Android MobiControl Script to change default keyboard

TA
Tech admin
petfamily

Hi,

We use 'Simple Keyboard' as the primary keyboard across our devices, as we do not like the fact that Android 10+ uses Gboard which has GIFS. 

Is there a way to set this as the default keyboard across multiple devices? We have 100 odd devices which need changing. 

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks

Craig 

a year ago
SOTI MobiControl
ANSWERS



Otherwise (if you use Google Play) you could provide GBoard as an app policy and manage its settings via managed app config. There are a lot available.

And if you have a Zebra you can use MXConfig to set it for example to Enterprisekeyboard (good to configure).

And also it could be worth to look into oem config apps if they provide something similar.

MD
Matt Dermody Diamond Contributor
a year ago

Agree with Rafael. Gboard honestly offers a wide range of configurability through Managed Configurations and you can lock down many of the non-enterprise grade features like GIFs.  

I still however typically recommend the usage of Enterprise Keyboard if they are Zebra devices.

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a year ago

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