Interesting KeyLimePie Leftover Discovery in Google Keyboard...

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INTRODUCTION
Been having fun using the Google Key Lime Pie keyboard?
This is something I came across accidentally earlier today and I've noticed that I couldn't find any sort of thread or discovery of this recent addition but please forgive me if this was already found.
Because as you may know, the Google Keyboard always had a hidden theme chooser in a app activity called the "Android keyboard Debug settings" but it appears that this section was quite recently changed.
I personally wanted to go back to ICS keyboard myself and as I knew this secret so I took a visit to the intent which previously to me had options for themes such as, Stone (Normal), Stone (Bold), Gingerbread and Ice Cream Sandwich.
But I was surprised as I hit theme because the default (selected) selection on our 4.4.2 OS was named KeyLimePie (after the original 4.4 android name)

Currently I have only one device at hand so I cannot confirm the legitimacy of this but my setup is as follows :
- Latest Google Keyboard Version
- Standard Stock Based 4.4.2 KitKat based ROM build
- Device : Hammerhead (Nexus 5)


How-to.
There are two methods I'm aware of accessing an activity of an application, however to make it easy I will show a simple method which is possible due to one of our beloved launchers.

For this method I will Use Nova Launcher's Activity list.

Simply
1.Install Nova
2.Go to homescreen.
3.Long press screen, select Shortcuts then activities.
4.Go down to Google keyboard and select the Debug Options

Screenshot if stuck on this easy tutorial :
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7asaze3y.jpg
ubegahar.jpg

Sent from my Android Phone using the XDA-Website
PS : I'm not a good storyteller.
 
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Anyone want to venture a guess as to what the next version will be called? I'm voting for Licorice.
 
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What exactly happens when you switch the theme to key lime pie?

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sewer56lol

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farsight73 said:
May be it's for 5.0 version..

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I'd doubt that, android versions generally release in and about each year of difference and KitKat is still quite recent. Also they followed the alphabet as follows. Donut>Eclair>Froyo>Gingerbread>Honeycomb>IceCreamSandwich>Jellybean>KitKat (Originally called Key Lime Pie)

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If you decompile google keyboard you will notice couple of lines there in xmls (gb for gingerbread, ics for icecream and klp for KitKat - i would say google was lazy to correct this stuff. Nothing to see here really, its just a name missmatch, common for google. :p

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    sewer56lol
    sewer56lol
    INTRODUCTION
    Been having fun using the Google Key Lime Pie keyboard?
    This is something I came across accidentally earlier today and I've noticed that I couldn't find any sort of thread or discovery of this recent addition but please forgive me if this was already found.
    Because as you may know, the Google Keyboard always had a hidden theme chooser in a app activity called the "Android keyboard Debug settings" but it appears that this section was quite recently changed.
    I personally wanted to go back to ICS keyboard myself and as I knew this secret so I took a visit to the intent which previously to me had options for themes such as, Stone (Normal), Stone (Bold), Gingerbread and Ice Cream Sandwich.
    But I was surprised as I hit theme because the default (selected) selection on our 4.4.2 OS was named KeyLimePie (after the original 4.4 android name)

    Currently I have only one device at hand so I cannot confirm the legitimacy of this but my setup is as follows :
    - Latest Google Keyboard Version
    - Standard Stock Based 4.4.2 KitKat based ROM build
    - Device : Hammerhead (Nexus 5)


    How-to.
    There are two methods I'm aware of accessing an activity of an application, however to make it easy I will show a simple method which is possible due to one of our beloved launchers.

    For this method I will Use Nova Launcher's Activity list.

    Simply
    1.Install Nova
    2.Go to homescreen.
    3.Long press screen, select Shortcuts then activities.
    4.Go down to Google keyboard and select the Debug Options

    Screenshot if stuck on this easy tutorial :
    8ydyhehu.jpg



    7asaze3y.jpg
    ubegahar.jpg

    Sent from my Android Phone using the XDA-Website
    PS : I'm not a good storyteller.
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