Virtual keyboard for writing expressive messages in various text styles
About this app
With Irregular Expressions custom virtual keyboard you can add expressive flair to your text messages, tweets, facebook posts, and everywhere else where text styling is not usually allowed. This keyboard features 30+ different styles, such as:
— 𝕲𝖔𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖈 / 𝕺𝖑𝖉 𝕰𝖓𝖌𝖑𝖎𝖘𝖍 — sᴍᴀʟʟ ᴄᴀᴘs — uʍop ǝpᴉsdn — 𝓈𝒸𝓇𝒾𝓅𝓉
... and many more! Note some characters are not supported by older Android versions. Android Oreo (8.0) or higher is required for full selection of styles.
Licensed under MIT, by Mobile First OSS.
What's New in v2.7.0
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
Version history
Feb 15, 2024 · 3.2 MB · Android API 30–34 · code 17
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
SHA-256 8ac277426cc976af405d54fa873002d6ffe72895f67ac79b8b06341743f48c33
Aug 5, 2021 · 2.1 MB · Android API 14–30 · code 16
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- Fix:
- - launch bug fix for Android 11/API 30
- - centering of landscape MainActivity
SHA-256 e61e6f44d761218f37b4e63528fda34f48ae8799f6dc86d3974252366bb63faa
Jul 31, 2021 · 2.1 MB · Android API 14–30 · code 15
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- New:
- ================
- - translations in following languages: Arabic, Catalan, Chinese (simplified), Esperanto, Finnish, French, German, Norwegian Bokmål, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish and Tamil
- - Dvorak layout
- - Light and dark theme support
- - 2 new styles: 🇲🇦🇷🇮🇹🇮🇲🇪 and z̴̪͇͑̏́̾̈́̈́ͅą̶͕̠͓̲̖͔̤̗̭̌̀̾̈̅͐́̽́̉͌̀̂̈̓͝l̸̳͙̪̮̖̙̥͇͉͚̭͙͖͉͆̒͠g̶̣̱̖̦̝͉̗̯̀͋̓͜o̶̻͉̬̼͊͐́̄̕
SHA-256 f062fa08e3593f10f924251061e6dbb63595f4966f3c167c0ba327627310a56f
Will it run on your device?
55%
- Targets newer Android builds, so legacy devices may be excluded.
- ABI coverage is focused on newer 64-bit devices.
Installation Guide
Open Settings on your Android device
Go to Security → Unknown sources (or Install unknown apps)
Enable "Allow from this source" for your browser or file manager
Open the downloaded APK file from your Downloads folder
Tap "Install" and wait for installation to complete
Launch the app from your home screen
Make sure to re-enable Unknown Sources restrictions after installation for security.
How to install this safely
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How to roll back to an earlier version
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Source code
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SHA-256 Hash
8ac277426cc976af405d54fa873002d6ffe72895f67ac79b8b06341743f48c33
Signing certificate
fa44a217ce5181bfb154e2f32bdd6f8bbebc54c54e6ef6002dca79f46658e14c
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