Real conundrum regarding Virtual Keyboard

[Android Question]

I have a serious issue.
I just got a tablet- a decent one by all accounts. It's a Chinese one, a Teclast P88.
The reviews are OK and plenty of people here in China use it (I live in China).
Here's the issue- I booted it up and guess what?
The Virtual Keyboard doesn't come up.
In any language.
No matter how many times I reboot it.
I thought to myself, no problem. I'll try to install a different Keyboard app on it.
However, obviously the store is off limits (I can't sign in, let alone search for a particular app), so I decided to install one from a .apk file. However, I just found outr that there's also no file manager, so I can't find the file to install it! Help!
Thanks,
Paul

 

[TheAtheistReverend]

Hey Paul, sorry to hear about your troubles.

I'm not an expert, but I would start by looking into "ADB pushing" and installing the apk for the play store, keyboard, or file manager.

Check out this vid for an idea of what I'm talking about.

 

[scary alien]

Good stuff, Rev! :thumbup:

Also, sometimes long- or short-pressing an input field will bring-up the soft keyboard.

Also, some apps will allow the keyboard to be launched from pressing the menu button / key.