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

I know that this is a old post but I think this is the simplest approach that I know and my test device is Nexus 5. I haven't tried it in other devices. Hope that others will share their approach if they find my code is not good :)

public static boolean isKeyboardShown(Context context, View view) {
        if (context == null || view == null) {
            return false;
        }
        InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) context
                .getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
        return imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(view.getWindowToken(), 0); 
}

imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow returns boolean.

Thanks,