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8Vim Keyboard

A small screen keyboard inspired by VIM and 8Pen

Developer
Ravi Agarwal
License
Apache-2.0
Package
inc.flide.vi8
Category
Keyboard & IME, System
Latest version
0.17.5 · Jul 1, 2024
Minimum Android
Android 7.0

Download 0.17.5

Screenshots

8Vim Keyboard screenshot 1 8Vim Keyboard screenshot 2 8Vim Keyboard screenshot 3 8Vim Keyboard screenshot 4 8Vim Keyboard screenshot 5 8Vim Keyboard screenshot 6 8Vim Keyboard screenshot 7

Description

8Vim

Usability Guide

So, what capabilities does 8Vim have? Once you know how to type with this thing (Learn how to type with this original [8Pen-game video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99vsUF4NuLk), you must know the following
Basic Needed Stuff

Right Sector acts as a backspace Key.
Bottom Sector acts as a Enter Key.
Top Sector acts as a combination of SHIFT and CAPS_LOCK Key, i.e, Press once Shift is active, Press Twice CAPS is active and Press once more and everything is back to usual.
Left Sector acts as the button that takes you to the Number Pad.

Cursor Movements

If you move your finger from the centre-circle to any sector and stay, the cursor movement will be emulated. For example, if you swipe from circle->right, the cursor will move right. You get the picture.

Selection

There is selection built in to the keyboard. if you move your finger from the right sector to the circle, the cursor will start moving left and selecting everything in it's path. once you release, a selection keyboard will open up for various stupidities to do.

Paste Functionality

Moving your finger from right->circle->lift-your-finger performs a paste. whatever is in the clipboard.

All versions

VersionReleasedMinimum AndroidSize
0.17.5 Jul 1, 2024 Android 7.0 6.5 MB
0.17.4 Jun 15, 2024 Android 7.0 6.5 MB
0.17.3 Jun 12, 2024 Android 7.0 6.5 MB
0.16.3 Nov 20, 2023 Android 7.0 5.8 MB
0.16.2 Oct 25, 2023 Android 7.0 5.8 MB
0.16.1 Oct 20, 2023 Android 7.0 5.8 MB
0.14.0 Aug 17, 2023 Android 7.0 3.4 MB
iteration-13 Jun 12, 2023 Android 5.0 3.3 MB
iteration-12.2 Jun 10, 2023 Android 5.0 3.3 MB
iteration-12 Jun 2, 2023 Android 5.0 3.3 MB
iteration-11 Apr 6, 2023 Android 5.0 2.3 MB
iteration-9 Feb 4, 2022 Android 5.0 2.2 MB
iteration-8 Jan 7, 2022 Android 5.0 2.2 MB
iteration-7 May 20, 2021 Android 5.0 2.1 MB
iteration-6 Feb 26, 2021 Android 5.0 1.8 MB
iteration-5 Oct 31, 2020 Android 4.1 1.9 MB
iteration-3 Oct 26, 2020 Android 4.1 2 MB

From the developer (GitHub)

APK files published by the developer on GitHub. They are signed by the developer and may not install over the other builds on this page (different signature). Links open github.com.

v0.18.0-rc.1 Pre-release · Oct 29, 2024
8vim-rc.apk 6.7 MB
v0.17.5 · Jun 28, 2024
8vim-release.apk 6.4 MB
v0.17.5-rc.1 Pre-release · Jun 28, 2024
8vim-rc.apk 6.4 MB

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