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Stroke Input Method (筆畫輸入法)

A minimalist Chinese keyboard.
New in version 1.2.10
* Removed DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION (screw you Google)
* Added phrases 吖嘛, 拗撬, 詏撬, 揞口費, 幫襯, 搽𢰸, 鏨刺, 鐺底, 𥋇眼, 插贓嫁禍, 尋日, 黐鐺, 黐脷根, 長氣, 打冷震, 花紙, 家姐, 咁嚌, 腳趾尾, 乞人憎, 後尾, 後尾枕, 揦鮓, 垃雜, 老抽, 門棖, 生抽, 話齋, 矺住, 矺扁, 矺死, 㜺鬼, 爭在, 扎扎跳, 砧板, 枕住, 𠹻味, 𠹻𡃴, 陣間, 執笠, 執碼, 執生, 周時, 手㬹, 腳㬹, 鞋㬹, 輪候
This keyboard app lets you input Chinese characters by typing stroke sequences (e.g. 天 is ㇐㇐㇒㇔).

It is a minimalist implementation with the following features:

* Good character support (over 28k characters) including vernacular Cantonese
* User preference for traditional or simplified characters
* No ads
* No permissions
* No tracking or telemetry
* Deterministic candidate generation which doesn't learn user input

After installing the app, launch and follow the prompts to enable Stroke Input Method in your system settings. There will be a default warning shown — this is normal.

This app is free and open-source software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 (GPL-3.0-only).

You are welcome and encouraged to inspect the source code: https://github.com/stroke-input/stroke-input-android

Versions

Although APK downloads are available below to give you the choice, you should be aware that by installing that way you will not receive update notifications and it's a less secure way to download. We recommend that you install the F-Droid client and use that.

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  • Version 1.2.10 (63) suggested Added on May 20, 2024

    This version requires Android 7.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    No permissions

    Download APK 2.6 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

  • Version 1.2.9 (62) - Added on Mar 05, 2024

    This version requires Android 7.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • io.github.yawnoc.strokeinput.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

    Download APK 2.5 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

  • Version 1.2.8 (61) - Added on Dec 04, 2023

    This version requires Android 7.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • io.github.yawnoc.strokeinput.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

    Download APK 2.5 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log