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

None of these solutions will work for Lollipop as is. In Lollipop activityRootView.getRootView().getHeight() includes the height of the button bar, while measuring the view does not. I've adapted the best/simplest solution above to work with Lollipop.

    final View activityRootView = findViewById(R.id.activityRoot);
activityRootView.getViewTreeObserver().addOnGlobalLayoutListener(new OnGlobalLayoutListener() {
  @Override
  public void onGlobalLayout() {
    Rect r = new Rect();
    //r will be populated with the coordinates of your view that area still visible.
    activityRootView.getWindowVisibleDisplayFrame(r);

    int heightDiff = activityRootView.getRootView().getHeight() - (r.bottom - r.top);
    Resources res = getResources();
    // The status bar is 25dp, use 50dp for assurance
    float maxDiff =
        TypedValue.applyDimension(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_DIP, 50, res.getDisplayMetrics());

    //Lollipop includes button bar in the root. Add height of button bar (48dp) to maxDiff
    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP) {
      float buttonBarHeight =
          TypedValue.applyDimension(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_DIP, 48, res.getDisplayMetrics());
      maxDiff += buttonBarHeight;
    }
    if (heightDiff > maxDiff) { // if more than 100 pixels, its probably a keyboard...
      ...do something here
    }
  }
});