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How to detect android soft keyboard "Will Show" event

I have a cordova android app.
I'm trying to prevent native android keyboard to show when user clicks on html input, or input gets focus programmatically.
It there for android something like:
keyboard.addEventListener('will-show',
functon(event){
event.disableKeyboardShow();
});
Thanks in advance!

I don't know if there is an event like you pointed. But you can prevent keyboard to showup automatically by doing this:
1) Insert on your onCreate():
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) this.getSystemService(Activity.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
View view = this.getCurrentFocus();
if (view == null) {
view = new View(this);
}
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(view.getWindowToken(), 0);
2) Then you assure your EditText can get focus when needed by adding android:focusable="true" and android:focusableInTouchMode="true" elements in the parent layout of EditText like this:
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/linearLayout" android:focusable="true" android:focusableInTouchMode="true">
If you don't want your EditText to get focus anyway, put false at elements on step 2 and insert another one: android:descendantFocusability="blocksDescendants"

AutoCompletTextView Covered by dropdown view

Opening dropdownView of autoCompleteTextView in ontouchlistener by calling
show DropDown but when its clicked DropDown opens. Then keyboard opens up, autoCompleteTextView moves up along with keyboard.
But dropdown view remains on its position when it was opened before opening of keyboard And before moving up of autoCompleteTextView due to keyboard opening.
happening is autoCompleteTextView gets covered by Dropdown View and remaining Dropdown view gets covered by keyboard.

try this for your activity in manifest.xml file:
android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden|adjustResize"
or
android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden|adjustPan"
The android:windowSoftInputMode attribute can be used to specify what happens on a per-activity basis: whether the layout is resized or whether it scrolls etc.
you can also hide the soft keyboard when spinner is touched:
mSpinner.setOnTouchListener(new OnTouchListener() {
#Override
public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
InputMethodManager imm=(InputMethodManager)getApplicationContext().getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
//here mEditText is your edittext where keyboard is shown before
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(mEditText.getWindowToken(), 0);
return false;
}
}) ;

try the below code in mainfest
<activity
android:name=".activity name"
android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan" >
</activity>
and use this
this.getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_HIDDEN);
in onCreate() of Activity

How to hide keyboard when user clicks on textbox in webview android

Can we hide android system keyboard when user focuses or clicks on html input elements inside the webview.
I have tried hiding keyboard on user touches webview:
webView.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener()
{
#Override
public boolean onTouch (View v, MotionEvent event){
Toast.makeText(cx,"Web View Touch",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
v.onTouchEvent(event);
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) v.getContext().getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
if (imm != null) {
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(v.getWindowToken(), 0);
}
return true;
}
})
But that doesn't work.
Is there option to hide keyboard entirely for a app?

You can control the softkeyboard - Handling Input Method Visibility for each activity with the manifest like so:
<activity
android:name=".Main"
android:windowSoftInputMode="stateAlwaysHidden" >
<activity
android:name=".Main"
android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden" >
You can also control it so it flows using 'next' from one edittext to the next and then hides again with 'done' using IME options.
android:imeOptions="actionNext"
android:imeOptions="actionDone"
I also realise the problem would be with using a webview and needing to also disable any keyboard from parent layouts,as the webview is separate from the activities in the manifest, so add this to any parent layout:
android:descendantFocusability="blocksDescendants"
and in the webview:
android:focusable="false"
android:focusableInTouchMode="false"

try this in the activity in manifest.xml..
android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden"
it may help.

Prevent Softkeyboard from opening on EditText Focus

I need to prevent softkeyboard from showing up when Edit Text gains focus or if user taps on the edit text because user has to use a barcode scanner as an input method. But I need is open the keyboard when user clicks/taps a specific button.
I have tried focusableInTouchMode property and it works fine in preventing the softkeyboard from popping but it won't let the edit text gain focus.
Any hint on how to achieve this?

myEditText.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_NULL);
myEditText.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
// showMyDialog();
}
});
myEditText.setOnFocusChangeListener(new View.OnFocusChangeListener() {
#Override
public void onFocusChange(View v, boolean hasFocus) {
if (hasFocus) {
// showMyDialog();
}
}
});
Try this.... Just return null or anything on onclicklistner..
Njoy.. :)
And m using it so don't tell me its not working.. LOL..
I have one condition that if user clicks on edittext then it ll pops DatePicker Dialog and its working.
So njoy dude...: ;)

you can hide the keyboard using this code
getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_HIDDEN);

You should use stateAlwaysHidded. Either in runtime as in the first answer, or directly in your project Manifest:
android:windowSoftInputMode="stateAlwaysHidden"
This will prevent keyboard from appearing during onCreate/onResume.
To prevent keyboard appearing after clicking EditText, you can place some blank view with transparent backround right on top of your EditText:
<View
android:id="#+id/view"
android:layout_width="editTextWidth"
android:layout_height="editTextWidth"
android:background="#android:color/transparent"
android:clickable="true"/>
The key attribute here is android:clickable="true". It will prevent from gaining focus on click (actually users will click on this blank view, not EditText).
Then, when user clicks special button you've mentioned, you just remove this blank view and call editText.requestFocus()

requestFocus doesn't work properly for EditText

A lot of time was spent to solve the problem, and it looks easy, but I'm really tired and couldn't find the solution.
I have an Activity, activity has 4 EditText components, 2 of them has popup menu (AlertDialog) which contain the list, next one - is disabled for edit, and last one - is editable, and should show the soft keyboard, when user is tapping on it.
Also, my root LinearLayout has LinearLayout which contain inside RelativeLayout. The last one is need for AdvBanner. Last LinearLayout(RelativeLayout) is aligned to the bottom of root layout.
The part of XML that describes it:
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_gravity="bottom"
android:focusable="false"
android:focusableInTouchMode="false"
android:gravity="bottom">
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/AdvLayoutReserveArea"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="50dp"
android:background="#FFFFFF"
android:focusable="false"
android:focusableInTouchMode="false"
android:gravity="bottom" />
</LinearLayout>
When activity is start, editable EditText has focus with GREEN border and cursor is blinking. After few seconds left, the AdvBanner is loaded and shown. When it happens, editable EditText lost focus.. from this moment, my life be like a nightmare.
Let's look step by step.
Problem 1.
If in THIS MOMENT (when Adv loaded and appears) user is editing an EditText field via the soft keyboard, focus is lost, border take a GRAY color, and if user continue to typing a text is have no result - symbols are not printed (CURSOR in EditText is too lost).
I THINK any user will be annoyed - when you typing text, and cursor is inactive, because in background some adv is loaded and it take focus for self.
To solve this, in method when Adv is loaded (is shown) I try to back focus manually to EditText by requestFocus method.
public void onAdLoaded()
{
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
// add app specific code for this event here...
// called when an ad is successfully displayed on device
CountEdit1.requestFocus();
}
Yes, the cursor is returned to EditText field, and if soft keyboard is active, user can still typing text, but border of EditText field stay GRAY...
NOTE: actually I'm not sure about the difference between GREEN and GRAY border of focused EditText.. GREEN is usually when user is tapping on it, and GRAY, probably, when we want to request a focus manually (using requestFocus() etc)
Problem 2. (As result of solvation Problem #1).
After soft keyboard was closed, if user tap on editable EditText field, it take focus and cursor appears inside, but no reaction for showing soft keyboard again! Tapping of it do not show soft keyboard, but looks like the edit field in copy mode - when user can select a text and cut/copy it to clipboard.
My goal is easy for a first look. I just want to SAVE the cursor and focus to editable EditText field (CountEdit1) while soft keyboard is shown and user typing some text.
And normal reaction when user tapping EditText - as usually, just show me the soft keyboard!
I read all issues here, I combined different methods (clearFocus, requestFocusFromTouch etc), just not enough of time and space to describe all that I tried to do to solve this. The main problems are described above.
Hope for help and solving the problem...
Thanks in advance..

The goal is solved, the workaround is an easier than I thought. Problem #2 is fixed by using onClick () method. Sufficient condition for appearing of soft keyboard that use of both clearFocus() and requestFocus() methods.
CountEdit1.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v)
{
CountEdit1.clearFocus();
CountEdit1.requestFocus();
}
});
The soft keyboard appears when user is tapping on the EditText field.
Fixed.

Works for me:
InputMethodManager mgr = (InputMethodManager) context.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
editField.requestFocus();
mgr.showSoftInput(editField, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);

userInput.post(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
userIdInput.requestFocus();
}
});
Have a go at this and tell if your problem is still unsolved.

You should request focus after view is created in fragment or activity:
#Override
public void onViewCreated(View view, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
CountEdit1.requestFocus();
}

try this:
public void onAdLoaded()
{
final Handler handler = new Handler();
handler.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
CountEdit1.requestFocus();
InputMethodManager mgr = (InputMethodManager) base.getActivity().getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
mgr.showSoftInput(CountEdit1, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);
CountEdit1.setSelection(CountEdit1.getText().length());
}
},0);
}