Welcome To Android #1: How To Change Your Keyboard

Posted Mar 7 2011 by Phil Esposito in  with 11 Comments



Did you know that your Android powered smart phone has multiple keyboards? Well it does, and combined with the Android Market, there are dozens of different keyboards to download. Read or watch below to lean how to use this easy, yet very useful feature. Hope it helps!

How to enable downloaded keyboards

  1. Go to settings
  2. Go to “Language and Keyboard”
  3. Scroll down
  4. Check off the newly downloaded keyboard

How to change your keyboard

  1. Open a text field
  2. Long press
  3. Select “input method”
  4. Select your keyboard

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  • Lrobles787

    Go review… keep up the writing skills.

  • Guest

    When posting an article like this, it might be a good idea to say what version of Android we’re talking about. What you’ve said is not true for Android 1.6.

    • appelflap

      Afaik the exact same procedure is used in 1.6.

  • http://www.androidspywareapps.net/ Android Fans

    I just implemented this and it was as easy as 1-2-3. Thank you!

  • Dennis

    how to change to only numbers keyboard, like on a regular phone – and not on a smart phone – can not find it anywhere. 

  • Tristan

    ty

  • doubi

    people always down talking appreciate someone offering help for once thankyou helped my girlfriend get her text to speech back she was going to lose it at work without it

  • Phoneix

    Helps !! Thanks.

  • http://twitter.com/PhotosCharlotte CharlottePhotography

    I long press and “paste” comes out instead because I copied something before… how to get rid of this?

  • Laurie

    Thankyou soooooo much. I was so aggravated by the other keyboard, don’t know why but every once in a while it just changes & I can’t stand it!!!! & I never know how to fix it!!!! Thanks****

  • iamJSRCA

    how to removed stock keyboard and replace it with other keyboard and make it default?