Hello, when playing on android tablet + controller the touch controls are no longer needed, but when I try to remove them it also removes the keyboard from the screen, in which makes chat impossible, unless I am missing something, I would like to be able to remove touch controls from the screen for more viewing space but at the same time have the on-screen keyboard upon activating chat.

Granted, it's not an official solution, but you can use the DroidButtons plugin to do just that.

Yes, that's on our list of things to do. Thanks.