Soft Input Opens over a custom keyboard on Text Selection -- how to prevent

Question

Many questions refer to a keyboard service rearing it's head at the wrong time, or how to substitute a view specific keyboard. I have no problem doing this. This problem is different in that the keyboard service pops up on top of a custom keyboard that was working fine until a long press to make a selection. At that point the default keyboard appears. I want to stop this.

As further clarification, it is not the long press that opens the system keyboard. It is action of making a selection. For example: A long press at the end of input does not select anything, but does pop up the "cut copy select all share..." dialog. When you click on "Select All" then the system keyboard opens.

I think the misleading suggestion of a link to a solution to this problem should be removed.

I use the following to install a special keyboard under an EditText:

        MA_expression.setOnClickListener { view ->
        mKeyboardView.visibility = View.VISIBLE
        mKeyboardView.isEnabled = true
        if (view != null) {
            val imm = getSystemService(Activity.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE) as InputMethodManager
            imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(view.windowToken, 0)
        }

    }

This works as expected:

Now the goal is to use "45" as the argument to a function, so the range of text that is to become the argument is selected (simple here, but it could just as well be embedded in a more complicated expression):

Now the problem is evident -- the standard keyboard service has popped up. It can be dismissed with the done button, the selection remains, my keyboard remains, the FUNa keyboard is selected and the function to apply is picked.

The result is correct, it is only the intervening system keyboard that must be told it is not wanted.

How is that done?

This question will help you: https://stackoverflow.com/a/17789187/4402638 — Óscar, Jul 24 '18 at 15:51
Neither of above suggestions address this question. The question was edited to clarify that the problem is only apparent if a long press is used to open the selection popup. — Mike Hanafey, Jul 25 '18 at 23:18

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 24 '18 at 15:45

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dismiss the android key board on the focus listener view.setOnFocusChangeListener

view.setOnFocusChangeListener(new OnFocusChangeListener() {
    @Override
    public void onFocusChange(View view, boolean hasFocus) {
        if (hasFocus) {
            val imm = getSystemService(Activity.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE) as InputMethodManager
            imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(view.windowToken, 0)
        }
    }
});

answered Jul 24 '18 at 15:45

Muhammad Naderi

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This does not work. A long press in an `EditText` that already has focus (with no soft input because it was turned off in `onCreate`) does not even receive an `onFocusChange` callback. – Mike Hanafey Jul 25 '18 at 14:29
how about not disabling it in onCreate? – Muhammad Naderi Jul 26 '18 at 18:01
Sorry, I meant to say in an `onClickListener`. The `onFocusChangeListener` by itself is less useful -- the system keyboard is always displayed when the user clicks in the EditText. – Mike Hanafey Jul 27 '18 at 15:08

Soft Input Opens over a custom keyboard on Text Selection -- how to prevent

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