Steven58

Here it is! Finally! I tried it and it works so far.

Dev = ne0fhyk from XDA.

From the XDA forum: Link to app page = [APP][ROOT/Keyboard] Keyboard Manager - Dual keyboard: Portrait/landscape switch - xda-developers

Verbage:

Keyboard Manager allows you to customize what keyboard (input method) appear on input based on your phone orientation.
It displays the keyboards you have enabled on your android device, and let you select one per orientation (landscape/portrait).
As your phone switch orientation, the app automatically switch the keyboard.

Requirements:
- Rooted android device (app was tested on Samsung captivate 2.1)
- Root Explorer app, or similar app that allows you to edit the permissions of a file.

To install:
1- Download the app (KeyboardManager.apk) on your device sdcard.
2- Using Root Explorer, move the apk file to /system/app
3- Using Root Explorer, edit the file permissions like below:
-- User: 'Read/Write' checked
--Group: 'Read' checked
--Others: 'Read' checked
4- Exit Root Explorer

The app should be visible in your launcher as 'Keyboard Manager'

Update:
- Added option to disable notification icon
-' start on boot' feature is disabled because it's not yet complete and tested... Sorry for the confusion

Bugs:
-On certain applications (i.e: Messaging on Samsung Captivate), the input window occasionally freeze on orientation switch. Exiting the app, and resuming should fix it.

The app is still in development, so feedbacks are welcome.

- ne0fhyk


Note: thank you to chrlswltrs for pointing this out in the Lounge

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Last edited by Steven58; November 9th, 2010 at 11:38 PM.

Airmaxx23

I posted this last week and it got buried in no time.

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Steven58

Ok, I didn't see it. The app is actually good for me because I swype in portrait and enter passwords is landscape using multi-touch. I also know that there had been a lot of people asking for this app.Just trying to be helpful!

Airmaxx23

I use it for the same reason and I'm surprised that more people aren't chiming in about it. I don't care that you reposted it, I guess it's just one of those apps that a lot of people aren't interested in.

imronburgundy

Worked very well. Swype on portrait, mt on landscape! Finally!

This is why I constantly come to this site throughout the day. You find out new and cool things to do with your phone every day!

Last edited by imronburgundy; November 10th, 2010 at 11:28 AM.

tcallahan

I was thinking how i wish i could do swype in port and default in land.... now i can. LOVE THIS APP. Must have.

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Works great!

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lexluthor

I saw this earlier today on XDA and tried it out. Works great. Crazy how this isn't standard, especially on phones that have swype built in. Swype is worthless in landscape.

Steven58

Agreed.

lutin

Thanks for sharing this. Have been looking for a solution like this for about a year!

ngsm13

AH!!!! I've been waiting for something like this, exactly what I've been wanting to be able to do. Thanks!

Steven58

yw. That's why I put it up here. I seemed to remember people asking for it. Also, I need MTK for entering passwords, which I do in landscape, but portrait is solely Swype for me.

jake.hybrid

I keep getting FC's that tell my Swype has FC'ed when I switch to landscape... How do I fix this?

imronburgundy

Ditto, hopefully the dev will come out with a patch