How to check visibility of software keyboard in Android?

Question

I need to do a very simple thing - find out if the software keyboard is shown. Is this possible in Android?

Answer 1

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Breaking Note: Do not add these into your release apps, until these classes/ methods are released

How to check keyboard visibility

val insets = ViewCompat.getRootWindowInsets(view)
val isKeyboardVisible = insets.isVisible(Type.ime())

Few other utilities

How to get the height of Keyboard

val insets = ViewCompat.getRootWindowInsets(view)
val keyboardHeight = insets.getInsets(Type.ime()).bottom

How to show/ hide the keyboard

val controller = view.windowInsetsController

// Show the keyboard
controller.show(Type.ime())

// Hide the keyboard
controller.hide(Type.ime())

Note: WindowInsetsController added in API-30, so wait till backward compatible class is not available.

How to listen to keyboard hide/ show event

ViewCompat.setOnApplyWindowInsetsListener(view) { v, insets ->
    val isKeyboardVisible = insets.isVisible(Type.ime())
    if (isKeyboardVisible) {
        // Do it when keyboard is being shown
    } else {
        // Do it when keyboard is hidden
    }

    // Return the insets to keep going down this event to the view hierarchy
    insets
}