How do I detect if software keyboard is visible on Android Device or not?

Question

Is there a way in Android to detect if the software (a.k.a. \"soft\") keyboard is visible on screen?

Answer 1

You can refer to this answer - https://stackoverflow.com/a/24105062/3629912

It worked for me everytime.

adb shell dumpsys window InputMethod | grep "mHasSurface"

It will return true, if software keyboard is visible.