source for example keyboard
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/development/+/master/samples/SoftKeyboard

Had to fix preferenceActivity by adding is valid fragment true
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19973034/isvalidfragment-android-api-19

git clone of softkeybaord
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14171639/softkeyboard-questions

android google repos
https://android.googlesource.com/

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16060579/how-to-draw-view-on-top-of-soft-keyboard-like-whatsapp
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26659275/android-add-view-above-keyboard-key-and-below-feedback-popup-for-key
http://www.fampennings.nl/maarten/android/09keyboard/index.htm
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/inputmethodservice/KeyboardView.html
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/View.html
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/text/creating-input-method.html

this looks pretty spot on to what i want to do
https://sites.google.com/site/intuitit/support/intuitit-ime

going to base off new keyboard
https://github.com/AnySoftKeyboard/AnySoftKeyboard