[Mini Pro][SK17] Using an azerty keyboard with Swiftkey X - Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A

Swiftkey is a nice keyboard app that made accurate predictions of the word you are typing.
It has a problem with the keyboard of xperia mini pro : it use a qwerty layout. Too bad when you have an azerty one (like mine)
There have no fix from swiftkey.
I found a way to fix this on my phone.
I follow the instruction of that thread : [Mini Pro][SK17] Hardware Keyboard FIX to edit files in the system.
I change the mapping in the file /system/usr/keychars/pm8058-keypad.kcm by exchanging the 'a' with the 'q' and the 'w' with the 'z' (I haven't find others things I need to swap at the moment).
For example, there is the A mapping before :
Code:
key A {
label: 'A'
number: '\t'
base: 'a'
shift, capslock: 'A'
alt: '\t'
shift+alt, capslock+alt: none
}
and after :
Code:
key A {
label: 'Q'
number: '\t'
base: 'q'
shift, capslock: 'Q'
alt: '\t'
shift+alt, capslock+alt: none
}
And after a reboot, it writes a 'a' when I press a 'a', nice.
I don't have thoroughtly test that solution, I will post if there is any problem with that hack.
I link my file with the new mapping.

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Swiftkey does have AZERTY as well.
Go to the Languages, download the one you need, it should appear at the top. Click the keyboard icon next to the ticker, it allows you to choose the layout of the keyboard.

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Someguyfromhell said:
Swiftkey does have AZERTY as well.
Go to the Languages, download the one you need, it should appear at the top. Click the keyboard icon next to the ticker, it allows you to choose the layout of the keyboard.
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Yes, I saw that.
But it only changes the layout of the visual keyboard.
My physical one was still mapped as a qwerty
The change of mapping doesn't change the visual keyboard, a 'a' is still type as a 'a'.

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dragoworld235 said:
Yes, I saw that.
But it only changes the layout of the visual keyboard.
My physical one was still mapped as a qwerty
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Oh yes, I didn't notice the SK17 and Mini Pro tags...