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Android x86 change Keyboard layout

How can I change the keyboard layout used by Android from the command line?

I installed the Android-x86 release from https://www.android-x86.org/ in a VirtualBox VM. Unfortunately, the VM only boots to command line and I cannot access the GUI. I want to follow the following solution to directly boot into the GUI: https://stackoverflow.com/a/61247128/12336925

I cannot type the commands as I want and I cannot use vi appropriately because I have a German keyboard.

Solution

  • The keymaps of the android x86 terminal are stored in

    /system/usr/keylayout/

    See here for more information https://source.android.com/devices/input/key-layout-files

    So you would need to change the files in there or load a new one to get your layout changed.

    To solve your problem however i would recommend to create a menu.lst on an usb device and mount it in your VM. After that you can use the terminal to copy the new file over the existing one.