title: How to deploy a soft keyboard in Android?
body: <p>Dear Android Developers,</p>
  
  <p>I would like to develop a soft keyboard for android, which I can use with any app that requires text input.</p>
  
  <p>I added the <code>InputMethod</code> intent-filter to my manifest as such:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;intent-filter&gt;
      &lt;action android:name="android.view.InputMethod" /&gt;
  &lt;/intent-filter&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I also added the <code>BIND_INPUT_METHOD</code> permissions to my application.</p>
  
  <p>What I can't find how to do is how to deploy the soft keyboard to my device. Can anybody tell me how to do this?</p>
  
  <p>Since my soft keyboard has no Activity, I cannot simply deploy it as an Android application. Then how do I test my keyboard?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance!</p>