I have long form (LinearLayout as root) which consist of EditTexts and TextView.
Now Issue i am facing is : After clicking the Edit Text, if i clicking on textviews then the focus of an edit text is not clearing. Hence, screen scroll to that edit text due to focus.
I have tried solution - android:focusableInTouchMode="true" in parent layout but no luck.
I have attached an image showing an issue. I have clicked on consulting doctor field which is a TextView but focus is till on email Edit text.
Please help me with some solution. Thanks.
After clicking the Edit Text, if i clicking on textviews then the focus of an edit text is not clearing. Hence, screen scroll to that edit text due to focus.
Wrap your EditText inside FrameLayout as shown below
<FrameLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:descendantFocusability="beforeDescendants"
android:focusable="true"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true">
<EditText
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
</FrameLayout>
public static void hideSoftKeyboard (View view)
{
InputMethodManager imm = InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(view.getApplicationWindowToken(), 0);
}
//Call this method on textview click
I am doing Project of Remote Administration
I am getting screen of Remote PC on mobile screen but to send keyboard events I need an invisible edittext and a button which enable and disable keyboard
if i remove edittext invisibility it works but edittext is shown on screen i don't wannt that
here is code
<EditText
android:id="#+id/KeyBoard"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="right"
android:focusable="true"
android:inputType="textVisiblePassword"
android:text=""
android:visibility="invisible" >
</EditText>
Show and hide Keyboard by setting the focus on a hidden text field
public void keyClickHandler(View v) {
EditText editText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.KeyBoard);
editText.requestFocus();
InputMethodManager inputMgr = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
if (keyboard) {
inputMgr.hideSoftInputFromWindow(editText.getWindowToken(), 0);
keyboard = false;
} else {
inputMgr.showSoftInput(editText, InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED);
keyboard = true;
}
Log.d("SET", "Foucs");
}
This method is called on button click
If I remove android:visibility="invisible" from edittext then it works
You mean to hide it all?
you can use:
editText.setVisibility(View.GONE);
or
editText.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
EDIT
Try this one:
editText.setBackgroundColor(color.transparent);
Another easy way to 'hide' your EditText would be to just make its Height/width to 0dp, as below, so that it is not visible to the users.
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
I created a multiline AutoCompleteTextView component inside an activity whose main root is a scrollview (because my activity contains lots of controls), and set its max and min lines to 4. It loads the text properly, but when I try to scroll inside the AutoCompleteTextView, the whole activity scrolls. Here is the code of the AutoCompleteTextView:
<AutoCompleteTextView
android:id="#+id/txtData"
android:inputType="textMultiLine"
android:lines="4"
android:minLines="4"
android:maxLines="4"
android:gravity="top|left"
android:textColor="#000000"
android:layout_below="#id/lblAddress"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:scrollbars="vertical"
android:textSize="16sp"
/>
Any idea what I should set to keep the scroll focus inside the AutoCompleteTextView?
Try to change the dropdown height android:dropDownHeight
This would work when its inside a scrollView and the AutoCompleteTextView is near the top.
To get the focus try this
autoCompleteTextView.setOnFocusChangeListener(new OnFocusChangeListener() {
public void onFocusChange(View v, boolean hasFocus) {
if(hasFocus) {
autoCompleteTextView.showDropDown();
}
}
});
I've some settings page in my app. Once the activity gets starts directly it focus to edittext and i used following code to clear foucs.
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/RequestFocusLayout"
android:focusable="true"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
android:layout_width="0px"
android:layout_height="0px"/>
and in java code
RelativeLayout focuslayout = (RelativeLayout) findViewById(R.id.RequestFocusLayout);
focuslayout.requestFocus();
The above code is working fine when activity starts at first time and if same activity starts again, automatically edittext get focus.
Can anyone help me to solve this issue.
Actually, the first focusable view in the activity receives initial focus. If that happens to be your EditText, it will be initially focused.
If you don't want that, here's your options:
Focus another view
Programmatically identify what view you do want to give initial focus to.
#Override
protected void onStart() {
super.onStart();
findViewById( R.id.yourOtherViewId ).requestFocus();
}
Make an earlier view in your layout focusable
If you rather it appears as though "no view has initial focus" you could make the parent view group focusable. In the following example, I make my LinearLayout focusable by setting android:focusableInTouchMode="true":
<LinearLayout
android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical">
<EditText
...
If Come back from other activity edittext get focused.
put these line onStart() or on onReusme()
RelativeLayout focuslayout = (RelativeLayout) findViewById(R.id.RequestFocusLayout);
focuslayout.requestFocus();
If your EditText is a child of your RelativeLayout you can use android:descendantFocusability to request the focus:
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/RequestFocusLayout"
android:focusable="true"
android:layout_width="0px"
android:layout_height="0px"
android:descendantFocusability="beforeDescendants"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true" />
I used the solution shown up in this page but it didn't work. Add this attribute to your activity tag into AndroidManifest:
android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden"
It works perfectly.
Me realy help only android:focusableInTouchMode="true" in my parent view group.
Put the code to remove the focus in your onStart() method and it should work fine.
In the layout XML file, specify an imeOption on your EditText:
android:imeOptions="actionGo"
Next, add an action listener to your EditText in the Activity's java file
mYourEditText.setOnEditorActionListener(new TextView.OnEditorActionListener() {
public boolean onEditorAction(TextView v, int actionId, KeyEvent event) {
if (actionId == EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_GO) {
// hide virtual keyboard
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(mYourEditText.getWindowToken(), 0);
return true;
}
return false;
}
});
Where mYourEditText is an EditText object
If on starting the Activity it focuses on EditText on the screen.
use
android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
in the parent containing that EditText. Like if EditText is inside a RelativeLayout use this line in the RelativeLayout.
This question already has answers here:
How to stop EditText from gaining focus when an activity starts in Android?
(54 answers)
Closed 7 years ago.
I would like to be able to remove the focus from the EditText. For example if the Keyboard appears, and the user hides it with the back button, I would like the focus and the cursor to disappear. How can it be done?
You can make cursor and focus disappear by
edittext.clearFocus();
But detect when the key board hide is a hard work.
You can add this to onCreate and it will hide the keyboard every time the Activity starts.
You can also programmatically change the focus to another item.
this.getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_HIDDEN);
Add LinearLayout before EditText in your XML.
<LinearLayout
android:focusable="true"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
android:clickable="true"
android:layout_width="0px"
android:layout_height="0px" />
Or you can do this same thing by adding these lines to view before your 'EditText'.
<Button
android:id="#+id/btnSearch"
android:layout_width="50dp"
android:layout_height="50dp"
android:focusable="true"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="Quick Search"
android:textColor="#fff"
android:textSize="13sp"
android:textStyle="bold" />
<EditText
android:id="#+id/edtSearch"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_marginRight="5dp"
android:gravity="left"
android:hint="Name"
android:maxLines="1"
android:singleLine="true"
android:textColorHint="#color/blue"
android:textSize="13sp"
android:textStyle="bold" />
Remove focus but remain focusable:
editText.setFocusableInTouchMode(false);
editText.setFocusable(false);
editText.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);
editText.setFocusable(true);
EditText will lose focus, but can gain it again on a new touch event.
Add these two properties to your parent layout (ex: Linear Layout, Relative Layout)
android:focusable="true"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
It will do the trick :)
remove autofocus edittext android
It's working for me
Edit In the link they suggest to use LinearLayout, but simple View will work
<View
android:id="#+id/focus_thief"
android:layout_width="1dp"
android:layout_height="1dp"
android:focusable="true"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true" />
Then if this "thief" is placed at the top of the layout (to be first focusable item) calls to clearFocus() will work.
You can also include android:windowSoftInputMode="stateAlwaysHidden" in your manifest action section.
This is equivalent to :
this.getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_HIDDEN);
but in XML way.
FYI, you can also hide the keyboard with codes:
// hide virtual keyboard
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(mYourEditText.getWindowToken(), 0);
To hide the keyboard when activity starts.. write the following code in onCreate()..
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)
getSystemService(Activity.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(getWindow().getDecorView().getWindowToken(), 0);
To clear focus and remove cursor from edittext.....
editText.clearFocus();
editText.setCursorVisible(false);
try to use this one on your view
it worked for me:
<View
android:id="#+id/fucused"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:focusable="true"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true"/>
Add to your parent layout where did you put your EditText this android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
you have to remove <requestFocus/>
if you don't use it and still the same problem
user LinearLayout as a parent and set
android:focusable="true"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
Hope it's help you.
This is my very first answer on SO, so don't be too harsh on me if there are mistakes. :D
There are few answers floating around the SO, but I feel the urge to post my complete solution cause this drove me nuts. I've grabbed bits and pieces from all around so forgive me if I don't give respective credits to everyone... :)
(I'll simplify my result cause my view has too many elements and I don't wanna spam with that and will try to make it as generic as possible...)
For your layout you need a parent your EditText and parent view defined something like this:
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:id="#+id/lytContainer"
android:descendantFocusability="beforeDescendants"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true">
<EditText android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/etEditor"
android:inputType="number"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:hint="#string/enter_your_text"
android:textColor="#android:color/darker_gray"
android:textSize="12dp"
android:textAlignment="center"
android:gravity="center"
android:clickable="true"/>
</LinearLayout>
So, I needed a few things here. I needed to have a Placeholder for my EditText - which is that -
android:hint="hint"
Also,
android:descendantFocusability="beforeDescendants"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
made it happen for EditText not to be focused on entering the Activity and later on in the Activity itself when setting it this setting helps so you can set onTouchListener on it to steal the focus away from EditText.
Now, in the Activity:
package com.at.keyboardhide;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.MotionEvent;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.WindowManager;
import android.view.View.OnTouchListener;
import android.view.inputmethod.InputMethodManager;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.LinearLayout;
public class MainActivity extends Activity implements OnTouchListener{
private EditText getEditText;
private LinearLayout getLinearLayout;
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
this.getWindow().setSoftInputMode(
WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_HIDDEN);
setContentView(R.layout.keyboardmain);
getEditText = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.etEditor);
getLinearLayout = (LinearLayout)findViewById(R.id.lytContainer);
getLinearLayout.setOnTouchListener(this);
getEditText.setOnEditorActionListener(new TextView.OnEditorActionListener() {
#Override
public boolean onEditorAction(TextView v, int actionId, KeyEvent event) {
if (actionId == EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_DONE) {
Log.d("EDTA", "text was entered.");
getEditText.clearFocus();
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(barcodeNo.getWindowToken(), 0);
return true;
}
return false;
}
});
}
#Override
public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
if(v==getLinearLayout){
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(getEditText.getWindowToken(), 0);
getEditText.clearFocus();
return true;
}
return false;
}
}
Few of the answers for bits I found on this question page, and the part with the Activity solution I found on this blog. The rest I missed which I had to figure out myself was clearing focus on the EditText which I added to both inside the setOnEditorActionListener and onTouchLister for the parent view.
Hope this helps someone and saves their time. :)
Cheers,
Z.
In the comments you asked if another view can be focused instead of the EditText. Yes it can. Use .requestFocus() method for the view you want to be focused at the beginning (in onCreate() method)
Also focusing other view will cut out some amount of code. (code for hiding the keyboard for example)
I had the same problem. It made me more than crazy.
I had an extended Dialog with a ScrollView that had a TableLayout with extended LinearLayout that contained a SeekBar and a EditText.
The first EditText had always autofocus after showing the Dialog and after finishing editing the text over the keyboard the EditText still had the focus and the keyboard was still visible.
I tried nearly all solutions of this thread and none worked for me.
So here my simple solution: (text = EditText)
text.setOnEditorActionListener( new OnEditorActionListener( ){
public boolean onEditorAction( TextView v, int actionId, KeyEvent event ){
if( (event != null && event.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ENTER) ||
(actionId == EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_DONE) ){
text.clearFocus( );
InputMethodManager iMgr = null;
iMgr = (InputMethodManager)mContext.getSystemService( Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE );
iMgr.hideSoftInputFromWindow( text.getWindowToken(), 0 );
}
return true;
}
});
By the way I didn't used any of the following snippets to solve it:
//setFocusableInTouchMode( true )
//setFocusable( true )
//setDescendantFocusability( ViewGroup.FOCUS_BEFORE_DESCENDANTS )
AND I didn't used a spacer item like a View with width and height of 1dp.
Hopefully it helps someone :D
editText.setFocusableInTouchMode(true)
The EditText will be able to get the focus when the user touch it.
When the main layout (activity, dialog, etc.) becomes visible the EditText doesn't automatically get the focus even though it is the first view in the layout.
You can also include android:windowSoftInputMode="stateAlwaysHidden" in your manifest action section.
This is equivalent to:
this.getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_HIDDEN);
You can avoid any focus on your elements by setting the attribute android:descendantFocusability of the parent element.
Here is an example:
<ScrollView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="#+id/search__scroller"
android:descendantFocusability="blocksDescendants"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true" >
</ScrollView>
Here, the attribute android:descendantFocusability set to "blocksDescendants" is blocking the focus on the child elements.
You can find more info here.
check your xml file
<EditText
android:id="#+id/editText1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textSize="14sp" >
**<requestFocus />**
</EditText>
//Remove **<requestFocus />** from xml