Closing keyboard after button click (breaks if no EditText is focused on)

Question

I put this on my button listener:

InputMethodManager inputManager =(InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);

inputManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(getCurrentFocus().getWindowToken(),InputMethodManager.HIDE_NOT_ALWAYS);

It works perfectly for when the keyboard is up: it closes the keyboard and then continues its execution. The problem is that when no EditText was ever pressed (none of them are highlighted/focused on), it breaks and the app "stops working".

I guess it would be nice if I could check if an EditText had ever been pressed.

I tried to do this to check:

InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);

if (imm.isActive()) // returns true if any view is currently active in the input method
{
    imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(getCurrentFocus().getWindowToken(), InputMethodManager.RESULT_UNCHANGED_SHOWN);
}

EDIT

I ended up doing this:

I created this method:

public static void hideSoftKeyboard (Activity activity, View view) 
{
    InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)activity.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
    imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(view.getApplicationWindowToken(), 0);
}

I then called the method in my button listener like this:

hideSoftKeyboard(MainActivity.this, v); // MainActivity is the name of my class and v is the View I used in my button listener method.

@NiteshVerma I'm not familiar with logCat. I did find a mediocre solution, though, I'll post. — Michael Yaworski, Aug 24 '13 at 06:58
Use Full Link Close/hide the Android Soft Keyboard http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1109022/close-hide-the-android-soft-keyboard — Naveen Tamrakar, Aug 24 '13 at 06:59
@NiteshVerma Yes. I know it's there, I just haven't bothered to learn it. I suppose I could just copy+paste though. — Michael Yaworski, Aug 24 '13 at 07:01

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 08 '13 at 19:15

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you can use this:

You can make a method and call it on onCreate() method:

public static void hideSoftKeyboard (Activity activity, View view) {
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)activity.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(view.getApplicationWindowToken(), 0);}

or simply you can add in manifest file like this:

 <activity android:name="com.your.package.ActivityName"
  android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden"  />

edited Dec 08 '13 at 19:15

Michael Yaworski

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answered Aug 24 '13 at 07:02

Piyush

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I've tried so many solutions **very** similar to this one, so I was even going to try it, but I'm glad I did because it worked perfectly. This is completely general and works no matter what: you don't have to create any specific instances. – Michael Yaworski Aug 24 '13 at 07:09

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 24 '13 at 07:00

Mediocre/bad solution, because it doesn't work as general as I want it to:

InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);

EditText x = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.editText);
x.requestFocus(); // this way no matter what, an EditText is focused on.

imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(getCurrentFocus().getWindowToken(), InputMethodManager.RESULT_UNCHANGED_SHOWN);

Closing keyboard after button click (breaks if no EditText is focused on)

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