Typing Chinese on Android

After messing around with a few ways to easily input both English and Chinese characters (via pinyin), the best I've found at least on Android is Google Pinyin Input.

You just press either the "中" or "En" button s along the top of the virtual keyboard to switch between input methods. One thing that confused me at first was, when predictive text suggestions pop up, they replaced the choice of languages. After you've finished a word, you can just backspace and the choices show up again. Switching between inputs is very quick.

One other thing, I also have Gboard installed, for predictive text in another (European) language. Switching to this alternative setup is also really easy, just by tapping the "globe" icon.