A Keyword Does Not Expand

Check these causes in order. Try the Keyword again after each fix.

The accessibility service is off

When the service is off, Typing Hero shows a banner at the bottom of the Text Snippets, Clipboard, Actions, and Settings tabs.

Open Typing Hero.
In the banner, tap Enable.
If Android shows a list of accessibility services, tap Typing Hero.
Turn on Use Typing Hero.
When Android asks, tap Allow.

These Android labels may vary by phone.

If the banner says Switch instead, see Switch or Enable the Accessibility Service.

If the banner mentions Advanced Protection, see When Advanced Protection is on.

Detect Keywords is off

In Typing Hero, open the Settings tab.
Tap Detection and replacement.
Turn on Detect Keywords.

If you added the Detect Keywords tile to Android's Quick Settings, it turns the same setting on and off.

Premium isn't active

Without Premium, only your 20 newest Text Snippets with one Template expand.

See What Happens When Premium Ends.

The Keyword follows other text without a space

When Detect in all languages is off, Typing Hero ignores a Keyword typed right after other characters, so order,thx stays as typed. Type a space or start a new line before the Keyword.

To keep typing Keywords directly after other text, turn on Detect in all languages.

See Detect Keywords without Spaces.

Expand after space is on

With Expand after space on, Typing Hero replaces the Keyword only after you type a space.

See Choose Replacement Behavior.

The Text Snippet uses Manual Premium

With Manual, the Keyword is only replaced when you choose a Template from Suggestions.

Suggestions don't appear when Show Suggestions while typing and Show Templates for full Keywords are both off. Turn one on in the Suggestions section of Settings.

Android closed Typing Hero

Some phones close apps in the background to save battery. If Keywords stop expanding after a while, see Typing Hero Stops Working or Asks to Enable Its Service.

The field is a password or sensitive field

With the new accessibility service, Typing Hero skips password fields and other sensitive fields, so Keywords don't expand there.

Typing Hero can't detect or replace the Keyword reliably

In some apps and text fields, Typing Hero can't detect or replace a Keyword reliably. It may then offer Copy instead of replacing the Keyword.

Tap Copy. Typing Hero copies the Template and selects the Keyword.
Paste over the selected Keyword.

If Typing Hero shows Select the Keyword, then paste, select the Keyword yourself before you paste.

For other options, see Expansion Fails in One App or Changes Formatting.

Still not working

Please send me app logs, and I'll look into it.