Using SwiftKey with a Pixel C physical keyboard
Hi,
I've used SwiftKey (and SwiftKey Neural) for a few years on several devices. Recently I got hold of a Pixel C and the accompanying physical keyboard, both of which are great.
However, I've noticed that the "..." button on the keyboard (which brings up symbols etc has no effect when the default keyboard is SwiftKey. That is with GBoard, touching "..." gives me access to all the extra keys and symbols. With Swiftkey it just acts as a Right-Alt key.
Is there a stetting anywhere in SwiftKey?
Is it something you're aware of and are working on?
Is it something you're aware of but can do nothing about due to Google having something locked down?
Any advice would be awesome, thanks. I have the beginnings of an idea in the back of my head to use IFTTT to switch to GBoard when the device sees the physical board, and back to SwiftKey when not...
Hi there Siobhan,
I too have been looking at Bluetooth and other physical keyboards recently - I'm trying out Microsoft's Universal Mobile Keyboard. What's the Pixel's build like?
As keyboards each have their own custom controls/function keys, we don't pretend to support them all. Like you say, the Pixel brings up symbols on Gboard and works as Google designed it so. Our hands are tied (to an extent) by the restrictions of the OS. But your feature request has been noted, and I love your proposal to use IFTTT.
Regards,
Matt