{"id":21323,"date":"2011-11-21T14:56:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-21T12:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=21323"},"modified":"2025-07-02T01:54:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:54:49","slug":"get-the-new-android-ice-cream-sandwich-keyboard-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/get-the-new-android-ice-cream-sandwich-keyboard-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Get the new Android Ice Cream Sandwich keyboard now!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Want a touch of <a href=\"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/google-serves-up-its-new-ice-cream-sandwich-mobile-os\"><strong>Ice Cream Sandwich<\/strong><\/a> before the new Android OS is released? \u00a0You can now install the Ice Cream Sandwich keyboard on your Android device via a free download.<\/p>\n<p>The unofficial version of the Android 4.0 keyboard, posted by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/AstronautMillionaire\"><strong>AstronautMillionaire<\/strong><\/a> on Reddit, replicates the look and function of the new Android keyboard. The keyboard doesn\u2019t look radically different from the current Android 2.3 keyboard, but it\u2019s smart and it has some significant multi-touch, auto-correct, and prediction improvements.<\/p>\n<p>To install the new Android Ice Cream Sandwich keyboard, simply <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediafire.com\/?wy2wryijxpvk7q7\"><strong>download the APK<\/strong><\/a> and install it. Then activate the keyboard by going into \u2018<strong>Language &amp; keyboard<\/strong>\u2019 settings in the Android Settings menu. The app\u2019s options menu lets you tweak various options as well, such as auto-capitalization, vibrate on keypress, popup on keypress, and more.<\/p>\n<p>To turn on the Android 4.0 keyboard, long-press in a text field and select \u2018<strong>Ice Cream Sandwich keyboard<\/strong>\u2019 in the \u2018<strong>Input Method<\/strong>\u2019 pop-up.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21334\" title=\"Ice Cream Sandwich keyboard\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2011\/11\/icecreamkeyboard1.jpg\" alt=\"The new Android 4 keyboard\" width=\"552\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2011\/11\/icecreamkeyboard1.jpg 552w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2011\/11\/icecreamkeyboard1-300x160.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re still not impressed with the Android keyboard, you can always install a third-party keyboard application for Android that make typing faster and easier. My personal favorites are <a href=\"http:\/\/swiftkey.en.softonic.com\/android\"><strong>SwiftKey X<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/swype.en.softonic.com\/android\"><strong>Swype<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/slideit-keyboard.en.softonic.com\/android\"><strong>SlideIT<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want a touch of Ice Cream Sandwich before the new Android OS is released? \u00a0You can now install the Ice Cream Sandwich keyboard on your Android device via a free download. The unofficial version of the Android 4.0 keyboard, posted by AstronautMillionaire on Reddit, replicates the look and function of the new Android keyboard. The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/get-the-new-android-ice-cream-sandwich-keyboard-now\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Get the new Android Ice Cream Sandwich keyboard now!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2006,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-21323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2006"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21323"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":334005,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21323\/revisions\/334005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21323"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=21323"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=21323"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=21323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}