The number symbol is quite often used on different platforms to indicate any numbers in the text. On Android, you can add a similar sign using a special button on the virtual keyboard, which in some cases may be missing. During this instruction, we will talk about using the number sign.
TOP 3 best Android keyboard apps
If you have a desire or need to change the preinstalled keyboard to a new and more interesting option, you should pay attention to the following applications. They are popular, have many positive reviews and have a large number of downloads. We also recommend reading the article about what to do if the keyboard on your Android .
SwiftKey
The program that tops the ranking is considered one of Google's best. It has a nice interface and many useful features. These include error correction and spelling hints. The application can be fully customized according to the user's requirements, which is especially important for long-term use.
Flexy
The following program has gained fame and popularity due to features such as auto-correction and the ability to erase words with one gesture. Users are attracted by the variety of design themes – there are about 50 of them in the application. The “Fleksy” keyboard is available in the Play Store and is absolutely free.
GO Keyboard
Third on the list is an application that is distinguished by a huge abundance of skins and the ability to customize the keyboard according to your wishes. Here you can change fonts, install missing input languages, and add decorations. The layout looks beautiful and is easy to use.
A few more hidden tricks
- Dollar - alternative currency signs.
- Asterisk - crosses and a prettier version of the asterisk.
- Plus - plus or minus.
- A hyphen is an em dash, an en dash, an underscore, and a period in the middle of a line.
- Long tap on question marks and exclamation marks - these are the same symbols inverted.
- The bold dot is card signs.
We hope these little tricks and hidden features will help you type faster on the Google Keyboard.
Also watch our video on this topic:
The most popular questions and qualified answers
| What are special characters for? | When writing texts, and especially short messages, they become especially important because they allow you to save time and the number of characters (when sending SMS). Similar signs can be used to replace words, terms, and emotions. |
| What settings can be applied to the keyboard? | Here you can adjust the layout height, change sounds and signals, and the duration of key presses. |
| Which input tools are suitable for use on Android mobile devices? | Standard keyboards from Google, as well as any third-party applications. The main thing is to download them from trusted sources, or better yet from the Play Market. |
Although many Android keyboards lack some characters, such as the number sign, there are many ways to insert them into text. The most effective ones were discussed in this article. As a last resort, you can install a new keyboard on your smartphone with much greater capabilities.
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Interesting hidden features of the Android keyboard
The Android phone keyboard has a huge number of hidden functions that the user might not even know about. You can see more details about these possibilities in this video.
Despite this, users, knowing about hidden features, simply do not use them, although many interesting tricks could be done, introduced into their lives, because they can make it easier, and also surprise some friends who did not know about such features .
Since most people use the standard keyboard from Google, some subtleties and tricks will be understood using its example.
Creating a layout like a computer keyboard
The first hidden function is the creation of a layout, like on a computer keyboard. This layout can actually be enabled, you just need to dig a little into the settings. The only disadvantage of this function is that it is initially available in English format, but it can also be configured in certain settings items.
To enable this feature, you need to go to the keyboard settings, and then to the “View and Layouts” tab.
Go through them to “personalized styles”.
Next, select the “PC” item in the “layout” section, and through it select a convenient language.
Thus, the Android keyboard will immediately turn into a keyboard from a standard computer. It is convenient in some cases, for example, when certain characters are needed or the user is simply accustomed to using such a layout.
Commands for quick insertion
The second function is that the user can independently select commands for quick insertion. Sometimes this happens when the user needs to quickly type a certain phrase, but this can be done much faster if you use the Quick Paste owl.
They are customizable, so the user can create their own using the following algorithm:
- Go to the keyboard settings and find the “Text Correction” section. Let's go into it;
- Then we open the “Custom Dictionary” section, which is responsible for creating such interesting variations;
- Through it, go to the “For all languages” item, and then enter the phrase that needs to be inserted after the shortcut keys.
The user can register an endless number of such interesting variations and use them in cases where there is no time to write.
Another equally interesting feature of the Google keyboard is that:
- If you long-press on a dot, the user will automatically open a menu with frequently used symbols;
- If you hold down the comma for a long time, it will lead to system settings;
- If the user presses the space bar for a long time, he can quickly change the language;
- And if you press numbers on your phone one by one for a long time, you can discover a huge number of interesting and hidden symbols, which can also be used later in a dialogue with someone.
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How to enable symbols next to letters on your keyboard
Google's on-screen keyboard is designed in such a way that letters and special characters are in different sections, and to go to any of them you need to use the “?123” or “ABC” navigation button. This is extremely inconvenient, because you have to spend extra time when writing a message. Fortunately, to simplify working with texts, the developers have provided the ability to combine two panels - alphabetic and symbolic in one section. By setting the function accordingly, you can enter icons with one touch of the keyboard key. For example, if you need to put a question mark at the end of a sentence, you only need to hold down the “b” button for a couple of seconds.
To enable the display of symbols next to letters in the Gboard keyboard, you will need to perform a number of simple steps:
- Log in to any messenger or social network and call up the virtual keyboard. You can also open a browser or section to send SMS;
- Find a key with symbols to the left of the spacebar and press it so that a gear icon appears;
- Without lifting your finger, move it to the icon - a pop-up window with two items will appear - Languages "" and "Gboard keyboard settings";
- Select the second item to get to the menu and select “Settings” again;
- Scroll the list to the end of the screen, find the “Long press: symbols” option and activate it.
From now on, symbols will be displayed on the keyboard at the top of the letter buttons, which will greatly simplify entering not only letters, but also numbers, punctuation marks and other special characters.
Thursday, August 6, 2015
About the number sign in Android and the “hacker” keyboard
I’m not the only one tormented by vague doubts that this sign - No. - is absent from the layouts of standard keyboards at least up to Android 4.4 (I don’t have newer ones), and this despite the fact that when entered or copied, it is perfectly displayed.
Moreover, the standard (and many others) on-screen keyboard lacks many of the capabilities of a standard computer keyboard. For example, it is not always convenient to move the cursor in the input field by pressing with your finger or stylus.
Anyone who has tried to manage servers via SSH will understand all the “delights”. I understood them quite a long time ago and settled on the excellent Hacker's Keyboard from Klaus Weidner. The latest version was released at the end of December 2013, but at the moment I don't see what else can be improved there. Although. Yes, integration with a built-in spell checker would not hurt - the keyboard maintains its own custom dictionary, which is not always convenient if you do not use it all the time.
In addition to the keyboard itself, you can install language packs for more than a dozen languages, including Russian.
Below the cut are large screenshots with explanations.
Here's what it looks like on my tablet (1280x800): (after installation, I customized it for myself, the stock view may differ slightly, but not significantly. In particular, I made (using standard tools!) the numeric keys smaller in height than the alphabetic ones in order to save a little space)
In portrait mode, only capital letters are drawn regardless of the shift state. But this is only on buttons, and when entering, of course, uppercase and lowercase letters are entered correctly depending on:
2. Russian with pressed shift
There are no problems with entering the “Russian number”, the letter “е” and a hard character, and the layout is closer to the usual typewritten one. To someone who is used to the Windows layout, this may not seem entirely familiar, but I know both layouts well and personally I don’t have any problems.
A special feature is the “function keys” mode, which in itself is “just a song.” It is turned on by pressing the Fn button. Explanations, I think, are unnecessary:
The only mystery left for me is the purpose of the circle key, which is between Fn and the arrows. However, I'm fine without her
