When is the new release coming?

It looks like there hasn't been a release in about 4 months. There are some features that have been added since then, like new emojis that are impossible to get to unless you build a dev APK and install it yourself.

Wondering if I could help with a new release? Or just what the plans are. Thanks!

[MayuraVerma]

1. Double Tap gesture on letter keys
2. TransliterationMethod

Would be great features

[brnwlshubh]

@iamarkadyt By the time use apk for the latest update from action section

@brnwlshubh thank you, that's a great idea! But I'll still keep this issue open, since I think it would be great if maintainers issued a release soon.

[Pentaphon]

I do find it odd that the "Openboard Team" hasn't been seen since May. There seems to be only 2 people on the "team" as well.

Perhaps @dslul and @MajeurAndroid should find a 3rd member to round out the team and complete tasks when they aren't around.

[MajeurAndroid]

AOSP keyboard, and by extension OpenBoard is a very technical and difficult project. Each contribution takes a lot of time to be figured out. It is also one of the reasons why new contributors aren't that frequent.
Please avoid asking for 'new contributors/maintainers' or more time spent on the project by contributors, as both of these things are out of our control. We obviously would love to have more time and more contributors to make Openboard next level, but unfortunately, there is external constraints to take into account.
We cannot give ETA as every contributor do this on its free-time, that he may not have, which I assume is the case for @dslul and I since several months.

[MajeurAndroid]

@shivknight @Pentaphon @Anonymous2716 @Offerel @urmomsangus @iamarkadyt @MayuraVerma @brnwlshubh The long-awaited release is finally here. See v1.4.5.

[Anonymous2716]

@MajeurAndroid wow lots of new works I see. Checked the repo this morning . thanks.

[Anonymous2716]

@MajeurAndroid not available on fdroid yet . so out of curiosity I built it on my android phone. There's is the keyboard itself and the build info. Did just for fun . waiting for fdroid repo to update it. It works pretty well.

[Pentaphon]

@MajeurAndroid not available on fdroid yet

fdroid usually takes 3 days or so. It's not on the Play Store yet either because that can be staggered. We just have to wait.

[Anonymous2716]

@Pentaphon that's okay previous version works well tho.

[MayuraVerma]

@shivknight @Pentaphon @Anonymous2716 @Offerel @urmomsangus @iamarkadyt @MayuraVerma @brnwlshubh The long-awaited release is finally here. See v1.4.5.

Does it support double tap gesture on letters?

[Pentaphon]

@MajeurAndroid still no release on Google Play. Was this release staggered to come out only to some devices at a time?

fdroid is slow as usual but that is expected.