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

Here's my solution, and it works. Instead of looking for pixel size just check that the height of the content view has changed or not:

// Scroll to the latest comment whenever the keyboard is shown
commentsContent.getViewTreeObserver().addOnGlobalLayoutListener(new ViewTreeObserver.OnGlobalLayoutListener() {

        private int oldHeight;

        @Override
        public void onGlobalLayout() {
            int newHeight = commentsContent.getMeasuredHeight();
            if (newHeight < oldHeight) {
                // Check for the keyboard showing in case the height difference
                // is a result of orientation change
                if (isSoftKeyboardShowing(CommentsActivity.this)) {
                    // Keyboard is showing so scroll to the latest comment
                    scrollToLatestComment();
                }
            }
            oldHeight = newHeight;
        }

    });


public static boolean isSoftKeyboardShowing(Activity activity) {
    InputMethodManager inputMethodManager = (InputMethodManager) activity.getSystemService(Activity.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
    return inputMethodManager.isActive();
}