HeliBoard

Customizable open-source keyboard

AppID:	helium314.keyboard
Author:	Helium314
License:	GPL-3.0-only
Donation:	LiberaPay
InRepoSince:	2024-02-15
LastRepoUpdate:	2024-04-20
LastAppUpdate:	2024-04-20
LastVersion:	1.3
Categories:	System
APK source:	Github
Google Play:	Check if it's there

HeliBoard is a privacy-conscious open-source keyboard, based on AOSP / OpenBoard. Does not use internet permission, and thus is 100% offline.

Features:

Add dictionaries for suggestions and spell check

build your own, or get them here, or in the experimental section (quality may vary)
additional dictionaries for emojis or scientific symbols can be used to provide suggestions (similar to "emoji search")
note that for Korean layouts, suggestions only work using this dictionary, the tools in the dictionary repository are not able to create working dictionaries

Customize keyboard themes (style, colors and background image)

can follow the system's day/night setting on Android 10+ (and on some versions of Android 9)
can follow dynamic colors for Android 12+

Customize keyboard layouts (only available when disabling use system languages)
Multilingual typing
Glide typing (only with closed source library ☹️)

library not included in the app, as there is no compatible open source library available
can be extracted from GApps packages ("swypelibs"), or downloaded here

Clipboard history
One-handed mode
Split keyboard (only available if the screen is large enough)
Number pad
Backup and restore your learned word / history data

WhatsNew:

- update Serbian Cyrillic layout by @markokocic (#704, #705)
- update Estonia layout by @tenextractor (#693)
- fix duplicate entries in clipboard history by @codokie (#616, #680)
- only add text entries to clipboard history by @codokie (#711)
- better images in metadata by @RHJihan (#713)
- properly set color of icons in toolbar selection dialog by @codokie (#715, #716)
- other fixes (#684, #723 and more)

Hint: This app is available in both, F-Droid Main and IzzyOnDroid repos. For details on this, please see here.

Download Source Issues ChangeLog

While you can download the APKs here directly, you should preferably use an F-Droid client so the app stays up-to-date on your device. Some clients have this repo enabled by default, e.g. Neo Store or, of course, the IzzyOnDroid client by Sunil. With others (like the official client) you'll have to add this repo manually (see the hint on top of the package list for how to do that).

Packages

Version 1.3 (2024-04-20)

Android Versions:

Target: 14.0
MinVer: 5.0
ABIs: arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64

App Configuration & Special Access

Permissions:

Malware-Check:Passed

26 Libraries detected:

Libraries:

Android Support v4 (Development Framework)
The Android Support Library is not actually a single library, but rather a collection of libraries that can roughly be divided into two groups: compatibility and component libraries. For details, please see Understanding the Android Support Library.
AndroidX Activity (Utility)
provides the base Activity subclass and the relevant hooks to build a composable structure on top.
Android Jetpack Annotations (Utility)
library that contains the annotations for Android Jetpack.
Arch (Utility)
helper for other arch dependencies, including JUnit test rules that can be used with LiveData.
AppCompat (Utility)
support newer Android features on older Android versions.
Autofill (Utility)
improve autofill accuracy via extending hints.
Android Support Library collections (Utility)
standalone efficient collections.
Androidx Core (Utility)
a static library that you can add to your Android application in order to use APIs that are either not available for older platform versions or utility APIs that aren't a part of the framework APIs.
AndroidX Cursor Adapter (Utility)
static library support version of the framework's CursorAdapter.
Android Support Library Custom View (UI Component)
a module to implement custom views. Part of the Android Support Library.
Android Emoji2 Compat (UI Component)
core library to enable emoji compatibility in Kitkat and newer devices to avoid the empty emoji characters.
AndroidX Fragment (UI Component)
AndroidX library to encapsulate part of the user interface or behavior into reusable components.
Lifecycle (Utility)
perform actions in response to a change in the lifecycle status of another component, such as activities and fragments.
Loader (Utility)
library to load data for your UI that survives configuration changes.
Preference (Utility)
a library to build interactive settings screens without needing to interact with device storage or manage the UI.
Recyclerview (Utility)
display large sets of data in your UI while minimizing memory usage.
Android Activity Saved State (Utility)
provides the base Activity subclass and the relevant hooks to build a composable structure on top.
Startup (Utility)
AndroidX library to implement a straightforward, performant way to initialize components at app startup.
Tracing (Utility)
AndroidX library to write trace events to the system trace buffer.
Transition (UI Component)
animates motion in the UI with starting and ending layouts.
Vectordrawable (UI Component)
AndroidX library to render vector graphics.
Android Jetpack VersionedParcelable (Utility)
Provides a stable but relatively compact binary serialization format that can be passed across processes or persisted safely.
HSV-Alpha Color Picker for Android (UI Component)
a color picker and a color preference for use in Android applications.
Kotlin (Utility)
The Kotlin Programming Language
kotlinx.coroutines (Utility)
library support for Kotlin coroutines.
Kotlin serialization (Utility)
Kotlin cross-platform / multi-format serialization.

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