As a rule, virtual keyboards appear in the game automatically and only at the moment when it is scheduled. The problem is that some actions, for example, entering-chet codes require a compulsory call to the layout, and not every keyboard has such capabilities.
Method 1: Hacker's Keyboard
The main feature of this application is that, according to the key location scheme, it resembles a computer keyboard. There is no familiar emoji, stickers and other graphic characters, but there is a function that allows you to call the layout at any time during the game.
Download Hacker's Keyboard from Google Play Market
- Open the "Settings" Hacker's Keyboard. To do this, run the application using a shortcut and click "Settings".
- In the "INPUT MODE SETTINGS" block, we put a tick opposite the "Use Permanent Notification" item. Thus, fasten the keyboard in the "notification area" of the smartphone.
- During the game, open the "Notifications Panel", spending your finger from the top edge of the screen down.
- Tabay by Hacker's Keyboard.
- When the keyboard starts, we use it. Together with it will be the active "Back" key, with which you can remove the field with the buttons.
Method 2: GamePad
Gamepad combines keyboard and controller. This is a fully free option, but if there are problems with it, there is a similar one - the GameKeyboard, for which you have to pay. Gamepad does not support the layout in Russian, but in Android games it is rarely needed. To use the keyboard during the game, the application program will also have to be configured.
Download gamepad from Google Play Market
- Run the gamepad and tapack "Go to Gamepad Settings".
- By default, the controller will always be launched. To provide the keyboard priority, in the "Input Preferences" block, click "Select Keyboard Type" and choose Keyboard.
- To quickly switch between the keyboard and the gamepad, using the swipe from left to right, we put a tick opposite Swipe to Switch in the "Gesture Mappings" block.
- In the "Other" block, activate the "GamePad Notification" option and close the "Settings". In order for the application to be fixed in the "Notification Area", it is necessary to run it once, for example, with the help of some messenger.
- During the game, open the "area of notifications" and select "Gamepad Keyboard".
The field with the keys should appear on the screen.
- If you need a controller, make swipe left for the right.
Back switch in the same way.
READ ALSO: Virtual Keyboards for Android
Changing keyboard on device with Android
To the described applications started during the game, they must be installed by default. This can be done immediately after loading the software, following a simple instruction, or then select it in the "settings" of the system. This is written in more detail in a separate article.
Read more: How to change the keyboard on Android