SwiftKey?

[N4Newbie]

My SwiftKey keyboard (specifically, the backspace key?) has been doing some weird stuff lately under Beta 4.

Anyone else?

 

[Old Stoneface]

I don't use the Beta versions, but SwiftKey has been doing weird things on my Tab 2 running CM for a year or better.

 

[SRFast]

I am using the SwiftKey Beta on my Nexus 6P running the latest version of Nougat and have not experienced any problems with the keyboard.

Posted via the Android Central App

 

[anon(9072051)]

Swiftkey used to crash for me on the early beta versions, especially when creating notes in Keep, but it's been okay on my N6 since DP3.

 

[N4Newbie]

Okay, apparently lots of people are having issues and it's not related to Android N at all: http://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s7-edge/696582-swiftkey-has-become-unusable.html

 

[Don_Henry]

I have the double word problem - on N5X running N DP4 - also had it on DP3 and on MM before that.

NEXUS 5X on AT&T on N Beta

 

[Old Stoneface]

I have the double word problem - on N5X running N DP4 - also had it on DP3 and on MM before that.

Bingo! That is precisely the main problem I've been experiencing. Drives. Me. Bonkers.

 

[Don_Henry]

I am now trying Fleksy - actually pretty good for predictions and seems easier to type faster than Swiftkey

NEXUS 5X on AT&T on N Beta

 

[ptkelly]

Nexus 5x with Android 7 beta 4. I've been using Swiftkey and it was getting pretty flaky. I would be trying to type my email address and I would look up and see it had suddenly skipped a space and added a couple of capital letters. I could see no pattern to what it was doing. I was having some other minor problems with various apps especially photos but that doesn't surprise me with a beta. Yesterday, I did a factory reset. All my apps, contacts, photos and so forth restored. I had to redo a few settings in specific apps. All I was actually missing were two ringtones I'd download. I checked the settings for Swiftkey and did uncheck the "auto inset prediction" feature.

In the interest of full disclosure, I did learn to type on an old Remington manual typewriter and that combined with short stubby fingers, and toes, I am a terrible typist on a virtual keyboard.

Yesterday evening I wrote some emails and did chores such as adding an email account and I was not longer having any problems with Swiftkey. I've been getting frequent updates for some of the apps. They're dealing with the beta, too.

 

[Old Stoneface]

I'd finally had enough on my tablet, last night, and uninstalled SwiftKey. For now, I'm using the stock Android keyboard. It may be clunky, next to SwiftKey, but at least what I type is what I get. No more. No less.

 

[MikeCorsten]

never had an issue

 

[Old Stoneface]

N.B.: The following applies to my Samsung Tab 2 10.1, running CyanogenMod.

Tried Fleksy. Didn't care for it, Really wanted a split keyboard, like SwiftKey had, for thumb typing in landscape orientation. Couldn't find one I liked. Finally gave Google Keyboard a try. No split keyboard mode, but excellent swiping. Better than SwiftKey's, I think. Better text prediction, too.

Most importantly: Gone is all the aberrant behaviour I was experiencing with SwiftKey.