How to hide the soft keyboard on EditText

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I want to hide soft keyboard on EditText even on 'click' also. I mean to say there should not be visible soft keyboard in my activity, because I am having own keyboard to enter data. Please help me... Thanks...

possible duplicate of [How to close/hide the Android Soft Keyboard?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1109022/how-to-close-hide-the-android-soft-keyboard) — Adil Soomro, Apr 12 '12 at 10:20
@Adil Soomro, I am unable to get the solution from that link... still soft keyboard is visible when i click on edittext... — Noundla Sandeep, Apr 12 '12 at 11:02
I am unable to get the solution from that link... still soft keyboard is visible when i click on edittext... — Noundla Sandeep, Apr 12 '12 at 11:12
You might find [this article](http://developer.android.com/resources/articles/on-screen-inputs.html) helpful, from the Android Developers site. Let me know if it doesn't answer your question. — breadbin, Apr 12 '12 at 10:14
possible duplicate of [how to hide soft keyboard on android after clicking outside EditText?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4165414/how-to-hide-soft-keyboard-on-android-after-clicking-outside-edittext) — mpromonet, Mar 03 '15 at 21:50

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:34

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 editText_input_field.setOnTouchListener(otl);

 private OnTouchListener otl = new OnTouchListener() {
 public boolean onTouch (View v, MotionEvent event) {
        return true; // the listener has consumed the event
}
};

source : how to block virtual keyboard while clicking on edittext in android?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:34

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answered Apr 12 '12 at 10:15

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this is nice, and here we have to get focus on the specified view thats why we have to get the request on that. so Its better to add `((EditText)v).requestFocus()` above `return true;' – Noundla Sandeep Apr 12 '12 at 11:27
without @Noundla 's comment the editbox won't be focusable on touch – Alon Kogan Apr 18 '17 at 23:59

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 12 '12 at 21:53

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Set EditText widget's inputType to null like this,

editTExt.setInputType(TYPE_NULL);

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answered Apr 12 '12 at 10:13

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@noundla.. its a constant in **InputType** class.. try **InputYpe.TYPE_NULL** – ngesh Apr 12 '12 at 11:08
ok.. it is worked fine for the only the edittext which has focus already.. If i move to another edittext then the softkeyboard is coming... – Noundla Sandeep Apr 12 '12 at 11:14
yup.... I have already set that for all views.. anyway i got solution using the below answer which i tick accepted answer. – Noundla Sandeep Apr 12 '12 at 11:25

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 07 '15 at 11:09

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paste below code in your xml file under edittext tag

android:textIsSelectable="true"

answered Aug 07 '15 at 11:09

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How to hide the soft keyboard on EditText

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