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Minimise Keyboard when you have an EditText Field in an Activity

I am creating an app which contains multiple activities. A number of my activities have an 'EditText' field. As soon as I enter these activities, the keyboard instantly pops up assuming I want to type something straight away.
Does anyone have a simple code I can add into my java file that will prevent the keyboard to pop up by default because there is an 'EditText' field.
If you can also specify where to place the line of code such as whether it goes in the onCreate method etc will be appreciated.
I'm assuming the following will work, but where do I need to place it?
getWindow().setSoftInputMode(
WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_HIDDEN
);

The above code can be placed in the onCreate method.
p.s I figured this out after some trial and error, hope it helps others

There are multiple answers for this.
You can add this to your menifest file.
<activity android:name="com.your.package.ActivityName"
android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden" />
OR
getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_HIDDEN)‌​;
OR
You can call this method in your onCreate
/**
* Hides the soft keyboard
*/
public void hideSoftKeyboard() {
if(getCurrentFocus()!=null) {
InputMethodManager inputMethodManager = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
inputMethodManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(getCurrentFocus().getWindowToken(), 0);
}
}

How to hide the keyboard and update EditTextPreference programmatically?

I am trying to implement the settings activity according to the guidelines. I have an EditTextPreference that I want to keep, but instead of allowing the user to type in any value, the value should come through Bluetooth (i have the Bluetooth part ready).
At the moment, when the EditTextPreference is clicked, it shows the editor popup with okay and cancel buttons. That's how I want it to be, so I can handle the OK or Cancel click events.
1) The first problem is that the keyboard also shows up - I don't want that, because the value should come from the background. I've added these properties, but nothing seems to have any effect on hiding the keyboard(even if I switch them around):
<EditTextPreference
android:selectable="true"
android:enabled="true"
android:editable="true"
android:focusable="false"
android:focusableInTouchMode="false"
android:cursorVisible="false"
android:capitalize="words"
android:inputType="none"
android:maxLines="1"
android:selectAllOnFocus="true"
android:singleLine="true"
android:title="#string/pref_title_id" />
2) The second problem is: how do I update the value of the EditTextPreference from the code behind, so the user doesn't have to type in anything, but just to see the value and click okay or cancel?
3) Third problem / question: is it okay to save the values in a database instead of using the shared preferences? Basically, I want to have the common settings UI, but keep the values in a database.
I hope that someone has had the same issues as me, because I was unable to find any solutions on the internet.

1.When you click the edit box, you should call this method, that hides the keyboard.
private void hideKeyboard() {
View view = getCurrentFocus();
if (view != null) {
InputMethodManager inputManager = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
inputManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(view.getWindowToken(), InputMethodManager.HIDE_NOT_ALWAYS);
}
}
For setting a value to the editText use the method:
editTextPreferences.setText("Your value");
For saving just a value, you can use Shared Preference because its more flexible, but if you want to save more data and to have all in a db you can use SQLite db. Both them save local values,because when app is uninstall, they are deleted.

For updating EditTextPreference check this one
EditTextPreference.setText(value) not updating as expected
For disable Input =>
setFocusableInTouchMode(boolean)
setFocusable(boolean)

Try following code in your activity's onCreate method to make the keyboard only pops up when a user clicks an EditText.
this.getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_HIDDEN);
or
use android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden" in the Android Mainfest.xml under activity tag
To Hide a Keybord call this method in your onClick event
private void hideKeyboard() {
View view = getCurrentFocus();
if (view != null) {
((InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE)).
hideSoftInputFromWindow(view.getWindowToken(), InputMethodManager.HIDE_NOT_ALWAYS);
}

How to close soft keyboard in fragment

I have an EditText inside a fragment, which is in itself inside an actionbarsherlock tab. When I touch inside the EditText box a soft keyboard appears with one of the keys having a magnifying glass (search) icon. When I type some text and click on the search key I can process the typed-in-string in my onEditorAction, but the soft keyboard remains on display. How can I close it programatically?
By the way if one answer is that I could configure some setting for EditText such that it closes automatically on search, I would still like to know if the soft keyboard can be closed with a method call as I also have my own search button on screen (nothing to do with the soft keyboard) and I would like the soft keyboard to close when that's pressed too.
Note: Before anyone rushes to claim this question is a repeat of a previous question, I have seen many Q&A's about hiding the soft keyboard at various points. Many of the answers seem inordinately complicated and in many it is not clear whether the idea is to permanently hide the keyboard or just just temporarily close it till the user taps on an EditText field again. Also some answers require calls to methods not available in fragments.

In my fragments I close the keyboard simply in this way:
public static void closeKeyboard(Context c, IBinder windowToken) {
InputMethodManager mgr = (InputMethodManager) c.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
mgr.hideSoftInputFromWindow(windowToken, 0);
}
closeKeyboard(getActivity(), yourEditText.getWindowToken());

This is working code to hide soft keyboard for android.
try {
InputMethodManager input = (InputMethodManager) activity
.getSystemService(Activity.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
input.hideSoftInputFromWindow(activity.getCurrentFocus().getWindowToken(), 0);
}catch(Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}

I'm using this code in a fragment
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)getActivity().getSystemService(
Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(text.getWindowToken(), 0);
when I click on an action bar icon and it's working, I don't see why it shouldn't work in your case (maybe I misunderstood the question).

You can check my answer here. It was the only way that worked for me inside fragment.

A clear way to close keyboard and clearfocus of an EditText inside a fragment, is to make sure that your EditText XML has :
android:id="#+id/myEditText"
android:imeOptions="actionDone"
Then set listener to your EditText (with Kotlin, and from a fragment):
myEditText.setOnEditorActionListener({ v, actionId, event ->
if (actionId == EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_DONE) {
myEditText.clearFocus()
val imm = activity.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE) as InputMethodManager
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(view!!.windowToken, 0)
}
false
})

Working in Fragment
getActivity().getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_HIDDEN);

How do I prevent the software keyboard from popping up?

I have my own keypad in my application so I want to hide the software keyboard all the time(in specific activities & dialogs).
I experimented with two options:
getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_HIDDEN);
This code prevent the keyboard from popping up at the beginning, but when I click on the textbox the keyboard still pops.
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)getContext().getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(editText.getWindowToken(), 0);
This code hide the keyboard, but it doesn't prevent the keyboard from popping up.
PLEASE HELP!

Finally figured out!
I used
public void supressKeyboard() {
getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_HIDDEN);
}
for the activities where I want to suppress the keyboard(you can put it in a general activity where all other activities inherit from)
But this won't prevent the keyboard from popping up when you click on the EditText textbox. What I did is I consumed the onTouch event for the text box:
#Override
public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) {
return true;
}

android - show soft keyboard on demand

Hi I wrapped edittext control onto a control that is being displayed on the screen at users request. It overlays the whole screen until user presses 'done' button on the keyboard.
I am not able to explicitly show the control on the screen. only when user taps into control only then its shown. Am I missing something?
I even try this and it does not brin it up when I launch the overlay that Edit Text exists on:
customCOntrol.showKeyboard();
public void showKeyboard()
{
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)_context.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(this._textView.getWindowToken(), InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);
}
here is the settig I have on the screen itself in the config file android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden|adjustPan"
Thank you in advance

In your showKeyboard function you are calling:
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(this._textView.getWindowToken(), InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);
This will hide the softInput keyboard from the window!
Do you want to show the keyboard? If yes then would you use:
imm.showSoftInput(view, flags, resultReceiver);
EDIT: I think you can also toggle the keyboard from the InputMethodManager, try:
imm.toggleSoftInput(0, 0);

#dropsOfJupiter
You can do: editText.requestFocus() as you launch the Activity or Fragment containing your EditText reference. This will give the focus to the EditText and will bring uo the SoftKeyboard.
I hope this helps.

PROBLEM:
I faced with this keyboard not showing up problem. I wrote the following solution inspired by this answer but not their solution! It works fine. In short the reason for this mess is that the request focus and the IMM provided service can only run on a view that is created and active. When you do all these on the creation phase onCreate(Bundle savedInstance).. or onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater... and the view is still in initializing state, you won't get an active view to act on! I have seen many solutions using delays and checks to wait for that view to get active then do the show keyboard but here is my solution based on the android frame work design:
SOLUTION:
in your activity or fragment override the following make sure your view has the access (define it in the top of the activity/fragment):
#Override
public void onStart() {
yourView.requestFocus();
showSoftKeyboard(yourView);
super.onStart();
}
public void showSoftKeyboard(View view) {
if(view.requestFocus()){
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)mContext.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.showSoftInput(view,InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);
}
}