Cantonese keyboard 0.13.2

Cantonese Keyboard is an implementation of a soft keyboard designed for the Google Android mobile operating system. This keyboard provides functionality for entering traditional and simplified Chinese characters on Android devices, following the Hong Kong Government Cantonese Romanization convention and offering English-Chinese dictionary lookup capabilities.

• Support for Hong Kong characters
• 16 different keyboard layouts
• Selection history feature
• Learning-related words
• Associated phrases support
• English suggestions with corrections
• Hard keys support
• Integrated English-Chinese dictionary lookup
• Phrase lookup functionality
• No insecure permissions required

For phrase lookup, a minimum of 32MB of heap memory is required. Users can input Chinese phrases directly using specific patterns, such as the first code of each character or a combination of first and full codes.

Instructions for how to open the keyboard on different versions of Android are provided:

1. For Android 1.5 to 2.x: Check the keyboard in Settings > Locale & text. Long press a text box, then select the input method.
2. For Android 3.x to 4.x: Check the keyboard in Settings > Language & input. Click a text box, drop down the notification bar, click 'Choose input method,' and select the desired input method.
3. For Android 5.x: Check the keyboard in Settings > Language & input > Current Keyboard > Choose Keyboards. Click a text box, click the keyboard icon on the bottom navigation bar, and select the input method.

To find more details about this keyboard, visit the official website.

Tips:

1. If you experience extreme lag after updating, consider uninstalling and reinstalling the keyboard.
2. After changing themes, try restarting the keyboard or rotating the device to activate the new theme.
3. If you have touch sensitivity issues, adjust the Touch sensitivity settings to High and Neutral.
4. If you encounter missing candidates, try enabling the 'Rarely used characters' option under 'Chinese candidates' settings.
5. Simplified Chinese candidates are disabled by default; enable them in the 'Character type' option under 'Chinese candidates' settings if needed.

Known issues:

1. The keyboard may close itself on Contact's phone number text boxes of Samsung devices running Android 4.x. A fix will be implemented once testing on a Samsung device is conducted.
2. The keyboard may produce sounds on press events on LG devices despite sound settings being disabled. A solution will be implemented after testing on an LG device.