[KEYBOARD] Gingerbread keyboard with sms friendly Hungarian Dictionary

2011.08.29 changes:

- Increased the dictionary size to 370k words (LatinIME_370k.rar) which is almost the maximum size based of the makedict.jar's source
- Rebuilt from the latest CyanogenMod (Nightly #172) source
- Added new (adb) install method


2011.06.16 changes:

- Added the 2 length words (example: az, de, és) into the dictionary
- Rebuilt from the latest CyanogenMod (Nightly #104) source


2011.04.13 changes:

- Rebuilt from the latest CyanogenMod 7.0.0 source

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I've created a custom gingerbread keyboard with an sms friendly Hungarian Dictionary for my own use but I tough maybe someone else could find it useful also.

What I call SMS Friendly characters:

Because of the limitation of the extended ascii characters encoding when you enter the one of the following acute accent characters (á,ó,ú,ű)
then the maximum length of the current sms message will be only 70 characters instead of the original 160.
If we replace them with their grave accent version (sms friendly) than we got back the original length of the sms message.

Dictionary:

- contains the top 100k frequently used words created by Hungarian Webcorpus
- removed all the very short words (length < 2) and numbers
- replaced all special Hungarian accented characters to its sms friendly version:

á -> à
ú -> ù
ű -> ü (*)
í -> ì
ó -> ò
ő -> ö (*)

(*) : I know this replace cause incorrect grammar but I can live with that

Keyboard:

- used the latest CyanogenMod's source from the github (credit goes to the great CyanogenMod Team )
- changed the accented pop-up characters to their friendly version as I did in the dictionary also

Installation methods:

- Before you install it a backup is highly recommended!!!


- I. Replace the originally LatinIME.apk in the system\app directory in your custom rom before you install it via recovery

--OR--

- II: Install via adb commands:

1. Reboot phone into Recovery (make sure phone is plugged into PC)
2. Select "mounts and storage" then select "mount system"
3. Open your command prompt and remount /system as writable

4. Push the LatinIME.apk to the system/app dir

5. Set the correct permission

6. Reboot the phone to apply the changes


After you installed the apk you should select the Hungarian (Magyar) language to take effect.
You can do it here: Settings -> Language & keyboard -> Android keyboard -> Input languages

Warning it removes any other dictionary from the system!

Please note it was tested only on the CyanogenMOD's nightly ROM.

Enjoy!

Update

Dictionary and source updated (details in the 1st post).

Update

Increased dictionary size to 370k words and new install method was added also.
See the details in the first post.

pattogato said:

Hi!
Does it work only on a rooted device??

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Yes, root is required to modify or replace any System/App.

Thank you for your kind words.
I'm glad you find this keyboard useful.

lowert said:

Hey! Can you put back the Ű,Ő letters please? Grammar is important to me,thanks

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Please find the modified LatinIME app.

Please note I do not have any GingerBread device so I did not have a chance to test it.
A backup from your system before the installation is highly recommended.

lowert said:

nice,it wroks,but one problem,please fix the long press o,u characters,cause when i use long press it pops up a letter not the number like the others

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OK, let me fix it tonight.

lowert said:

thanks for all

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Please try the attached version.
(I've checked the xml file which contains the alternate chars and it looked ok. I've changed its order and I hope it will work.)