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

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After understanding some of the issues with different resolutions, I decided to use a relative size. As I noticed the difference between visible and hidden states is about 30%. So I decided to replace 128 PX with 0.3.

And I added this class listener to notify of any change.

Here is my version

import android.app.*;
import android.graphics.*;
import android.view.*;

public class SoftKeyboardState {
  public static final int HIDDEN = 0, VISIBLE = 1;
  private OnKeyboardStateChangedListener listener;
  private View decorView;

  public SoftKeyboardState(Activity activity) {
    this.decorView = activity.findViewById(android.R.id.content);
    initKeyboardListener();
  }

  private void initKeyboardListener() {
    decorView.getViewTreeObserver().addOnGlobalLayoutListener(
      new ViewTreeObserver.OnGlobalLayoutListener(){
        private final Rect windowVisibleDisplayFrame = new Rect();
        private int lastVisibleDecorViewHeight;

        @Override
        public void onGlobalLayout() {
          decorView.getWindowVisibleDisplayFrame(windowVisibleDisplayFrame);
          final int visibleDecorViewHeight = windowVisibleDisplayFrame.height();

          if (lastVisibleDecorViewHeight != 0) {
            if ((lastVisibleDecorViewHeight > visibleDecorViewHeight) && (lastVisibleDecorViewHeight / visibleDecorViewHeight >= 0.3f)) {
              // visible
              if (listener != null)listener.onKeyboardStateChanged(VISIBLE);
            } else if ((lastVisibleDecorViewHeight < visibleDecorViewHeight) && (visibleDecorViewHeight / lastVisibleDecorViewHeight >= 0.3f)) {
              // hidden
              if (listener != null)listener.onKeyboardStateChanged(HIDDEN);
            }
          }
          lastVisibleDecorViewHeight = visibleDecorViewHeight;
        }
      });
  }

  public void setOnKeyboardStateChangedListener(OnKeyboardStateChangedListener listener) {
    this.listener = listener;
  }

  public interface OnKeyboardStateChangedListener {
    public void onKeyboardStateChanged(int state);
  }
}

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This is probably not suitable for production because it will open the keyboard  Note that the boolean returned by similar functions is not specified in the API and are therefore unreliable   Refer to the documentation here    https   developer android com reference android view inputmethod InputMethodManager showSoftInput android view View  20int  20android os ResultReceiver  public boolean showSoftInput  View view               int flags               ResultReceiver resultReceiver   Note that this method takes a ResultReceiver  It can get the results  RESULT UNCHANGED SHOWN  RESULT UNCHANGED HIDDEN  RESULT SHOWN  or RESULT HIDDEN  If you get RESULT UNCHANGED SHOWN  the keyboard was visible  If you need it to stay closed if it was closed  you will need to close it

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There s a hidden method can help for this  InputMethodManager getInputMethodWindowVisibleHeight  But I don t know why it s hidden   import android content Context import android os Handler import android view inputmethod InputMethodManager  class SoftKeyboardStateWatcher private val ctx  Context      companion object       private const val DELAY   10L        private val handler   Handler     private var isSoftKeyboardOpened  Boolean   false    private val height  Int     get           val imm   ctx getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE  as InputMethodManager       val method   imm javaClass getMethod  getInputMethodWindowVisibleHeight         method isAccessible   true       return method invoke imm  as Int          private val task  Runnable by lazy       Runnable         start         if   isSoftKeyboardOpened  amp  amp  height  gt  0            isSoftKeyboardOpened   true         notifyOnSoftKeyboardOpened height          else if  isSoftKeyboardOpened  amp  amp  height    0            isSoftKeyboardOpened   false         notifyOnSoftKeyboardClosed                        var listener  SoftKeyboardStateListener    null    interface SoftKeyboardStateListener       fun onSoftKeyboardOpened keyboardHeightInPx  Int      fun onSoftKeyboardClosed          fun start         handler postDelayed task  DELAY         fun stop         handler postDelayed         if   isSoftKeyboardOpened  handler removeCallbacks task         DELAY   10         private fun notifyOnSoftKeyboardOpened keyboardHeightInPx  Int        listener  onSoftKeyboardOpened keyboardHeightInPx         private fun notifyOnSoftKeyboardClosed         listener  onSoftKeyboardClosed

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Sorry for the late answer  but I had created a little helper class to handle open close events with notifying listeners and other useful things  may be someone would find it helpful   import android graphics Rect  import android view View  import android view ViewTreeObserver   import java util LinkedList  import java util List   public class SoftKeyboardStateWatcher implements ViewTreeObserver OnGlobalLayoutListener        public interface SoftKeyboardStateListener           void onSoftKeyboardOpened int keyboardHeightInPx           void onSoftKeyboardClosed               private final List lt SoftKeyboardStateListener gt  listeners   new LinkedList lt SoftKeyboardStateListener gt         private final View activityRootView      private int        lastSoftKeyboardHeightInPx      private boolean    isSoftKeyboardOpened       public SoftKeyboardStateWatcher View activityRootView            this activityRootView  false              public SoftKeyboardStateWatcher View activityRootView  boolean isSoftKeyboardOpened            this activityRootView       activityRootView          this isSoftKeyboardOpened   isSoftKeyboardOpened          activityRootView getViewTreeObserver   addOnGlobalLayoutListener this               Override     public void onGlobalLayout             final Rect r   new Rect              r will be populated with the coordinates of your view that area still visible          activityRootView getWindowVisibleDisplayFrame r            final int heightDiff   activityRootView getRootView   getHeight   -  r bottom - r top           if   isSoftKeyboardOpened  amp  amp  heightDiff  gt  100       if more than 100 pixels  its probably a keyboard                isSoftKeyboardOpened   true              notifyOnSoftKeyboardOpened heightDiff             else if  isSoftKeyboardOpened  amp  amp  heightDiff  lt  100                isSoftKeyboardOpened   false              notifyOnSoftKeyboardClosed                         public void setIsSoftKeyboardOpened boolean isSoftKeyboardOpened            this isSoftKeyboardOpened   isSoftKeyboardOpened             public boolean isSoftKeyboardOpened             return isSoftKeyboardOpened                        Default value is zero   code 0                  return last saved keyboard height in px             public int getLastSoftKeyboardHeightInPx             return lastSoftKeyboardHeightInPx             public void addSoftKeyboardStateListener SoftKeyboardStateListener listener            listeners add listener              public void removeSoftKeyboardStateListener SoftKeyboardStateListener listener            listeners remove listener              private void notifyOnSoftKeyboardOpened int keyboardHeightInPx            this lastSoftKeyboardHeightInPx   keyboardHeightInPx           for  SoftKeyboardStateListener listener   listeners                if  listener    null                    listener onSoftKeyboardOpened keyboardHeightInPx                                      private void notifyOnSoftKeyboardClosed             for  SoftKeyboardStateListener listener   listeners                if  listener    null                    listener onSoftKeyboardClosed                                      Usage example   final SoftKeyboardStateWatcher softKeyboardStateWatcher        new SoftKeyboardStateWatcher findViewById R id activity main layout       Add listener softKeyboardStateWatcher addSoftKeyboardStateListener          then just handle callbacks

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Don t make any hard code  Best way is you have to resize your views while on Get Focus on EditText with KeyBord Show  You can do this adding resize property on activity into Manifest file using below code   android windowSoftInputMode  adjustResize

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Some improvements to avoid wrongly detect the visibility of soft keyboard on high density devices     Threshold of height difference should be defined as 128 dp  not 128 pixels  Refer to Google design doc about Metrics and Grid  48 dp is comfortable size for touch object and 32 dp is minimum for buttons  Generic soft keyboard should include 4 rows of key buttons  so minimum keyboard height should be   32 dp   4   128 dp  that means threshold size should transfer to pixels by multiply device density  For xxxhdpi devices  density 4   the  soft keyboard height threshold should be 128   4   512 pixels  Height difference between root view and its visible area  root view height - status bar height - visible frame height   root view bottom - visible frame bottom  since status bar height equal to the top of root view visible frame    private final String TAG    TextEditor   private TextView mTextEditor    Override protected void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState        super onCreate savedInstanceState       setContentView R layout activity editor       mTextEditor    TextView  findViewById R id text editor       mTextEditor getViewTreeObserver   addOnGlobalLayoutListener new ViewTreeObserver OnGlobalLayoutListener              Override         public void onGlobalLayout                 isKeyboardShown mTextEditor getRootView                          private boolean isKeyboardShown View rootView           128dp   32dp   4  minimum button height 32dp and generic 4 rows soft keyboard        final int SOFT KEYBOARD HEIGHT DP THRESHOLD   128       Rect r   new Rect        rootView getWindowVisibleDisplayFrame r       DisplayMetrics dm   rootView getResources   getDisplayMetrics           heightDiff   rootView height - status bar height  r top  - visible frame height  r bottom - r top         int heightDiff   rootView getBottom   - r bottom         Threshold size  dp to pixels  multiply with display density        boolean isKeyboardShown   heightDiff  gt  SOFT KEYBOARD HEIGHT DP THRESHOLD   dm density       Log d TAG   isKeyboardShown       isKeyboardShown      heightDiff     heightDiff      density     dm density                root view height     rootView getHeight        rect     r        return isKeyboardShown

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I was having difficulty maintaining keyboard state when changing orientation of fragments within a viewpager  I m not sure why  but it just seems to be wonky and acts differently from a standard Activity   To maintain keyboard state in this case  first you should add android windowSoftInputMode    stateUnchanged  to your AndroidManifest xml  You may notice  though  that this doesn t actually solve the entire problem -- the keyboard didn t open for me if it was previously opened before orientation change  In all other cases  the behavior seemed to be correct   Then  we need to implement one of the solutions mentioned here  The cleanest one I found was George Maisuradze s--use the boolean callback from hideSoftInputFromWindow   InputMethodManager imm    InputMethodManager  getSystemService Activity INPUT METHOD SERVICE   return imm hideSoftInputFromWindow mViewPager getWindowToken    0     I stored this value in my Fragment s onSaveInstanceState method and retrieved it onCreate  Then  I forcibly showed the keyboard in onCreateView if it had a value of true  it returns true if the keyboard is visible before actually hiding it prior to the Fragment destruction

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There is also solution with system insets  but it works only with API  gt   21  Android L   Say you have BottomNavigationView  which is child of LinearLayout and you need to hide it when keyboard is shown    gt  LinearLayout    gt  ContentView    gt  BottomNavigationView   All you need to do is to extend LinearLayout in such way   public class KeyboardAwareLinearLayout extends LinearLayout       public KeyboardAwareLinearLayout Context context            super context              public KeyboardAwareLinearLayout Context context   Nullable AttributeSet attrs            super context  attrs              public KeyboardAwareLinearLayout Context context                                        Nullable AttributeSet attrs  int defStyleAttr            super context  attrs  defStyleAttr              public KeyboardAwareLinearLayout Context context  AttributeSet attrs                                       int defStyleAttr  int defStyleRes            super context  attrs  defStyleAttr  defStyleRes               Override     public WindowInsets onApplyWindowInsets WindowInsets insets            int childCount   getChildCount            for  int index   0  index  lt  childCount  index                  View view   getChildAt index               if  view instanceof BottomNavigationView                    int bottom   insets getSystemWindowInsetBottom                    if  bottom  gt   ViewUtils dpToPx 200                            keyboard is shown                     view setVisibility GONE                     else                          keyboard is hidden                     view setVisibility VISIBLE                                                     return insets            The idea is that when keyboard is shown  system insets are changed with pretty big  bottom value

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Reuben Scratton s new answer  calculate the HeightDiff  int heightDiff   activityRootView getRootView   getHeight   - activityRootView getHeight      will not work in activity if you set the translucent status bar mode   if you use translucent status bar   activityRootView getHeight   will never change weather the soft keyboard is visible  it will always return the height of activity and status bar   For example  Nexus 4  Android 5 0 1  set android windowTranslucentStatus to true  it will return 1184 forever   even the ime have opend  If you set android windowTranslucentStatus to false  it will return Height correctly  if ime invisible it return 1134 not include the status bar  close the ime  it will return 5xx maybe  depends on ime s height   I don t know weather this is a bug  I ve try on 4 4 4 and 5 0 1  the result is same   So  up to now  the second most agreed answer  Kachi s solution will be the most safe way to calcute the height of ime  Here s a copy   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   if  heightDiff  gt  100       if more than 100 pixels  its probably a keyboard            do something here

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Checking the height of elements is not reliable because some keyboards like WifiKeyboard have zero height   Instead  you can use the callback result of showSoftInput   and hideSoftInput   to check for the status of the keyboard  Full details and example code at  https   rogerkeays com how-to-check-if-the-software-keyboard-is-shown-in-android

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The InputMethodManager has information about the soft keyboard   You get it from an activity via     InputMethodManager  getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE     You might play around with that to see what it can tell you   You can use it to show or hide the soft input

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Think has a easy way  like this   InputMethodManager imm    InputMethodManager  getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE   imm isActive      You can also see if him is active in a specific view   imm isActive View v

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99  of solutions here are based on probability of IME WINDOW SIZE and each such solution is a sh    worth  because   OVERLAYS - from User apps or System apps IME have no MINIMUM SIZE it can take 100  of window size and can be so thin as imagination of developer implementation    MODAL windows   MULTI windows and many many more like no knowledge of IPC  eg  foreign window or its content detection   so guessing it s IME is always wrong - don t guess be sure      kevin-du is best solution wright now as its query IMM for IME height - but as it said the method is hidden API so using it could be dangerous in the way of getting wrong  quot false negative results quot  - by wrong dev usage

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In addition to the correct answer I had to add this at the end of the onCreateView when using a webview inside a fragment  getActivity   getWindow   setSoftInputMode WindowManager LayoutParams SOFT INPUT ADJUST PAN    May be is because I am running a Webview inside a fragment or maybe a new behavior on API 30  my issue was that the height of the fragment was never altered even if the keyboard was being shown  So for Fragment the entire code should be  Override public View onCreateView LayoutInflater inflater  ViewGroup container  Bundle savedInstanceState        View view   super onCreateView inflater  container  savedInstanceState         mWebView postUrl  quot https   www google com  quot        final View activityRootView   view      layoutListener   new ViewTreeObserver 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                  This variable was created only for Debug purposes and                 to see the height change when clicking on a field inside mWebView             int screenHeight   activityRootView getRootView   getHeight                Log d  quot onGlobalLayout quot    quot rect   quot    r toString                 Log d  quot onGlobalLayout quot    quot screenHeight   quot    screenHeight                  The difference on the heights from bottom to top and on the root height             int heightDiff   screenHeight -  r bottom - r top               Log d  quot onGlobalLayout quot    quot heightDiff   quot    heightDiff                  I suggest to put 250 on resources to have better order             float dpx   dpToPx getActivity    250                if  previousHeightDiff    heightDiff                    if  heightDiff  gt  dpx                        isSoftKeyboardPresent   true                    else                       isSoftKeyboardPresent   false                                    previousHeightDiff   heightDiff                                     activityRootView getViewTreeObserver   addOnGlobalLayoutListener layoutListener       getActivity   getWindow   setSoftInputMode WindowManager LayoutParams SOFT INPUT ADJUST PAN       return view     private static float dpToPx Context context  float valueInDp        DisplayMetrics metrics   context getResources   getDisplayMetrics        return TypedValue applyDimension TypedValue COMPLEX UNIT DIP  valueInDp  metrics

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The solution provided by Reuben Scratton and Kachi seems to rely on the pixel density of the devices  if you have a high density device the height difference can be bigger than 100 even with the keyboard down  A little work around that would be to see the initial height difference  with keyboard down  and then compare with the current difference   boolean isOpened   false  int firstHeightDiff   -1   public void setListenerToRootView        final View activityRootView   getActivity   getWindow   getDecorView   findViewById android R id content       Rect r   new Rect        activityRootView getWindowVisibleDisplayFrame r       firstHeightDiff   activityRootView getRootView   getHeight   -  r bottom - r top       activityRootView getViewTreeObserver   addOnGlobalLayoutListener new ViewTreeObserver OnGlobalLayoutListener              Override         public void onGlobalLayout                 if  isAdded                      Rect r   new Rect                    activityRootView getWindowVisibleDisplayFrame r                   int heightDiff   activityRootView getRootView   getHeight   -  r bottom - r top                   isOpened   heightDiff gt firstHeightDiff 100                  if  isAdded                        if isOpened                              TODO stuff for when it is up                       else                             TODO stuf for when it is down

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you can try this  work great for me   InputMethodManager imm    InputMethodManager  getActivity   getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE    if  imm isAcceptingText            Software Keyboard was shown     else         Software Keyboard was not shown

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This code works great nice  use this class for root view   public class KeyboardConstraintLayout extends ConstraintLayout    private KeyboardListener keyboardListener  private EditText targetEditText  private int minKeyboardHeight  private boolean isShow   public KeyboardConstraintLayout Context context        super context       minKeyboardHeight   getResources   getDimensionPixelSize R dimen keyboard min height      public KeyboardConstraintLayout Context context  AttributeSet attrs        super context  attrs       minKeyboardHeight   getResources   getDimensionPixelSize R dimen keyboard min height      public KeyboardConstraintLayout Context context  AttributeSet attrs  int defStyleAttr        super context  attrs  defStyleAttr       minKeyboardHeight   getResources   getDimensionPixelSize R dimen keyboard min height       Override protected void onMeasure int widthMeasureSpec  int heightMeasureSpec        if   isInEditMode              Activity activity    Activity  getContext             SuppressLint  DrawAllocation           Rect rect   new Rect            getWindowVisibleDisplayFrame rect            int statusBarHeight   rect top          int keyboardHeight   activity getWindowManager   getDefaultDisplay   getHeight   -  rect bottom - rect top  - statusBarHeight           if  keyboardListener    null  amp  amp  targetEditText    null  amp  amp  targetEditText isFocused                  if  keyboardHeight  gt  minKeyboardHeight                    if   isShow                        isShow   true                      keyboardListener onKeyboardVisibility true                                  else                   if  isShow                        isShow   false                      keyboardListener onKeyboardVisibility false                                                       super onMeasure widthMeasureSpec  heightMeasureSpec      public boolean isShowKeyboard         return isShow     public void setKeyboardListener EditText targetEditText  KeyboardListener keyboardListener        this targetEditText   targetEditText      this keyboardListener   keyboardListener     public interface KeyboardListener       void onKeyboardVisibility  boolean isVisible          and set keyboard listener in activity or fragment       rootLayout setKeyboardListener targetEditText  new KeyboardConstraintLayout KeyboardListener          Override     public void onKeyboardVisibility boolean isVisible

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Instead of assuming the difference coding I did something like this  as I dint had menu options in my application   final View root  findViewById R id myrootview    root getViewTreeObserver   addOnGlobalLayoutListener new OnGlobalLayoutListener      Override     public void onGlobalLayout             int heightDiff   root getRootView   getHeight   - root getHeight             Rect rectgle  new Rect            Window window  getWindow            window getDecorView   getWindowVisibleDisplayFrame rectgle           int contentViewTop                                 window findViewById Window ID ANDROID CONTENT  getTop            if heightDiff  lt   contentViewTop                 Soft KeyBoard Hidden          else                Soft KeyBoard Shown

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A method that doesn t need a LayoutListener  In my case  I would like to save the state of the keyboard before replacing my Fragment  I call the method  hideSoftInputFromWindow from onSaveInstanceState  which closes the keyboard and returns me whether the keyboard was visible or not    This method is straightforward but may change the state of your keyboard

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I used a slight variant of Reuban s answer  which proved to be more helpful in certain circumstances  especially with high resolution devices    final View activityRootView   findViewById android R id content   activityRootView getViewTreeObserver   addOnGlobalLayoutListener          new OnGlobalLayoutListener                  Override             public void onGlobalLayout                     int heightView   activityRootView getHeight                    int widthView   activityRootView getWidth                    if  1 0   widthView   heightView  gt  3                          Make changes for Keyboard not visible                   else                         Make changes for keyboard visible

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It has been forever in terms of the computer but this question is still unbelievably relevant  So I ve taken the above answers and have combined and refined them a bit     public interface OnKeyboardVisibilityListener       void onVisibilityChanged boolean visible      public final void setKeyboardListener final OnKeyboardVisibilityListener listener        final View activityRootView     ViewGroup  getActivity   findViewById android R id content   getChildAt 0       activityRootView getViewTreeObserver   addOnGlobalLayoutListener new OnGlobalLayoutListener              private boolean wasOpened       private final Rect r   new Rect              Override         public void onGlobalLayout                 activityRootView getWindowVisibleDisplayFrame r                int heightDiff   activityRootView getRootView   getHeight   -  r bottom - r top               boolean isOpen   heightDiff  gt  100              if  isOpen    wasOpened                    logDebug  Ignoring global layout change                       return                             wasOpened   isOpen              listener onVisibilityChanged isOpen                         It works for me

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if  keyopen                      InputMethodManager imm    InputMethodManager  getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE                   imm toggleSoftInput InputMethodManager HIDE IMPLICIT ONLY 0                   The above function is what I use to check if a Keyboard is visible   If it is  then I close it   Below shows the two methods required   First  define the workable Window height in onCreate   protected void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState            super onCreate savedInstanceState        add to onCreate method     Rect rectgle  new Rect        Window window  getWindow        window getDecorView   getWindowVisibleDisplayFrame rectgle       sheight  rectgle bottom           Then  add a boolean method that gets the Window height at that instance   If it does not match the original  assuming you are not changing it along the way     then  the keyboard is open   public boolean keyopen         Rect rectgle  new Rect        Window window  getWindow        window getDecorView   getWindowVisibleDisplayFrame rectgle       int curheight  rectgle bottom       if  curheight  sheight                return true            else               return false            Frotz

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This solution may re-opens the keyboard but it works   InputMethodManager inputManager      InputMethodManager  this getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE      private boolean isKeyboardShowing          boolean isKeyboardShowing   inputManager hideSoftInputFromWindow irrelevantView getWindowToken    0       if  isKeyboardShowing            inputManager showSoftInput this getCurrentFocus    0             return isKeyboardShowing

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It has been forever in terms of computer but this question is still unbelievably relevant   So I ve taken the above answers and have combined and refined them a bit     public interface OnKeyboardVisibilityListener         void onVisibilityChanged boolean visible      public final void setKeyboardListener final OnKeyboardVisibilityListener listener        final View activityRootView     ViewGroup  getActivity   findViewById android R id content   getChildAt 0        activityRootView getViewTreeObserver   addOnGlobalLayoutListener new OnGlobalLayoutListener              private boolean wasOpened           private final int DefaultKeyboardDP   100              From  nathanielwolf answer     Lollipop includes button bar in the root  Add height of button bar  48dp  to maxDiff         private final int EstimatedKeyboardDP   DefaultKeyboardDP    Build VERSION SDK INT  gt   Build VERSION CODES LOLLIPOP   48   0            private final Rect r   new Rect              Override         public void onGlobalLayout                    Convert the dp to pixels              int estimatedKeyboardHeight    int  TypedValue                      applyDimension TypedValue COMPLEX UNIT DIP  EstimatedKeyboardDP  activityRootView getResources   getDisplayMetrics                     Conclude whether the keyboard is shown or not              activityRootView getWindowVisibleDisplayFrame r               int heightDiff   activityRootView getRootView   getHeight   -  r bottom - r top               boolean isShown   heightDiff  gt   estimatedKeyboardHeight               if  isShown    wasOpened                    Log d  Keyboard state    Ignoring global layout change                       return                             wasOpened   isShown              listener onVisibilityChanged isShown                         Works for me     NOTE   If you notice that the DefaultKeyboardDP does not fit your device play with the value and post a comment for everyone to know what should be the value    eventually we will get the correct value to fit all devices   For more details  check out the implementation on Cyborg

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So hopefully this helps someone out  The new answer that Reuben Scratton gave is great and really efficient  but it really only works if you set your windowSoftInputMode to adjustResize  If you set it to adjustPan  it s still not possible to detect whether or not the keyboard is visible using his code snippet  To work around this  I made this tiny modification to the code above  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 height        if  heightDiff  gt  0 25 activityRootView getRootView   getHeight         if more than 25  of the screen  its probably a keyboard                do something here

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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

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You can observe softkeyboard s hide by using activity s decorView   public final class SoftKeyboardUtil       public static final String TAG    SoftKeyboardUtil       public static void observeSoftKeyBoard Activity activity   final OnSoftKeyBoardHideListener listener           final View decorView   activity getWindow   getDecorView            decorView getViewTreeObserver   addOnGlobalLayoutListener new ViewTreeObserver OnGlobalLayoutListener                  Override             public void onGlobalLayout                     Rect rect   new Rect                    decorView getWindowVisibleDisplayFrame rect                   int displayHight   rect bottom - rect top                  int hight   decorView getHeight                    boolean hide    double displayHight   hight  gt  0 8                   if Log isLoggable TAG  Log DEBUG                        Log d TAG   DecorView display hight     displayHight                       Log d TAG   DecorView hight      hight                       Log d TAG   softkeyboard visible        hide                                      listener onSoftKeyBoardVisible  hide                                           public interface OnSoftKeyBoardHideListener          void onSoftKeyBoardVisible boolean visible

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Here is a workaround to know if softkeyboard is visible    Check for running services on the system using ActivityManager getRunningServices max count of services   From the returned ActivityManager RunningServiceInfo instances  check clientCount value for soft keyboard service  The aforementioned clientCount will be incremented every time  the soft keyboard is shown  For example  if clientCount was initially 1  it would be 2 when the keyboard is shown  On keyboard dismissal  clientCount is decremented  In this case  it resets to 1    Some of the popular keyboards have certain keywords in their classNames   Google AOSP   IME Swype   IME Swiftkey   KeyboardService Fleksy   keyboard Adaptxt   IME  KPTAdaptxtIME  Smart   Keyboard  SmartKeyboard    From ActivityManager RunningServiceInfo  check for the above patterns in ClassNames  Also  ActivityManager RunningServiceInfo s clientPackage android  indicating that the keyboard is bound to system   The above mentioned information could be combined for a strict way to find out if soft keyboard is visible

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I used a little time to figure this out    I ran it some CastExceptions  but figured out that you can replace you LinearLayout in the layout xml with the name of the class   Like this    lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  UTF-8   gt   lt LinearLayout android layout width  fill parent  android layout height  fill parent      xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android  android id    id llMaster  gt    lt com ourshoppingnote RelativeLayoutThatDetectsSoftKeyboard android background   drawable metal background      android layout width  fill parent  android layout height  fill parent      android id    id rlMaster   gt       lt LinearLayout android layout width  fill parent          android layout height  1dip  android background   drawable line  gt  lt  LinearLayout gt                    lt  com ourshoppingnote RelativeLayoutThatDetectsSoftKeyboard gt         lt  LinearLayout gt    That way you do not run into any cast issues       and if you don t want to do this on every page  I recommend that you use  MasterPage in Android   See the link here  http   jnastase alner net archive 2011 01 08 ldquomaster-pagesrdquo-in-android aspx

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There is a direct method to find this out  And  it does not require any Layout changes  So  it works in immersive fullscreen mode  too  The trick is that you try to hide or show the soft keyboard and capture the result of that try  No panic  this does not really show or hide the keyboard  We just ask for the state  To stay up-to-date  you can simply repeat the operation  e g  every 200 milliseconds  using a Handler  You find an implementation here  https   stackoverflow com a 27567074 2525452

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Wow  We have Good news Android Geeks  And its time to say goodbye to the old way  First I will add official release note to read and know more about these methods  classes  and then we will see these amazing methods  classes Breaking Note  Do not add these into your release apps  until these classes  methods are released  How to check keyboard visibility  val insets   ViewCompat getRootWindowInsets view  val isKeyboardVisible   insets isVisible Type ime     Few other utilities  How to get the height of Keyboard  val insets   ViewCompat getRootWindowInsets view  val keyboardHeight   insets getInsets Type ime    bottom   How to show  hide the keyboard  val controller   view windowInsetsController     Show the keyboard controller show Type ime        Hide the keyboard controller hide Type ime     Note  WindowInsetsController added in API-30  so wait till backward compatible class is not available   How to listen to keyboard hide  show event  ViewCompat setOnApplyWindowInsetsListener view    v  insets - gt      val isKeyboardVisible   insets isVisible Type ime        if  isKeyboardVisible               Do it when keyboard is being shown       else              Do it when keyboard is hidden               Return the insets to keep going down this event to the view hierarchy     insets

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I know how exact you can determine if keyboard is hidden or not   public int getStatusBarHeight         int result   0      int resourceId   getResources   getIdentifier  status bar height    dimen    android        if  resourceId  gt  0            result   getResources   getDimensionPixelSize resourceId             return result     public int getNavigationBarHeight         int result   0      int resourceId   getResources   getIdentifier  navigation bar height    dimen    android        if  resourceId  gt  0            result   getResources   getDimensionPixelSize resourceId             return result     public boolean isKeyboardHidden         int delta   mRootView getRootView   getHeight   - mRootView getHeight   - getNavigationBarHeight   - getStatusBarHeight               - getSupportActionBar   getHeight        return delta  lt   0      This works for tablets  When navigationbar is shown horizontally

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I have just encountered a bug while using most of the solutions above that suggest adding a fixed number   S4 is has a high dpi which resulted in the navigation bar s height being 100px thus my app thinking that the keyboard is open all the time   So with all the new high res phones being released i believe using a hard coded value is not a good idea for long term   A better approach that i found after some testing on various screens and devices was to use percentage  Get the difference between decorView and ur app content and afterwards check what is the percentage of that difference   From the stats that i got  most nav bar regardless of the size  resolution etc    will take between 3  to 5  of the screen  Where as if the keyboard is open it was taking between 47  to 55  of the screen   As a conclusion my solution was to check if the diff is more than 10  then i assume its a keyboard open

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My answer is basically the same as Kachi s answer  but I wrapped it into a nice helper class to clean up the way it s used throughout my app   import android app Activity  import android app Fragment  import android graphics Rect  import android view View  import android view ViewTreeObserver OnGlobalLayoutListener          Detects Keyboard Status changes and fires events only once for each change     public class KeyboardStatusDetector       KeyboardVisibilityListener visibilityListener       boolean keyboardVisible   false       public void registerFragment Fragment f            registerView f getView                public void registerActivity Activity a            registerView a getWindow   getDecorView   findViewById android R id content               public KeyboardStatusDetector registerView final View v            v getViewTreeObserver   addOnGlobalLayoutListener new OnGlobalLayoutListener                  Override             public void onGlobalLayout                     Rect r   new Rect                    v getWindowVisibleDisplayFrame r                    int heightDiff   v getRootView   getHeight   -  r bottom - r top                   if  heightDiff  gt  100       if more than 100 pixels  its probably a keyboard                            Check this variable to debounce layout events                        if  keyboardVisible                            keyboardVisible   true                          if visibilityListener    null  visibilityListener onVisibilityChanged true                                           else                       if keyboardVisible                            keyboardVisible   false                          if visibilityListener    null  visibilityListener onVisibilityChanged false                                                                              return this             public KeyboardStatusDetector setVisibilityListener KeyboardVisibilityListener listener            visibilityListener   listener          return this             public static interface KeyboardVisibilityListener           public void onVisibilityChanged boolean keyboardVisible             You can use this to detect keyboard changes anywhere throughout the app like this       new KeyboardStatusDetector                registerFragment fragment     register to a fragment               registerActivity activity     or register to an activity              registerView view             or register to a view              setVisibilityListener new KeyboardVisibilityListener                      Override                 public void onVisibilityChanged boolean keyboardVisible                        if keyboardVisible                             Do stuff for keyboard visible                      else                            Do stuff for keyboard hidden                                                           Note  only use one of the  register  calls   They all work the same and are only there for convenience

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Maybe this will help you   InputMethodManager imm    InputMethodManager  getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE   imm toggleSoftInput InputMethodManager SHOW FORCED  0

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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  lt  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

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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  gt   Build VERSION CODES LOLLIPOP          float buttonBarHeight             TypedValue applyDimension TypedValue COMPLEX UNIT DIP  48  res getDisplayMetrics           maxDiff    buttonBarHeight            if  heightDiff  gt  maxDiff       if more than 100 pixels  its probably a keyboard             do something here

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NEW ANSWER added Jan 25th 2012  Since writing the below answer  someone clued me in to the existence of ViewTreeObserver and friends  APIs which have been lurking in the SDK since version 1   Rather than requiring a custom Layout type  a much simpler solution is to give your activity s root view a known ID  say   id activityRoot  hook a GlobalLayoutListener into the ViewTreeObserver  and from there calculate the size diff between your activity s view root and the window size   final View activityRootView   findViewById R id activityRoot   activityRootView getViewTreeObserver   addOnGlobalLayoutListener new OnGlobalLayoutListener          Override     public void onGlobalLayout             int heightDiff   activityRootView getRootView   getHeight   - activityRootView getHeight            if  heightDiff  gt  dpToPx this  200        if more than 200 dp  it s probably a keyboard                       do something here                        Using a utility such as    public static float dpToPx Context context  float valueInDp        DisplayMetrics metrics   context getResources   getDisplayMetrics        return TypedValue applyDimension TypedValue COMPLEX UNIT DIP  valueInDp  metrics       Easy   Note  Your application must set this flag in Android Manifest android windowSoftInputMode  adjustResize  otherwise above solution will not work   ORIGINAL ANSWER  Yes it s possible  but it s far harder than it ought to be   If I need to care about when the keyboard appears and disappears  which is quite often  then what I do is customize my top-level layout class into one which overrides onMeasure    The basic logic is that if the layout finds itself filling significantly less than the total area of the window  then a soft keyboard is probably showing    import android app Activity  import android content Context  import android graphics Rect  import android util AttributeSet  import android widget LinearLayout         LinearLayoutThatDetectsSoftKeyboard - a variant of LinearLayout that can detect when     the soft keyboard is shown and hidden  something Android can t tell you  weirdly         public class LinearLayoutThatDetectsSoftKeyboard extends LinearLayout        public LinearLayoutThatDetectsSoftKeyboard Context context  AttributeSet attrs            super context  attrs              public interface Listener           public void onSoftKeyboardShown boolean isShowing             private Listener listener      public void setListener Listener listener            this listener   listener              Override     protected void onMeasure int widthMeasureSpec  int heightMeasureSpec            int height   MeasureSpec getSize heightMeasureSpec           Activity activity    Activity getContext            Rect rect   new Rect            activity getWindow   getDecorView   getWindowVisibleDisplayFrame rect           int statusBarHeight   rect top          int screenHeight   activity getWindowManager   getDefaultDisplay   getHeight            int diff    screenHeight - statusBarHeight  - height          if  listener    null                listener onSoftKeyboardShown diff gt 128      assume all soft keyboards are at least 128 pixels high                   super onMeasure widthMeasureSpec  heightMeasureSpec                         Then in your Activity class     public class MyActivity extends Activity implements LinearLayoutThatDetectsSoftKeyboard Listener         Override     public void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState            super onCreate savedInstanceState                       LinearLayoutThatDetectsSoftKeyboard mainLayout    LinearLayoutThatDetectsSoftKeyboard findViewById R id main           mainLayout setListener this                            Override     public void onSoftKeyboardShown boolean isShowing               do whatever you need to do here

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i think this method will help you to find out is keybord is visible or not    public Boolean isSoftKeyBoardVisible        InputMethodManager imm    InputMethodManager getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE        if  imm isAcceptingText              Log d TAG  Software Keyboard was shown            return true        else           Log d TAG  Software Keyboard was not shown            return false

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according to the doc   https   developer android com reference androidx core view WindowInsetsCompat check release note   https   developer android com jetpack androidx releases core 1 5 0-alpha02 To get the current keyboard visibility  you can use getRootWindowInsets  and then call the isVisible   function  passing in the IME type  val windowinsetscompat   ViewCompat getRootWindowInsets view  val imeVisible   windowinsetscompat isVisible Type ime     there is also listener for changes OnApplyWindowInsetsListener ViewCompat setOnApplyWindowInsetsListener view    v  insets - gt      val imeVisible   insets isVisible Type ime

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Referring to this answer by  TacB0sS I have developed one class in Kotlin  Hope this will be helpful  Let me know if it requires some improvement   class KeyboardVisibilityObserver val layRootContainer  View   val keyboardVisibilityListener  KeyboardVisibilityListener         var isKeyboardOpen   false         private set      private var keyBoardObserver   object   ViewTreeObserver OnGlobalLayoutListener            private val DefaultKeyboardDP   100             Lollipop includes button bar in the root  Add height of button bar  48dp  to maxDiff         private val EstimatedKeyboardDP   DefaultKeyboardDP   if  Build VERSION SDK INT  gt   Build VERSION CODES LOLLIPOP  48 else 0          private val r   Rect            override fun onGlobalLayout                 if  layRootContainer    null                       Convert the dp to pixels                  val estimatedKeyboardHeight   TypedValue                          applyDimension TypedValue COMPLEX UNIT DIP  EstimatedKeyboardDP toFloat    layRootContainer resources displayMetrics  toInt                       Conclude whether the keyboard is shown or not                  layRootContainer getWindowVisibleDisplayFrame r                  val heightDiff   layRootContainer rootView height -  r bottom - r top                  val isShown   heightDiff  gt   estimatedKeyboardHeight                  if  isShown    isKeyboardOpen                            Log d  Keyboard state    Ignoring global layout change                           return                                    isKeyboardOpen   isShown                  keyboardVisibilityListener  onKeyboardVisibilityChanged isKeyboardOpen                                     init           layRootContainer  viewTreeObserver  addOnGlobalLayoutListener keyBoardObserver                call this in onDestroy     fun removeObserver            layRootContainer  viewTreeObserver  removeOnGlobalLayoutListener keyBoardObserver             interface KeyboardVisibilityListener           fun onKeyboardVisibilityChanged isKeyboardOpen  Boolean

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The idea is  if you need to hide your keyboard and check soft input state at the same time  use the following solution   public boolean hideSoftInput         InputMethodManager imm    InputMethodManager  getSystemService Activity INPUT METHOD SERVICE       return imm hideSoftInputFromWindow mViewPager getWindowToken    0       This method returns true if keyboard was shown before hiding

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I found that a combination of  Reuben Scratton s method along with  Yogesh s method seems to work best  Combining their methods would yield something like this   final View activityRootView   findViewById R id activityRoot   activityRootView getViewTreeObserver   addOnGlobalLayoutListener new OnGlobalLayoutListener        Override   public void onGlobalLayout         if  getResources   getConfiguration   keyboardHidden    Configuration KEYBOARDHIDDEN NO       Check if keyboard is not hidden               do something here

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Try this   final View activityRootView   getWindow   getDecorView   getRootView    activityRootView getViewTreeObserver   addOnGlobalLayoutListener new ViewTreeObserver 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           if  heightDiff  lt  activityRootView getRootView   getHeight     4        if more than 100 pixels  its probably a keyboard                        do something here

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