How to check the virtual keyboard active in Android using Appium Automation?

sanoj27 2015-12-14 12:57:06 UTC #1

Thanks,
Sanoj

auto-geek 2015-12-14 13:08:23 UTC #2

Run adb command - 'adb shell dumpsys input_method | grep mInputShown'
If you run on windows command prompt replace 'grep' with 'FINDSTR' . Output will be like this - "mShowRequested=false mShowExplicitlyRequested=false mShowForced=false mInputShown=false"

check mInputShown flag if true means keyboard is shown , then hide keyboard by driver.pressKeyCode(AndroidKeyCode.BACK); appium API.

How to go back or hide the keyboard

willosser 2015-12-14 20:26:19 UTC #3

@sanoj27, what problem are you trying to solve. Are you trying to close the keyboard if it's open? If so, you can use the hide_keyboard method as described in https://discuss.appium.io/t/how-to-know-if-android-virtual-keyboard-is-open/373

sanoj27 2015-12-15 03:47:11 UTC #4

Thank you very much @auto-geek for the reply and its working for me. I have one more concern here,
have any method to determine the same for iOS devices?

Thanks,
Sanoj

auto-geek 2015-12-15 05:31:55 UTC #5

@sanoj27 i have never worked on iOS. But did u try ((IOSDriver) wd).hideKeyboard(HideKeyboardStrategy.PRESS_KEY,"Hide keyboard"); this method of appium ?

shabana-parveen 2017-08-01 09:44:57 UTC #6

I tried the same, still sometime keyboard is visible sometime not, so I mentioned driver.hidekeyboard() in a try catch() block, but sometime driver.hidekeyboard is unable to hide the visible keyboard. Please let me know how can I find out the keyboard element so that I can resolve the issue.
or
I want to try the below approach :
if keyboard element is found then will press device back button,

In my opinion above approach would be best to resolve hidekeyboard() issue.

willosser 2017-08-03 15:34:07 UTC #7

See the comment above by autogeek posted Dec '15