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External Keyboard on Windows Pc

Developed By: Kabaldan

License: Free

Rating: 3,8/5 - 47 votes

Last Updated: April 18, 2024

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 1.04
Size 298 KB
Release Date October 09, 17
Category Productivity Apps

What's New:
1.01: Added Bulgarian Phonetic keyboard layout1.02: Added a physical keyboard settings utility (useful for devices that do not correctly recognize an external... [see more]

Description from Developer:
This application provides keyboard layouts for external USB/Bluetooth keyboards for all Android 4.1 and newer devices.

The main purpose of this application is:
- to allow the conf... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download External Keyboard and install on Windows PC. External Keyboard is free Productivity app, developed by Kabaldan. Latest version of External Keyboard is 1.04, was released on 2017-10-09 (updated on 2024-04-18). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 500. Overall rating of External Keyboard is 3,8. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 47 users, 10 users had rated it 5*, 29 users had rated it 1*.

How to install External Keyboard on Windows?

Instruction on how to install External Keyboard on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install External Keyboard on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Step By Step Guide To Install External Keyboard using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "External Keyboard" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install External Keyboard on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "External Keyboard" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 1.04.

Download External Keyboard 1.04 on Windows PC – 298 KB

This application provides keyboard layouts for external USB/Bluetooth keyboards for all Android 4.1 and newer devices.

The main purpose of this application is:
- to allow the configuration of layout for keyboards erroneously not shown in Settings app
- to provide keyboard layouts missing from the standard Android external keyboard set. (Also, some manufacturers do not include the external keyboard layouts package at all...)
- to fix issues of the commonly distributed keyboard layouts (e.g. non working Caps Lock for some national characters - namely Czech and Slovak key layouts)

There's no unnecessary background service or input method added. This is just a pure system solution for keyboard configuration as intended in Android since 4.1 JellyBean release.

Suggestions for inclusion of additional layouts or fixing of bugs in the current layouts are welcome.

Currently supported layouts:
Arabic
Armenian Eastern
Belgian
Brazilian
Bulgarian
Bulgarian Phonetic
Croatian
Czech
Czech QWERTY
Danish
English (UK)
English (US)
English (US), International style
English (US), Colemak style
English (US), Dvorak style
English (US), Workman style
Estonian
Finnish
French
French (Canada)
German
Greek
Hebrew
Hungarian
Hungarian QWERTY
Icelandic
Italian
Latvian
Lithuanian
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Russian
Russian, Mac style
Slovak
Slovak QWERTY
Slovenian
Spanish
Spanish (Latin America)
Swedish
Swiss French
Swiss German
Turkish
Ukrainian
1.01: Added Bulgarian Phonetic keyboard layout
1.02: Added a physical keyboard settings utility (useful for devices that do not correctly recognize an external keyboard as a full alphanumeric keyboard and therefore miss the physical keyboard settings in the standard settings application)
1.03: Added an option to hide the utility icon from launcher's app drawer
1.04: Corrected link to physical keyboard settings for Android 7 and newer; added additional keyboard layouts