Android Lollipop will soon be deployed on various Nexus terminals, but we’ll have to wait for updates from other manufacturers to take advantage of it. So, No Material Design for now for those who don’t have a smartphone from the Nexus series.
It shouldn’t take too long for Google’s apps to update, though, so that everyone can at least enjoy the new design in these apps. Gmail should be one of the first to roll out.
By the way, you can still Take advantage of the keyboard of the new Android 5.0 Lollipop operating system thanks to a downloadable APK file pretty easy. Be careful though, your device must have at least Android Ice Cream Sandwich.
This is a The developer of the XDA forum Shaftamle, which makes it possible to use the keyboard in Material Design sauce on all these devices. It separated the latter from the Preview version of Android Lollipop in order to make it available to as many people as possible. That’s a bad job then. Also, the keyboard can be installed on tablets as well as smartphones.
For those who do not know how to install the APK file, here is a short guide:
- Allow installation of apps from unknown sources in your settings
- Download APK file
- Install the keyboard by following the different steps
- Then go to keyboard settings and then “Appearance and layouts”.
- All you have to do is choose between Dark Material for a keyboard on a black background or Light Material for a keyboard on a light background.
Your keyboard with Material Design sauce like on Android Lollipop is here! You will find that the new keyboard has a flat design type look, is completely transparent and has no separation between letters. If you install this new keyboard, Feel free to send your feedback on its use in the comments
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