How to disable keypad popup when on edittext?

Question

In my app the first view of all my screens is an EditText, so every time i go to a screen the onscreen keypad pops up. how can i disable this popingup and enable it when manually clicked on the EditText????

    eT = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.searchAutoCompleteTextView_feed);

    eT.setOnFocusChangeListener(new OnFocusChangeListener() {

        public void onFocusChange(View v, boolean hasFocus) {

            if(hasFocus){
            InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE); 
            imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(eT.getWindowToken(), 0);
            }
        }
    });

xml code:

<ImageView
    android:id="@+id/feedPageLogo"
    android:layout_width="45dp"
    android:layout_height="45dp"
    android:src="@drawable/wic_logo_small" />

<Button
    android:id="@+id/goButton_feed"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
    android:text="@string/go" />

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/searchAutoCompleteTextView_feed"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_toLeftOf="@id/goButton_feed"
    android:layout_toRightOf="@id/feedPageLogo"
    android:hint="@string/search" />

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/feedLabel"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_below="@id/feedPageLogo"
    android:gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal"
    android:text="@string/feed"
    android:textColor="@color/white" />

<LinearLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/ButtonsLayout_feed"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" >

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/feedButton_feed"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="30dp"
        android:layout_margin="0dp"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:background="@color/white"
        android:text="@string/feed"
        android:textColor="@color/black" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/iWantButton_feed"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="30dp"
        android:layout_margin="0dp"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:background="@color/white"
        android:text="@string/iwant"
        android:textColor="@color/black" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/shareButton_feed"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="30dp"
        android:layout_margin="0dp"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:background="@color/white"
        android:text="@string/share"
        android:textColor="@color/black" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/profileButton_feed"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="30dp"
        android:layout_margin="0dp"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:background="@color/white"
        android:text="@string/profile"
        android:textColor="@color/black" />
</LinearLayout>

<ListView
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/feedListView"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_above="@id/ButtonsLayout_feed"
    android:layout_below="@id/feedLabel"
    android:textSize="15dp" >
</ListView>

the third view (EditText) is where the focus is.

Answer 1

Thanks @A.B for good solution

    android:focusableInTouchMode="false"

this case if you will disable keyboard in edit text , just add android:focusableInTouchMode="false" in edittext tagline.

work for me in Android Studio 3.0.1 minsdk 16 , maxsdk26

Answer 2

Only thing you need to do is that add android:focusableInTouchMode="false" to the EditText in xml and thats all.(If someone still needs to know how to do that with the easy way)

Answer 3

I found the following pattern to work well for me in code where I want to show a dialog to get the input (e.g., the string displayed in the text field is the result of selections made from a list of checkboxes in a dialog, rather than text entered via the keyboard).

1. Disable soft input focus on the edit field. I can't disable for the entire activity, as there are edit fields I do want the keyboard to be used for in the same layout.

2. Initial clicks in the text field yield a focus change, a repeated click yields a click event. So I override both (here I don't refactor the code out to illustrate both handlers do the same thing):

   tx = (TextView) m_activity.findViewById(R.id.allergymeds);
   if (tx != null) {
       tx.setShowSoftInputOnFocus(false);
       tx.setOnFocusChangeListener(new View.OnFocusChangeListener() {
           @Override
           public void onFocusChange(View view, boolean hasFocus) {
               if (hasFocus) {
                   MedicationsListDialogFragment mld = new MedicationsListDialogFragment();
                   mld.setPatientId(m_sess.getActivePatientId());
                   mld.show(getFragmentManager(), "Allergy Medications Dialog");
               }
           }
       });
       tx.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
           @Override
           public void onClick(View view) {
               MedicationsListDialogFragment mld = new MedicationsListDialogFragment();
               mld.setPatientId(m_sess.getActivePatientId());
               mld.show(getFragmentManager(), "Allergy Medications Dialog");
           }
       });
   }
   

Answer 4

Use This to enable and disable EditText....

InputMethodManager imm;

imm = (InputMethodManager)
getApplicationContext().getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);

if (isETEnable == true) {

    imm.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT, 0);
    ivWalllet.setImageResource(R.drawable.checkbox_yes);
    etWalletAmount.setEnabled(true);
    etWalletAmount.requestFocus();
    isETEnable = false;
    } 
else {

    imm.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.HIDE_IMPLICIT_ONLY,0);
    ivWalllet.setImageResource(R.drawable.checkbox_unchecked);
    etWalletAmount.setEnabled(false);
    isETEnable = true;
    }

Answer 5

The best solution lies in the Project Manifest file (AndroidManifest.xml), add the following attribute in the activity construct

android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden"

---

Example:

    <activity android:name=".MainActivity" 
              android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden" />

Description:

• The state of the soft keyboard — whether it is hidden or visible — when the activity becomes the focus of user attention.
• The adjustment made to the activity's main window — whether it is resized smaller to make room for the soft keyboard or whether its contents pan to make the current focus visible when part of the window is covered by the soft keyboard.

Introduced in:

• API Level 3.

Link to the Docs

Note: Values set here (other than "stateUnspecified" and "adjustUnspecified") override values set in the theme.

Answer 6

Two Simple Solutions:

First Solution is added below line of code in manifest xml file. In Manifest file (AndroidManifest.xml), add the following attribute in the activity construct

android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden"

Example:

<activity android:name=".MainActivity" 
          android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden" />

Second Solution is adding below line of code in activity

//Block auto opening keyboard  
  this.getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_HIDDEN);

We can use any one solution of above. Thanks