to test out:

    • Search for something while already inside the app you're in
    • Crop and share a screen shot of search results
    • Share the URL of search results after a search
    • Try a range of searches to see how the results are

    Please let us know what you think about this feature(s) and how it can be improved.

    You can find Search in the Toolbar here:

  • period too easy to. type by. mistake
    50 votes 73 comments

    like many other mobile. device users I find myself typing the period by. mistake way too easily (ex: twice in this sentence and same in the title). any. configuration. option I could use to help prevent this? if not, nay chance you could add a feature to mitigate this. I love swiftkey!

  • What is happening to the keyboard. Recent update?
    15 votes 72 comments

    No letters on the keyboard. Just blank. Can't do anything.

  • Emoji panel should open at the last used tab (don't force the predictions tab on me)
    23 votes 67 comments

    On 7.0.7.26. If I left the emoji panel on the recents tab, it will open the recents tab next time.

    However, if I left the emoji panel on other tabs (e.g. smileys & people, animals & nature, etc), opening the emoji panel will default to the predictions tab again. 

    Just because it's intended behavior doesn't mean it's not terrible. Please undo this and just make the emoji panel open to whatever tab we were at last.

  • Voice button placement
    36 votes 66 comments

    SwiftKey is the best. The only thing I wish I could change was the voice dictation button placement. On big phones it is hard to get to. Give me the option to place on right side if screen (like gboard).

  • [Feature Request] Support T9 Layout
    12 votes 64 comments

    How do I get portrait keyboard or t9 option

  • Slow when gesture typing with Hebrew [Reported]
    4 votes 63 comments

    since the latest update (03/08/17) - the keyboard is slower than before. happens on both my phone (oneplus 2) and my wife's (xiaomi mi4c). please help.

  • Wrong word selection constantly
    6 votes 62 comments

    Lately this app has taken a downturn. It constantly puts in the wrong word. When I backspace to fix it, the word I just input shows up. Ugh! Why wasn't it selected to start with. I've stopped and deliberately made sure I swiped exactly from letter to letter, and it will still put in what it wants to, but what I swiped or what my history would predict. It not only suggests by preemptively puts in a word I rarely use over what I've just used or have used hundreds of times since I stated this app.

  • [Feature Request] Make spacebar bigger
    16 votes 57 comments

    Hello, my name is Jasmin... And i have a few suggestions rather than questions. I would like swift key to make the space bar bigger and the arrow keys smaller because when i hit space it always hits the arrow... And i would like to have a choice weather or not i want to space after a period... It automatically does it and its a hugh pain trying to type web pages if it always spaces

  • [Feature Request] Bitmoji
    144 votes 56 comments

    I would love to have bitmoji support baked in as an attachment, the same way gifs are. Snapchat even recognizes if you're talking to a user who has it and puts your bitmojis together.

  • Keeps Reverting to Stock Keyboard [Not a SwiftKey issue]
    -1 votes 52 comments

    Hello,

    I just installed the latest version of swiftkey version 5.0.0.72 on my T-Mobile HTC one (M8) Android 4.4.2 HTC Sense 6.0. I followed the installation prompts and set swiftkey as the default keyboard. The keyboard itself is working great, but every time I switch applications the keyboard reverts back to the stock HTC sense keyboard. I can simply slide down the notification panel and switch the keyboard back to swiftkey but that gets annoying after awhile. I have been using the latest version of swiftkey beta version 4.5.0.68 and have had no problems with the keyboard reverting back to stock. I will remain on the beta version until I know this issue has been resolved on the latest version of swiftkey.

    Thank you,

    Garrett McPerry

  • When will iOS swiftkey be updated to look like Android
    1 vote 51 comments

    I am a heavy user of the Android keyboard. I am trying out an iPhone 6 plus and miss the ability to resize the keyboard. I also want the option to add the arrow keys and number bar.

  • [Experiment] New emoji font in beta
    -9 votes 49 comments

    Hello everyone,

    We are running an experiment where some people will see the Microsoft emoji inside the SwiftKey emoji panel. 

    This is only a test. There is no setting to change it. It will be there until we stop running the experiment. 

    Feel free to let us know what you think in this forum thread. 

    Cheers,

    Ryan, SwiftKey Community Manager

  • Current prod version too big on note 8
    8 votes 49 comments

    The production version of SwiftKey is again too large and this time on the note 8. Please apply whatever hot fix you did for the S8 so we don't have to use a giant keyboard.

  • Please remove bing search from top bar
    43 votes 47 comments

    Hi, please remove the bing search from top bar. 

    I don't want to search in a keyboard app, it is very annoying, feels like ad for your other products. At least let the user decide as an option.

    Thx. 

  • Is it possible to change some/all auto spacing behavior around punctuation?
    2 votes 42 comments

    I'm a huge fan of SwiftKey and have been using it off and on since it's earliest days. However, one little thing causes me endless frustration.

    I use Google+ a lot. Google+ uses "_", "*" and "-" for formatting. SwiftKey insists and very aggressively putting spaces after - and removing spaces before _.

    _ in particular really frustrates me. With the spaces after - I can just tap backspace and continue, but with_ a battle ensues involving careful hunt and peck to tap just the right spot.

    I don't mind sacrificing all auto spacing but of course I'd prefer to just change those in particular. Any hope for me?

  • [Feature Request] Add Vietnamese language
    24 votes 40 comments

    Hi team,

    At my country (Vietnam). Many people use idevice to work, relax, and more... but have not any keyboard better swiftkey. I love Swiftkey when i used android phone. But i need iphone to use for my work. We had wait for a long time to use Vietnamese language pack on Swiftkey (ios version).

    Can you help to add Vietnamese language pack to Swiftkey for IOS ? I think many people will be happy with this decide from you. Thank you very much for read this. We love Swiftkey and waitting for Vietnamese language pack.

  • SwiftKey on Android 5 Lollipop lock screen issue
    1 vote 39 comments

    Hello,

    on Monday I've upgraded my Nexus 5 to Android 5.0 Lollipop official factory image (clean installation). Now, when I recieve a message via WhatsApp and

    hit quick reply in lock screen WhatsApp notification, SwiftKey go crazy and starts to "flicker". There is no other solution but rebooting the phone, which is

    very annoying. I've switched therefore to default Android keyboard and everything works fine. Could anyone confirm that issue?

    Thanks in advance,

    JK

  • Dictionary won't sync
    13 votes 38 comments

    I just switched from the Galaxy S10+ to the Note 10+ and my dictionary won't sync. I see all my words are in the cloud when I look at my account data. When I force a sync it says last synced a minute ago. This is the first time this has happened when I've switched phones. I've cleared the cache, forced sync, uninstalled, reinstalled, force sync and nothing has worked. Is this a bug or am I running into some issues? 

  • Swiftkey emoji icon causes samsung keyboard to crash
    21 votes 38 comments

    I have a s6 which has just updated to Android version 7. I have swiftkey set as my default keyboard and it works fine. However, when I go to type a text message, if I hit the emoji icon on the one line entry field, I get the massage "samsung keyboard has stopped working", even though its set to default and I can see the swiftkey keyboard. I have to disable swiftkey and set back to Samsung in order for it to work again. Any ideas?

  • [Feature Request] Remove the period next to the space bar
    35 votes 38 comments

    I have been using SwiftKey since I first switched to Android about five years ago I do believe the SwiftKey is the best keyboard for Android. One problem I always have had is I constantly go to hit the spacebar and I enter a "." {period} I believe it would be great if I could make the space bar either larger or remove the punctuation key next to the space bar all together. It seems no matter how hard I try if I am typing fast I can't seem to hit that space bar without hitting the period at least once every 25 words. It would be great if even there were certain skins that maybe changed the size of the space bar or remove certain keys. All the other keys I hit by mistake autocorrect takes care of. I still believe screen responsiveness is a lot better on iOS than Android so I don't believe this is really a SwiftKey issue or my typing but SwiftKey does help the shortcomings of this android app issue.

  • iOS keyboard got squished help
    19 votes 33 comments

    My iPad keyboard now looks like the attached picture. It's squished and unusable. I'm not sure what happened. I've tried restarting my iPad and reinstalling Swiftkey but it's still stuck in this weird squished size. To add, I did not touch any settings or anything. I just opened my messaging app one day and the keyboard was this shape. It’s squished in portrait mode as well.

    Help?

  • Arrows key position
    18 votes 33 comments

    Hi. I'm using arrows keys on my keyboard but is often for me that instead of space bar I'm pressing arrow key and it make me a lot of mistakes. Can you add possibility to change arrow keys to total top position above number keys?

  • How to submit a Feature Request And/Or Ask a Question Pinned
    11 votes 33 comments

    Hi guys,

     

    How to submit a feature request

    If you've had a really good idea and want SwiftKey to hear all about it, the best way to do that is to submit it via the 'Feature Request' form here:

    https://support.swiftkey.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

    We look forward to reading all your requests and improvements.

    The best way to post a question

    The community can help you answer your question with speed and quality. We highly recommend you always add this information to your post:

    • Device make and model
    • Device Android version
    • Current SwiftKey version 
    • Steps to reproduce
    • Any screen shots / video clips that help show the issue

    The more information you can leave means the quicker your answer can get answered.

    Best,

    Ryan, SwiftKey Community Manager

     
  • Translator does not work
    3 votes 32 comments

    Trying to use the translator, I get a message that "Something went wrong. Restart the translator." I have such a problem only with mobile Internet

  • iOS 11
    7 votes 32 comments

    After iOS 11 update yesterday, even though I have SwiftKey set as the top keyboard, with Swiftmoji then the iPhone keyboard at the bottom, it's started opening the iPhone keyboard each time i open any app to type in. It does switch OK to SwiftKey and I can use it as normal then.

    Soon after the update it wouldn't keep on SwiftKey at all, just immediately switched to the iPhone keyboard, but that seems better now.

     

    Any ideas?

  • Emoji search (as in Gboard)
    27 votes 31 comments

    It would be quite useful, if there were a way to search for emojis, when the Emoji button has been pressed.

    It should be kind of like how Gboard does it, where you switch to Emoji mode and then you can search (eg. you type "cat" and see the cat emoji 🐈).

    This is a feature request for the SwitfKey Android keyboard; I cannot use Swiftmoji, as it is english only and not available in Switzerland.



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