Programmatically Hide Show Android Soft Keyboard

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Possible Duplicate    Close hide the Android Soft Keyboard     First thing first I already saw this thread  I tried accepted methods given there  But nothing worked for me    I have two screens in my app    First one have 2 EditText s - One for username and one for password Second one have one ListView  and an EditText - to filter the listView   In my first screen  I want username EditText to have focus on startup and Keyboard should be visible  This is my implementation  simplified by removing unnecessary unrelated codes     app login xml   lt LinearLayout android orientation  vertical       android layout width  fill parent       android layout height  wrap content       android paddingLeft  20dip        android paddingRight  20dip  gt        lt EditText android id    id username           android singleLine  true           android layout width  fill parent            android layout height  wrap content  android hint  Username            android imeOptions  actionDone  android inputType  text          android maxLines  1   gt        lt EditText android id    id password           android password  true           android singleLine  true            android layout width  fill parent           android layout height  wrap content              android hint  Password    gt   lt  LinearLayout gt    AppLogin java  class AppLogin extends Activity      private EditText mUserNameEdit   null      private EditText mPasswordEdit   null        Override     public void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState           super onCreate savedInstanceState           setContentView R layout app login            mUserNameEdit        EditText  findViewById R id username           mPasswordEdit        EditText  findViewById R id password               code to show keyboard on startup this code is not working            InputMethodManager imm     InputMethodManager  getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE           imm showSoftInput mUserNameEdit  InputMethodManager SHOW IMPLICIT           End of onCreate       Well  the keyboard is not showing at startup  And my design badly requires a keyboard there   Now on to second page  I already said I have a listView and EditText there  I want my keyboard to be hidden on startup only to appear when the user touches the editText  Can you believe it   whatever I tried soft Keyboard is showing when I load the activity  I am not able to hide it   app list view xml   lt LinearLayout android layout width  fill parent       android layout height  fill parent       android orientation  vertical   gt       lt EditText android id    id filter edittext                 android layout width  fill parent           android layout height  wrap content           android hint  Search  android inputType  text           android maxLines  1   gt       lt ListView android id   id android list           android layout height  fill parent          android layout weight  1 0           android layout width  fill parent           android focusable  true           android descendantFocusability  beforeDescendants   gt   lt  LinearLayout gt         AppList java  public class MyListActivity extends ListActivity     private EditText mfilterEditText        Override    public void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState                  super onCreate savedInstanceState         setContentView R layout app list view          mFilterEditText      EditText  findViewById R id filter edittext         InputMethodManager imm   InputMethodManager getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE         imm hideSoftInputFromWindow mFilterEditText getWindowToken    0            To simplify    On Login Page  first Page   I want my keyboard to be visible on start up  On SecondPage I want the keyboard to be hidden first  only to appear when the user touches editText   And my problem is I am getting exact opposite on both occasion   Hope someone faced this issue before BTW I am testing on simulator and HTC Desire phone   FINAL OUTCOME  Well  I got it working  with the help of all friends here   1  To Show keyboard on startup  Two answers worked for me  One provided by  CapDroid  which is to use a handler and post it delayed    mUserNameEdit postDelayed new Runnable        Override   public void run            TODO Auto-generated method stub     InputMethodManager keyboard    InputMethodManager getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE       keyboard showSoftInput mUserNameEdit  0         50     Second answers are provided by  Dyarish  In fact  he linked to another SO thread  which I haven t seen before  But the funny thing is that this solution is given in the thread which I referenced at the start  And I haven t tried it out because it had zero votes in a thread where all other posts have plenty of votes  Height of foolishness    getWindow   setSoftInputMode WindowManager LayoutParams SOFT INPUT STATE ALWAYS VISIBLE     For me  the second solution looked neat  so I decided to stick with it  But the first one certainly works  Also   Dyarish s answer contains a clever hack of using a ScrollView below EditText to give EditText the focus  But I haven t tried it  but it should work  Not neat though    2  To hide keyboard at activity start  Only one answer worked for me  which is provided by  Dyarish  And the solution is to use  focusableInTouchMode settings in xml for the layout containing the editText s  This did the trick   lt LinearLayout android layout width  fill parent       android layout height  fill parent       android orientation  vertical       android focusableInTouchMode  true  gt       lt EditText android id    id filter edittext                 android layout width  fill parent           android layout height  wrap content           android hint  Search  android inputType  text           android maxLines  1   gt       lt ListView android id   id android list           android layout height  fill parent          android layout weight  1 0           android layout width  fill parent           android focusable  true           android descendantFocusability  beforeDescendants   gt   lt  LinearLayout gt     Anyway  I end up using Dyarish s answer in both cases  So I am awarding the bounty to him  Thanks to all other friends who tried to help me

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Try this code   For showing Softkeyboard   InputMethodManager imm    InputMethodManager                                   getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE   if imm    null           imm toggleSoftInput InputMethodManager SHOW IMPLICIT  0           For Hiding SoftKeyboard -   InputMethodManager imm    InputMethodManager                                    getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE   if imm    null           imm toggleSoftInput 0  InputMethodManager HIDE IMPLICIT ONLY

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Did you try InputMethodManager SHOW IMPLICIT in first window   and for hiding in second window use InputMethodManager HIDE IMPLICIT ONLY  EDIT    If its still not working then probably you are putting it at the wrong place  Override onFinishInflate   and show hide there    override public void onFinishInflate             code to show keyboard on startup        InputMethodManager imm    InputMethodManager  getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE       imm showSoftInput mUserNameEdit  InputMethodManager SHOW IMPLICIT

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UPDATE 2   Override     protected void onResume             super onResume            mUserNameEdit requestFocus             mUserNameEdit postDelayed new Runnable                   Override             public void run                        TODO Auto-generated method stub                 InputMethodManager keyboard    InputMethodManager                  getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE                   keyboard showSoftInput mUserNameEdit  0                           200     use 300 to make it run when coming back from lock screen         I tried very hard and found out a solution     whenever a new activity starts then keyboard cant open but we can use Runnable in onResume and it is working fine so please try this code and check     UPDATE 1  add this line in your AppLogin java  mUserNameEdit requestFocus      and this line in your AppList java  listview requestFocus      after this check your application if it is not working then add this line in your AndroidManifest xml file   lt activity android name   AppLogin  android configChanges  keyboardHidden orientation  gt  lt  activity gt   lt activity android name   AppList  android configChanges  keyboard orientation  gt  lt  activity gt    ORIGINAL ANSWER   InputMethodManager imm    InputMethodManager this getSystemService Service INPUT METHOD SERVICE     for hide keyboard   imm hideSoftInputFromWindow ed getWindowToken    0      for show keyboard   imm showSoftInput ed  0     for focus on EditText   ed requestFocus      where ed is EditText

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Adding this to your code android focusableInTouchMode  true  will make sure that your keypad doesn t appear on startup for your edittext box  You want to add this line to your linear layout that contains the EditTextBox  You should be able to play with this to solve both your problems   I have tested this  Simple solution    ie  In your app list view xml file   lt LinearLayout      android layout width  fill parent       android layout height  fill parent       android orientation  vertical       android focusableInTouchMode  true  gt       lt EditText          android id    id filter edittext                 android layout width  fill parent           android layout height  wrap content           android hint  Search           android inputType  text           android maxLines  1   gt       lt ListView          android id   id android list           android layout height  fill parent          android layout weight  1 0           android layout width  fill parent           android focusable  true           android descendantFocusability  beforeDescendants   gt   lt  LinearLayout gt     ------------------ EDIT  To Make keyboard appear on startup -----------------------  This is to make they Keyboard appear on the username edittextbox on startup  All I ve done is added an empty Scrollview to the bottom of the  xml file  this puts the first edittext into focus and pops up the keyboard  I admit this is a hack  but I am assuming you just want this to work  I ve tested it  and it works fine     lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt LinearLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android       android orientation  vertical       android layout width  fill parent       android layout height  wrap content       android paddingLeft  20dip        android paddingRight  20dip  gt       lt EditText          android id    id userName           android singleLine  true           android layout width  fill parent            android layout height  wrap content           android hint  Username            android imeOptions  actionDone           android inputType  text          android maxLines  1           gt       lt EditText          android id    id password           android password  true           android singleLine  true            android layout width  fill parent           android layout height  wrap content           android hint  Password    gt       lt ScrollView         android id    id ScrollView01            android layout height  fill parent             android layout width  fill parent  gt        lt  ScrollView gt   lt  LinearLayout gt    If you are looking for a more eloquent solution  I ve found this question which might help you out  it is not as simple as the solution above but probably a better solution  I haven t tested it but it apparently works  I think it is similar to the solution you ve tried which didn t work for you though    Hope this is what you are looking for   Cheers

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