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's a hidden method can help for this, InputMethodManager.getInputMethodWindowVisibleHeight. But I don't know why it's hidden.

import android.content.Context
import android.os.Handler
import android.view.inputmethod.InputMethodManager

class SoftKeyboardStateWatcher(private val ctx: Context) {
  companion object {
    private const val DELAY = 10L
  }

  private val handler = Handler()
  private var isSoftKeyboardOpened: Boolean = false

  private val height: Int
    get() {
      val imm = ctx.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE) as InputMethodManager
      val method = imm.javaClass.getMethod("getInputMethodWindowVisibleHeight")
      method.isAccessible = true
      return method.invoke(imm) as Int
    }

  private val task: Runnable by lazy {
    Runnable {
      start()
      if (!isSoftKeyboardOpened && height > 0) {
        isSoftKeyboardOpened = true
        notifyOnSoftKeyboardOpened(height)
      } else if (isSoftKeyboardOpened && height == 0) {
        isSoftKeyboardOpened = false
        notifyOnSoftKeyboardClosed()
      }
    }
  }

  var listener: SoftKeyboardStateListener? = null

  interface SoftKeyboardStateListener {
    fun onSoftKeyboardOpened(keyboardHeightInPx: Int)
    fun onSoftKeyboardClosed()
  }

  fun start() {
    handler.postDelayed(task, DELAY)
  }

  fun stop() {
    handler.postDelayed({
      if (!isSoftKeyboardOpened) handler.removeCallbacks(task)
    }, DELAY * 10)
  }

  private fun notifyOnSoftKeyboardOpened(keyboardHeightInPx: Int) {
    listener?.onSoftKeyboardOpened(keyboardHeightInPx)
  }

  private fun notifyOnSoftKeyboardClosed() {
    listener?.onSoftKeyboardClosed()
  }
}