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keyboard automatic pops up when moving from one activity to another

In my application when i go from one activity to another soft keyboard automatically pops up.
i have one activity(Say A) on which i have set
android:configChanges="keyboardHidden"
because i don't want keyboard on this activity but when i move from this activity to another activity(say B) which contains Map and AutoComompleteTextView, keyboard first automatically pops up and then close down.
what i have tried on activity B:
In manifest i have set
android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden|adjustResize"
in oncreate
getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_HIDDEN);
i also tried putting this in OnCreate
try{
View view = this.getCurrentFocus();
if (view != null) {
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(view.getWindowToken(), 0);
}
}catch (Exception e)
{
Log.e(TAG, "onCreate: keyboard crash");
e.printStackTrace();
}
i also tried to set focus on another view in activity like(View v1)
v1.requestFoucs();
i even tried putting
android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
on each and every component on activity B.
but nothing worked for me.
please help me to solve this problem
i have already tried all the accepted ans that belongs to list of links below:
OnScreen keyboard opens automatically when Activity starts
Automatic popping up keyboard on start Activity
How to avoid automatically appear android keyboard when activity start
this is my AutoComompleteTextView
<AutoCompleteTextView
android:id="#+id/auto_serviceArea"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
android:layout_marginStart="10dp"
android:layout_weight=".5"
android:background="#android:color/transparent"
android:cursorVisible="false"
android:hint="#string/serviceArea"
android:padding="5dp"
android:focusable="true"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
android:singleLine="true"/>
Edit 1: I tried to check that which view is getting focus so i can shift that focus, and while debugging i removed focus from AutoCompleteTextView but still keyboard appears and gone when activity starts.
So this is not an Autocomplete focus problem.

If you have tried everything that comes as an accepted ans according to your links for the ques, then why don't you try debugging your start activity, i mean on which you have put intent to start the respective activity.
While debugging one of my application i found that android soft keyboard has that problem of not going down even after finishing the activity that calls it, it stays on screen for few seconds but this doesn't happen frequently.
So i suggest you to debug your calling activity too just try putting "focusable=false" on the component from which you called the respective activity.

Simply what you need to do is to give
android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden"
in Manifest file of your Activity.

Write below line inside your main xml tag
android:descendantFocusability="beforeDescendants"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
just as below
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/mainLayout"
android:descendantFocusability="beforeDescendants"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true" >

Use these lines in java file:
InputMethodManager in = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
inputManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(activity.getCurrentFocus().getWindowToken(), 0);

How to hide the keyboard and update EditTextPreference programmatically?

I am trying to implement the settings activity according to the guidelines. I have an EditTextPreference that I want to keep, but instead of allowing the user to type in any value, the value should come through Bluetooth (i have the Bluetooth part ready).
At the moment, when the EditTextPreference is clicked, it shows the editor popup with okay and cancel buttons. That's how I want it to be, so I can handle the OK or Cancel click events.
1) The first problem is that the keyboard also shows up - I don't want that, because the value should come from the background. I've added these properties, but nothing seems to have any effect on hiding the keyboard(even if I switch them around):
<EditTextPreference
android:selectable="true"
android:enabled="true"
android:editable="true"
android:focusable="false"
android:focusableInTouchMode="false"
android:cursorVisible="false"
android:capitalize="words"
android:inputType="none"
android:maxLines="1"
android:selectAllOnFocus="true"
android:singleLine="true"
android:title="#string/pref_title_id" />
2) The second problem is: how do I update the value of the EditTextPreference from the code behind, so the user doesn't have to type in anything, but just to see the value and click okay or cancel?
3) Third problem / question: is it okay to save the values in a database instead of using the shared preferences? Basically, I want to have the common settings UI, but keep the values in a database.
I hope that someone has had the same issues as me, because I was unable to find any solutions on the internet.

1.When you click the edit box, you should call this method, that hides the keyboard.
private void hideKeyboard() {
View view = getCurrentFocus();
if (view != null) {
InputMethodManager inputManager = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
inputManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(view.getWindowToken(), InputMethodManager.HIDE_NOT_ALWAYS);
}
}
For setting a value to the editText use the method:
editTextPreferences.setText("Your value");
For saving just a value, you can use Shared Preference because its more flexible, but if you want to save more data and to have all in a db you can use SQLite db. Both them save local values,because when app is uninstall, they are deleted.

For updating EditTextPreference check this one
EditTextPreference.setText(value) not updating as expected
For disable Input =>
setFocusableInTouchMode(boolean)
setFocusable(boolean)

Try following code in your activity's onCreate method to make the keyboard only pops up when a user clicks an EditText.
this.getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_HIDDEN);
or
use android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden" in the Android Mainfest.xml under activity tag
To Hide a Keybord call this method in your onClick event
private void hideKeyboard() {
View view = getCurrentFocus();
if (view != null) {
((InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE)).
hideSoftInputFromWindow(view.getWindowToken(), InputMethodManager.HIDE_NOT_ALWAYS);
}

Empty space when I return to Activity (Soft Keyboard forced)

I have an ActionView with menu item on ActionBar (using ActionBarSherlock), I'm able to display an EditText as a search field in it. It's an input to launch another Activity with a CustomView in ActionBar which it displays the same layout (I don't use anything to force the SoftKeyboard to appear in this second activity, there is no problem here). When I want to make the Soft Keyboard appears/disapears automatically when the view collapse in first activity, I use:
openKeyboard method
mImm.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, InputMethodManager.HIDE_IMPLICIT_ONLY);
closeKeyboard method
mImm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(edittext.getWindowToken(), 0);
I use the ActionExpandListener to make the SoftKeyboard appears or disappears when the View expands or collapse. With these two methods above, I have the expected result. I found this on several questions on SO (especially on Close/hide the Android Soft Keyboard and Showing the soft keyboard for SearchView on ActionBar or Forcing the Soft Keyboard open).
Just to understand, when I used SHOW_IMPLICIT or SHOW_FORCED alone, it was no effect on lower versions (as 2.+). The EditText was focused but the keyboard didn't show up (so, you guess it was a bad thing). In recent versions (as 4.+ for example), it was a nice effect and no problem. Then, I forced keyboard to show up with the openKeyboard method above.
Now, I got some troubles with this...
On lower versions, I got "empty" space before and after the keyboard created/destroyed, I can live with this. BUT in recent versions, I got "empty" space which it displays when I return to the first Activity. And it's here during less than one second, but sufficient to see that!
To better understand what happens, see the image below:
1. Second Activity: I press the Up Home Button - the keyboard disappears properly.
2. (back to) First Activity: my ListView is covered by a "empty" space (background color in my application). And it disappears (this is the same height of the SoftKeyboard, no possible doubt!)
I guess it's because I forced the keyboard to appear in my first activity although I also forced the keyboard to hide when I go the second, but how can I resolve the "empty" space when I return to the first activity?
Summary
1) A activity => press item in menu > view collapse > show the keyboard > tap text > send it > hide keyboard > launch B activity.
2) B activity => setCustomView in actionbar > show the keyboard only if the edittext is focused/clicked > tap text > send it > hide keyboard > refresh content > press home button > return to A activity
3) A activity => "empty" screen > screen disappears.
Any help will be very appreciate.
Thanks for your time.
EDIT
I add my code of my first class, to see if someone tells me what I'm doing wrong. Maybe it's my code which makes the issue.
Menu (ActionView)
ActionBar actionBar;
MenuItem itemSearchAction;
EditText mSearchEdit;
InputMethodManager mImm;
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(final Menu menu) {
getSupportMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
itemSearchAction = menu.findItem(R.id.action_search);
View v = (View) itemSearchAction.getActionView();
mSearchEdit = (EditText) v.findViewById(R.id.SearchEdit);
itemSearchAction.setOnActionExpandListener(this);
return true;
}
OnActionExpandListener
#Override
public boolean onMenuItemActionExpand(MenuItem item) {
actionBar.setIcon(R.drawable.ic_app_search); // change icon
mSearchEdit.requestFocus(); // set focus on edittext
openKeyboard(); // the method above
mSearchEdit.setOnEditorActionListener(new OnEditorActionListener() {
#Override
public boolean onEditorAction(TextView v, int actionId, KeyEvent event) {
if (actionId == EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_SEARCH || (event != null && event.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ENTER)) {
closeKeyboard(); // same method as above
// new Intent() to second activity
// perform with startActivity();
itemSearchAction.collapseActionView(); // collapse view
return true;
}
return false;
}
});
// add a clicklistener to re-open the keyboard on lower versions
mSearchEdit.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
openKeyboard();
}
});
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onMenuItemActionCollapse(MenuItem item) {
actionBar.setIcon(R.drawable.ic_app_logo); // change icon again
if(!(mSearchEdit.getText().toString().equals("")))
mSearchEdit.setText(""); // reinitial the edittext
return true;
}
OnOptionsItemSelected
// I had this verification when I make new Intent() to
// a new activity, just in case (works like a charm)
if(itemSearchAction.isActionViewExpanded())
itemSearchAction.collapseActionView();
ActionView (Item + layout)
<item
android:id="#+id/action_search"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_app_search"
android:title="#string/action_search"
android:showAsAction="ifRoom|collapseActionView"
android:actionLayout="#layout/search_actionview" />
<EditText
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/SearchEdit"
android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="right|bottom" android:gravity="left"
android:layout_marginBottom="6dip"
android:hint="#string/action_search"
android:textColor="#color/white"
android:textColorHint="#color/white"
android:singleLine="true"
android:cursorVisible="true"
android:inputType="text"
android:imeOptions="actionSearch|flagNoExtractUi"
android:imeActionLabel="#string/action_search"
android:focusable="true" android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
android:background="#drawable/bt_edit_searchview_focused" >
<requestFocus />
</EditText>
UPDATE
I see a lot of similar issues, with EditText in ActionBar which not makes the keyboard appear even the focus has set. I tried this again (even if I already tested several time):
/*
* NOT WORKING
* Sources: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11011091/how-can-i-focus-on-a-collapsible-action-view-edittext-item-in-the-action-bar-wh
* https://stackoverflow.com/a/12903527/2668136
*/
int mode = WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_VISIBLE;
getWindow().setSoftInputMode(mode);
postDelayed() to show: .showSoftInput(mSearchEdit, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT); - 200ms (Not working on lower versions)
postDelayed() to hide: .hideSoftInputFromWindow(mSearchEdit.getWindowToken(), 0); - 200ms
new Runnable() on edittext => requestFocus() + showSoftInput(SHOW_IMPLICIT/FORCED/HIDE_NOT_ALWAYS/HIDE_IMPLICIT_ONLY)
It seems with me, only SHOW_FORCED|HIDE_IMPLICIT_ONLY can force the keyboard to show automatically when the view collapse. After this, in all versions, I must to make a hideSoftInputFromWindow to 0 for hiding it.
BUT this undisplays the keyboard even if the edittext is pressed, so I added an ClickListener to force the keyboard to show again (this happens only on lower versions).
UPDATE2:
It's clearly weird, when I try to make a little Thread like I saw in many SO answers (with/without ABS), nothing happens in lower versions.
I tried a different way. I created the new thread to have a short time before call the new intent for hide the keyboard. I had the keyboard which forced to close, OK. And then I opened the new activity, OK. But now when I return, it's worth! The "empty" space is also on lower versions when I come back. I did this:
// close the keyboard before intent
closeKeyboard();
// make the intent after 500 ms
Handler handler = new Handler();
Runnable runner = new Runnable() {
public void run() {
// new intent with startActivity()
}
};
handler.postDelayed(runner, 500);
// collapse the View
itemSearchAction.collapseActionView();
It gives me headaches! I don't understand why in my case, the tip above not working whereas on other answers, when they use a new thread to show/hide the keyboard, this works perfectly.
NOTE: my tests were on (emulator:) GalaxyNexus, NexusS, NexusOne and (real devices:) Samsung GalaxySL (2.3.6) and Nexus4 (4.4).
If someone can help me with this ugly situation. Thanks in advance.

Did you tried this one?
setContentView(R.layout.activity_direction_3);
getWindow().getDecorView().setBackgroundColor(
android.R.color.transparent);

Remove Translucent theme:
android:theme="#style/Theme.AppCompat.Translucent"
and use your Activity in manifest.xml as:
<activity
android:name=".SearchActivity"
android:screenOrientation="portrait">

I had the same issue.
Try to add in Manifest, in First Activity:
android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan"
I have found the solution here:
Soft Keyboard pushes layout of my activity out of screen

EditText automatically opens soft keyboard when Fragment is visible with ViewPager

I have a Fragment (the compatibility version) with an EditText in its layout. I'm using a ViewFlipper to flip between fragments. When I get to this particular Fragment, the soft keyboard opens up automatically. This is not what I want. Here is what I've tried to stop it or hide it.
Tried:
android:descendantFocusability="beforeDescendants"
on the fragment's main view
Tried:
android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden"
and
android:windowSoftInputMode="stateAlwaysHidden"
in the manifest for the activity
Tried:
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(mViewPager.getChildAt(position).getWindowToken(), 0);
on the OnPageChangeListener of my ViewPager
Tried:
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)mContext.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(voucherView.findViewById(R.id.redeem_mobile_number).getWindowToken(), 0);
in onCreateView in my Fragment
Tried:
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)mContext.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(getView().findViewById(R.id.redeem_mobile_number).getWindowToken(), 0);
in onStart in my Fragment
Tried:
voucherView.findViewById(R.id.redeem_mobile_number).clearFocus();
in onCreateView in my Fragment
It seems to me like onPageChangeListener is the place to do this because the other calls happen before the soft keyboard is actually open. Any help would be great.

This post has a solution to the problem.
The answer was to add android:focusableInTouchMode="true" to the LinearLayout containing the EditText. Now it doesn't bring up the soft keyboard automatically.

<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/layout"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:focusable="true"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
>
<EditText
android:id="#+id/retailer_search_text"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
/>
</LinearLayout>
Just follow it . And EditText should be within a LinearLayout.

Have you tried this?
<activity
android:name=".YourActivityName"
android:configChanges="keyboardHidden|orientation"
android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden" />
EDIT:
try this (I now it is a bad one but give a try to this) :)
Thread splashTread = new Thread() {
#Override
public void run() {
try {
sleep(1);
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
// do nothing
} finally {
runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)mContext.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(youreditText.getWindowToken(), 0);
}
});
}
}
};
splashTread.start();

I had a soft keyboard disturbingly popup and pushing all views up when I click on an edit text in a fragment view (my app is a app of nested fragments - fragment in fragment)
I tried a dozen solutions here and on the internet, but nothing helped except this, which is edit the EditText itself in XML (not the view above/not the manifest/not overwride on create activities/not any other)
by adding android:focusableInTouchMode="false" line to your EditText's xml.
I borrowed the solution from ACengiz on this thread
how to block virtual keyboard while clicking on edittext in android?
Only 2 people voted for him? although for me it was a saver after hours of a headache

Add this to your activity tag in AndroidManifest.xml
keyboardHidden: will not let it open soft input keyboard automatically.
android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|screenSize"
android:windowSoftInputMode="stateAlwaysHidden|adjustResize|stateHidden"

This worked for me.
edittext.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_NULL);
if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 11)
{
edittext.setRawInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT);
edittext.setTextIsSelectable(true);
}

Try This
exitText.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);

Automatic popping up keyboard on start Activity

I got a relative simple question. I have an activity with a lot of EditText's in them. When I open the activity it automatically focusses to the first EditText and displays the virtual keyboard.
How can I prevent this?

Use this attributes in your layout tag in XML file:
android:focusable="true"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
As reported by other members in comments it doesn't works on ScrollView therefore you need to add these attributes to the main child of ScrollView.

You can add this to your Android Manifest activity:
android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden|adjustResize"

I have several implementations described here, but now i have added into the AndroidManifest.xml for my Activity the property:
android:windowSoftInputMode="stateAlwaysHidden"
I think this is the easy way even if you are using fragments.
"stateAlwaysHidden" The soft keyboard is always hidden when the
activity's main window has input focus.

If you have another view on your activity like a ListView, you can also do:
ListView.requestFocus();
in your onResume() to grab focus from the editText.
I know this question has been answered but just providing an alternative solution that worked for me :)

Use this in your Activity's code:
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
getWindow().setSoftInputMode(
WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_VISIBLE);
}

https://stackoverflow.com/a/11627976/5217837 This is almost correct:
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
getWindow().setSoftInputMode(
WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_VISIBLE);
}
But it should be SOFT_INPUT_STATE_HIDDEN rather than SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_VISIBLE

I had a simular problem, even when switching tabs the keyboard popped up automatically and stayed up, with Android 3.2.1 on a Tablet. Use the following method:
public void setEditTextFocus(EditText searchEditText, boolean isFocused)
{
searchEditText.setCursorVisible(isFocused);
searchEditText.setFocusable(isFocused);
searchEditText.setFocusableInTouchMode(isFocused);
if (isFocused) {
searchEditText.requestFocus();
} else {
InputMethodManager inputManager = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
inputManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(searchEditText.getWindowToken(), InputMethodManager.HIDE_NOT_ALWAYS );
}
}
In the onCreate() and in the onPause() of the activity for each EditText:
setEditTextFocus(myEditText, false);
For each EditText an OnTouchListener:
myEditText.setOnTouchListener(new EditText.OnTouchListener() {
#Override
public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
setEditTextFocus(myEditText, true);
return false;
}
});
For each EditText in the OnEditorActionListener:
myEditText.setOnEditorActionListener(new EditText.OnEditorActionListener() {
#Override
public boolean onEditorAction(TextView arg0, int arg1, KeyEvent arg2) {
.......
setEditTextFocus(myEditText, false);
return false;
}
});
And for each EditText in the layout xml:
android:imeOptions="actionDone"
android:inputType="numberDecimal|numberSigned" // Or something else
There is probably more code optimizing possible.

((InputMethodManager)getActivity().getSystemService("input_method")).hideSoftInputFromWindow(this.edittxt.getWindowToken(), 0);

I have found this simple solution that worked for me.Set these attributes in your parent layout:
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/mainLayout"
android:descendantFocusability="beforeDescendants"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true" >
And now, when the activity starts this main layout will get focus by default.
Also, we can remove focus from child views at runtime by giving the focus to the main layout again, like this:
findViewById(R.id.mainLayout).requestFocus();
Hope it will work for you .

this is the solution I am using, is not the best solution but it's working well for me
editComment.setFocusableInTouchMode(false);
editComment.setOnTouchListener(new OnTouchListener(){
#Override
public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event)
{
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
editComment.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);
editComment.requestFocus() ;
return false;
}});

Interestingly, this documentation https://developer.android.com/training/keyboard-input/visibility.html states that when an activity starts and focus is given to a text field, the soft keyboard is not shown (and then goes on to show you how to have the keyboard shown if you want to with some code).
On my Samsung Galaxy S5, this is how my app (with no manifest entry or specific code) works -- no soft keyboard. However on a Lollipop AVD, a soft keyboard is shown -- contravening the doc given above.
If you get this behavior when testing in an AVD, you might want to test on a real device to see what happens.

This has some good answers at the following post : Stop EditText from gaining focus at Activity startup. The one I regularly use is the following code by Morgan :
<!-- Dummy item to prevent AutoCompleteTextView from receiving focus -->
<LinearLayout
android:focusable="true"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
android:layout_width="0px"
android:layout_height="0px"/>
<!-- :nextFocusUp and :nextFocusLeft have been set to the id of this component
to prevent the dummy from receiving focus again -->
<AutoCompleteTextView android:id="#+id/autotext"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:nextFocusUp="#id/autotext"
android:nextFocusLeft="#id/autotext"/>
NOTE : The dummy item has to be PLACED RIGHT BEFORE the focusable element.
And I think it should work perfectly even with ScrollView and haven't had any problems with accessibility either for this.

This occurs when your EditText automatically gets Focus as when you activity starts. So one easy and stable way to fix this, is simply to set the initial focus to any other view, such as a Button etc.
You can do this in your layout XML, no code required..

Accepted answer is not working for me, that's why give answer working solution, may be it is helpful !
EditText edt = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.edt);
edt.requestFocus();
edt.dispatchTouchEvent(MotionEvent.obtain(SystemClock.uptimeMillis(), SystemClock.uptimeMillis(), MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN , 0, 0, 0));
edt.dispatchTouchEvent(MotionEvent.obtain(SystemClock.uptimeMillis(), SystemClock.uptimeMillis(), MotionEvent.ACTION_UP , 0, 0, 0));
Now keyboard is open enjoy :)

android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden|adjustResize"
Working fine

Add below code to your top of the activity XML and make sure the View is above EditText
<View
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true"/>

android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
Add the above line to xml of EditText or TextInputLayout which has focus and is causing the softInputKeyboard to pop up.
This solved the problem for us and now the keyboard doesn't popup

search_edit_text = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.search_edit_text);
search_edit_text.requestFocus();
search_edit_text.dispatchTouchEvent(MotionEvent.obtain(SystemClock.uptimeMillis(), SystemClock.uptimeMillis(), MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN , 0, 0, 0));
search_edit_text.dispatchTouchEvent(MotionEvent.obtain(SystemClock.uptimeMillis(), SystemClock.uptimeMillis(), MotionEvent.ACTION_UP , 0, 0, 0));
This works for me guys fragment may have some different syntax . THIS WORKS FOR ACTIVITY

Use this in your Activity's code:
getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_HIDDEN);

If your view has EditText and Listview then Keyboard will open up by default.
To hide keyboard from popping up by default do the following
this.listView.requestFocus();
Make sure you are requesting focus on listview after getting view for editText.
For e.g.
this.listView = (ListView) this.findViewById(R.id.list);
this.editTextSearch = (EditText) this.findViewById(R.id.editTextSearch);
this.listView.requestFocus();
If you do it, then editText will get focus and keyboard will pop up.