# The action keyboard

Understanding Nibit's "secondary IME" model.

Nibit works differently from most keyboards. Instead of replacing your primary keyboard, it acts as a **second keyboard** that you switch to on demand.

## How it works

Android lets you have multiple keyboards (IMEs) installed at the same time. Nibit takes advantage of this: you keep your existing keyboard — Gboard, SwiftKey, your OEM keyboard — for everyday typing, and switch to Nibit when you need it.

A typical flow looks like this:

1. You're in any app with a text field open
2. Tap the **globe icon** (🌐) in the bottom-left corner of your keyboard — this is Android's built-in IME switcher
3. Nibit appears — tap a snippet, paste from clipboard, run a transform
4. Tap the globe icon again to switch back to your primary keyboard

The switch takes less than a second.

## Why a secondary IME?

Most people already have a keyboard they like. Nibit doesn't ask you to replace it.

The secondary IME model means Nibit is always one tap away — in any app, any text field — without forcing you to give up Gboard or your OEM keyboard for everyday typing. It's there when you need it and out of the way when you don't.