{"id":207,"date":"2013-07-19T19:16:50","date_gmt":"2013-07-19T19:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wcido.com\/wordpress\/?p=207"},"modified":"2016-04-20T19:55:13","modified_gmt":"2016-04-20T19:55:13","slug":"android-change-keyboard-input-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/v2\/en\/android-change-keyboard-input-language\/","title":{"rendered":"Android change keyboard input language"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"blogresume\">\n<div class=\"blog_text\">\n<p>As I got a <mark class=\"transaction_code\">Nexus 7 Android<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/en\/images\/icons\/android.png\" alt=\"icon\" \/> tablet<\/mark>[1], I also acquired a bluetooth keyboard (the <mark class=\"transaction_code\">Logitech K810<\/mark>[2], which seems great so far).<\/p>\n<p>But, as I have a Swiss-German laptop, got a UK Android<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/en\/images\/icons\/android.png\" alt=\"icon\" \/> tablet, have a Swiss smartphone, and a French keyboard, some keyboard set input problems appears.<\/p>\n<p>In case you are in the same situation, and, for example, have a <mark class=\"transaction_code\">QWERTY<\/mark> keyboard but want to write in <mark class=\"transaction_code\">AZERTY<\/mark>, or in Cyrillic, you can easily change the keyboard set in Android<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/en\/images\/icons\/android.png\" alt=\"icon\" \/>.<\/p>\n<p>When you are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/en\/picture-20130719-1-Android_type_wrong_character_set-en.png\" target=\"_blank\">trying to write some text (Fig 1)<\/a>, and notice the keys you are typing on your keyboard are not the ones you want to appear on the screen, go to your <mark class=\"transaction_code\">Settings<\/mark>. In <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/en\/picture-20130719-2-Android_settings_language-en.png\" target=\"_blank\"><mark class=\"transaction_code\">Language and input<\/mark> menu (Fig 2)<\/a>, select <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/en\/picture-20130719-3-Android_settings_samsung_keyboard-en.png\" target=\"_blank\">the <mark class=\"transaction_code\">Samsung keyboard<\/mark> options<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/en\/images\/icons\/options.png\" alt=\"icon\" \/> (Fig 3)<\/a>, in which you can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/en\/picture-20130719-4-Android_settings_input_language-en.png\" target=\"_blank\">select the <mark class=\"transaction_code\">Input languages<\/mark> (Fig 4)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"centered\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote>\n<figure><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/en\/picture-20130719-1-Android_type_wrong_character_set-en.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/images\/articles\/20130719\/1-Android_type_wrong_character_set-en.png\" alt=\"Android typing message with wrong keyboard set\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Fig 1 : Android typing message with wrong keyboard set<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/en\/picture-20130719-2-Android_settings_language-en.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/images\/articles\/20130719\/2-Android_settings_language-en.png\" alt=\"Android language settings menu\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Fig 2 : Android language settings menu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/en\/picture-20130719-3-Android_settings_samsung_keyboard-en.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/images\/articles\/20130719\/3-Android_settings_samsung_keyboard-en.png\" alt=\"Android Samsung keyboard menu\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Fig 3 : Android Samsung keyboard menu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/en\/picture-20130719-4-Android_settings_input_language-en.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/images\/articles\/20130719\/4-Android_settings_input_language-en.png\" alt=\"Android input language settings\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Fig 4 : Android input language settings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>You can here <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/en\/picture-20130719-5-Android_settings_change_input_language-en.png\" target=\"_blank\">select the keyboard set you want to use (Fig 5)<\/a> when typing, regardless of your physical keyboard set.<\/p>\n<div class=\"centered\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote>\n<figure><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/en\/picture-20130719-5-Android_settings_change_input_language-en.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/images\/articles\/20130719\/5-Android_settings_change_input_language-en.png\" alt=\"Android change input language settings\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Fig 5 : Android change input language settings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Just select the keyboard set you need, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/en\/picture-20130719-6-Android_type_messages_new_character_set-en.png\" target=\"_blank\">try typing some text somewhere (Fig 6)<\/a>, see if it works, and voil\u00e0 !<\/p>\n<div class=\"centered\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote>\n<figure><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/en\/picture-20130719-6-Android_type_messages_new_character_set-en.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/images\/articles\/20130719\/6-Android_type_messages_new_character_set-en.png\" alt=\"Android typing message with right keyboard set\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Fig 6 : Android typing message with right keyboard set<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"blogresdetails\">\n<h1>Links and credits<\/h1>\n<ul class=\"description_list\">\n<li>[1] &#8211; Nexus 7 &#8211; Google &#8211; <a title=\"Nexus 7 - Google\" href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/nexus\/7\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.google.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>[2] &#8211; Logitech Bluetooth Illuminated Keyboard K810 &#8211; <a title=\"Logitech Bluetooth Illuminated Keyboard K810\" href=\"http:\/\/www.logitech.com\/en-us\/product\/bluetooth-illuminated-keyboard-k810\" target=\"_blank\">www.logitech.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Images<\/h1>\n<ul class=\"description_list\">\n<li><a title=\"Android typing message with wrong keyboard set\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/en\/picture-20130719-1-Android_type_wrong_character_set-en.png\" target=\"_blank\">Fig1 : Android typing message with wrong keyboard set <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"blog_thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/images\/articles\/20130719\/thumb\/1-Android_type_wrong_character_set-en.png\" alt=\"Android typing message with wrong keyboard set\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Android language settings menu\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/en\/picture-20130719-2-Android_settings_language-en.png\" target=\"_blank\">Fig2 : Android language settings menu <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"blog_thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/images\/articles\/20130719\/thumb\/2-Android_settings_language-en.png\" alt=\"Android language settings menu\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Android Samsung keyboard menu\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/en\/picture-20130719-3-Android_settings_samsung_keyboard-en.png\" target=\"_blank\">Fig3 : Android Samsung keyboard menu <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"blog_thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/images\/articles\/20130719\/thumb\/3-Android_settings_samsung_keyboard-en.png\" alt=\"Android Samsung keyboard menu\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Android input language settings\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/en\/picture-20130719-4-Android_settings_input_language-en.png\" target=\"_blank\">Fig4 : Android input language settings <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"blog_thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/images\/articles\/20130719\/thumb\/4-Android_settings_input_language-en.png\" alt=\"Android input language settings\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Android change input language settings\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/en\/picture-20130719-5-Android_settings_change_input_language-en.png\" target=\"_blank\">Fig5 : Android change input language settings <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"blog_thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/images\/articles\/20130719\/thumb\/5-Android_settings_change_input_language-en.png\" alt=\"Android change input language settings\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Android typing message with right keyboard set\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/en\/picture-20130719-6-Android_type_messages_new_character_set-en.png\" target=\"_blank\">Fig6 : Android typing message with right keyboard set <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"blog_thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/images\/articles\/20130719\/thumb\/6-Android_type_messages_new_character_set-en.png\" alt=\"Android typing message with right keyboard set\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I got a Nexus 7 Android tablet[1], I also acquired a bluetooth keyboard (the Logitech K810[2], which seems great<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[514,33,516,84,244],"class_list":["post-207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-various","tag-android","tag-en","tag-keyboard","tag-settings","tag-various"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":209,"href":"https:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207\/revisions\/209"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}