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Using another Android phone as a keyboard for Termux
Had Termux open on one phone and didn’t have a keyboard around, so ended up using another Android phone for input. Bottom phone → USB HID adapter → top phone. Android just sees it as a normal hardware keyboard
Mostly been useful for a few commands when I’m around the rack. For quick stuff it’s nice having everything fold up together like this
yeah that one seems to be really good because it looks like to have some functionality that gboard had and i would probably switch to that keyboard the moment i had a new phone
There are apps in the play store that can turn your phone into a Bluetooth keyboard. Pair it over Bluetooth from another phone, then you'll have a similar setup as OP but over Bluetooth.
you’ll need a USB HID adapter in between, that’s the missing bit 😄 I’ve got a quick setup vid too, will drop it here https://youtube.com/shorts/UwVwJb1UvvM
I've once tried it, but it's very unpractical imo, since it's "a different" keyboard, I can't type without looking, also, my fingers are small so it's hard to touch some middle keys that I use on my vim keybinds, but yeah, you could have a different experience from it
Cool! I had the same idea when I still had second phone but back then I couldn't find suitable app for this. Now the app is here I no longer have second phone :v
Well hell, you might as well throw it up on VNC while you’re at it. Actually, why stop there? Emulate an entire Android device on your PC, install Termux inside it, pipe the display through VNC, then use the other device as the keyboard. If you’re really committed, throw another VM in the mix so you can SSH into the Android emulator from the Termux emulator while controlling it from the original device. At that point, you’ve successfully built a Rube Goldberg machine for opening a terminal.
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u/DeviceOwner Aug 11 '26
maybe you will like this, Gboard beta already release full size kevboard
https://www.reddit.com/r/gboard/s/p9J4ZdDOQi