How can I get the height of keyboard of current input method without showing it?

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It seems that it cannot be achieved through InputMethodManager, but there seems to be a method getHeight() in Keyboard.

Thanks in advance.

EDIT

I am not writing my own input method.

@CommonsWare I hope to create a view of the same height of the keyboard. — Chao Zhang, Jun 15 '14 at 15:37
getHeight in keyboard won't work for 2 reasons. First is if you aren't writing the keyboard, you have no reference to call it on. Secondly, none of the major keyboards actually use that API, its too limiting. — Gabe Sechan, Aug 24 '14 at 17:14
That's impossible because we can do **anything** before IME window is shown(I implemented UI for my IME several days ago) — suitianshi, Aug 26 '14 at 05:27
have a look at this: http://stackoverflow.com/a/6375724/3436942 — jbutler483, Aug 26 '14 at 10:17
You might also have an issue if the user is using an external keyboard? — jbutler483, Aug 26 '14 at 10:33

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

This isn't the perfect answer, but it might help. From what I gather, you are looking for the keyboard height?

https://stackoverflow.com/a/16789324/3436942 suggests that this isn't quite as easy as you would hope, but may be a solution for you?

(1) Is there any way in android to get the height of virtual keyboard of device 's answer here suggests using Viewtree Observer and global layout listener, where you could possibly 'flash' the keyboard on screen (not perfect, I know). Or maybe (somewhere else in the program) store this vairable in a pointer. Then find 'height difference'.

(2) the answer to https://stackoverflow.com/a/6375724/3436942 says you can't, but maybe (again) find the height of your view instead?

Just suggestions, as it seems this question does not have an answer unfortunately.

How can I get the height of keyboard of current input method without showing it?

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