Disable keyboard on EditText

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I m doing a calculator  So I made my own Buttons with numbers and functions  The expression that has to be calculated  is in an EditText  because I want users can add numbers or functions also in the middle of the expression  so with the EditText I have the cursor  But I want to disable the Keyboard when users click on the EditText  I found this example that it s ok for Android 2 3  but with ICS disable the Keyboard and also the cursor   public class NoImeEditText extends EditText       public NoImeEditText Context context  AttributeSet attrs           super context  attrs                     Override          public boolean onCheckIsTextEditor               return false                         And then I use this NoImeEditText in my XML file   lt com my package NoImeEditText       android id    id etMy            gt    How I can make compatible this EditText with ICS    Thanks

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I found this solution which works for me  It also places the cursor  when clicked on EditText at the correct position   EditText editText    EditText findViewById R id edit mine      set OnTouchListener to consume the touch event editText setOnTouchListener new 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                                            return true

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To add to Alex Kucherenko solution  the issue with the cursor getting disappearing after calling setInputType 0  is due to a framework bug on ICS  and JB     The bug is documented here  https   code google com p android issues detail id 27609    To workaround this  call setRawInputType InputType TYPE CLASS TEXT  right after the setInputType call    To stop the keyboard from appearing  just override OnTouchListener of the EditText and return true  swallowing the touch event    ed setOnTouchListener new OnTouchListener                   Override             public boolean onTouch View v  MotionEvent event                     return true                              The reasons for the cursor appearing on GB devices and not on ICS  had me tearing my hair out for a couple of hours  so I hope this saves someone s time

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editText setShowSoftInputOnFocus false

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I don  t know if this answer is the better  but i found a possible faster solution  On XML  just put on EditText this attributes   android focusable  true  android focusableInTouchMode  false    And then do what you need with onClickListener

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You can also use setShowSoftInputOnFocus boolean  directly on API 21  or through reflection on API 14    if  Build VERSION SDK INT  gt   Build VERSION CODES LOLLIPOP        editText setShowSoftInputOnFocus false     else       try           final Method method   EditText class getMethod                   setShowSoftInputOnFocus                    new Class   boolean class            method setAccessible true           method invoke editText  false         catch  Exception e               ignore

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Gathering solutions from multiple places here on StackOverflow  I think the next one sums it up   If you don t need the keyboard to be shown anywhere on your activity  you can simply use the next flags which are used for dialogs  got from here         getWindow   setFlags WindowManager LayoutParams FLAG ALT FOCUSABLE IM  WindowManager LayoutParams FLAG ALT FOCUSABLE IM     If you don t want it only for a specific EditText  you can use this  got from here     public static boolean disableKeyboardForEditText  NonNull EditText editText        if  Build VERSION SDK INT  gt   Build VERSION CODES LOLLIPOP            editText setShowSoftInputOnFocus false           return true            if  Build VERSION SDK INT  gt  Build VERSION CODES ICE CREAM SANDWICH MR1          try               final Method method   EditText class getMethod  setShowSoftInputOnFocus   new Class   boolean class                method setAccessible true               method invoke editText  false               return true            catch  Exception ignored                  if  Build VERSION SDK INT  gt   Build VERSION CODES HONEYCOMB MR2          try               Method method   TextView class getMethod  setSoftInputShownOnFocus   boolean class               method setAccessible true               method invoke editText  false               return true            catch  Exception ignored                  return false      Or this  taken from here      if  Build VERSION SDK INT  gt   Build VERSION CODES LOLLIPOP             editText setShowSoftInputOnFocus false          else            editText setTextIsSelectable true

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Below code is both for API    11 and API  lt  11  Cursor is still available          Disable soft keyboard from appearing  use in conjunction with android windowSoftInputMode  stateAlwaysHidden adjustNothing      param editText     public static void disableSoftInputFromAppearing EditText editText        if  Build VERSION SDK INT  gt   11            editText setRawInputType InputType TYPE CLASS TEXT           editText setTextIsSelectable true         else           editText setRawInputType InputType TYPE NULL           editText setFocusable true

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Here is a website that will give you what you need  As a summary  it provides links to InputMethodManager and View from Android Developers  It will reference to the getWindowToken inside of View and hideSoftInputFromWindow   for InputMethodManager  A better answer is given in the link  hope this helps   here is an example to consume the onTouch event   editText input field setOnTouchListener otl    private OnTouchListener otl   new OnTouchListener       public boolean onTouch  View v  MotionEvent event            return true     the listener has consumed the event          Here is another example from the same website  This claims to work but seems like a bad idea since your EditBox is NULL it will be no longer an editor   MyEditor setOnTouchListener new OnTouchListener        Override   public boolean onTouch View v  MotionEvent event        int inType   MyEditor getInputType       backup the input type     MyEditor setInputType InputType TYPE NULL      disable soft input     MyEditor onTouchEvent event      call native handler     MyEditor setInputType inType      restore input type     return true     consume touch even           Hope this points you in the right direction

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Disable the keyboard  API 11 to current  This is the best answer I have found so far to disable the keyboard  and I have seen a lot of them   if  Build VERSION SDK INT  gt   Build VERSION CODES LOLLIPOP       API 21     editText setShowSoftInputOnFocus false     else      API 11-20     editText setTextIsSelectable true      There is no need to use reflection or set the InputType to null  Re-enable the keyboard Here is how you re-enable the keyboard if needed  if  Build VERSION SDK INT  gt   Build VERSION CODES LOLLIPOP       API 21     editText setShowSoftInputOnFocus true     else      API 11-20     editText setTextIsSelectable false       editText setFocusable true       editText setFocusableInTouchMode true       editText setClickable true       editText setLongClickable true       editText setMovementMethod ArrowKeyMovementMethod getInstance         editText setText editText getText    TextView BufferType SPANNABLE      See this Q amp A for why the complicated pre API 21 version is needed to undo setTextIsSelectable true    How to enable keyboard on touch after disabling it with setTextIsSelectable  This answer needs to be more thoroughly tested  I have tested the setShowSoftInputOnFocus on higher API devices  but after  androiddeveloper s comment below  I see that this needs to be more thoroughly tested  Here is some cut-and-paste code to help test this answer  If you can confirm that it does or doesn t work for API 11 to 20  please leave a comment  I don t have any API 11-20 devices and my emulator is having problems  activity main xml  lt  xml version  quot 1 0 quot  encoding  quot utf-8 quot   gt   lt LinearLayout     xmlns android  quot http   schemas android com apk res android quot      android id  quot   id activity main quot      android layout width  quot match parent quot      android layout height  quot match parent quot      android paddingBottom  quot  dimen activity vertical margin quot      android paddingLeft  quot  dimen activity horizontal margin quot      android paddingRight  quot  dimen activity horizontal margin quot      android paddingTop  quot  dimen activity vertical margin quot      android orientation  quot vertical quot      android background  quot  android color white quot  gt        lt EditText         android id  quot   id editText quot          android textColor  quot  android color black quot          android layout width  quot match parent quot          android layout height  quot wrap content quot   gt        lt Button         android text  quot enable keyboard quot          android onClick  quot enableButtonClick quot          android layout width  quot wrap content quot          android layout height  quot wrap content quot   gt        lt Button         android text  quot disable keyboard quot          android onClick  quot disableButtonClick quot          android layout width  quot wrap content quot          android layout height  quot wrap content quot   gt   lt  LinearLayout gt   MainActivity java public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity        EditText editText        Override     protected void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState            super onCreate savedInstanceState           setContentView R layout activity main            editText    EditText  findViewById R id editText                 when keyboard is hidden it should appear when editText is clicked     public void enableButtonClick View view            if  Build VERSION SDK INT  gt   Build VERSION CODES LOLLIPOP       API 21             editText setShowSoftInputOnFocus true             else      API 11-20             editText setTextIsSelectable false               editText setFocusable true               editText setFocusableInTouchMode true               editText setClickable true               editText setLongClickable true               editText setMovementMethod ArrowKeyMovementMethod getInstance                 editText setText editText getText    TextView BufferType SPANNABLE                           when keyboard is hidden it shouldn t respond when editText is clicked     public void disableButtonClick View view            if  Build VERSION SDK INT  gt   Build VERSION CODES LOLLIPOP       API 21             editText setShowSoftInputOnFocus false             else      API 11-20             editText setTextIsSelectable true

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Just put this line inside the activity tag in manifest  android windowSoftInputMode  stateHidden

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This worked for me  First add this android windowSoftInputMode  stateHidden  in your android manifest file  under your activity   like below     lt activity     android windowSoftInputMode  stateHidden  gt    Then on onCreate method of youractivity  add the foloowing code   EditText editText    EditText findViewById R id edit text   edit text setOnTouchListener new OnTouchListener           Override     public boolean onTouch View v  MotionEvent event            v onTouchEvent event           InputMethodManager inputMethod    InputMethodManager v getContext   getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE           if  inputMethod   null                inputMethod hideSoftInputFromWindow v getWindowToken    0                                     return true              Then if you want the pointer to be visible add this on your xml  android textIsSelectable  true    This will make the pointer visible  In this way the keyboard will not popup when your activity starts and also will be hidden when you click on the edittext

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Just set    NoImeEditText setInputType 0     or in the constructor      public NoImeEditText Context context  AttributeSet attrs               super context  attrs                setInputType 0

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try  android editable  false  or android inputType  none

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only if you completely want to disable keyboard for     that particular edit text your edit text    EditText  findViewById R id editText 1   your edit text setInputType InputType TYPE NULL

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Add below properties to the Edittext controller in the layout file   lt Edittext    android focusableInTouchMode  true     android cursorVisible  false     android focusable  false     gt    I have been using this solution for while and it works fine for me

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