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Keyboard not closing when dismiss the dialogFragment

I have a fragment which i use to show map. From this fragment I am opening another dialog fragment which have an editText. On clicking editText the keyboard opens but when I dismiss the dialogFragment without first closing the keyboard, the dialogFragment closes as it should but the keyboard remains open. and after again touching anywhere the keyboard closes. How do I close the keyboard on dismissing the dialogFragment.
I have already tried :
android:windowSoftInputMode="stateAlwaysHidden" in activity.
also tried :
InputMethodManager imm =
(InputMethodManager) messageEditTxt.getContext().getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
if (imm.isActive())
imm.toggleSoftInput(0, InputMethodManager.HIDE_NOT_ALWAYS);
in onDismiss function.

Try this
public static void hideSoftKeyboard(Context context, View view) {
try {
InputMethodManager inputMethodManager =
(InputMethodManager) context.getSystemService(
Activity.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
inputMethodManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(
view.getWindowToken(), 0);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
Usage
hideSoftKeyboard(getActivity(), getView())

I had the same problem and found that it is related to the windowSoftInput defined in the manifest. After removing android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden" from the activity, it worked.

Just place this in your global class and you can access anywhere
public static void hideKeyboard(Activity activity) {
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) activity.getSystemService(Activity.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
//Find the currently focused view, so we can grab the correct window token from it.
View view = activity.getCurrentFocus();
//If no view currently has focus, create a new one, just so we can grab a window token from it
if (view == null) {
view = new View(activity);
}
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(view.getWindowToken(), 0);
}
for Activity-:
GlobalClass.hideSoftKeyborad(MainActivity.this);
for fragments-
GlobalClass.hideSoftKeyborad(getActivity);

How to Hide Soft Keyboard on android after clicking TextView (which is set to focusable)?

In continuation of the answer given in
Android setError("error") not working in Textview
After applying the solution i.e. changing textview to focusable, A keyboard gets pop-up when that textview is clicked. How to hide that.
P.S. I tried onFocusChangeListener and onTouchListener
I want to know where to call this hide keyboard method as I tried this but it's not solving the issue;
mEndTimeView.setOnClickListener(v -> {
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getActivity().getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
if(ViewUtils.isKeyboardShown(mEndTimeView.getRootView())){
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(mEndTimeView.getWindowToken(), 0);
}
showEndTimePicker();
});

public static void hideKeyboard(Activity activity) {
View view = activity.findViewById(android.R.id.content);
if (view != null) {
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) activity.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(view.getWindowToken(), 0);
}
Call this method in button click.

You need this method to hide Soft keyboard.
public void closeKeyboard() {
View view = this.getCurrentFocus();
if (view != null) {
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(view.getWindowToken(), 0);
}
}
Call this method to hide/close soft keyboard.

Dismiss Keyboard on button click that close fragment

How do I close the keyboard on button click? I have a fragment which has an EditText and two buttons. One submits the EditText content, the other simply closes the fragment. Now when the fragment is gone, the keyboard stays. However, pressing the back button closes the keyboard or clicking on "done" also closes it. But what I need is the keyboard disappear when the fragment is closed.
I've tried solutions on similar questions here,here or here but none seems to work. Most of them throw a NullPointerException. All are for activities not fragments. The code for calling the keyboard works:
editText.requestFocus();
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getActivity().getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.showSoftInput(editText, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);
However I had to add getActivity() to make it work.
Any help will be appreciated.

Use this method
public void hideKeyboard() {
// Check if no view has focus:
View view = getActivity().getCurrentFocus();
if (view != null) {
InputMethodManager inputManager = (InputMethodManager) getActivity().getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
inputManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(view.getWindowToken(), InputMethodManager.HIDE_NOT_ALWAYS);
}
}

for a fragment use the following function
public static void hideKeyboard(Activity activity) {
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) activity.getSystemService(Activity.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
//Find the currently focused view, so we can grab the correct window token from it.
View view = activity.getCurrentFocus();
//If no view currently has focus, create a new one, just so we can grab a window token from it
if (view == null) {
view = new View(activity);
}
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(view.getWindowToken(), 0);
}
call it when the button is clicked
btn_cancel.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View view) {
hideKeyboard(getActivity());
}
});

Try below method
public static void hideKeyboard(Context mContext) {
try {
View view = ((Activity) mContext).getWindow().getCurrentFocus();
if (view != null && view.getWindowToken() != null) {
IBinder binder = view.getWindowToken();
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) mContext.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(binder, 0);
}
} catch (NullPointerException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
In this method you have to pass context parameter. Hope it will help you out.

Evolving from previous answers and in Kotlin, using the calling view to obtain the window token.
button.setOnClickListener() { view ->
hideKeyboard(view)
}
private fun hideKeyboard(view: View) {
val inputMethodManager = view.context.getSystemService(Activity.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE)
as InputMethodManager
inputMethodManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(view.windowToken, 0)
}
After more thought, instead of having to add this call to every button, it may make more sense to clear the keyboard on loss of focus.
input.setOnFocusChangeListener { view, hasFocus ->
if(!hasFocus) {
hideKeyboard(view)
}
}

Try this simple code:
editText.onEditorAction(EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_DONE)

How to close keyboard programmatically which is not owned by the current window

I have this View Pager which has a set of pages. when the user is on the first page, the keyboard pops up. While i slide through the pages, the keyboard is not closed (that is how it is implemented). now When i am on the fourth or fifth page, i explicitly try to close the keyboard using the following piece of code but it does not work. Something tells me, that it is because the keyboard was opened on a separate page (by a different fragment).
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)Context.GetSystemService(Activity.InputMethodService);
View v = ((Activity)context).CurrentFocus;
if (v == null)
return;
imm.HideSoftInputFromWindow(WindowToken, 0);
how is the windowtoken mapped here. I guess it is used to co-relate the view window which opened the keyboard. But don't all the pages in a pager display on the same window , essentially having the same token. If so, why doesn't it work

We can toggle input though. Here use this -
public static void toggle(Activity activity){
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) activity.getSystemService(Activity.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
if (imm.isActive()){
// Hide keyboard
imm.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.HIDE_IMPLICIT_ONLY, 0);
} else {
// Show keyboard
imm.toggleSoftInput(0, InputMethodManager.HIDE_IMPLICIT_ONLY);
}
}

check this method.In my app,this is working fine in viewpager also.
public void hideKeyboard(Activity activity) {
// Check if no view has focus:
View view = activity.getCurrentFocus();
if (view != null) {
InputMethodManager inputManager = (InputMethodManager) activity.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
inputManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(view.getWindowToken(), InputMethodManager.HIDE_NOT_ALWAYS);
}
}
I hope its useful to you.

Implement by using the Interface method.
Create method in Interface class:
public interface ShowHideKeyboard(){
void showKeyBoard();
void hideKeyBoard();
}
Implement Interface class in your Activity:
public class YourActivity extends AppCompactActivity implements ShowHideKeyboard{
#Override
public void hideKeyBoard() {
View view = this.getActivity().getCurrentFocus();
if (view != null) {
view.clearFocus();
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getActivity().getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(view.getWindowToken(), 0);
}
}
#Override
public void showKeyboard() {
((InputMethodManager)
(getActivity())
.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE))
.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, InputMethodManager.HIDE_IMPLICIT_ONLY);
}
}
Call showKeyBoard() and hideKeyBoard() method where you want to show or hide in fragment.
((ShowHideKeyBoard) getActivity()).showKeyBoard();
((ShowHideKeyBoard) getActivity()).hideKeyBoard();

How To Display the Soft Keyboard in my Application with the Galaxy Tab [duplicate]

I am trying to force the Soft Keyboard open in an Activity and grab everything that is entered as I want to handle the input myself, I don't have an EditText. Currently I have tried this but it does not work. I would like the Soft Keyboardto open below mAnswerTextView (Note: it is a TextView not EditText).
InputMethodManager mgr = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
// only will trigger it if no physical keyboard is open
mgr.showSoftInput(mAnswerTextView, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);
how do I force the Soft Keyboard open
How do I gab everything that is entered so that I can handle each character. I would like to flush each character from the Soft Keyboard after I have handled it. ie, the user should not be able to enter whole words in the Soft Keyboard.

try this to force open soft keyboard:
((InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE)).toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, InputMethodManager.HIDE_IMPLICIT_ONLY);
then you can to use this code to close the keyboard:
((InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE)).hideSoftInputFromWindow(_pay_box_helper.getWindowToken(), 0);

You'll probably need to have an editable text area of some kind to take focus. You can probably have one invisible or on a transparent background with no cursor, though. You may need to toy around with the focusability settings for the view.
Use a TextWatcher to check for edits to that EditText with addTextChangedListener, or if you need an even-lower-level hook, set the textview's key listener with its setOnKeyListener() method. See the KeyListener documentation.
Use this call to force the soft keyboard open:
((InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE))
.showSoftInput(myEditText, InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED);
and this one to close it:
((InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE))
.hideSoftInputFromWindow(myEditText.getWindowToken(), 0);
note that this is really not recommended - forcing the keyboard open is kind of messy. What's your use case that really necessitates your taking user input without a normal edit box and requires eating user input on a key-by-key basis without echoing it back?

To force the keyboard to open I used
this.getWindow().setSoftInputMode(LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_VISIBLE);
it worked for me.

Sometimes the other answers won't work.
Here is another way..
It will force the keyboard to show when the activity starts by listening to the window focus. onWindowFocusChanged() it will clear and request focus of the EditText, then set the soft input mode to visible and set the selection to the text in the box. This should always work if you are calling it from the activity.
#Override
public void onWindowFocusChanged(boolean hasFocus) {
super.onWindowFocusChanged(hasFocus);
if (hasFocus) {
mEditText.clearFocus();
mEditText.requestFocus();
getWindow().setSoftInputMode(LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_VISIBLE);
mEditText.setSelection(mEditText.getText().toString().length());
}
}
You may also need
mEditText.setOnFocusChangeListener(new View.OnFocusChangeListener() {
#Override
public void onFocusChange(View v, boolean hasFocus) {
if (hasFocus) {
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.showSoftInput(mEditText, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);
}
}
});
Edit: I have also seen the keyboard not open inside nested fragments, beware of those kinds of situations.

if you want to control soft keyboard inside activity then use this code:
//create soft keyboard object
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)this.getSystemService(INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
//1.USE
your_view.setFocusableInTouchMode(true); //Enable touch soft keyboard to this view
//or
your_view.setFocusable(true); //Enable keyboard to this view
imm.showInputMethod(your_view, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);
//2.USE show keyboard if is hidden or hide if it is shown
imm.toggleSoftInputFromWindow(your_view.getWindowToken(),InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT, InputMethodManager.HIDE_IMPLICIT_ONLY);
//or
imm.toggleSoftInputFromWindow(InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT, InputMethodManager.HIDE_IMPLICIT_ONLY);
//3.USE (you cannot control imm)
this.getWindow().setSoftInputMode(LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_VISIBLE);
//4.USE (with Dialog)
Dialog d = new Dialog(this, android.R.style.Theme_Panel);
d.getWindow().setTitle(null);
d.setSoftInputMode(LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_VISIBLE);
d.setOnKeyListener(keyListener);
d.setCanceledOnTouchOutside(true);
d.setCancelable(true);
d.getWindow().setBackgroundDrawable(new ColorDrawable(Color.TRANSPARENT));
d.show();
//to hide keyboard call:
d.dismiss();
//if you want get soft keyboard visibility call:
d.isShowing();

Sadly, as much as I'd have liked to up-vote one of the replies, none worked for me. It seems the solution is to wait for the layout phase to complete. In the code below, notice how I check if the showKeyboard method returns TRUE, and that's when I remove the global layout listener. Without doing this, it was hit and miss. Now it seems to work perfectly.
You need to do the below ideally in onResume()
#Override
public void onResume()
{
super.onResume();
ViewTreeObserver vto = txtTaskTitle.getViewTreeObserver();
vto.addOnGlobalLayoutListener(new ViewTreeObserver.OnGlobalLayoutListener()
{
#Override
public void onGlobalLayout()
{
if (txtTaskTitle.requestFocus())
{
if (showKeyboard(getContext(), txtTaskTitle))
{
txtTaskTitle.getViewTreeObserver().removeOnGlobalLayoutListener(this);
}
}
}
});
}
public static boolean showKeyboard(Context context, EditText target)
{
if (context == null || target == null)
{
return false;
}
InputMethodManager imm = getInputMethodManager(context);
((InputMethodManager)context.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE)).showSoftInput(target, InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED);
boolean didShowKeyboard = imm.showSoftInput(target, InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED);
if (!didShowKeyboard)
{
didShowKeyboard = ((InputMethodManager) context.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE)).showSoftInput(target, InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED);
}
return didShowKeyboard;
}

Working Great.........
edt_searchfilter_searchtext.setOnFocusChangeListener(new View.OnFocusChangeListener() {
#Override
public void onFocusChange(View v, boolean hasFocus) {
if(hasFocus){
edt_searchfilter_searchtext.post(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getFragmentActivity().getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.showSoftInput(edt_searchfilter_searchtext, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);
}
});
}
}
});
Below line call when you want to open keyboard
edt_searchfilter_searchtext.requestFocus();

if(search.getText().toString().trim().isEmpty()) {
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(
Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(search.getWindowToken(), 0);
}

I have tested and this is working:
...
//to show soft keyboard
imm.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, 0);
//to hide it, call the method again
imm.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, 0);

Simply, using adding 2 lines will work like a charm:
If using XML
android:focusable="true"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
Else in Java:
view.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);
view.requestFocus();

You can use this KeyboardHelper.java class
import android.content.Context;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.inputmethod.InputMethodManager;
import android.widget.EditText;
/**
* Created by khanhamza on 06-Mar-17.
*/
public class KeyboardHelper {
public static void hideSoftKeyboard(Context context, View view) {
if (context == null || view == null) {
return;
}
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) context
.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(view.getWindowToken(), 0);
}
public static void hideSoftKeyboardForced(Context context, View view) {
if (context == null) {
return;
}
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) context
.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.hideSoftInputFromInputMethod(view.getWindowToken(), 0);
}
public static void hideSoftKeyboard(Context context, EditText editText) {
if (context == null) {
return;
}
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) context
.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(editText.getWindowToken(), InputMethodManager.HIDE_IMPLICIT_ONLY);
}
public static void showSoftKeyboard(Context context, EditText editText) {
if (context == null) {
return;
}
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) context.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.showSoftInput(editText, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);
editText.requestFocus();
}
public static void showSoftKeyboardForcefully(Context context, EditText editText) {
if (context == null) {
return;
}
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) context.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.showSoftInput(editText, InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED);
editText.requestFocus();
}
}