Image: u/dakingeman on Reddit · Inlay’s controller keyboard over a game library on a handheld
Inlay: a controller keyboard for Android handhelds
The maker built a free Android keyboard you type on with a gamepad, for handheld gaming devices; version 1.3 adds a split layout requested by users.
Credits
- Reddit poster dakingeman Source ↗
- Repository account dakingeman Source ↗
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The full story
Inlay is a free, open-source Android keyboard you type on with a game controller: move with the D-pad or stick and press A to type. It is made for Android gaming handhelds such as the AYN Odin and Retroid Pocket, and also works with any gamepad on a phone or tablet and with Android TV remotes. It has no ads and no internet permission.
The maker came up with the ideas and tested everything on an Odin 2 Portal, and says Claude wrote the code. Version 1.3 added features requested after an earlier post: a split layout on both sides of the screen, a way to tell Inlay which face button types so Nintendo-layout handhelds stop mixing up A and B, voice typing through apps like FUTO Voice Input, and quick symbols on LT.
It installs as an APK from GitHub releases.
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From a short post by the maker, so the details are as they tell them.
- Reddit: Inlay v1.3 is out. My controller keyboard for Android got a split layout, plus a bunch more.Reddit poster: dakingemanPosted
The maker's post in r/SBCGaming announcing version 1.3.
- The code: github.comRepository account: dakingeman
The keyboard's repository, with install steps and tested devices.