Android's ScrollView (when scrolled or fling'd) likes to set the focus of an EditText when it's one of it's children. It happens when you scroll and then release. Is there anyway to stop this behavior? I've tried nearly everything I can think of and everything I've read on StackOverflow. Nothing has worked for me. Below is an example layout If you'd like to test it out. I'm desperate to stop this dumb behavior.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
>
<ScrollView
android:id="@+id/scrollView"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
>
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_marginRight="50dp"
android:focusable="true"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
>
<EditText
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="100dp"
android:text="TestApp 1"
/>
<Button
android:id="@+id/btn"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="TestApp 1"
/>
<Button
android:id="@+id/btn"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="TestApp 1"
/>
<Button
android:id="@+id/btn"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="TestApp 1"
/>
<EditText
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="100dp"
android:text="Bleh...."
/>
<Button
android:id="@+id/btn"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="TestApp 1"
/>
<EditText
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="100dp"
android:text="TestApp 1"
/>
<Button
android:id="@+id/btn"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="TestApp 1"
/>
<Button
android:id="@+id/btn"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="MeeEEEEEEEEEEEEE"
/>
<Button
android:id="@+id/btn"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="TestApp 1"
/>
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
</LinearLayout>
This works. Not sure if it's the best solution or not.
// SCROLL VIEW HACK
// BOGUS
ScrollView view = (ScrollView)findViewById(R.id.scrollView);
view.setDescendantFocusability(ViewGroup.FOCUS_BEFORE_DESCENDANTS);
view.setFocusable(true);
view.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);
view.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() {
@Override
public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
v.requestFocusFromTouch();
return false;
}
});
First, you can remove the parent of the ScrollView.
Second, add focus options for the child(only one child per ScrollView):
android:descendantFocusability="beforeDescendants"
android:focusable="true"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
This is how your xml should look like:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ScrollView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="@+id/scrollView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_marginRight="50dp"
android:descendantFocusability="beforeDescendants"
android:focusable="true"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<EditText
android:id="@+id/editText_one"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="100dp"
android:text="TestApp 1" />
<Button
android:id="@+id/btn_one"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="TestApp 1" />
<Button
android:id="@+id/btn_two"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="TestApp 1" />
<Button
android:id="@+id/btn_three"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="TestApp 1" />
<EditText
android:id="@+id/editText_two"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="100dp"
android:text="Bleh...." />
<Button
android:id="@+id/btn_four"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="TestApp 1" />
<EditText
android:id="@+id/editText_three"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="100dp"
android:text="TestApp 1" />
<Button
android:id="@+id/btn_five"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="TestApp 1" />
<Button
android:id="@+id/btn_six"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="MeeEEEEEEEEEEEEE" />
<Button
android:id="@+id/btn_seven"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="TestApp 1" />
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
Also, notice that you have multiple id's with the same name. Try giving them unique names.
If you want only to hide the soft-keyboard, and let the EditText still have it's focus, you can do this by adding the following property to your activity in manifest:
android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden"
ah it is very late. But I still want to add this solution to help newbies like me.
ScrollView sv = (ScrollView)findViewById(R.id.scrollView);
sv.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() {
@Override
public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
sv.clearFocus();
return false;
}
});
yes it works, just set a listener to clearfocus. and it is better than ing requestFocusFromTouch to another view 'x', which will lead to the same problem-- srolling to the view 'x'.
