Hide virtual keyboard when click a button

Question

Is there a way to hide the virtual keyboard once I click a button in android? The keyboard originally pops up when the user touches an edittext component; I'd like it to close once a button is pushed.

possible duplicate of [How to close/hide the Android Soft Keyboard?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1109022/how-to-close-hide-the-android-soft-keyboard) — Aleadam, May 08 '11 at 18:15

score 19 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 24 '12 at 04:39

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To hide virtual keyboard try/use this

InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(medtSearchQuery.getWindowToken(), 0);

edited Aug 24 '12 at 04:39

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answered Mar 19 '11 at 07:06

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@cfarm54 that is the EditText field name – Eby Mar 21 '11 at 05:47
@Eby - if we have more than one edit fields what to be given in place of "medtSearchQuery" – Siva K Oct 15 '12 at 07:18
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@SivaK Please check for my answer. If you will use that you do not need to worry about multiple EditText feilds. – Sanjay Joshi Dec 16 '13 at 11:54

score 17 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 25 '13 at 09:12

Best Practice for hiding keyboard:

InputMethodManager inputMethodManager = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
inputMethodManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(getCurrentFocus().getWindowToken(), InputMethodManager.HIDE_NOT_ALWAYS);

It will automatically receive the current focus and will hide keyboard. Doesn't matter how many EditText views you have.

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 01 '14 at 12:47

Use Below Code

    your_button_id.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub
           try  {
             InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
             imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(getCurrentFocus().getWindowToken(), 0);
           } catch (Exception e) {
            // TODO: handle exception
          }
        }
    });

Hide virtual keyboard when click a button

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