ONKOD Keyboard

ONKOD is an Android-only native Kotlin system keyboard for Somali, English, and French typing. The launcher and settings screens use Jetpack Compose, while the actual keyboard is an Android InputMethodService built with native Android views so it works in other apps.

• SOMALI_QWERTY
• ENGLISH_QWERTY
• SOMALI_ASHERTY
• FRENCH_AZERTY

• QWERTY group switches only between Somali and English.
• ASHERTY group switches only between Somali ASHERTY and French AZERTY.
• Tap the globe key to switch the internal language for the selected group.
• Long-press the globe key to open the Android input-method picker.
• QWERTY remembers its last active language independently from ASHERTY.

Somali QWERTY:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
Q W E R T Y U I O KH
A S D F G H J K L
Shift SH X C DH B N M Backspace
!#1 Globe Somali . Hide

English QWERTY:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
Q W E R T Y U I O P
A S D F G H J K L
Shift Z X C V B N M Backspace
!#1 Globe English . Hide

Somali ASHERTY:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
A SH E R T Y U I O KH
Q S D F G H J K L M
Shift W X C DH B N Backspace
!#1 Globe Somali . Hide

French AZERTY:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
A Z E R T Y U I O P
Q S D F G H J K L M
Shift W X C V B N Backspace
!#1 Globe Français . Hide

French long-press accents:

• A: à, â, æ
• C: ç
• E: é, è, ê, ë
• I: î, ï
• O: ô, œ
• U: ù, û, ü
• Y: ÿ

• Somali layouts do not display primary P, V, or Z.
• P position is replaced by KH.
• V position is replaced by DH.
• Z position is replaced by SH.
• SH, DH, and KH commit normal Latin sequences.
  • Lowercase commits sh, dh, kh.
  • Shift commits Sh, Dh, Kh.
  • Caps Lock commits SH, DH, KH.

cd android
.\gradlew.bat test
.\gradlew.bat lint
.\gradlew.bat assembleDebug

The debug APK is generated at:

android/app/build/outputs/apk/debug/app-debug.apk

adb install android\app\build\outputs\apk\debug\app-debug.apk
adb shell monkey -p com.onkod.keyboard 1

Then enable ONKOD in Android keyboard settings and select it from the input-method picker.