Hello, could someone recommended a keyboard for android that is a bit smart in predictive typing? I used to like swiftkeybefore it was bought by microsoft. Not that swiftkey itself was much better but I was not so privy conscious at that time.

I recall swiftkey would require access to your texts and emails to train itself to your predictions.

Is there some similar foss keyboard where all the data then remains local?

I know swiftkey has an incognito mode, but then it stops learning from your typing.

  • FreshLight
    2•1 year ago

    If your phone is rooted you can use any standalone keyboard app you like as long as you block it’s internet access

    • auth
      6•1 year ago

      you dont need to be rooted to block app’s internet access though

    • @BeatTakeshiOP
      2•1 year ago

      Not rooted for once in a long time, but I’ll think about it. How do you restrict an app’s access?

        • @BeatTakeshiOP
          5•1 year ago

          I don’t see the same thing on android 12.? Only restrict background data.

          • LinkOpensChest.wav
            5•1 year ago

            Same on android 13. There’s not even a “Mobile data & Wi-Fi” category, just “Mobile data.”

            You could use an app like NetGuard to block internet access, but I’ve not found that to be a very practical solution, especially for VPN users.

            Edit: Looks like it’s a Samsung thing.

            I really wish I didn’t have a Samsung. What a horrible way to treat consumers, removing a basic function of the OS.

            • @AtmaJnana
              4•1 year ago

              I’m on Android 13 and I have it. Your ROM probably has it disabled.

                • @AtmaJnana
                  6•1 year ago

                  Samsung doesn’t want you blocking their spyware pointless apps.

          • @[email protected]
            2•1 year ago

            It may depends on your rom/os brand. On my device (oxygen os 13.x), I can restrict access somewhere deep into mobile network settings (the translation may not be good as I have it in French) :

            Settings > mobile network > data consumption > network access.

            And here I see all apps. I can restrict mobile network, WiFi or both.

      • FreshLight
        1•1 year ago

        If you do not have an LSposed framework or similar (formerly knows as Xposed Framework) you can either use Adaway for blocking the phone from reaching websites (keep in mind that this is globally, though) or e.g. AFWall+ for preventing single Apps to connect to the internet (Apps that don’t try to get internet access are not shown is the list provided by AFWall+).

        If you have LSposed or similar I believe it is possible to install XprivacyLua. This was/is(?) a very powerful tool to manage every single access an app is trying to get. Why would a sketchy chinese calculator app need access to the contacts and the internet even though this was never allowed in the system settings?

        • @AtmaJnana
          1•1 year ago

          OP can’t use adaway or AFWall+ without root.

          I’m in the same boat as OP (I have a device without root for the first time in a long time) and I miss both apps. I do use a pihole+VPN for what adaway does. But there’s no real replacement for AFWall/iptables without root. As pointed out, though, you can block individual apps in some modern versions of android. Fortunately, I have that.