[Consulting Request] How to build the apk with only one keyboard layout?

[anmuelle]

Hi guys,

that's a very useful app, that you've developed. Very much appreciated.

I'm a software developer, but never did mobile/android app dev.

I'd like to build my own local version of finqwerty, that comes only with one single keyboard layout, I'd like to define on my own. I think I got how those layout/keymapping definition files work, but even if I try to change a single one and re-build the apk locally with Android Studio, I still get the orignal layout file packaged (without my changes).

Could you please give a quick hint about:

• which are the original layout definition files, I'd need to manipulate and
• how do I manage to remove all unnecessary layout and keep only one, which I'd also like to package with custom name to show up in androids keyboard layout selector list

Thanks a lot and all the best, Andreas

[rschr]

The layout definitions are the .kcm files in finqwerty/finqwerty/src/main/res/raw. Also have a look at finqwerty/blob/master/generate_layouts.py – the GENERATED_LAYOUTS array defines which layouts are actually generated in the build. And finqwerty/finqwerty/src/main/res/xml/finqwerty_layouts.xml contains the list with the actual layout names that you'll see on the phone.