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How to open a template from bottom to top like keyboard in xamarin forms

I want to create a custom keyboard in xamarin forms that should work in android and ios. And device keyboard should hide when custom keyboard opens. My code is working fine in IOS. But when I am running it in android, generally keboard doesn't hide but then I used following code. but in that case the normal keyboard open for 2 milliseconds and then hide. I want the keyboard should never visible if focus comes in Entry box.
Initally I have an Entry field where normal device keyboard opens, then when user click on Return button of Keyboard focus changes to next Entry field where I need to open the custom keyboard, but in this case normal keyboard also opens if I don't use Handler for the code that use to hide android keyboard. When I use handler then keyboard opens for 2 ml then it hides. But I want to hide the keyboard permanently if focus comes in this Entry field. Following is the code that I am using in Entry renderer to hide the keyboard
((Entry)e.NewElement).Focused += delegate
{
this.Control.ShowSoftInputOnFocus = false;
new Handler().PostDelayed(delegate
{
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)this.Context.GetSystemService(Context.InputMethodService);
imm.HideSoftInputFromWindow(this.Control.WindowToken, HideSoftInputFlags.None);
Control.InputType = Android.Text.InputTypes.Null;
}, 200L);
};
How I can hide the android keyboard when focus comes from Completed event of previous entry box to next entry box.

Hide keyboard automatically when navigating between fragments

First of all this question is not about how to hide keyboard programmatically.
We all know that we can get keyboard to appear automatically for EditText by getting focus on start and android:windowSoftInputMode="stateVisible".
Question: I have an EditText in a Fragment being focused and keyboard is shown. I navigate to another Fragment and the keyboard remains shown. How can i get the keyboard to hide automatically when the EditText (that the keyboard is for) is no longer visible?
Yes i could have hide the keyboard programmatically but i can't shake off the feeling that there must be a way to dismiss the keyboard automatically when it can be shown automatically.

How to view custom softkeyboard while tap on EditText in android?

I want to show softkeyboard after tapping on EditText in my custom Softkeyboard.
I have made one custom keyboard in which I've added one key.
This key will navigate you to a Conversion View which contains an EditText.
So after tapping on that EditText I want to open my own custom softkeyboard.
Please reply me as soon as possible.

You have two options: create a soft keyboard using the InputMethodService--that is, create a true soft keyboard that will be listed under the keyboard listing in the device's settings that the user can turn on and use at any time. That can be a lot of work.
You're other option is to mock the soft keyboard by creating a custom view, of which you handle input and toggle the visibility of explicitly in your app; blocking the native soft keyboard from showing (which you can do per activity via your manifest or in code).

How to disable default keyboard on android device using action script 3

I have a problem in my android air project. I have a text box when i click on it the default keyboard of device will pop up from the bottom of the screen. But the text box which i clicked also will be on the bottom, hence when the keyboard pops up the text box is under the keyboard so my entered text will not be seen and also i don't want to shift the text box to the top of the screen. Please suggest any code for disabling the default keyboard so that i can use my own one where ever i want on the screen.
Thanks.

To stop a text input from requesting the Software Keyboard you should set your textinput.needsSoftKeyboard to false
See: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/flash/display/InteractiveObject.html#needsSoftKeyboard

Set android focus on touch?

I have this issue: in my app, when user taps on EditText bar, keyboard pops up. After that, it is impossible to get rid of keyboard. When back button is pressed, whole application just turn off.
How can I make sure, that when user taps on some other object (not EditText), keyboard will be removed? Or at least, how to make it possible to hide keyboard by tapping back button?
Thanks.

in xml for EditText this will make keyboard dismiss when press enter on keyboard
android:imeOptions="actionDone"

You can hide the keyboard simple by overriding onBackPressed in your Activity and using the following code:
InputMethodManager inputMethodManager = (InputMethodManager)getContext().getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
inputMethodManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(anyView.getWindowToken(), 0);
Note that anyView can be any view that is attached to your current window.
You can see it working in my app called Magic Annotator. See method hideSoftKeyboard()