The new iOS 8 is going to make the Jailbreak a little more dispensable for many of the iPhone and iPad users. The new extensions that allow interaction between applications, the widgets that can be added to the notification center and the keyboards available in the App Store are causing a sensation, especially the latter. The success of keyboards like SwiftKey, Fleksy or Swype is resounding, already occupying the first positions in the rankings of the Apple application store, and this has only just begun, because the developers of two of the most important tweaks of Cydia They have already confirmed that they are working to get their keyboards to the App Store: SwipeSelection Pro and AltKeyboard 2.
Swipe Selection Pro offers the ability to select text and perform actions using gestures on the keyboard. You can scroll through the text by sliding your finger on the keyboard, without having to press and hold on the text and wait for the iOS magnifying glass to appear. You can also select the text by making the same gesture of sliding on the keyboard but starting with the Shift key. A new way of scrolling through and selecting text that has caused a sensation in Cydia and is expected to be very successful on the App Store as well.
AltKeyboard 2 offers a keyboard based on the original Apple but with the peculiarity that the keys show more characters in the main view, you can select, copy and paste using gestures made on the keyboard and you can also scroll through the text in a similar way to that of SwipeSelection Pro.
A new category of applications has appeared in the App Store and it seems that it will give a lot to talk about. Do you think alternate keyboards are necessary on the iPad? ¿What is your favorite keyboard among those currently available?
