How do I detect if software keyboard is visible on Android Device or not?

Question

Is there a way in Android to detect if the software (a.k.a. \"soft\") keyboard is visible on screen?

Answer 1

Very Easy

1. Put id on your root view

rootView is just a view pointing to my root view in this case a relative layout:

2. Initialize your root view in your Activity:

RelativeLayout rootView = (RelativeLayout) findViewById(R.id.addresses_confirm_root_view);

3. Detect if keyboard is opened or closed by using getViewTreeObserver()

    rootView.getViewTreeObserver().addOnGlobalLayoutListener(new ViewTreeObserver.OnGlobalLayoutListener() {
            @Override
            public void onGlobalLayout() {
                int heightDiff = rootView.getRootView().getHeight() - rootView.getHeight();

                if (heightDiff > 100) { 
                    Log.e("MyActivity", "keyboard opened");
                } else { 
                    Log.e("MyActivity", "keyboard closed");
                }
            }
        });