how to display Toast on Keyborad on / off in android

Question

Below is my code i am trying to display toast message on Keyboard on and off on device, my code running but i am unable to display toast message please tell me where is the issue.

public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    }

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

        if (newConfig.hardKeyboardHidden == Configuration.HARDKEYBOARDHIDDEN_NO) {
            Toast.makeText(this, "keyboard visible", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        } else if (newConfig.hardKeyboardHidden == Configuration.HARDKEYBOARDHIDDEN_YES) {
            Toast.makeText(this, "keyboard hidden", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        }

    }
}


<application
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
    <activity
        android:name="com.example.keyboard.MainActivity"
        android:configChanges="orientation|screenSize|keyboardHidden"
        android:label="@string/app_name" >
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>

below is manifest file code so please tell me where am doing wrong i am unable to display toast when i enable and disable keyboard.

in your `Manifest` file, add this to your activity definition: `android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden"` and then try.. — M D, Oct 14 '14 at 05:53
possible duplicate of [Any android event when keyboard slide out](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5046748/any-android-event-when-keyboard-slide-out) — M D, Oct 14 '14 at 05:57
have you tried putting debug points at your `toast`? Because I think it might not getting there.. — Darpan, Oct 14 '14 at 07:17

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:27

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Add this

<application  android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden" ... />

in your manifest.xml file

Edit: From here here i figured it out that this solution will not work for soft keyboard :(

edited May 23 '17 at 12:27

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answered Oct 14 '14 at 05:58

Waqar Khan

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still not working i just want to fire one event on keyboard on and off – user2794306 Oct 14 '14 at 06:30
Well! What do you want to do when the keyboard state changed ? – Waqar Khan Oct 14 '14 at 06:50
yes i just want display toast when keyboard on or off – user2794306 Oct 14 '14 at 06:55
It is not possible using soft keyboard see [here](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4312319/howto-capture-the-virtual-keyboard-show-hide-event-in-android/4365637#4365637) – Waqar Khan Oct 14 '14 at 06:59
yaar u just try in ur device and check is it working – user2794306 Oct 14 '14 at 07:00
Simply you can't do that – Waqar Khan Oct 14 '14 at 07:03

Ankit Arora · Answer 2 · 2014-10-14T06:23:55.160

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If you want to keep the keyboard hidden you can use this in your Android Manifest XML file.

<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden"/>

And if you want to hide the keyboard on touch outside the soft keyboard area you can use this in your java class.

EditText myEditText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.myEditText);  
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(
      Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(myEditText.getWindowToken(), 0);

And you can try this link to detect the on/off of the soft keyboard. ref:http://www.phonesdevelopers.com/1758842/

Hope this Helps :)

edited Oct 14 '14 at 06:23

answered Oct 14 '14 at 06:04

Ankit Arora

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i have to toast press on key board open and disable message in toast if keyboard off – user2794306 Oct 14 '14 at 06:07
i am trying but am not getting any event on press key or keyboard on – user2794306 Oct 14 '14 at 06:11
The code you've been using only works for the HARD KEYBOARD not the soft keyboard . The post has been answered in this link. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4312319/howto-capture-the-virtual-keyboard-show-hide-event-in-android – Ankit Arora Oct 14 '14 at 06:12
please tell me for softkeyboard – user2794306 Oct 14 '14 at 06:13

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 14 '14 at 06:51

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You are checking hard keyboard state, which is the state of a real physical keyboard if it's present. You should check any keyboard state:

if (newConfig.keyboardHidden == Configuration.KEYBOARDHIDDEN_NO) {
    Toast.makeText(this, "keyboard visible", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
else if (newConfig.keyboardHidden == Configuration.KEYBOARDHIDDEN_YES) {
    Toast.makeText(this, "keyboard hidden", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}

answered Oct 14 '14 at 06:51

Anton Savin

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hey i have use same code but still same issue am facing still toast is not displaying on Key open and off – user2794306 Oct 14 '14 at 06:54

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