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

There's finally a direct way starting from Android R based on Kotlin now.

 val imeInsets = view.rootWindowInsets.getInsets(Type.ime()) 
    if (imeInsets.isVisible) { 
     //Ime is visible
     //Lets move our view by the height of the IME
     view.translationX = imeInsets.bottom }