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Whether or not the soft keyboard is shown

Example Usage

boolean isKeyboardShown = driver.isKeyboardShown();

driver.is_keyboard_shown()

// webdriver.io example
driver.isKeyboardShown();

// wd example
await driver.isKeyboardShown();

# ruby_lib example
is_keyboard_shown

# ruby_lib_core example
@driver.is_keyboard_shown

// Not supported

Support

Appium Server

Platform Driver Platform Versions Appium Version Driver Version
iOS XCUITest 9.3+ 1.6.0+ All
UIAutomation 8.0 to 9.3 All All
Android Espresso ?+ 1.9.0+ All
UiAutomator2 ?+ 1.6.0+ All
UiAutomator 4.3+ All All
Mac Mac None None None
Windows Windows 10+ 1.6.0+ All

Appium Clients

Language Support Documentation
Java All appium.github.io
Python All appium.github.io
Javascript (WebdriverIO) None
Javascript (WD) All github.com
Ruby All www.rubydoc.info
C# None

HTTP API Specifications

Endpoint

GET /session/:session_id/appium/device/is_keyboard_shown

URL Parameters

name description
session_id ID of the session to route the command to

JSON Parameters

None

Response

True if the keyboard is shown. (boolean)

See Also