Looking for a virtual keyboard that doesn't cover up the original screen when you are typing. I.E. if I'm typing something into a Google search box, I want to see the letters appearing in the search box, not some other box that I then have to send to the original application. Ideally it would also have a tab key on the main keyboard. Anything like this exist?
I believe Swiftkey will do that. SwiftKey - Intelligent text prediction for Android smartphones, by TouchType Ltd.
Welcome to the forum! It depends on what you mean by "cover up the original screen when you are typing". When you bring up the virtual keyboard in portrait mode, the application UI will be partially covered by the keyboard, and your typing should appear directly in the application field. When you bring up the virtual keyboard in landscape mode, the application UI will be entirely replaced by the virtual keyboard, and your typing should appear in a temporary field. When you close the keyboard, the text will appear in whatever field was selected. In either case, if your keyboard offers predictive suggestions, these will appear in a strip just above the keyboard. Personally speaking, I absolutely abhor the "no UI" solution for landscape mode, as it makes a range of applications effectively useless. Sadly, that's the way it has to be -- the first two points (if not all three) apply to all keyboards because that's the dictated working from the OS. You simply cannot make a "transparent overlay" in Android.
