[WIP] dragboard - a swiping keyboard for banglejs2

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Gordon
Ok, I've just added 2 keyboard apps.

One with touch: https://github.com/espruino/BangleApps/tree/master/apps/kbtouch

And one with swipe, like PalmOS Graffiti: https://github.com/espruino/BangleApps/tree/master/apps/kbswipe

The swipe one really needs the latest build to for things like space/backspace to work properly though.

Just use them in your app like this:
```
require("textinput").input({text:"Foo"}).then(result => {
  console.log("Text input", E.toJS(result));
});
```
If you look at the README it should be easy to make your own keyboard apps too or modify your existing app to work in the same way so a user can choose which keyboard to use

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Ganblejs in reply to @Gordon

Nice!

Edit3: Is cutting edge 2v12 or stable 2v13 the latest build?

Edit2: Disregard the following. I haven't really tested it on firmware 2v13 yet.

I actually made a rudimentary Graffiti clone as well after seeing you reference it and onedollar in another thread, but for me I didn't get it to reliably recognize what I wanted to type. I wonder if maybe the touch points aren't updated quickly enough to trace the gesture/shape I'm doing (I had the trace of the swiping input displayed while testing and it was hard to repeatedly draw very accurate/precise shapes). Or maybe it's the relative large area of a finger on the small screen that's the culprit. My feeling is the former would be the largest contributor though. Trying "Swipe keyboard" my experience is the same.

After installing "Touch keyboard" and loading your three line code snippet via the web ide I get
"Module textinput not found" and "Uncaught Error: Unhandled promise rejection: Error: Unknown UI mode". The app starts on the watch, but the string "Foo" is not updated on touch. (I got the same messages with Swipe keyboard, but the input was recognized in that case). EDIT1: After I just updated firmware from 2v12 to 2v13 Touch keyboard now works as well.

I don't quite understand this instruction on github: "In your app's metadata, add: "dependencies": {"textinput":"type"}," . Is it to be put inside the curly brackets in a .info file? Also, is the order "textinput":"type" correct?

[WIP] dragboard - a swiping keyboard for banglejs2

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