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External Keyboard Helper Pro

7.4 for Android
4.0 | 100,000+ Installs | Reviews

Apedroid

$1.49

Description of External Keyboard Helper Pro

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A non visible soft keyboard (Input Method) intended to be used with hardware Bluetooth and USB keyboards. It automatically brings up the Input Method dialog when Bluetooth keyboard connects or disconnects (on some devices this can also be made to work with USB keyboards). It supports a lot of different keylayouts also provides a lot of configuration options.
This app does NOT require a rooted device and there is a DEMO version available if you want to try it out before buying.
Tutorials
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http://www.apedroid.com/android-applications/external-keyboard-helper/get-started
Features
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* International keyboard layouts.
* Up to 16 application shortcuts can be added (for example start Google Maps with Alt M etc.)
* Up to 16 text strings can be add (for example insert your email address with Alt E etc.)
* Remaps the Escape key to BACK (can be turned off)
* Allows you to control which characters should be treated as combining characters.
* A "null" Soft Keyboard to use with hardware keyboards (Bluetooth & USB).
* Automatically brings up Input Method selection dialog when Bluetooth keyboard connects or disconnects (Android 2.3 ).
* Automatic detection can also work with USB keyboards on some platforms (experimental) (Android 2.3 )
* App that brings up Input Method selection (for easy access)
* Switch between up to three layouts of your choice using a key or key combination.
* Can choose keymap automatically based on language setting in your device.
* Blocks long-press-popups on Android 2.x.
* Change the key repeat delay and rate.
* Layouts can be modified and two user defined custom layouts can be configured.
* ConnectBot aware (TAB and CTRL codes)
Currently supported keyboard layouts
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* Arabic (101, 102 & 102 AZERTY)
* Armenian (Eastern, Western & Phonetic)
* Austrian
* Belgian
* Bosnian & Herzegovian
* Bulgarian (Phonetic, Phonetic traditional & Typewriter)
* Canadian (French & Multilingual)
* Croatian
* Czech (qwertz, qwerty & programmers)
* Danish
* English (Colemak, Dvorak, Dvorak Left hand, Dvorak Right hand, Dvorak Programmer, GB & US-International)
* Estonian
* Faroese
* Finnish (Finland & DAS)
* French (Bépo, France & Switzerland)
* German (Germany & Switzerland)
* Greek (Standard & Polytonic)
* Greenlandic
* Hebrew
* Hindi Traditional
* Hungarian
* Icelandic
* Italian
* Korean/Hangul
* Latvian
* Lithuanian (Numeric)
* Macedonian FYROM Standard
* Maldivian
* Norwegian
* Persian
* Polish (214 & Programmers)
* Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal & Br-Nativo)
* Romanian
* Russian (Normal, Typewriter & Phonetic)
* Serbian (Latin & Cyrillic)
* Slovak (qwerty & qwertz)
* Slovene
* Spanish (Latin America, Spain/Int & Dvorak)
* Swedish (Normal & Svorak A1|A5)
* Thai (Kedmanee & Pattachote)
* Turkish (F & Q)
* Urdu (Normal & Phonetic)
* Ukrainian
* Vietnamese
All layouts are based on standard USB Keyboard layouts. Bluetooth keyboards sometimes do not follow the standard completely but it is possible to manually customize mappings.
What it does NOT
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* It won't fix your BT or USB connected keyboard if it wasn't working in the first place.
* It does not automatically switch Input Method. It only shows the dialog and you will have to choose Input Method manually. This is an intentional limitation built into Android by Google. No user installed app is allowed to change IME without user interaction.
Want to help translating this app to you language?
Go here: http://www.getlocalization.com/ExternalKeyboardHelperPro/

Information

  • Category:
    Personalization
  • Latest Version:
    7.4
  • Updated:
    2016-01-07
  • File size:
    652.1KB
  • Requirements:
    Android 4 or later
  • Developer:
    Apedroid
  • ID:
    com.apedroid.hwkeyboardhelper
  • Available on:
Reviews
  • avatar
    I use Samsung Galaxy. At first I had lots of trouble, until I realized that in General management -> Keyboard list and default, I should disable the physical keyboard, and set External Keyboard Helper Pro as default keyboard. While modifying key mappings one might have to change the default keyboard setting to an on screen keyboard, so as to get at characters that are not yet mapped to the keyboard.
    2024-02-15 05:50
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    great app thanks, without this app almost impossible to use the different layout keyboards.
    2024-01-07 09:46
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    I've got Samsung Tab S2 with a physical keyboard. I want to map the Lang button to Right Alt. I set it up in the settings but it's not acting like Alt in my Custom 1 settings but it used to work a couple years ago.
    2024-01-02 09:26
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    An earlier version just plain didn't work on Samsung S7 Pro Tablet. No documentation and half of the settings panels are blank. It's clear from the framework there's supposed to be something in the settings panels (there are several radio boxes), but no text associated with them. And it just doesn't work. I tried to configure a custom mapping to swap caps and control and it just plain didn't work. The most recent version will sometimes work, but resets mappings if I touch the trackpad. garbage
    2023-12-26 07:50
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    Perfect for Dvorak users, remapping the capslock, and swapping the alt/ctrl keys. Worked out the box for me and saved me from rooting my pixel tablet. Thanks developers!
    2023-12-21 04:15
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    I bought this app to be able to switch between English and Arabic on my Galaxy A30 using a USB external keyboard. The app says that it's compatible with my Galaxy A30, nonetheless it doesn't switch to Arabic, and it doesn't even write Arabic at all (when I choose Arabic as default layout). I tried the app on another old smartphone (htc 1), and it worked very well. So what shall I do now to make it work on my Galaxy A30?
    2023-12-02 03:59