# How to get android keyboards height

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-get-android-keyboards-height/22210>\
**Category:** Processing for Android\
**Created:** [June 28, 2020, 8:13am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-get-android-keyboards-height/22210 "2020-06-28T08:13:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Why\_I\_Use\_Processing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/why_i_use_processing/32/9558_2.png) [@Why\_I\_Use\_Processing](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Why_I_Use_Processing)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 8:13am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-get-android-keyboards-height/22210/1 "2020-06-28T08:13:12Z")

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I am using APDE for making sketches and I want to get my android keyboards height so that I can lerp a text box to the ceiling of the keyboard…  
Thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![Why\_I\_Use\_Processing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/why_i_use_processing/32/9558_2.png) [@Why\_I\_Use\_Processing](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Why_I_Use_Processing)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 2:44am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-get-android-keyboards-height/22210/2 "2020-06-30T02:44:57Z")

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Is there no one who knows the answer?

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**Author:** ![akenaton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@akenaton](https://discourse.processing.org/u/akenaton)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 8:58am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-get-android-keyboards-height/22210/3 "2020-06-30T08:58:58Z")

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@Why_I_Use_Processing === yes you can; but it depends of the way you have created the edit text…