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Asked: 2026-05-23T16:40:46+00:00

I would like to detect if the current users phone has a hardware keyboard

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I would like to detect if the current users phone has a hardware keyboard or only a on-screen keyboard. Is this possible with the SDK?

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    Yes, you can.

    Fetch the Configuration object using

    Configuration config = getResources().getConfiguration();

    …and then look at the keyboard field.

    If they value of keyboard is not KEYBOARD_NOKEYS, the user has a hardware keyboard.

    Note that as @Carl says in his comment below, the user may attach a USB keyboard at any point while your app is running, causing the value of keyboard to change.

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