How to detect if user's keyboard is Swype?

Question

Is it possible to know the keyboard being used by the user? How do I check if the user is using a Swype keyboard?

Answer 1

The following lets you determine if Samsung, Google, or Swype keyboard is used.

public boolean usingSamsungKeyboard(Context context){
    return usingKeyboard(context, "com.sec.android.inputmethod/.SamsungKeypad");
}

public boolean usingSwypeKeyboard(Context context){
    return usingKeyboard(context, "com.nuance.swype.input/.IME");
}

public boolean usingGoogleKeyboard(Context context){
    return usingKeyboard(context, "com.google.android.inputmethod.latin/com.android.inputmethod.latin.LatinIME");
}   

public boolean usingKeyboard(Context context, String keyboardId)
    {
        final InputMethodManager richImm =
          (InputMethodManager)context.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);

        boolean isKeyboard = false;

        final Field field;
        try
        {
            field = richImm.getClass().getDeclaredField("mCurId");
            field.setAccessible(true);
            Object value = field.get(richImm);
            isKeyboard = value.equals(keyboardId);

        }
        catch (IllegalAccessException e)
        {

        }
        catch (NoSuchFieldException e)
        {

        }
        return  isKeyboard;
    }

Answer 2

You can retrieve the current default keyboard using:

String currentKeyboard =  Settings.Secure.getString(getContentResolver(), Settings.Secure.DEFAULT_INPUT_METHOD);

You will get a result like com.touchtype.swiftkey/com.touchtype.KeyboardService for various keyboards. The first part is the main package name of the keyboard, and the second is the name of the Keyboard Service it uses. Simply parse this String to see if it matches the info for Swype (I can only provide SwiftKey's details right now, as I don't have Swype installed).

Answer 3

Looks like your answer is here:

How to determine the current IME in Android?

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