Not able to hide default soft keyboard programatically in Nexus 7 tab

Question

I am working on an app where I need to open my own custom soft keyboard for text input.To do that I am disabling the default soft keyboard and enabling the custom one. It works fine on Jelly Bean version. However when I run the same code on Nexus 7 Tab Kitkat version it does not hide the default soft keyboard. I am using the following code for hiding the default soft Keyboard:Any idea it his not working on Kit Kat version on Nexus 7 tab?? I have researched a lot but I have not been able to figure it out.

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

Thanks in advance

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 23 '15 at 11:20

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You can try the following:

public void hideKeyboard(Activity context, View v) {
    InputMethodManager inputMethodManager = (InputMethodManager) context.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
    inputMethodManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(v.getWindowToken(), 0);
}

answered Jan 23 '15 at 11:20

Leigh

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I have used your code but still I am facing the same issue ...doesnot work on Nexus 7 Tab Kitkat – Sanjeev Sangral Jan 23 '15 at 11:32
Hmmm I have used this on a Nexus 7 with Jelly Bean, works just fine. Have you looked over the answers in [this post](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1109022/close-hide-the-android-soft-keyboard)? – Leigh Jan 23 '15 at 12:30
@ Leigh: yeah i know it works just fine with jellt bean but not with kit kat..i need a work around for this.. – Sanjeev Sangral Jan 24 '15 at 05:58

Murtaza Khursheed Hussain · Answer 2 · 2015-01-26T04:50:19.140

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Use this method.

public static void hideKeyboard (Context context) {

        try {
            InputMethodManager inputManager = (InputMethodManager) context.getSystemService (Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);

            View view = ((Activity) context).getCurrentFocus ();
            if (view != null) {
                inputManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow (view.getWindowToken (), InputMethodManager.HIDE_NOT_ALWAYS);
            }
        }
        catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace ();
        }
    }

P.S. Donot pass any view. this will be done automatically

edited Jan 26 '15 at 04:50

answered Jan 23 '15 at 12:35

Murtaza Khursheed Hussain

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Yes, it will hide you softkeyboard – Murtaza Khursheed Hussain Jan 23 '15 at 13:03
bhai i want to achieve navigation on custom soft keyboard like i have a soft d-pad that sends keycodes over blue tooth i want to navigate on soft keyboard on another device using those keycodes like 1 for up 2 for down 3 for left and 4 for right...Any idea?? – Sanjeev Sangral Jan 23 '15 at 13:55
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This is not your questions my friend – Murtaza Khursheed Hussain Jan 23 '15 at 15:31
@ Murtaza Hussain: yes sir..:) – Sanjeev Sangral Jan 24 '15 at 05:54
@ Murtaza Hussain: my question still stands unsolved as that piece of code did not work on kitkat..idk if i will have to look for some other custom soft keyboard...because in kitkat Default keyboard is not hiding on nexus 7 tab – Sanjeev Sangral Jan 24 '15 at 05:57
well thats strange, because I am using same method on Android 2.3 -- 5.0. Working as expected. – Murtaza Khursheed Hussain Jan 26 '15 at 04:49

Not able to hide default soft keyboard programatically in Nexus 7 tab

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