How to hide Soft Keyboard when activity starts

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The question:

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.

The Solutions:

Below are the methods you can try. The first solution is probably the best. Try others if the first one doesn’t work. Senior developers aren’t just copying/pasting – they read the methods carefully & apply them wisely to each case.

Method 1

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

Method 2

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);
}

Method 3

Just add two attributes to the parent view of editText.

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

Method 4

Put this in the manifest inside the Activity tag

  android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden"

Method 5

Try this:

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

Look at this one for more details.

Method 6

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);

Method 7

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;
}});

Method 8

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>

Method 9

If you don’t want to use xml, make a Kotlin Extension to hide keyboard

// In onResume, call this
myView.hideKeyboard()

fun View.hideKeyboard() {
    val inputMethodManager = context.getSystemService(INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE) as InputMethodManager
    inputMethodManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(windowToken, 0)
}

Alternatives based on use case:

fun Fragment.hideKeyboard() {
    view?.let { activity?.hideKeyboard(it) }
}

fun Activity.hideKeyboard() {
    // Calls Context.hideKeyboard
    hideKeyboard(currentFocus ?: View(this))
}

fun Context.hideKeyboard(view: View) {
    view.hideKeyboard()
}

How to show soft keyboard

fun Context.showKeyboard() { // Or View.showKeyboard()
    val inputMethodManager = context.getSystemService(INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE) as InputMethodManager
    inputMethodManager.toggleSoftInput(SHOW_FORCED, HIDE_IMPLICIT_ONLY)
}

Simpler method when simultaneously requesting focus on an edittext

myEdittext.focus()

fun View.focus() {
    requestFocus()
    showKeyboard()
}

Bonus simplification:

Remove requirement for ever using getSystemService: Splitties Library

// Simplifies above solution to just
inputMethodManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(windowToken, 0)

Method 10

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);

Method 11

add in your activity in manifasts
this property 

android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden"

Method 12

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).

Method 13

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);
}

Method 14

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);
    }

Method 15

Use SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_HIDDEN instead of SOFT_INPUT_STATE_HIDDEN 

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

Method 16

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"/>

Method 17

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

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

Method 18

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;
            }
        });

Method 19

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
    }
});

Method 20

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" />

Method 21

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.

Method 22

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

Method 23

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

it will works


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