How to Put a Picture on Android Keyboards Including Samsung

By Mehvish Updated July 23, 2024 Reviewed & Updated by Prateek Pandey

Quick Tips

Gboard offers a wide range of features, including Emoji Kitchen which users to create new emojis by combining two emojis.
Swiftkey’s Clipboard feature can be accessed by tapping the double-arrow icon. Once enabled, all copied text and images are saved for easy pasting into a different app.
Samsung keyboard lets users delete text by swiping left with two fingers.

Steps for Gboard

Step 1: Open Gboard in any app and tap the toolbar’s Settings icon. If you don’t see it, tap on the 4-square icon followed by the Settings icon.

Step 2: Go to Theme. Tap the Add (+) icon under My Themes to add a new theme.

Step 3: Select a background image and adjust its width, height, and brightness. Once you are satisfied with the adjustments, tap the Next button, followed by the Done/Save button.

Step 4: You can turn off the key borders on the subsequent screen. Finally, press Apply. You will now have a custom background on your Google Keyboard.

If you want to edit Gboard’s existing background image, go to Gboard Settings > Themes. In the first section, you will find all the custom themes. Tap on the one you want to edit, followed by the Pencil (Edit icon).

Steps for SwiftKey

To put a background picture on the SwiftKey keyboard on your Android phone, follow these steps:

Step 1: Open the SwiftKey keyboard in any messaging app and tap the Settings icon in the toolbar. If that icon doesn’t appear, tap the three-dot icon followed by Settings to go to SwiftKey’s Settings.

Step 2: Once in Settings, tap on Themes. Then go to the Custom tab and select Start.

Step 3: Tap on the Add Image button and navigate to the image you want.

Step 4: You will reach the screen to adjust image parameters like brightness, widget, etc. Once you’re satisfied with your selection, press Done.

Step 5: You will be presented with the keyboard’s preview and given the option to disable Key borders. Finally, tap on Save at the top-right corner.

Steps for Samsung Keyboard

Samsung Keyboard doesn’t offer a native option to use pictures as background. As such, you need to use the Theme Park module of the Good Lock app to add a background image to the Samsung Keyboard. Here are the steps for the same:

Step 1: Install the Good Lock app on your Samsung Galaxy phone from the Galaxy Store.

Step 2: Tap on the Download icon next to Theme Park to install it. Once done, open it.

Step 3: Select the Keyboard tab in the Theme Park module and press the Create New button.

Step 4: Click on the Gallery icon and select the desired image as the background.

Step 5: On the screen that appears, you can customize your keyboard. Then, tap on the Download icon at the top. Give your theme a name, and press OK.

Step 6: Tap on the newly created theme with the image in the background and select Apply. That’s it. Your Samsung Keyboard will now have a picture of your liking in the background.