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

There is also solution with system insets, but it works only with API >= 21 (Android L). Say you have BottomNavigationView, which is child of LinearLayout and you need to hide it when keyboard is shown:

> LinearLayout
  > ContentView
  > BottomNavigationView

All you need to do is to extend LinearLayout in such way:

public class KeyboardAwareLinearLayout extends LinearLayout {
    public KeyboardAwareLinearLayout(Context context) {
        super(context);
    }

    public KeyboardAwareLinearLayout(Context context, @Nullable AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
    }

    public KeyboardAwareLinearLayout(Context context,
                                     @Nullable AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr);
    }

    public KeyboardAwareLinearLayout(Context context, AttributeSet attrs,
                                     int defStyleAttr, int defStyleRes) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr, defStyleRes);
    }

    @Override
    public WindowInsets onApplyWindowInsets(WindowInsets insets) {
        int childCount = getChildCount();
        for (int index = 0; index < childCount; index++) {
            View view = getChildAt(index);
            if (view instanceof BottomNavigationView) {
                int bottom = insets.getSystemWindowInsetBottom();
                if (bottom >= ViewUtils.dpToPx(200)) {
                    // keyboard is shown
                    view.setVisibility(GONE);
                } else {
                    // keyboard is hidden
                    view.setVisibility(VISIBLE);
                }
            }
        }
        return insets;
    }
}

The idea is that when keyboard is shown, system insets are changed with pretty big .bottom value.