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how to remove selected state from an edittext when an activity launches in android?

In my application I have an activity that has an edittext in it, when the activity launches the edit text automatically is given a selected state and the keyboard appears immediately, the problem here is when this happens other parts of the activity the user sees become hidden, what I would like is that when the activity starts there is no focus on the edittext so that user can view other elements on the page and then decide if they would like to select the edittext and launch the keyboard, any help would go a long way thanks!

use android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden" in your manifest.xml file as
<activity android:name=".YourActivity" android:label="" android:theme="#android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar" android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden"/>
hope this help

I figured it out, you actually have to go into the manifest file and place android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden" in the activity tag for the activity you dont want the keyboard to automatically show up on, took some extensive searching but found it!

How to set the focus on button?

Hi I have some EditTexts and a button at the bottom of the view. Upon starting the activity, the first EditText will gain focus and a keyboard will pop up. I want to upon starting the activity, the focus will be on the button instead of the EditText and the keyboard should not pop up. I tried running:
button.requestFocus();
The EditText still have focus and pops up the keyboard. How can I resolve this? Thanks.

Its trickier than it seems, but certainly possible. See here:
Stop EditText from gaining focus at Activity startup

Put android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden" to your Activity which contains EditText
<activity android:name=".YourActivity"
android:screenOrientation="portrait"
android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden">
</activity>

You can force hide the keyboard by calling this on the EditText view
InputMethodManager mgr = (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
mgr.hideSoftInputFromWindow(myView.getWindowToken(), 0);
Hope this helps,
-serkan

Keyboard problem in android

I have listview ,below that there is one edittext with the button in the right side .when ever i typed some content in the edittext ,soft keyboard popsup so my edittext moves up but listview not.I want my listview also moves up,so that last message updated in the listview can be visible even the soft keyboard pops up.how to solve this?

add this in menifest file
<activity android:name=".activity" android:configChanges="keyboardHidden|orientation" android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize"></activity>

Change what item has focus on startup. Remove focus from EditText

I have a LinearLayout and an associated Activity. In my view there is an EditText's box and a bunch of Buttons. When I start the application, focus goes immediately to the EditTexts box and the soft keyboard comes up. Is there a way to avoid this so that it just comes up with nothing selected and no soft keyboard popping up? I have tried findViewById().clearFocus() and requestFocus() on different views, but nothing seems to work.

Change your Activity settings in manifest like below:
<activity
android:name=".MyActivity"
android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden">
</activity>

how to disappear keyboard onCreate Method?

friends,
i have a EditText on simple activity with a button.
when every i move from one activity to this acivity focus is automatically set to EditText and keyboard appears in phone.
i dont want to open keyboard untill i click on editText.
can any one guide me what should i do?
any help would be appriciated.

You can use the following line of code to make sure the keyboard doesn't pop up when the activity starts and only pops up when a user clicks into an EditText
Place it in the onCreate method of your activity
this.getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_HIDDEN);

EditText.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_NULL);

You can also pass the same thing in AndroidMenifest file for that particular activity like:
<activity
android:name="Activity"
android:screenOrientation="portrait"
android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden" >
</activity>
This will also work for you :)