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Remove auto focus from EditText

I have 2 text fields in the start page. But the first text field gets auto focus after launch. I don't want this. I have seen couple of answers regarding this, but none of that work for me.
My Code
<EditText
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#android:color/transparent"
android:drawablePadding="12dp"
android:padding="10dp"
android:ems="10"
android:hint="Username"
android:inputType="textEmailAddress"
android:textColorHint="#android:color/white"
android:layout_marginTop="70dp"/>
I have added two more line here
android:focusable="true"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
But still it gets auto focus

Try this use android:windowSoftInputMode="stateAlwaysHidden" in manifest file of your Activity
<activity
android:name=".Youractivity"
android:windowSoftInputMode="stateAlwaysHidden" />
EDIT
I have added two more line here
android:focusable="true"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
the above line is used for requesting focus rather than not focusing

Automatically popup software keyboard when the app starts

I have an editText on the main page. I want the keyboard to open automatically when the app starts and to be focused on that editText. I tried many "solutions" I found on the Internet but nothing helped me.
The keyboard still doesn't appear automatically.
By the way, my editText has the following properties:
<EditText
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/editText"
android:gravity="left"
android:focusable="true"
android:enabled="true"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true" />
So how do I make the keyboard appear automatically?

You have to do two things (I have just tested this and it works just fine):
1: request focus for the field.
From the activity java file you can do
mTextView = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.textView);
mTextView.requestFocus();
From the XML file you can rewrite your element as follows:
<EditText android:id="#+id/textView">
<requestFocus/>
</EditText>
2: Force the keyboard when showing the activity: in the onCreate method just write this line:
getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_VISIBLE);

Add android:windowSoftInputMode="stateAlwaysVisible" to your activity tag in the AndroidManifest.xml file
<activity
android:name=".TestActivity"
android:windowSoftInputMode="stateAlwaysVisible" />
Also use requestFocus tag in EditText.
<EditText
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/editText"
android:gravity="left"
android:focusable="true"
android:enabled="true"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true">
<requestFocus />
</EditText>

Call myeditText.requestFocus() after you initialize your layout on your activity's onCreate() method.

Done key not showing up on keyboard

I am making an Android app and want the done key to show up on the keyboard when the user is typing into the keyboard.
This is the XML code for the EditText:
<EditText
android:id="#+id/answer"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:ems="10"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:textColor="#ffffff"
android:layout_marginBottom="113dp"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
android:imeOptions="actionDone"
/>
I thought that adding the android:imeOptions="actionsDone would have the done button appear, but instead the enter button is there and when it is pressed, a new line is created in the EditText. What is the issue?

You will not get done by adding imeOptions.
Add the below attribute to your EditText:
android:singleLine="true"
This will make your EditText a single line and you will see the Done button if that is the only EditText or last EditText. If there are multiple EditText items, then you will see Next button.

EditText gaining focus but my typing doesn't append

I have an EditText and have a hint. When I tap on the EditText, the keyboard appears, though, as I type neither the hint goes away nor my typing goes into view. It's like my input is going to /dev/null. My EditText is inside a ListView cell, if it helps. Here is my layout:
<EditText
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
android:background="#00000000"
android:id="#+id/aboutView"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal|bottom"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_below="#+id/headerFrame"
android:layout_marginTop="12dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"
android:layout_marginRight="20dp"
android:textSize="14dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="12dp"
android:hint="Tell something about yourself..." />
Why can this be?

Found the solution here: EditText in Listview loses focus when pressed on Android 4.x
I don't know the exact reason, but I wasn't the only one suffering from EditText focus problems when inside a ListView. I've added android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan" to my activity in manifest file and the problem went away.

Android keyboard is changing from numeric to alphabet

I did the following code in my program:
<RelativeLayout
....>
<EditText
android:id="#+id/EditText"
android:layout_width="150dp"
android:layout_height="37dp"
android:layout_below="#+id/Header"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/Button"
android:inputType="number"
android:textSize="14dp" />
</RelativeLayout>
but whenever I tried it on my app, the app will first pop out the numeric keypad, and then a sec later, it will changed to alphabet keypad and the edittext is no longer on focus.
Can anyone help? Thanks!

It sounds like somewhere in your layout or UI code something else is using requestFocus, perhaps another input field that is not of type number.