Soft Arabic Keys

Soft Arabic Keys is an IME (input method) for entering Arabic Text. When you download the application onto your phone, it appears on the language and settings entry of your settings app. If you Enable it, it will appear as one of your choices of input methods when you long-click on an editable field.

Soft Arabic Keys lets you enter the Unicode codepoints for Arabic letters by pressing on buttons arranged on the screen like an Arabic typewriter keyboard. You can also enter English text by cycling between a total of six different entry screens.

Soft Arabic Keys lets you enter Arabic text, but for Android versions before Honeycomb (Android 3.0) the app you are using the text for is in charge of showing it correctly, and many do not. If your phone does not have Arabic fonts loaded, you will not be able to read the characters entered on the screen, even though they are internally correct. (Nor will you be able to read the characters on the keyboard buttons, because they use system fonts.) Soft Arabic Keys uses the plane 6 Unicode Arabic codepoints, but even if your phone has an Arabic font installed, these codepoints show on the screen as disconnected characters unless the app in which they are used is Arabic-aware.

Soft Arabic Keys has buttons for moving the cursor left and right and extending the selection left and right, for people who prefer using the keyboard rather than clicking on the text itself.

Soft Arabic Keys is based the Android Sample Soft Keyboard. The sources are available from staylor@fitchburgstate.edu.

软阿拉伯语键是IME（输入法），用于输入阿拉伯语文本。当您下载的应用程序到手机上，它出现在你的设置应用程序的语言和设置条目。如果启用它，它会作为您选择的输入法之一，当你在一个可编辑字段长期单击。

软阿拉伯语键，您可以通过按布置的就像一个阿拉伯语打字机的键盘，屏幕上的按钮输入Unicode代码为阿拉伯字母。您还可以通过一共有六种不同的输入屏幕之间循环输入英文文本。

软阿拉伯语键让你输入阿拉伯文字，但对于蜂窝之前版本的Andr​​oid（安卓3.0），您所使用的文本应用程序负责正确地显示它的，而且很多都没有。如果您的手机不具备阿拉伯字体加载，您将无法读取输入的屏幕上的字符，即使它们在内部正确的。 （你也不会能够读取字符键盘上的按键，因为它们使用的系统字体。）软阿拉伯语按键采用平面6 Unicode阿拉伯文码点，但即使你的手机安装了一个阿拉伯字体，这些代码点在屏幕上显示为断开连接的字符，除非它们所使用的应用程序是阿拉伯语的感知。

软阿拉伯语键具有移动光标左，右和扩大左，右，为人们谁喜欢使用键盘，而不是点击文字本身的选择按钮。

软阿拉伯语键是基于Android样品软键盘。来源可从staylor@fitchburgstate.edu。