KeymapKit
Physical keyboard layouts for Android
Turkish (F), Turkish (Q) and more — system-level, no IME.
KeymapKit is a lightweight Android utility that adds physical keyboard layouts (such as Turkish F) to the system — without root, without permissions, and without acting as an on-screen keyboard.
This app is not a software keyboard (IME).
It only provides hardware (physical) keyboard layouts at the system level.
What you see above:
- Main screen with status and setup steps
- Typing test to verify the selected layout
- System Settings → Physical keyboard showing KeymapKit layouts
- Dark mode support (Material You)
- ✅ Adds physical keyboard layouts
- ✅ Works system-wide (all apps)
- ✅ No root required
- ✅ No permissions required
- ✅ Offline, lightweight, privacy-friendly
- ✅ Modern Material You (Dynamic Color) UI
- ✅ Supports Android 8.0+ (API 26+)
Android supports physical keyboard layouts via .kcm (Key Character Map) files.
KeymapKit:
- Registers itself as a keyboard layout provider
- Supplies
.kcmlayout definitions to the system - Lets users select layouts from System Settings → Physical keyboard
No input method, accessibility service, or special permission is used.
- Connect your physical keyboard (USB or Bluetooth)
- Open Settings → Physical keyboard
- Tap Turkish (Türkiye)
- Select “Türkçe (F) — KeymapKit”
- Open KeymapKit and test typing 🎉
On some Samsung devices, you must tap the language row (e.g. Türkçe (Türkiye)) to see layout variants.
- 🔒 No permissions requested
- 📡 No network access
- 👁️ No data collection
- 🧾 No analytics or trackers
KeymapKit only exposes static keyboard layout resources to the Android system.
The app includes a built-in typing test and debug screen:
- Verify that the selected layout works correctly
- Inspect key events if something feels off
- Useful for troubleshooting different keyboard models
Currently included:
- 🇹🇷 Turkish (F)
- 🇹🇷 Turkish (Q)
Planned:
- 🇺🇸 English (US)
- 🇩🇪 German
- 🇫🇷 French
- More layouts via an open generator pipeline
- Kotlin
- Jetpack Compose
- Material 3 / Material You
- Android Keyboard Layout API (
.kcm) - No legacy views, no XML UI
Some keyboard layout data (.kcm files) are derived from the open-source project:
More Physical Keyboard Layouts / extra-keyboard-layouts
License: MIT License
See THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md for details.
KeymapKit is published on Google Play as a lightweight system utility.
- No root required
- No permissions
- No accessibility usage
- Not an on-screen keyboard (IME)
👉 Get it on Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alpware.kodex
Apache License 2.0
You are free to use, modify, and distribute this project under the terms of the license.
Contributions are welcome!
- Bug reports
- New keyboard layouts
- Documentation improvements
- Generator tools for
.kcmfiles
Feel free to open an issue or pull request.
Developed by AlpWare Studio
If you have feedback or layout requests, feel free to open an issue.
KeymapKit — because physical keyboards deserve proper layouts.