Android: how can i tell if the soft keyboard is showing or not?

Question

Heres the dilemma: I am showing a screen with 3 input fields and 2 buttons inside of a tab(there are 3 tabs total, and they are on the bottom of the screen). the 2 buttons

Answer 1

Working solution for me -

ViewTreeObserver treeObserver = getViewTreeObserver();
        if (treeObserver != null)
            treeObserver.addOnGlobalLayoutListener(new ViewTreeObserver.OnGlobalLayoutListener() {
                @Override
                public void onGlobalLayout() {
                    int pHeight = getResources().getDisplayMetrics().heightPixels;

                Rect visRect = new Rect();
                viewGroup.getWindowVisibleDisplayFrame(visRect);

                boolean keyboardVisible;
                int keyboardHeight= pHeight-currentHeight;
                if (keyboardHeight > (MIN_KEYBOARD_HEIGHT*pHeight))
                {
                    TGVLog.d(debugTag, "keyboardVisible-- "+true);
                    keyboardVisible = true;
                }
                else
                {
                    TGVLog.d(debugTag, "keyboardVisible-- "+false);
                    keyboardVisible = false;
                }
                }
            });