The second screenshot is from a basic old Samsung phone. On some Android phone keyboards you’ll get three options, including n-dash and m-dash. Or, you can choose to copy and paste the em dash character here: Click OK to. The first image shows what the default keyboard looks like after you do a long press on the dash key – it expands to show four options. Now, add the em dash into the box under With using the Alt-0151 or Shift-Option-Hyphen (on Mac) keyboard shortcuts. On Android, hold down the dash key and three options appear including the n-dash. The first image shows what the default keyboard looks like after you do a long press on the dash key it expands to show four options.
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I tested this right away on a tablet then on an Android phone and sure enough, it works the same! How do I type en and em dashes on Ubuntu GNOME 15.10 with GNOME 3.18 I have now looked at this answer, so I would now also like to know the code for the en dash and how to assign other keyboard shortcuts to these Unicode characters, as I don't want to have to type something too long in order to get these. On Android, hold down the dash key and three options appear including the n-dash.