How to keep soft keyboard from opening on activity launch in Android?

Question

In an Android app, whenever the activity launches, the textbox gets the focus and the soft keyboard pops up automatically. I have tried to stop this by using following line in onCreate method, but it does not work.

((InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE)).hideSoftInputFromWindow(EditText.getWindowToken(), 0);

Answer 1

Does the following work?

// Find editor
EditText editWindowInstance = this.findViewById(R.id.MyEditWindow);

// close soft keyboard 
((InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE)).hideSoftInputFromWindow(editWindowInstance.getWindowToken(), InputMethodManager.HIDE_NOT_ALWAYS); 

Answer 2

You can use the following line of code to make sure the keyboard only pops up when a user clicks into an EditText

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

And

You need to add

android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize"

to your activity tag in the AndroidManifest.xml file.

Answer 3

The following code works for me

((InputMethodManager) iClockActivity
                    .getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE))
                    .showSoftInput(textView, 0);

Answer 4

From Manifest file:

 <activity android:name=".ChatActivity"
                    android:label="@string/app_name"
                    android:configChanges="orientation"
                    android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize"               
                    android:launchMode="singleTop"></activity>

UI Activity File:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<RelativeLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/AbsoluteLayout01"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"    
    android:background="#ECEFF5"
    >

    <include
        layout="@layout/header"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"         
    />  

    <include 
        android:id="@+id/top_bar" 
        layout="@layout/im_top_bar"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"                      
    />  

    <ListView android:id="@+id/listConv"
              android:layout_width="wrap_content"
              android:layout_height="wrap_content"
              android:layout_weight="1"              
              android:scrollbars="horizontal"
              android:layout_below="@id/top_bar"
              android:divider="#00000000"
              android:cacheColorHint="@android:color/transparent"              
              android:layout_marginBottom="95px"              
            />

    <RelativeLayout     
        android:id="@+id/sendMessageLayout"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"        
        android:background="@drawable/chat_box_bg"  
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
        android:layout_marginBottom="35px"
        android:gravity="center_vertical" 
    >

    <EditText android:id="@+id/sendText"
              android:layout_width="fill_parent"
              android:layout_height="wrap_content"
              android:singleLine="true"
              android:textSize="16sp"
              android:autoText="false"
              android:capitalize="none"
              android:scrollHorizontally="true"
              android:layout_marginRight="65px"                            
              />

    <Button android:id="@+id/sendBtn"
            android:layout_width="60px"
            android:layout_height="45px"            
            android:text="Send"
            android:layout_alignParentRight="true"            

          />

    </RelativeLayout>

    <include layout="@layout/footer_nav" />

</RelativeLayout>

Java file:

package com.web;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Window;

public class ChatActivity extends Activity {


    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {


        requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
        setContentView(R.layout.chat);

        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    }

    }