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.

  • Fisch
    4·
    7 months ago

    You don’t need root for it, it’s in the app info page

      • LinkOpensChest.wav@lemmy.one
        5·
        7 months 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.

      • Tibert@jlai.lu
        2·
        7 months 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.