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

a may be using :

@Override
public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {
    super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);

    Log.d(
    getClass().getSimpleName(), 
    String.format("conf: %s", newConfig));

    if (newConfig.hardKeyboardHidden != hardKeyboardHidden) {
        onHardwareKeyboardChange(newConfig.hardKeyboardHidden);

        hardKeyboardHidden = newConfig.hardKeyboardHidden;
    }

    if (newConfig.keyboardHidden != keyboardHidden) {
        onKeyboardChange(newConfig.keyboardHidden);

        keyboardHidden = newConfig.hardKeyboardHidden;
    }

}

public static final int KEYBOARDHIDDEN_UNDEFINED = 0;
public static final int KEYBOARDHIDDEN_NO = 1;
public static final int KEYBOARDHIDDEN_YES = 2;
public static final int KEYBOARDHIDDEN_SOFT = 3;

//todo
private void onKeyboardChange(int keyboardHidden) {

}

//todo
private void onHardwareKeyboardChange(int hardKeyboardHidden) {

}