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Android change keyboard input language

As I got a Nexus 7 Androidicon tablet[1], I also acquired a bluetooth keyboard (the Logitech K810[2], which seems great so far).

But, as I have a Swiss-German laptop, got a UK Androidicon tablet, have a Swiss smartphone, and a French keyboard, some keyboard set input problems appears.

In case you are in the same situation, and, for example, have a QWERTY keyboard but want to write in AZERTY, or in Cyrillic, you can easily change the keyboard set in Androidicon.

When you are trying to write some text (Fig 1), and notice the keys you are typing on your keyboard are not the ones you want to appear on the screen, go to your Settings. In Language and input menu (Fig 2), select the Samsung keyboard optionsicon (Fig 3), in which you can select the Input languages (Fig 4).

Android typing message with wrong keyboard set
Fig 1 : Android typing message with wrong keyboard set
Android language settings menu
Fig 2 : Android language settings menu
Android Samsung keyboard menu
Fig 3 : Android Samsung keyboard menu
Android input language settings
Fig 4 : Android input language settings

You can here select the keyboard set you want to use (Fig 5) when typing, regardless of your physical keyboard set.

Android change input language settings
Fig 5 : Android change input language settings

Just select the keyboard set you need, try typing some text somewhere (Fig 6), see if it works, and voilà !

Android typing message with right keyboard set
Fig 6 : Android typing message with right keyboard set