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Keyboard is hiding on scrolling

In my xml, I am having TextInputLayout edittext inside NestedRecyclerView, when focus is on first edittext and I am going to focus on second edittext then keyboard is hiding and showing, on scrolling also keyboard is hiding but focus is still there.
Any help will be appreciated.

implement OnTouchListener in your project code
MyRecycleView.setOnTouchListener(new OnTouchListener() {
#Override
public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(v.getWindowToken(), 0);
return false;
}
});
This might help you Implementation of RecyclerView that will dismiss keyboard

TextEdit OnFocusChangeListener

I am trying to get the keyboard to come up when an editText view gets or has focus. I am getting the error getOnFocusChangeListener in view cannot be applied to anonymous android.view.View.OnFocusChangeListener
The error starts on new View.OnFocusChangeListener() and goes through the whole class. I can't figure out why or how to get this working.
Here is my code:
final EditText measurement = (EditText)dialog.findViewById(R.id.measurement);
measurement.getOnFocusChangeListener(new View.OnFocusChangeListener(){
#Override
public void onFocusChange(View v, boolean hasFocus){
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
if(hasFocus){
imm.showSoftInput(measurement, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);
}else{
imm.showSoftInput(measurement, InputMethodManager.HIDE);
}
}
});
Please help me fill in the gaps in my knowledge about why this isn't working

instead of
measurement.getOnFocusChangeListener
// you have to use
measurement.setOnFocusChangeListener
also you dont need to set a listener for edit text. whenever a edit text is clicked the softkeyboard will show up by itself, unless you are modifying certain behavior.

Hiding the virtual keyboard but have a fully functional cursor

I'm currently developing a calculator app where I have made a custom keypad and would like to hide the virtual keyboard. I have found solutions where I can hide it, but the cursor also gets hidden. The functionality I want is the same as the com.android.calculator2 app. I have looked at the source code of that but I still can't get it to work.

I think you are getting it wrong. There is a much easier solution(and a more obvious one).
Make the EditText uneditable.
Bind to the EditText in your code (findViewById)
In your buttons, get the text and add to the current string and then display it.
Eg.
say you pressed the '1' button.
in your one.setOnclickListener(), do this:
String S=EditText.getText()+"1";
EditText.setText(s);
Edit:
If you just want to hide the keyboard while keeping the cursor, try this code:
EditText editText = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.edit_text);
editText.setOnTouchListener(new OnTouchListener() {
#Override
public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
v.onTouchEvent(event);
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)v.getContext().getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
if (imm != null) {
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(v.getWindowToken(), 0);
}
return true;
}
});

Android: Soft Keyboard Open & Hide Custom Dialog w/ multiple edit texts

Ok - I've bonked my head quite a bit with this. I have a custom dialog which has multiple edittexts. I've set my layout so that it does not automatically focus on the first as both are initially filled with default values (thus the user may just press 'accept')
I want any edittext to clear itself when touched and open a keyboard for numeric input. They may change one or both fields. If they touch and do not input, the field should change back to a default value.
I have implemented this with setOnFocusChangedListeners in addition to the addTextChangedListeners.
My first problem occured with the realization that the keyboard was toggling itself open/closed when a user touched both edittexts. I resolved this by using SHOW_FORCED,HIDE_NOT_ALWAYS as parameters to toggleSoftInput. Note that this was the only set of parameters which kept the keyboard open when a second field was touched.
Unfortunately, this has created a second problem which I do not understand - on exiting the dialog, I can no longer close the keyboard (ie, it remains visible on the following view). Previously, when I did not make an effort to clear the input, keyboards closed out ok. Using SHOW_IMPLICIT (ignoring the toggle issue) also has no problem with an open keyboard being closed on exit.
So.. how the * do I get this to work?
Below are some relevant sections of code:
edQuantity.setOnFocusChangeListener(new View.OnFocusChangeListener() {
#Override
public void onFocusChange(View v, boolean hasFocus) {
Log.i(TAG,"edQuantity focus changed");
if (hasFocus) {
Log.i(TAG,"edQuantity HAS FOCUS");
edQuantity.setHint("");
edQuantity.setText("");
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) context.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED,InputMethodManager.HIDE_NOT_ALWAYS);
}
// was the other field left empty after a change attempt?
if (String.valueOf(edPrice.getText()).length()==0) edPrice.setText("0.01");
}
});
edPrice.setOnFocusChangeListener(new View.OnFocusChangeListener() {
#Override
public void onFocusChange(View v, boolean hasFocus) {
Log.i(TAG,"edPrice focus changed");
if (hasFocus) {
Log.i(TAG,"edPrice HAS FOCUS");
edPrice.setHint("");
edPrice.setText("");
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) context.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED,InputMethodManager.HIDE_NOT_ALWAYS);
}
// was the other field left empty after a change attempt?
if (String.valueOf(edQuantity.getText()).length()==0) edQuantity.setText("1");
}
});
protected static void dismissCustomDialog(Dialog dialog, Context context) {
if (dialog != null) {
// hide the soft keyboard
if (dialog.getCurrentFocus() != null) {
Log.i(TAG,"trying to hide a keyboard");
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) context.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(dialog.getWindow().getDecorView().getWindowToken(), InputMethodManager.HIDE_IMPLICIT_ONLY);
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(dialog.getWindow().getDecorView().getWindowToken(), InputMethodManager.HIDE_NOT_ALWAYS);
}
if(dialog.isShowing()) dialog.dismiss();
}
}

As per my comment above, used a toggle to see if a keyboard was already opened.

Best way to hide keyboard in Android

I would like to know the best way to hide keyboard after entering the text to EditText.
1) setonfocuschangelistener : Does this listener is fired only, when the done button is pressed or when the focus changes from one EditText to other? When I used this method, I couldn't hide the keyboard.
2) setOnTouchListener : When I used this, I could hide the keyboard, but i doubt there might be an issue with this. In this case, I add the touch listener to the root LinearLayout. Following code I had used:
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.login);
txtUserName = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.txtUserName);
btnLogin = (Button)findViewById(R.id.btnLogin);
layoutView = (LinearLayout)findViewById(R.id.li);
layoutView.setOnTouchListener(new OnTouchListener() {
public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
InputMethodManager inputManager = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
inputManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(txtUserName
.getWindowToken(), 0);
return true;
}
});
}
Inside the main LinearLayout, I am using other two LinearLayouts. The issue that i faced with the above code is that at some points when I pressed, the keyboard doesn't hides.
My doubt is that I am adding touch listener only with root layout, not giving touch listener with other inner layouts or other controls(TextView). When I touch over other controls or some points around the TextView(ie, inner layouts), keyboard doesn't hides.
That means do i need to add touchListener to all layouts or controls inside the root layout?
How this situation can be handled in a better way?

You can use this code
InputMethodManager imm =
(InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(mEditView.getWindowToken(), 0);

My answer on this question:
Add this method:
public static void hideSoftKeyboard(Activity activity) {
InputMethodManager inputMethodManager = (InputMethodManager) activity.getSystemService(Activity.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
inputMethodManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(activity.getCurrentFocus().getWindowToken(), 0);
}
If you want to hide keyboard when you touch screen, you can do by this way:
#Override
public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) {
hideSoftKeyboard(LoginActivity.this);
return false;
}
Hope this will help you.

Try this :
getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_HIDDEN);
it can be used to suppress the keyboard until the user actually touched the edittext view.
OR
inputManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(editView.getWindowToken(), 0);

A simple check for null or a try-catch avoids the NullPointerException if no view is focused.
public void hideKeyboard(Activity activity) {
InputMethodManager inputManager = (InputMethodManager) activity.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
if (activity.getCurrentFocus() != null) {
inputManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(activity.getCurrentFocus()
.getWindowToken(), InputMethodManager.HIDE_NOT_ALWAYS);
}
}

Best way to hide keyboard, just dispatchDoneKey in your activity. Keyboard will be hidden if it is in visible state.
public void dispatchDoneKey() {
dispatchKeyEvent(new KeyEvent (KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN, KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK));
dispatchKeyEvent(new KeyEvent (KeyEvent.ACTION_UP, KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK));
}