[Android 1.6+] Bluetooth (Null) Keyboard

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Bluetooth (Null) Keyboard

Hi my fellow XDA-Members,

i would like to tell you about my little app.

I'm happy about any feedback and open for suggestions.

Nullkeyboard/0Keyboard or empty Keyboard (what ever you want to call it) adds an extra keyboard to your device, which will not show when selecting text fields.

It is intended to be used with hardware keyboards (i.e. bluetooth keyboards), to stop the software keyboard from opening and taking away half of the screen.
Additionally it improves system performance as it frees up resources that would normaly be used by a software keyboard (layout, dictionarys etc.).

This app is handy for people who regularly use an extra keyboard with their android tablet. While they cannot uninstall the system keyboards, they can unload them from system memory by choosing Null Keyboard as current keyboard.

A widget is included to allow easy switching between Null Keyboard and others.

This is not a driver and will not make your bluetooth keyboard work and neither will it break anything. Don't complain that it doesnt make your bluetooth keyboard work, because that is not its purpose.

MARKET LINK

Downloaded and installedthis app but can't find the widget. The app is running according to the CM7 app manager.

---------- Post added at 10:51 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:44 PM ----------

Okay never mind problem solved! Great app!

Why didn't you call it software keyboard disabler or something like that? Thats essentially what it does

Originally Posted by Newbie16

Why didn't you call it software keyboard disabler or something like that? Thats essentially what it does

The idea came from a similar windows mobile application which was called "Null keyboard".

Still SAMSUNG KEYBOARD appears!!!

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I bought this app from the market.
SAMSUNG KEYBOARD still appears once after that it disappears.
Is it possible disable this also?

Originally Posted by pathuri97

I bought this app from the market.
SAMSUNG KEYBOARD still appears once after that it disappears.
Is it possible disable this also?

I'm not sure what you mean?
What device and ROM are you using?

On-screen keyboard

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I'm on GALAXY TAB 10.1 + OVERCOME ROM + DROIDBASEMENT Kernel.
First time it onscreen keyboard appears and then it disappears.
Is it possible to disable PERMANENTLY ON-SCREEN KEYBOARD?

Originally Posted by pathuri97

I'm on GALAXY TAB 10.1 + OVERCOME ROM + DROIDBASEMENT Kernel.
First time it onscreen keyboard appears and then it disappears.
Is it possible to disable PERMANENTLY ON-SCREEN KEYBOARD?

Sorry, but i still don't understand it.

If you turn null keyboard ON, the onscreen keyboard should never show.

I have no indication that this no longer works.

See the enclosed screen shots.

It happens very FIRST TIME I start using the BLUETOOTH KEYBOARD.
And RESETS to SAMSUNG KEYPAD.

Hm, are you sure you selected Nullkeyboard as the active keyboard before?

I don't think i can prevent the system from switching keyboards, the question is rather why it is switching them.