Swipe writing - how?

[rafnov]

On one of screenshots from F-droid have seen swipe writing feature.
How do you enable that, when no option is present in settings?

[Flexmaen]

Chek at: https://github.com/Helium314/HeliBoard?tab=readme-ov-file#features

In Options - Enhanced you'll find the option to load the library for glide typing. It will show you which file you need.

[rafnov]

Ok, I finally got that on me phone. Thx for the clue.

[Jonny-T-cyber]

In Options - Enhanced you'll find the option to load the library for glide typing. It will show you which file you need.

Hi,
I downloaded the file.
Now how do I activate the feature?
Thanks

[adamhospodka]

Try HeliBoard Settings->Advanced->Load gesture typing library and select the downloaded file

[francoisschwarzentruber]

Hello, sorry to disturb you about my naïve question. Where do we download the file corresponding to the gesture typing library?

[vinayakpurohit48]

Hi,

You can download the gesture typing library from the OpenBoard repository here:

For most modern devices, download the arm64-v8a/libjni_latinimegoogle.so file.

After downloading it, open HeliBoard and go to:

Settings → Advanced → Load gesture typing library

Then select the downloaded .so file. Once loaded, swipe/gesture typing should be available.

Hope this helps!

[TheAGames10]

HUGE LIE.

I tried this and it won't allow me to select the downloaded .so file in any way no matter what. it just looks grayed out and is fully unclickable.

[casonscottwhite]

I just did this today with the f-droid installed version, I can confirm it works....

[ManOki]

When I try to load gesture typing library, HeliBoard crashes and swyping does not work. I'm using a Xiaomi Pad 5 (nabu), running a Vanilla GSI LineageOS 23.2 (Android 16). I also tested several versions of libjni_latinimegoogle.so, e.g., I extracted it from the GAPPS GSI image.

However, HeliBoard seems to remember that I tried to load a file: next time, I can delete the already loaded library in the dialog.

[francoisschwarzentruber]

Hello, would it be a good idea to implement that feature without having to any library? (or at least the user should do these kind of things!) What about having this feature built-in?

[rafnov]

What's your problem with loading a file into the app?

[francoisschwarzentruber]

I got an error. And then I switched back to Google Board which does not ask for a file to be loaded, and where the feature is built-in. I think it is really easier if that feature would just work for free.

[rafnov]

I don't have that issue, using several Heliboard versions back. You need to know that restricted, non free library needs and has to be loaded by a user to keep whole Heliboard fully FOSS.
I've got a message about incoming 4.0 version, currently beta. In your place I would try if it fixes your crashes and errors.

[ManOki]

I only see 4.0 alpha but no alpha/beta in f-droid.

[rafnov]

Sorry, it's alpha indeed.