diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/termux/app/TermuxActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/com/termux/app/TermuxActivity.java
index f323d0fe..003dec95 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/termux/app/TermuxActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/termux/app/TermuxActivity.java
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ public final class TermuxActivity extends Activity implements ServiceConnection
     public void onResume() {
         super.onResume();
 
-        setSoftKeyboardState();
+        mTermuxTerminalViewClient.setSoftKeyboardState();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -418,8 +418,7 @@ public final class TermuxActivity extends Activity implements ServiceConnection
 
     private void setToggleKeyboardView() {
         findViewById(R.id.toggle_keyboard_button).setOnClickListener(v -> {
-            InputMethodManager inputMethodManager = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
-            inputMethodManager.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT, 0);
+            TermuxTerminalViewClient.toggleSoftKeyboard(this);
             getDrawer().closeDrawers();
         });
 
@@ -429,19 +428,7 @@ public final class TermuxActivity extends Activity implements ServiceConnection
         });
     }
 
-    private void setSoftKeyboardState() {
-        // If soft keyboard is to disabled
-        if (!mPreferences.getSoftKeyboardEnabled()) {
-            getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_ALT_FOCUSABLE_IM, WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_ALT_FOCUSABLE_IM);
-        } else {
-            getWindow().clearFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_ALT_FOCUSABLE_IM);
-        }
 
-        // If soft keyboard is to be hidden on startup
-        if (mProperties.shouldSoftKeyboardBeHiddenOnStartup()) {
-            getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_HIDDEN);
-        }
-    }
 
 
 
@@ -780,7 +767,7 @@ public final class TermuxActivity extends Activity implements ServiceConnection
 
         setTerminalToolbarHeight();
 
-        setSoftKeyboardState();
+        mTermuxTerminalViewClient.setSoftKeyboardState();
 
         // To change the activity and drawer theme, activity needs to be recreated.
         // But this will destroy the activity, and will call the onCreate() again.
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/termux/app/terminal/TermuxTerminalViewClient.java b/app/src/main/java/com/termux/app/terminal/TermuxTerminalViewClient.java
index e906b01c..400db111 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/termux/app/terminal/TermuxTerminalViewClient.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/termux/app/terminal/TermuxTerminalViewClient.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import android.content.ClipData;
 import android.content.ClipboardManager;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.Intent;
+import android.inputmethodservice.InputMethodService;
 import android.media.AudioManager;
 import android.net.Uri;
 import android.text.TextUtils;
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ import android.view.Gravity;
 import android.view.InputDevice;
 import android.view.KeyEvent;
 import android.view.MotionEvent;
+import android.view.WindowManager;
 import android.view.inputmethod.InputMethodManager;
 import android.widget.ListView;
 import android.widget.Toast;
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ import com.termux.shared.termux.TermuxUtils;
 import com.termux.terminal.KeyHandler;
 import com.termux.terminal.TerminalEmulator;
 import com.termux.terminal.TerminalSession;
+import com.termux.view.TerminalView;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -122,8 +125,7 @@ public class TermuxTerminalViewClient extends TermuxTerminalViewClientBase {
             } else if (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_DPAD_LEFT) {
                 mActivity.getDrawer().closeDrawers();
             } else if (unicodeChar == 'k'/* keyboard */) {
-                InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) mActivity.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
-                imm.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, 0);
+                toggleSoftKeyboard(mActivity);
             } else if (unicodeChar == 'm'/* menu */) {
                 mActivity.getTerminalView().showContextMenu();
             } else if (unicodeChar == 'r'/* rename */) {
@@ -151,6 +153,8 @@ public class TermuxTerminalViewClient extends TermuxTerminalViewClientBase {
 
     }
 
+
+
     @Override
     public boolean onKeyUp(int keyCode, KeyEvent e) {
         return handleVirtualKeys(keyCode, e, false);
@@ -337,6 +341,58 @@ public class TermuxTerminalViewClient extends TermuxTerminalViewClientBase {
     }
 
 
+    /**
+     * Toggle the soft keyboard. The {@link InputMethodManager#SHOW_FORCED} is passed as
+     * {@code showFlags} so that keyboard is forcefully shown if it needs to be enabled.
+     *
+     * This is also important for soft keyboard to be shown when a hardware keyboard is attached, and
+     * user has disabled the {@code Show on-screen keyboard while hardware keyboard is attached} toggle
+     * in Android "Language and Input" settings but the current soft keyboard app overrides the
+     * default implementation of {@link InputMethodService#onEvaluateInputViewShown()} and returns
+     * {@code true}.
+     */
+    public static void toggleSoftKeyboard(Context context) {
+        InputMethodManager inputMethodManager = (InputMethodManager) context.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
+        inputMethodManager.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, 0);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Show the soft keyboard. The {@code 0} value is passed as {@code flags} so that keyboard is
+     * forcefully shown.
+     *
+     * This is also important for soft keyboard to be shown on app startup when a hardware keyboard
+     * is attached, and user has disabled the {@code Show on-screen keyboard while hardware keyboard
+     * is attached} toggle in Android "Language and Input" settings but the current soft keyboard app
+     * overrides the default implementation of {@link InputMethodService#onEvaluateInputViewShown()}
+     * and returns {@code true}.
+     * https://cs.android.com/android/platform/superproject/+/android-11.0.0_r3:frameworks/base/core/java/android/inputmethodservice/InputMethodService.java;l=1751
+     *
+     * Also check {@link InputMethodService#onShowInputRequested(int, boolean)} which must return
+     * {@code true}, which can be done by failing its {@code ((flags&InputMethod.SHOW_EXPLICIT) == 0)}
+     * check by passing {@code 0} as {@code flags}.
+     * https://cs.android.com/android/platform/superproject/+/android-11.0.0_r3:frameworks/base/core/java/android/inputmethodservice/InputMethodService.java;l=2022
+     */
+    public static void showSoftKeyboard(Context context, TerminalView terminalView) {
+        InputMethodManager inputMethodManager = (InputMethodManager) context.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
+        inputMethodManager.showSoftInput(terminalView, 0);
+    }
+
+    public void setSoftKeyboardState() {
+        // If soft keyboard is to disabled
+        if (!mActivity.getPreferences().getSoftKeyboardEnabled()) {
+            mActivity.getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_ALT_FOCUSABLE_IM, WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_ALT_FOCUSABLE_IM);
+        } else {
+            mActivity.getWindow().clearFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_ALT_FOCUSABLE_IM);
+            showSoftKeyboard(mActivity, mActivity.getTerminalView());
+        }
+
+        // If soft keyboard is to be hidden on startup
+        if (mActivity.getProperties().shouldSoftKeyboardBeHiddenOnStartup()) {
+            mActivity.getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_HIDDEN);
+        }
+    }
+
+
 
     public void shareSessionTranscript() {
         TerminalSession session = mActivity.getCurrentSession();