Since we now know that most of the functionality of Secure Settings can be replicated without root access, I figured it would be possible for Keepass2Android to replace Secure Settings with another app. In the comments of our XDA Spotlight article featuring Keepass2Android, one of our users pointed out that Keepass2Android was still relying on the outdated Secure Settings application in order to automatically switch input methods. That's why Keepass2Android's automatic keyboard switching feature is so useful. Some software from OEMs and custom ROMs offer an input method switcher in the notification panel or navigation bar, but many do not. However, on many Android devices there's no quick and easy way to change input methods without going into settings. Keepass2Android is no different, and its keyboard, while aesthetically unpleasant, gets the job done. Any application that requests the permission to read the clipboard is automatically granted it without user input, and unless you know your way around the App Ops command line, you can't easily revoke the permission either. Many password managers in Android offer their own keyboards (also known as input methods in Android) because the Android system clipboard is notoriously insecure. A new Keepass2Android plugin called KeyboardSwap aims to fix that. But one nifty feature has been locked for many years to be used only by rooted users: automatically switching keyboards/input methods. Keepass2Android allows you to access your password database from the cloud storage of your choosing, and it also features fingerprint database unlocking and/or quick database access through a shorthand of the full password. A personal favorite among the XDA-Developers team is Keepass2Android which is an Android port of the popular open-source Keepass password manager. For those of us who will be waiting months for Android O to be available for our devices, the standard password manager features will have to suffice.

Android O's Autofill Framework will drastically improve user/password data entry and will also eliminate the need for performance-costly Accessibility Services, but unfortunately it'll be quite some time before most devices will ever receive Android O. Password managers on Android have long been neglected by Google, but that's going to change with Android O.

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