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

With the new feature WindowInsetsCompat in androidx core release 1.5.0-alpha02 you could check the visibility of the soft keyboard easily as below

Quoting from reddit comment

val View.keyboardIsVisible: Boolean
    get() = WindowInsetsCompat
        .toWindowInsetsCompat(rootWindowInsets)
        .isVisible(WindowInsetsCompat.Type.ime())

Some note about backward compatibility, quoting from release notes

New Features

The WindowInsetsCompat APIs have been updated to those in the platform in Android 11. This includes the new ime() inset type, which allows checking the visibility and size of the on-screen keyboard.

Some caveats about the ime() type, it works very reliably on API 23+ when your Activity is using the adjustResize window soft input mode. If you’re instead using the adjustPan mode, it should work reliably back to API 14.

References

• Twitter WindowInsetsCompat announcement
• Reddit thread
• Androidx Core 1.5.0-alpha02 release notes
• WindowInsetsCompat Docs