Introducing the brand new system-wide FlickType keyboard

I downloaded it this morning and gave it a quick lookover. I can't wait to get a chance to get home and try it out. Thanks for continuing to update this app.

I have to ask again: what are the current supported languages? Have you added other oor is there a roadmap to do so?

I ask this because I want to spend my seven days trial only when portuguese is supported. I have any doubt though that it will work and I will happily suubscribe once my language is supported.

Hello,
Is there any chance that this keyboard would support other languages? I personally am interested in Russian language support. In this case I would be happy to invest in the development. :-)

hi if i click the upgrade button, as a beta tester do i have conpay? was unclear about that? or do i get charged the 99 cents%per month?

so to clarify as per my last message ... i can trial the betas for free and pay the 99p per month to subscribe? well worth that in my view.

I already have the app, and when I went to the app store it says "open," meaning it's already here. However, the version number I have still says 1.0, and I do not see an option to upgrade. Will this come as an automatic update, or should I uninstall and reinstall the app to get the new features?

Can't wait to use flicktype system wide!

*edit* Um, never mind, after I posted this, a magical update button appeared. Of course it did, just to make me look silly! Oh well, it happens.

This looks very promising. I'm having a heck of a time with log-in credentials on my iPhone, so perhaps this will help me out down the road a bit.

Hi, was thrilled when the update for FlickType came through today and it made it a system wide keyboard. When I added it to my list of keyboards and and tried to use it, VoiceOver read out "Full Access". So I went back into Settings, opened the Keyboard section and tapped on the FlickType keyboard and turned on Full Access. When the alert message popped up saying that the developper could see all of your keystrokes, or some message along that line, I kind of froze a little. Being new to adding third party keyboards and having FlickType be the first ever third party I added, I am just curious to know if this alert message was standard for all keyboards and whether or not the developper's of FlickType do indeed see our keystrokes. I guess I am just seeking a some clarification for this. Thanks!

It is pretty standard for third party keyboards to request full access, and that agreement is also standard. It doesn't though mean that they are in fact doing so.

Thank you FlickType for the response and information. I didn't think that you guys would have done that either, but like I said, yours is the first third party keyboard I've enabled, so I don't have much experience with third party keyboards, I wasn't sure.

This is my first 3rd party keyboard aswell. I'm on the free 7 day trial. I noticed when I tried to enter a word manually I keep getting stuck in the control center. and it's hard to get out. It's possible I go too far up and past the top row of the keyboard. Also, when adding a word to the dictionary it won't let me do something with a space like a city/town. for example Los Angeles. I'm using a SE using latest version of IOS. This is really cool you can use the keyboard in apps now.

Hope this will support Asian languages such as Arabic soon. This can be amazing!

So I'm on the beta program aswell and I have no ide how to support you guys. When opening the App Store it says I already have the app.

Hello
I like the improvement of FlickType very much apart from this: Every time I lift my finger after selecting the letter I want, a loud clicking sound plays. It also happens when I navigate on the keyboard. Is there a way to turn it off please?

Go into the settings tab at the bottom and change the click volume. You can also change the click sound to another one.

Thank you so much for such an amazing app. I really enjoy testing the early builds of the keyboard, and will continue to do so. I am telling everyone I know about this keyboard. Keep up the excellent work.

hi just curious, why is it necessary to pay to use this as a custom keyboard when sighted people do not pay for 3rd-party keyboards?

Hello. Any plans to make it compatible with Brazilian Portuguese?

This is not a deal breaker by any means, but I thought I should point it out. When I use flicktype, and then when I am finished with it, my phone's sounds don't work quite right. For example, when I move from page to page of screens, that sound doesn't work. Also, when the control center or notification center is activated, the pop-up sounder letting me know it's there doesn't work. The only way to get these sounds back is to restart voice over. Anyone else noticed this tiny glitch? Like I said, not a deal breaker by far, but it does kind of make things challenging when you don't hear the little sounders letting you know your apps are populating.

O.k thanks for the feedback. I will heed your advice.

Hey. Thanks for doing this. It has made my phone typing experience much faster and more fun. Out of curiosity, do you have a list of apps that don't get along with the keyboard? I just found one today and I don't want to bother you by telling you something you already know if you in fact already know about this. Thanks bunches. FlickType kicks some serious butt!

Hello! I am also interested in the support of russian language. I really hope it would be available soon. What does the upgrade feature give?

OK, so I've been putting the new beta through its paces, and am really liking Flicktype even more, now that it can be used system wide. I've been using it as my primary keyboard all morning for a variety of tasks, and it's worked great.

I do have 2 questions I haven't figured out though.

1. If I'm in an edit field like a search form, is there a gesture to trigger the OK, Search, enter, or other button to take action? Say I'm searching for an app in the App Store's search field. The only way I've figured out how to actually do the search, is to flick up and hold, to bring up the standard keyboard, and use its Search button in the lower right.

2. I'm also trying to figure out editing text I've already written. I get that 3 finger swipes left and right move by line, and 2 finger swipes move by word. Is there a way to move by letter? I'm guessing you just move to put the cursor right after the word you want, flick left with 1 finger to remove the whole word, and put a different one in its place.

This is pretty cool though, and I'm impressed with how well it's working. I didn't know it added items to the dictionary based on what you type. that's pretty cool too.

I think I'll be doing a video of this soonish.

That is the only problem I have with using flicktype. This is especially an issue in YouTube as well as several other apps.

I've run into similar problems with using autocomplete in sending mail and messages. If you type the first few letters of a name and go back to view it, you are no longer in edit mode and aren't presented with a list of possible autocomplete actions.

Currently the only way I know of for dealing with this is to bring up the standard keyboard. Right now I am guessing that these issues are because Flicktype is always "full screen" and that these issues will not be a problem when the partial screen keyboard version is available. This is on the developer's time line, so hopefully we'll see this soon!

Keep up the good work.

--Pete

Hi Raul. This is a known bug with messenger and VoiceOver. It can occur whilst using any keyboard and isn't specific to using FlickType. The problem occurs when there is text in the field ready to send but something occurs before you hit the send button, like a phone call comes in or you leave the app for some reason. Upon return, the app will crash when you enter that particular conversation with the unsent text. It doesn't occur with VoiceOver off so the only workaround I've found, bar reinstalling the app, is to turn VoiceOver off and get a sighted peer to open the desired conversation and once back inside the text field either delete or send the text. Its a very frustrating one but if I understand the problem correctly then it's a messenger issue and isn't triggered by FlickType. Hope that helps

I have never encounted that messenger bug you're all talking about, I wonder if that's because I mainly use BSI?

Flicktype is great for typing documents, emails, messaging, ETC, but it's not exactly ideal for entering web site addresses.

Does anyone have any tips for entering URLs? or do I stick to the default keyboard?

I use an iPhone X. I find the next keyboard gesture (Swipe up and hold) difficult to implement. When I perform this gesture, I inadvertently append letters to my documents.

Hello,

I'll be interested when Thai is supported.

Hi!
Love the keyboard, but both have a bug to report plus a feature to ask for.
Bug first: if you dismiss the keyboard after typing something then expand the field again, say if you forgot to add something in an email, navigation gestures no longer work, making it impossible to review what you've written or to figure out where you are in relation to the other text.
As for the feature request, could we get a clear all text gesture? Perhaps a swipe left and hold?
Amazing app overall, however! Keep it up!
Thanks.

I too would love the clear all feature

Hello

I am having trouble dismissing the keyboard and getting to the menu. I am possibly interested in subscribing but would like to get the hang of the menu gestures first.

I'm not sure if I can explain the problem I'm having, but I'll certainly give it a try.

After using the FlickType keyboard, it doesn't matter if it's as a demo or the system wide keyboard, voiceover loses focus on everything.

Touch and hold the screen for a split second somewhat fixes the problem, but it doesn't really fix the issue unless you restart the phone.

In the past when an app use to do this, a workaround would be to bring up Siri, then dismiss it, but even that doesn't appear to work for this issue.

Clearing the memory by holding the power button until you get the power off screen, then holding the home button till the home screen comes up also doesn't resolve this.

Voiceover also doesn't speek when you try this method, but I know it still clears the memory by the apps in the app switcher no longer saying active.

I do hope this can be resolved, and I hope I was able to explain the issue properly.

I get this every time I dismiss the keyboard, whether it's by flicking up and holding to get to the next keyboard, or flicking down and holding to dismiss the keyboard outright.

If it helps, I'm using an iPhone 6S running iOS 11.4.

One last thing, I have screen curtain turned on, would that make a difference?

Update:

It appears all you need to do to fix it is to toggle voiceover off and back on.