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title: Installing Custom Keyboards/Dictionaries - Keyman for Android Help
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## Installing Custom Keyboards/Dictionaries
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These same steps can be used for installing custom keyboard or custom dictionary packages. This example is for Khmer Angkor keyboard.
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Step 1) Click the link to your custom package file.
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Step 2) Once the KMP file is on your device, you will need to browse to the KMP file and select it.
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From the Keyman menu, select 'Settings'.
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From the Keyman Settings menu, select 'Install Keyboard or Dictionary'.
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From the 'Install Keyboard' menu, select 'Install from local file'.
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The device will launch a file browser where you'll browse to the directory of your KMP file.
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A common place to look is the "Downloads" folder.
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Selecting the KMP file should bring you to Step 3)
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Step 3) On Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) and higher, mobile apps need to request permissions to access storage. Keyman
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for Android needs access to read storage for installing the KMP file. At the dialog, select **"ALLOW"**. Once authorized,
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Keyman for Android won't need to ask for storage permission again, unless the user revokes or uninstalls the app.
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Older versions of Android grant Storage permissions at app installation time, so those users can skip this step.
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Step 4) Keyman for Android will verify the package, and display more information about it, including package version and 'readme' notes if available.
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This will be displayed at the confirmation to install the keyboard package.
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If "readme.htm" is not included, a generic page with the package ID and package version will be shown. Click the
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**"Install"** button to install the entire keyboard package.
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Step 5) All the keyboards in the package are installed as a group. In this example, the package only has the
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"Khmer Angkor" keyboard, so it becomes the active keyboard. For custom dictionary packages, only one dictionary
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will be installed.
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If the keyboard package includes Welcome documentation, it will be displayed after the keyboard package is installed.
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This documentation helps you to get started using the keyboard.
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Click the **"OK"** button to finish installing the keyboard. You should be able to select it from the Keyman globe key
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and start typing with it in any app.
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To learn how to create a custom keyboard package,
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[click here](https://help.keyman.com/developer/current-version/guides/distribute/)
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