[android] How to hide Soft Keyboard when activity starts

I have an Edittext with android:windowSoftInputMode="stateVisible" in Manifest. Now the keyboard will be shown when I start the activity. How to hide it? I cannot use android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden because when keyboard is visible then minimize the app and resume it the keyboard should be visible. I tried with

InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE); imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(getCurrentFocus().getWindowToken(), 0);

but it did not work.

You can set config on AndroidManifest.xml

Example:

<activity
    android:name="Activity"
    android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden"
    android:theme="@*android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar"
    android:launchMode="singleTop"
    android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden"/>

Add the following text to your xml file.

<!--Dummy layout that gain focus -->
            <LinearLayout
                android:layout_width="0dp"
                android:layout_height="0dp"
                android:focusable="true"
                android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
                android:orientation="vertical" >
            </LinearLayout>

Use SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_HIDDEN instead of SOFT_INPUT_STATE_HIDDEN

this.getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_HIDDEN);

Try this:

<activity
    ...
    android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden|adjustResize"
    ...
>

Look at this one for more details.

I hope this will work, I tried a lot of methods but this one worked for me in fragments. just put this line in onCreateview/init.

getActivity().getWindow().setSoftInputMode(
    WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_HIDDEN);

Above answers are also correct. I just want to give a brief that there's two ways to hide the keyboard when starting the activity, from manifest.xml. eg:

<activity
..........
android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden"
..........
/>

• The above way always hide it when entering the activity.

or

<activity
..........
android:windowSoftInputMode="stateUnchanged"
..........
/>

• This one says don't change it (e.g. don't show it if it isn't already shown, but if it was open when entering the activity, leave it open).

Try this one also

Ed_Cat_Search = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText_Searc_Categories);

Ed_Cat_Search.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_NULL);

Ed_Cat_Search.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() {
    public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
        Ed_Cat_Search.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT);
        Ed_Cat_Search.onTouchEvent(event); // call native handler
        return true; // consume touch even
    }
});

In the AndroidManifest.xml:

<activity android:name="com.your.package.ActivityName"
          android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden"  />

or try

getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_HIDDEN)??;

Please check this also

Use the following functions to show/hide the keyboard:

/**
 * Hides the soft keyboard
 */
public void hideSoftKeyboard() {
    if(getCurrentFocus()!=null) {
        InputMethodManager inputMethodManager = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
        inputMethodManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(getCurrentFocus().getWindowToken(), 0);
    }
}

/**
 * Shows the soft keyboard
 */
public void showSoftKeyboard(View view) {
    InputMethodManager inputMethodManager = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
    view.requestFocus();
    inputMethodManager.showSoftInput(view, 0);
}

Use the following code to Hide the softkeyboard first time when you start the Activity

getActivity().getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.
LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_HIDDEN);

Try this.

First in your searchable xml the fields (name and hint etc) put @string and not literal strings.

Then method onCreateOptionsMenu, it must have a ComponentName object with your package name and your completed class name (with package name) - In case activity which has the SearchView component is the same as the show search results use getComponentName(), as the google android developer says.

I tried a lot of solutions and after much,much work this solution works for me.

Put this in the manifest inside the Activity tag

  android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden"  

To hide the softkeyboard at the time of New Activity start or onCreate(),onStart() etc. you can use the code below:

getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_HIDDEN);

This is what I did:

yourEditText.setCursorVisible(false); //This code is used when you do not want the cursor to be visible at startup
        yourEditText.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() {

            @Override
            public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
                v.onTouchEvent(event);   // handle the event first
                InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)v.getContext().getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
                if (imm != null) {

                    imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(v.getWindowToken(), 0);  // hide the soft keyboard
                    yourEditText.setCursorVisible(true); //This is to display cursor when upon onTouch of Edittext
                }
                return true;
            }
        });

Put this code your java file and pass the argument for object on edittext,

private void setHideSoftKeyboard(EditText editText){
    InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
    imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(editText.getWindowToken(), 0);
}

getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_HIDDEN);

it will works

To hide the softkeyboard at the time of New Activity start or onCreate(),onStart() method etc. use the code below:

getActivity().getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.
LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_HIDDEN);

To hide softkeyboard at the time of Button is click in activity:

View view = this.getCurrentFocus();

    if (view != null) {
        InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
        assert imm != null;
        imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(view.getWindowToken(), 0);
    }

Just add two attributes to the parent view of editText.

android:focusable="true"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true"

add in your activity in manifasts this property

android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden" 

Ed_Cat_Search = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText_Searc_Categories);

Ed_Cat_Search.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_NULL);

Ed_Cat_Search.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() {
    public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
        Ed_Cat_Search.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT);
        Ed_Cat_Search.onTouchEvent(event); // call native handler
        return true; // consume touch even
    }
});

this one worked for me

Using AndroidManifest.xml

<activity android:name=".YourActivityName"
      android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden"  
 />

Using Java

getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_HIDDEN);

using the above solution keyboard hide but edittext from taking focus when activiy is created, but grab it when you touch them using:

add in your EditText

<EditText
android:focusable="false" />

also add listener of your EditText

youredittext.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() {
@Override
public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
    v.setFocusable(true);
    v.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);
    return false;
}});

If your application is targeting Android API Level 21 or more than there is a default method available.

editTextObj.setShowSoftInputOnFocus(false);

Make sure you have set below code in EditText XML tag.

<EditText  
    ....
    android:enabled="true"
    android:focusable="true" />