Is there a way to send keyboard input without opening the keyboard on the phone?

[sharunkumar]

When I type something it always opens GBoard, which is the default keyboard on the phone. This is quite the problem because I have to press the back button twice for anything like moving out of a chat - once for closing the keyboard and the second to move out of the chat.

So it would be great to have a way to send keystrokes directly without opening the on-screen keyboard on the phone

[rom1v]

See #181 #767

[lpful]

@sharunkumar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXJAmOvmgHk

[hichemkanon]

the current solution for me, i connect scrcpy to my phone using wireless, and i put the OTG cable with mouse in my phone (i don't use it just to prevent keyboard from appearing) and then i can totaly using scrcpy without virtual keyboard appearing in phone.
i hope to adding opion for that.
good luck

[Me7426]

See #181 #767

In fact, We real need the feature like #767 said to use IME better as non-english users.
Most of IME is optimizationed with some feature for physical keyboard, just like hide virtual keyboard and select input character via number button. Without these feature, we have to use mouse when use IME😣

[rom1v]

#2632.