Dont want soft keyboard to automatically show on l

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Everytime I open my android app, it automatically focuses the edittext box and the soft keyboard opens up. Is there a way to focus something else on start up so the keyboard doesnt show right away?

Answer 1

Add this two lines to you main layout.

android:descendantFocusability="beforeDescendants"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true"

Answer 2

You can try:

android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden"

for your activity in AndroidManifest.xml

Answer 3

Add in your layout definition (in xml file) this following options :

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