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

You can observe softkeyboard's hide by using activity's decorView.

public final class SoftKeyboardUtil {
    public static final String TAG = "SoftKeyboardUtil";
    public static void observeSoftKeyBoard(Activity activity , final OnSoftKeyBoardHideListener listener){
        final View decorView = activity.getWindow().getDecorView();
        decorView.getViewTreeObserver().addOnGlobalLayoutListener(new ViewTreeObserver.OnGlobalLayoutListener() {
            @Override
            public void onGlobalLayout() {
                Rect rect = new Rect();
                decorView.getWindowVisibleDisplayFrame(rect);
                int displayHight = rect.bottom - rect.top;
                int hight = decorView.getHeight();
                boolean hide = (double)displayHight / hight > 0.8 ;
                if(Log.isLoggable(TAG, Log.DEBUG)){
                    Log.d(TAG ,"DecorView display hight = "+displayHight);
                    Log.d(TAG ,"DecorView hight = "+ hight);
                    Log.d(TAG, "softkeyboard visible = " + !hide);
                }

                listener.onSoftKeyBoardVisible(!hide);

            }
        });
    }



    public interface OnSoftKeyBoardHideListener{
        void onSoftKeyBoardVisible(boolean visible);
    }
}