Is Gesture typing a part of AOSP LatinIME?

Question

I can build the AOSP Stock keyboard (LatinIME) from source available here but gesture typing does not seem to work. Some sources tell me that gesture typing is not a part of AOSP as it is proprietary to Google. Is it true?

Answer 1

Yes it is true. The default LatinIME does not even have a modern dictionary.

Answer 2

http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/general/guide-how-to-enable-googles-gesture-t2012628/post34605586

in the first source link you shared, it actually mentioned how to make it works.

BUT! There is a way! You can drop in replace the lib from "LatinImeGoogle.apk" into your system/lib and you will have your gesture decoder!

Answer 3

Indeed, it is true that swipe/gesture typing is not included in the AOSP app. If you want, you can, however, extract the library used for this from the GApps and manually install it.