Android Hide Soft Keyboard from EditText while not losing cursor

Question

I've come about as far as this which gets me halfway there, but not quite. I have a dialer Fragment that has all the usual Buttons to enter a number including backspace, so I don't need the soft keyboard. I'd also like to give the user the ability to paste text (long click... works fine per default), as well as to edit what has been entered so I need the cursor.

The easiest way I found to make sure the soft keyboard doesn't pop up if the user clicks inside the EditText is to set the inputType to null - but that kills the cursor as well.

So, how do I declare my EditText and what kind of commands should I launch to have my EditText field never ever show the soft keyboard no matter what the user attempts, but still retain paste functionality and the cursor?

I've also tried android:windowSoftInputMode="stateAlwaysHidden" in my manifest, but to no avail.

Did you check this ? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1109022/close-hide-the-android-soft-keyboard — sdabet, Nov 27 '12 at 14:27
Yup - most of the methods. And for the rest you'll find another thread right here where somebody reports that the keyboard will still appear if the user clicks inside the EditText box. I suppose you could use the focus listener and hide the keyboard again, but the user will still see the keyboard appear quickly before it is sent away. I'm looking for a way to tell the OS to buzz off with the keyboard forever in this particular fragment. — Stephan Steiner, Nov 27 '12 at 17:01

score 40 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 20 '12 at 15:19

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This worked for me:

        // Update the EditText so it won't popup Android's own keyboard, since I have my own.
    EditText editText = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.edit_mine);
    editText.setOnTouchListener(new OnTouchListener() {

        @Override
        public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
            v.onTouchEvent(event);
            InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)v.getContext().getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
            if (imm != null) {
                imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(v.getWindowToken(), 0);
            }                
            return true;
        }
    });

answered Dec 20 '12 at 15:19

Eddie Sullivan

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This is the only working solution I've found in hours. All the other methods make the EditText widget unresponsive (no focus, no cursor), or let the soft keyboard appear sooner or later... – thelawnmowerman Jun 19 '13 at 18:12
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I have blinking keyboard with your solution. – yAnTar Aug 10 '13 at 18:01
I love you! I've lost a whole day trying to find a solution, and this one works perfect! – Arthur Jan 16 '14 at 05:16
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unfortunately once EditText gets focus without touch the software keyboard is shown – 4ntoine May 13 '14 at 10:50
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I love this solution. But how can I stop I stop my app from crashing when I hold down on the text in Edit Text? – the_prole Jul 18 '14 at 17:42
This works perfectly for me... Thanks for a great solution. :) – Vijay May 19 '15 at 16:17
How to avoid blinking keyboard? – Oleh Romanenko Mar 18 '21 at 21:06

score 7 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 08 '13 at 21:59

I have finally found a (for me) working solution to this.

First part (in onCreate):

// Set to TYPE_NULL on all Android API versions
mText.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_NULL);
// for later than GB only
if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 11) {
    // this fakes the TextView (which actually handles cursor drawing)
    // into drawing the cursor even though you've disabled soft input
    // with TYPE_NULL
    mText.setRawInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT);
}

In addition, android:textIsSelectable needs to be set to true (or set in onCreate) and the EditText must not be focused on initialization. If your EditText is the first focusable View (which it was in my case), you can work around this by putting this just above it:

<LinearLayout
  android:layout_width="0px"
  android:layout_height="0px"
  android:focusable="true"
  android:focusableInTouchMode="true" >
    <requestFocus />
</LinearLayout>

You can see the results of this in the Grapher application, free and available in Google Play.

Great, works, but add in your answer bold text android:textIsSelectable="true". Thanks. — yAnTar, Aug 10 '13 at 18:02
The line is what I was missing. Adding that made the rest work. — Eric Engel, Feb 20 '17 at 04:16

Andrei Lupsa · Answer 3 · 2014-05-12T09:19:41.250

Setting the flag textIsSelectable to true disables the soft keyboard.

You can set it in your xml layout like this:

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/editText"
    ...
    android:textIsSelectable="true"/>

Or programmatically, like this:

EditText editText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText);
editText.setTextIsSelectable(true);

The cursor will still be present, you'll be able to select/copy/cut/paste but the soft keyboard will never show.

score 4 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

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Best solution from @Lupsaa here:

Setting the flag textIsSelectable to true disables the soft keyboard.

You can set it in your xml layout like this:

<EditText
android:id="@+id/editText"
...
android:textIsSelectable="true"/>

Or programmatically, like this:

EditText editText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText);

editText.setTextIsSelectable(true);

The cursor will still be present, you'll be able to select/copy/cut/paste but the soft keyboard will never show.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

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answered Apr 08 '15 at 08:20

Santacrab

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This worked for me . Out of all the one that I tried this one solved my problem – other Tall guy Mar 22 '18 at 10:42

score 3 · Answer 5 · edited Mar 11 '13 at 11:19

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use

android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden"

in your manifest file instead of android:windowSoftInputMode="stateAlwaysHidden"

edited Mar 11 '13 at 11:19

kleopatra

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answered Mar 11 '13 at 11:15

Droid Diva

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score 3 · Answer 6 · answered Nov 18 '15 at 13:02

This is what I did. First, in manifest inside activity

android:windowSoftInputMode="stateAlwaysHidden|adjustNothing"

Second, in onCreate if inside activity or onActivityCreated if inside fragment

editText.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {

        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            hideSoftKeyboard(v);
        }
    });

Do not forget to request focus to the editText

editText.requestFocus();

Then add the hideSoftKeyboard(v) method same as the other answer.

private void hideSoftKeyboard(View v){
    InputMethodManager inputMethodManager = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
    inputMethodManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(v.getWindowToken(), 0);
}

The key here is to requestFocus before clicking the EditText. If without focus, first click will make the keyboard show up(my experience). However, this is applied if you have a single EditText in an activity. With this, you still can type with custom keyboard(if any), can copy and paste, and cursor is still visible.

score 3 · Answer 7 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:47

The exact functionality that you require is provided by setting the flag textIsSelectable in EditText to true. With this, the cursor will still be present, and you'll be able to select/copy/cut/paste, but SoftKeyboard will never show. Requires API 11 and above.

You can set it in your xml layout like this:

<EditText
    android:textIsSelectable="true"
    ...
/>

Or programmatically, like this:

EditText editText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText);
editText.setTextIsSelectable(true);

For anyone using API 10 and below, hack is provided here : https://stackoverflow.com/a/20173020/7550472

score 2 · Answer 8 · edited Jun 25 '14 at 09:35

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This works perfectly (for me) in 2 steps:

<activity... android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden"> in manifest file

Add these properties in your editText XML code

android:focusable="true"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true

You have to put both 1 and 2, only then it will work.

Cheers

edited Jun 25 '14 at 09:35

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answered Apr 23 '14 at 09:26

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score 2 · Answer 9 · answered Jul 13 '15 at 16:09

    EditText text = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.text);
    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 11) {
        text.setRawInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT);
        text.setTextIsSelectable(true);
    } else {
        text.setRawInputType(InputType.TYPE_NULL);
        text.setFocusable(true);
    }

Alex Misiulia · Answer 10 · 2020-06-22T09:18:13.807

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If your min SDK is 21, you can this method from java code:

editText.setShowSoftInputOnFocus(false);

Credits to Chen Su article.

edited Jun 22 '20 at 09:18

answered Sep 05 '19 at 07:03

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this shows keyboard on click edittext therefore is not usable – Ali Asheer Jun 19 '20 at 13:29
This solves the problem "Hide Soft Keyboard from EditText while not losing cursor". – Alex Misiulia Jun 19 '20 at 14:00
Its not working in my case, also the parameter should be (false) not true. Keyboard still shows up when you click the edittext – Ali Asheer Jun 19 '20 at 14:23
Thanks for the correction, I updated my answer. You can check other answers, it seems that your case is more complicated than one that Chen Su described. – Alex Misiulia Jun 22 '20 at 09:20

Jerin A Mathews · Answer 11 · 2018-04-24T15:35:44.303

First add android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden" in your manifest file, under the activity. like this

<activity... android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden">

The on your xml add this android:textIsSelectable="true" . This will make the pointer visible.

Then on onCreate method of the activity, add this:

EditText editText = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.edit_text);
edit_text.setOnTouchListener(new OnTouchListener() {

    @Override
    public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
        v.onTouchEvent(event);
        InputMethodManager inputMethod = (InputMethodManager)v.getContext().getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
        if (inputMethod!= null) {
            inputMethod.hideSoftInputFromWindow(v.getWindowToken(), 0);
        }                
        return true;
    }
});

Code is working properly but cursor is not display it is invisible — Makvin, Aug 21 '18 at 11:24

score 0 · Answer 12 · answered Jul 20 '17 at 07:51

EditText editText = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.edit_mine); editText.setOnTouchListener(new OnTouchListener() {

    @Override
    public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
        v.onTouchEvent(event);
        InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)v.getContext().getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
        if (imm != null) {
            imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(v.getWindowToken(), 0);
        }                
        return true;
    }
});

ha... this is the correct way of doing...this job done... this gonna work !

Rohit Malavade · Answer 13 · 2018-09-29T13:06:54.213

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You can use the following line of code in the activity's onCreate method to make sure the keyboard only pops up when a user clicks or touch into an EditText Field. I tried lots of methods and codes from stackoverflow but didnt work any but this Works Perfectly for me!! Try this.. :)`

 this.getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_HIDDEN);

edited Sep 29 '18 at 13:06

answered Sep 29 '18 at 12:56

Rohit Malavade

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score 0 · Answer 14 · answered Sep 29 '18 at 13:11

You can use the following line of code in the activity's onCreate method to make sure the keyboard only pops up when a user clicks or touch into an EditText Field. I tried lots of methods and codes from stackoverflow but didnt work any but this Works Perfectly for me!! Try this.. :)`

        this.getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_HIDDEN);

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