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Asked: 2026-05-16T04:55:50+00:00

I would like to play around with some ideas and develop a soft keyboard

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I would like to play around with some ideas and develop a soft keyboard for Android to replace the default one.

  • Is there any general information about soft keyboard development for Android out there? Any best practices or guidelines?

  • Can I do with my keyboard application pretty much anything I could do with a normal Android application?

  • Can I do HTTP connections to synchronize keyboard data with a cloud DB and other phones I have?

  • Can I open other windows/screens from a key press, e.g. to display a custom input interface different to a normal QWERTY one. If that doesn’t work, can I use a pop-up dialog instead?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Some tips:

    About your questions:

    An inputMethod is basically an Android Service, so yes, you can do HTTP and all the stuff you can do in a Service.

    You can open Activities and dialogs from the InputMethod. Once again, it’s just a Service.

    I’ve been developing an IME, so ask again if you run into an issue.

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