title: Soft keyboard not present, cannot hide keyboard - Appium android
body: <p>I am getting following exception:<br></p>
  
  <pre><code> org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: An unknown server-side error occurred while processing the command. (Original error: Soft keyboard not present, cannot hide keyboard) (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)
      Command duration or timeout: 368 milliseconds
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  <p>I am using <strong>driver.hideKeyboard()</strong> to hide soft input keyboard that is open on the screen.<br>How to ensure that keyboard is open before hiding it? OR any other workaround?</p>