Android - Programmatically Hide/Show Soft Keyboard

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First thing first I already saw this thread. I tried the accepted methods given there, but nothing worked for me.

I have two screens in my app.

First one has 2 EditText - One for username and one for password
Second one have one ListView, and an EditText - to filter the listView

In my first screen, I want username EditText to have focus on startup and the Keyboard should be visible. This is my implementation (simplified by removing unnecessary/unrelated code).

#app_login.xml

<LinearLayout android:orientation="vertical" 
    android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
    android:paddingLeft="20dip"  
    android:paddingRight="20dip">

    <EditText android:id="@+id/username" 
        android:singleLine="true" 
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"  
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:hint="Username"  
        android:imeOptions="actionDone" android:inputType="text"
        android:maxLines="1"/>

    <EditText android:id="@+id/password" 
        android:password="true" 
        android:singleLine="true"  
        android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"    
        android:hint="Password" />
</LinearLayout>

#AppLogin.java

class AppLogin extends Activity{
    private EditText mUserNameEdit = null;
    private EditText mPasswordEdit = null;

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState){
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.app_login);
        
        mUserNameEdit  =    (EditText) findViewById(R.id.username);
        mPasswordEdit  =    (EditText) findViewById(R.id.password);

        /* code to show keyboard on startup.this code is not working.*/
        InputMethodManager imm =  (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
        imm.showSoftInput(mUserNameEdit, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);
    
    }//End of onCreate()
}

Well, the keyboard is not showing at startup. And my design badly requires a keyboard there.

Now on to second page. As I already mentioned, I have a listView and EditText there. I want my keyboard to be hidden on startup only to appear when the user touches the editText. Can you believe it? whatever I tried soft Keyboard is showing when I load the activity. I am not able to hide it.

#app_list_view.xml

<LinearLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
    android:layout_height="fill_parent" 
    android:orientation="vertical" >
    
   <EditText android:id="@+id/filter_edittext"       
        android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
        android:hint="Search" android:inputType="text" 
        android:maxLines="1"/>
    <ListView android:id="@id/android:list" 
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:layout_weight="1.0" 
        android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
        android:focusable="true" 
        android:descendantFocusability="beforeDescendants"/>
</LinearLayout>

#AppList.java

public class MyListActivity extends ListActivity{
   private EditText mfilterEditText;

    @Override
   public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {        
      super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
      setContentView(R.layout.app_list_view);

      mFilterEditText  =  (EditText) findViewById(R.id.filter_edittext);
      InputMethodManager imm = InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
      imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(mFilterEditText.getWindowToken(), 0);
   }
}

To simplify

On Login Page (first Page) I want my keyboard to be visible on startup.
On SecondPage I want the keyboard to be hidden first, only to appear when the user touches editText

And my problem is I am getting the exact opposite on both occasions. Hope someone faced this issue before. BTW I am testing on the simulator and HTC Desire phone.

#FINAL OUTCOME

Well, I got it working, with the help of all my friends here.

1. To Show keyboard on startup

Two answers worked for me. One provided by @CapDroid, which is to use a handler and post it delayed..

mUserNameEdit.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
  @Override
  public void run() {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    InputMethodManager keyboard = (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
    keyboard.showSoftInput(mUserNameEdit, 0);
  }
},50);

The second answer is provided by @Dyarish, In fact, he linked to another SOF thread, which I haven't seen before. But the funny thing is that this solution is given in the thread which I referenced at the start. And I haven't tried it out because it had zero votes in a thread where all other posts have plenty of votes. Height of foolishness.

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

For me, the second solution looked neat, so I decided to stick with it..But the first one certainly works. Also, @Dyarish's answer contains a clever hack of using a ScrollView below EditText to give EditText the focus. But I haven't tried it, but it should work. Not neat though.

2. To hide keyboard at activity start

Only one answer worked for me, which is provided by @Dyarish. And the solution is to use focusableInTouchMode settings in XML for the layout containing the EditTexts. This did the trick

<LinearLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
    android:layout_height="fill_parent" 
    android:orientation="vertical" 
    android:focusableInTouchMode="true">
    <EditText android:id="@+id/filter_edittext"       
        android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
        android:hint="Search" android:inputType="text" 
        android:maxLines="1"/>
    <ListView android:id="@id/android:list" 
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:layout_weight="1.0" 
        android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
        android:focusable="true" 
        android:descendantFocusability="beforeDescendants"/>
</LinearLayout>

Anyway, I end up using Dyarish's answer in both cases. So I am awarding the bounty to him. Thanks to all my other friends who tried to help me.

@user7777777777 I have edited my question...but not working...I tried with different flags instead of 0 too.. — Krishnabhadra, Aug 26 '11 at 05:55
The app_login.xml layout does not appear to be the full layout file. Please post the full layout. — Ronnie, Aug 30 '11 at 06:14
**The app_login.xml layout does not appear to be the full layout file** Does that matter? — Krishnabhadra, Aug 30 '11 at 06:20
@krishnabhadra : it works! but I don't get the reason what does focusableintouchmode="true" imply? — Ashwin, Jun 22 '12 at 14:53
possible your answer: http://stackoverflow.com/a/1109108/779408 — Bobs, Jan 26 '13 at 06:06
It can be easily show and hide with convenient methods but there is not an implemented way of catching when user choose to hide it. Due to this limitations I coded a simple snippet that I hope it will be useful. It is available [here](https://felhr85.net/2014/05/04/catch-soft-keyboard-showhidden-events-in-android/). It is pretty easy to use. — Iman Marashi, Nov 27 '16 at 17:18
Need to play with InputMethodManager with the INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE to handle soft keyboard like https://readyandroid.wordpress.com/show-hide-android-soft-keyboard/ — Ready Android, Aug 08 '18 at 07:26

Niranj Patel · Answer 1 · 2016-06-10T10:33:00.107

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UPDATE 2

@Override
    protected void onResume() {
        super.onResume();
        mUserNameEdit.requestFocus();

        mUserNameEdit.postDelayed(new Runnable() {

            @Override
            public void run() {
                // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                InputMethodManager keyboard = (InputMethodManager)
                getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
                keyboard.showSoftInput(mUserNameEdit, 0);
            }
        },200); //use 300 to make it run when coming back from lock screen
    }

I tried very hard and found out a solution ... whenever a new activity starts then keyboard cant open but we can use Runnable in onResume and it is working fine so please try this code and check...

UPDATE 1

add this line in your AppLogin.java

mUserNameEdit.requestFocus();

and this line in your AppList.java

listview.requestFocus()'

after this check your application if it is not working then add this line in your AndroidManifest.xml file

<activity android:name=".AppLogin" android:configChanges="keyboardHidden|orientation"></activity>
<activity android:name=".AppList" android:configChanges="keyboard|orientation"></activity>

ORIGINAL ANSWER

 InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)this.getSystemService(Service.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);

for hide keyboard

 imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(ed.getWindowToken(), 0);

for show keyboard

 imm.showSoftInput(ed, 0);

for focus on EditText

 ed.requestFocus();

where ed is EditText

edited Jun 10 '16 at 10:33

answered Aug 26 '11 at 05:21

Niranj Patel

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@sHaH well This is the same answer from the thread which I linked in the question, right? The only difference is you tried Service.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE instead of Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE which I have tried.. – Krishnabhadra Aug 26 '11 at 05:29
Also I tried as your suggestion and added requestFocus() but to no avail..Anyway thanks for the suggestion..:) – Krishnabhadra Aug 26 '11 at 05:30
see my Updated Answer... – Niranj Patel Aug 29 '11 at 09:50
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nope..Not working..Getting frustrated..:( – Krishnabhadra Aug 30 '11 at 04:48
Any bug reported about this ? – Krishnabhadra Aug 30 '11 at 04:49
I am also trying your code.. and i was shocked .. keyboard isn't open in any activity neither in login nor list.. – Niranj Patel Aug 30 '11 at 04:51
Ohhh Man i find out solution check my New Update answer and it will working fine.... :) – Niranj Patel Aug 30 '11 at 05:28
Well your solution certainly works, But can you fathom why it didn't work without this postDelayed? – Krishnabhadra Aug 31 '11 at 03:25
i am not sure but may be we cant open keyboard in onCreate() method in activity launcher..... – Niranj Patel Aug 31 '11 at 05:40
Your problem solved dude or not? – Niranj Patel Sep 01 '11 at 05:28
@CapDroid: +1 and Thanks, your code is useful and helped me while viewing.. – Pattabi Raman Apr 02 '12 at 11:34
@Raman-Mystry thanks and you most welcome – Niranj Patel Apr 02 '12 at 12:29
add this to your `activity` in the `manifest` file : `android:windowSoftInputMode="stateVisible" ` – Alex Mar 12 '13 at 22:58
you can try to show up the keyboard, but be aware to check if you got focus for the first time – Mario Mar 17 '13 at 08:44
To hide keyboard later, use the same code as above, but change one line to `keyboard.hideSoftInputFromWindow(getCurrentFocus().getWindowToken(), 0);` – Nikola M. Jun 30 '13 at 17:43
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The postDelayed solution works for me too. +1 – Sandra Feb 24 '14 at 15:27
do NOT set any flag when show/hide the soft keyboard is the solution to my problem. thanks! – xialin Dec 17 '14 at 16:33
You need 300 ms of delay to make it *always* be triggered when coming back from lock screen, because 250 for example was not enough as I tried it. But nice answer, this is what eventually worked for me, although I saw this only after I wrote this answer http://stackoverflow.com/a/29229865/2413303 – EpicPandaForce Mar 24 '15 at 10:30
For Samsung Galaxy S9 you should use 400ms. And several seconds for future devices. That doesn't look like a good solution. – Dmitry Sep 07 '18 at 02:32

score 136 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:18

Adding this to your code android:focusableInTouchMode="true" will make sure that your keypad doesn't appear on startup for your edittext box. You want to add this line to your linear layout that contains the EditTextBox. You should be able to play with this to solve both your problems. I have tested this. Simple solution.

ie: In your app_list_view.xml file

<LinearLayout 
    android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
    android:layout_height="fill_parent" 
    android:orientation="vertical" 
    android:focusableInTouchMode="true">
    <EditText 
        android:id="@+id/filter_edittext"       
        android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
        android:hint="Search" 
        android:inputType="text" 
        android:maxLines="1"/>
    <ListView 
        android:id="@id/android:list" 
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:layout_weight="1.0" 
        android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
        android:focusable="true" 
        android:descendantFocusability="beforeDescendants"/>
</LinearLayout>

------------------ EDIT: To Make keyboard appear on startup -----------------------

This is to make they Keyboard appear on the username edittextbox on startup. All I've done is added an empty Scrollview to the bottom of the .xml file, this puts the first edittext into focus and pops up the keyboard. I admit this is a hack, but I am assuming you just want this to work. I've tested it, and it works fine.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" 
    android:orientation="vertical" 
    android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
    android:paddingLeft="20dip"  
    android:paddingRight="20dip">
    <EditText 
        android:id="@+id/userName" 
        android:singleLine="true" 
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"  
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
        android:hint="Username"  
        android:imeOptions="actionDone" 
        android:inputType="text"
        android:maxLines="1"
       />
    <EditText 
        android:id="@+id/password" 
        android:password="true" 
        android:singleLine="true"  
        android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
        android:hint="Password" />
    <ScrollView
        android:id="@+id/ScrollView01"  
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"   
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"> 
    </ScrollView>
</LinearLayout>

If you are looking for a more eloquent solution, I've found this question which might help you out, it is not as simple as the solution above but probably a better solution. I haven't tested it but it apparently works. I think it is similar to the solution you've tried which didn't work for you though.

Hope this is what you are looking for.

Cheers!

Well Dyarish, Your solutions certainly hide the keyboard. Now let me play with this to show keyboard on startup — Krishnabhadra, Sep 01 '11 at 03:28
Hey Krishnabhadra, I have two potential solutions that should work. The first is kind of a hack, but I've tested this with your code and it works. (I'll admit I don't know why, but it's likely due to properties of this view) I've edited my answer to reflect these solutions. Let me know if this works for you. Cheers. — Dave, Sep 02 '11 at 00:42
Funnily enough, only the `ScrollView` solution worked, I tried the other "more eloquent" solutions and they did not. — EpicPandaForce, Mar 19 '15 at 15:18
The Scroll View however makes the keyboard appear *only on first startup*, meaning that if you lock the screen then come back, then it will no longer be triggered. As such, I used the following http://stackoverflow.com/a/29229865/2413303 in order to programmatically call the keyboard (with delay, because otherwise it didn't work). — EpicPandaForce, Mar 24 '15 at 10:29

score 56 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 04 '18 at 22:20

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Try this code.

For showing Softkeyboard:

InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)
                                 getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
if(imm != null){
        imm.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT, 0);
    }

For Hiding SoftKeyboard -

InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)
                                  getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
if(imm != null){
        imm.toggleSoftInput(0, InputMethodManager.HIDE_IMPLICIT_ONLY);
    }

edited Mar 04 '18 at 22:20

halfer

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Are you sure arguments to toggleSoftInput for showing keyboard is right? – Krishnabhadra Aug 26 '11 at 05:59
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I asked because toggleSoftInput documentation tells first arguement is flag for showing and second argument is flag for hiding..You gave InputMethodManger.SHOW_IMPLICIT as the second argument..Thats why I asked? – Krishnabhadra Aug 26 '11 at 06:08
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Anyway I tried both ways..nothing worked.. – Krishnabhadra Aug 26 '11 at 06:09
You can see the answer's that I gave regarding this in my profile it works in the same manner http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7187137/edittext-keyboard-is-dissappearing/7187321#7187321 – Lalit Poptani Aug 26 '11 at 06:13
Well I tried bothways..but nothing worked.. – Krishnabhadra Aug 26 '11 at 06:15
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It has to be [imm.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT, 0);] to show so that [imm.toggleSoftInput(0, InputMethodManager.HIDE_IMPLICIT_ONLY);] to work for hiding. – Aung Pyae Sep 05 '14 at 05:09
Thanks, works. As Aung Pyae said - make sure when you open keyboard to use toggleSoftInput so you can close it using the same method. If you open keyboard with showSoftInput then closing it with toggleSoftInput will not work. – Marko Niciforovic Sep 09 '14 at 09:21
This codes worked in every cases. Totally worked. Totally good. – Huy Tower Sep 09 '14 at 09:47
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if you show the keyboard with your code, and then hide it by pressing back, your code won't work correctly anymore. – lenooh Jan 11 '18 at 12:38

Ronnie · Answer 4 · 2011-08-30T04:29:12.243

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Did you try InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT in first window.

and for hiding in second window use InputMethodManager.HIDE_IMPLICIT_ONLY

EDIT :

If its still not working then probably you are putting it at the wrong place. Override onFinishInflate() and show/hide there.

@override
public void onFinishInflate() {
     /* code to show keyboard on startup */
    InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
    imm.showSoftInput(mUserNameEdit, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);
}

edited Aug 30 '11 at 04:29

answered Aug 26 '11 at 05:24

Ronnie

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yes friend..I tried with InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT etc..Also I just passed 0 instead of these constants too..Nothing worked.. – Krishnabhadra Aug 26 '11 at 05:31
I tried your first edit (showSoftInputFromInputMethod) which didn't work..BTW how to use second method(showSoftInput)? – Krishnabhadra Aug 29 '11 at 05:12
**onFinishInflate() of activity class..** I can't find that in the documentation..Infact onFinishInflate is a method in View class..How can I use it here.. – Krishnabhadra Aug 30 '11 at 04:13
Ok. Try it in `onStart()` or `onWindowFocusChanged()` – Ronnie Aug 30 '11 at 04:28
sorry friend, tried that too..But didn't work.. – Krishnabhadra Aug 30 '11 at 04:48

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