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

In my last application I had some issues in displaying the soft keyboard, then I have used the following code in my Manifest file: