Prevent soft keyboard from being dismissed

Question

There are many questions related to how to programatically show/hide the soft keyboard.

However, as we all know the android back button will cause the keyboard to be dismissed. Is there a way to prevent the user from dismissing the keyboard with a back button press?

I tried to capture the back button, but when the keyboard is displayed onKeyDown in my activity is not invoked when the back key is pressed and soft keyboard is visible.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Qberticus:

There is another control (shake) for removing the keyboard in this particular case. Not anti-user.