Why do I get a pound sign instead of dollar

Dear Swiftkey developers,

This issue is quite frustrating for me. Been using beta for a while but there's no solution yet. :(

I'm in Singapore, Singapore uses UK English but our currency is in $.

Hi there,

To insert a currency symbol, all you need to do is to long-press on "x" key then slide to the one you need, or in "123" page, long-press on the "£" key and also slide to the one you need. I'm afraid this is the solution for now because we do not have English (Singapore).

At the same time, you're welcome to submit a request by following this post.

Best

Alpert

This issue still exist after all these years! Please add function to fix a currency symbol permanently or add a language for English (Singapore) thanks!

The solution to this is over here >> https://support.swiftkey.com/hc/en-us/articles/201591941-My-currency-key-on-the-home-keyboard-does-not-match-my-language-layout-selection- 

That's not a solution, it's a lack of a solution.

Not every Android handset allows the user to specify a Locale in such a way that SwiftKey will display the appropriate currency symbol.

So to use that as the basis for the default symbol instead of the language pack the user installs for SwiftKey itself (or at least have an option to override it) is utterly perverse.

The problem still persists. I'm a user in Australia

I switched from Galaxy s7 to xiaomi and have the same issue. Xiaomi doesn't have English (Ireland) as an option of system language. The nearest is English (UK), that why default currency sign is £ but not €.
In fact there is only 3 English speaking countries listed - UK, US, India.
While it's obvious phone manufacturer's issue, SwiftKey could have developed a fix to override this setting..
Hope one day...

Massive ooft, this is 4 years old and still no fix?

Regards,

Australia

I had the same problem. You can change the keyboard via the 'Languages and input' settings.
This is how I fixed it on my Xiaomi Redmi phone.

1. Settings

2. Additional settings

3. Languages and input

4. I changed the language from English (UK) to English (Australia) and it worked.  If you are not in Australia and want the $ sign to appear, change it to English (US)

But that ⬆️ only changes from £ to $, stil there's no option for € to be displayed 😐

Hi Ser Go, the currency key responds directly to the language/locale that the phone is set to, regardless of the language model/layout in use in SwiftKey. So if your phone language is set to English UK, you’ll get a £; if it’s English US, you should get a $ (and Yen with Japanese, Euro with French/Spanish/German and so on).

Deniz K,

Thank you, Figured that out a year ago, but in my Xiaomi there is no locality available for English speaking EU country, so no € sign available on the keyboard. That is the issue with the phone.

Hi Ser Go have you tried English (Ireland)? Can you share a screenshot of your options when you long press on the currency key?

English (Ireland) option is not available in Xiaomi Mi 9T.
Once pressed currency key I can see $¢£₽¥€
It seems that I can't upload screenshots here, so I have them in Flickr :
https://flic.kr/ps/3W1Kv4

Hi Ser Go if the language is not available on your device, I'm afraid there's not much we can help with as this would be related to your device. You may want to try to contact your device manufacturer for this. In the meantime, please long press the currency key to select €.

Same problem here. I am Czech, but am using Android in English. I can't believe an option to force a (default / short-tap) currency symbol regardless of locale setting is still not implemented, after all those years...

Hi Jan Klos what is your device language and which currency symbol are you looking for please?