How to hide keyboard completely in activity?

Question

How do I hide the keyboard in the activity and prevent it from opening even by clicking an edittext (programmatically)?

I HAVE ALREADY SOLVED: I used this code here in the onCreate event:

edittext1.setShowSoftInputOnFocus(false);

This will disable the keyboard in edittext without interfering with the picker or cursor.

Possible duplicate of [How to stop Soft keyboard showing automatically when focus is changed (OnStart event)](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5221622/how-to-stop-soft-keyboard-showing-automatically-when-focus-is-changed-onstart-e) — Ricardo A., Oct 28 '19 at 18:55
@Shermano I want the user to be able to select the text, doing this will not be possible. Anyway, thanks! I already found a solution. — Geras, Oct 28 '19 at 21:05

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 28 '19 at 14:58

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Hide keyboard in onCreate() method of activity

/**
* Hides the soft keyboard
*/
public void hideSoftKeyboard() {
   if(getCurrentFocus()!=null) {
       InputMethodManager inputMethodManager = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
    inputMethodManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(getCurrentFocus().getWindowToken(), 0);
   }
}

or simply use this ("android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden") in AndroidManifest.xml file

<activity
 android:name="com.example.stockquote.StockInfoActivity"
 android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden
 android:label="@string/app_name" />

answered Oct 28 '19 at 14:58

Mahabub Karim

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I don't want the keyboard to open when I click edittext – Geras Oct 28 '19 at 17:13
Add below properties to the Edittext controller in the layout file – Mahabub Karim Oct 29 '19 at 03:31

The_Martian · Answer 2 · 2019-10-28T18:17:49.203

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There are two ways to achieve this:

In manifest do the following:

<activity
    android:name=".MyActivity"
    android:windowSoftInputMode="stateAlwaysHidden"/>

Or in your java code do the following:

View view = this.getCurrentFocus();
    if (view != null) {  
        InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
        imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(view.getWindowToken(), 0);
    }

Please refer to this SO answer for detailed explanation.

edited Oct 28 '19 at 18:17

answered Oct 28 '19 at 15:00

The_Martian

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I don't want the keyboard to open when I click edittext – Geras Oct 28 '19 at 17:14
@MahabubKarim Ready! – Geras Oct 29 '19 at 14:12

How to hide keyboard completely in activity?

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