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Manager.addKeyboard()

Summary

The addKeyboard() method adds a keyboard into the keyboards list.

Deprecated in favor of ResourceFileManager.shared.install(), which automatically includes the functionality of this method.

Syntax

Manager.addKeyboard(keyboard: InstallableKeyboard)

Parameters

keyboard
The keyboard.

Description

Use this method to include a keyboard in the keyboards list so that it can be selected from the keyboards menu. If the keyboard with same keyboard ID and language ID exists, it updates the existing keyboard info.

Examples

Example: Using addKeyboard()

The following script illustrates the use of addKeyboard():

// Add a custom keyboard
let kb = InstallableKeyboard(id: "tamil99m",
                             name: "Tamil 99M",
                             languageID: "ta",
                             languageName: "Tamil",
                             version: "1.1",
                             isRTL: false,
                             font: Font(filename: "aava1.ttf"),
                             oskFont: nil,
                             isCustom: true)
Manager.shared.addKeyboard(Defaults.keyboard)
Manager.shared.addKeyboard(kb)

History

Deprecated in Keyman Engine for iPhone and iPad 14.0.

See also