How to capture the “virtual keyboard show/hide” event in Android?

Question

I would like to alter the layout based on whether the virtual keyboard is shown or not. I\'ve searched the API and various blogs but can\'t seem to find anything useful.

Answer 1

I solve this by overriding onKeyPreIme(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) in my custom EditText.

@Override
public boolean onKeyPreIme(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
    if (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK && event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_UP) {
        //keyboard will be hidden
    }
}