How to dismiss keyboard in Android SearchView?

Question

I have a searchView in the ActionBar. I want to dismiss the keyboard when the user is done with input. I have the following queryTextListener on the searchView

final SearchView.OnQueryTextListener queryTextListener = new SearchView.OnQueryTextListener() { 
    @Override 
    public boolean onQueryTextChange(String newText) { 
        // Do something 
        return true; 
    } 

    @Override 
    public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query) {

        showProgress();
        // Do stuff, make async call

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

        return true; 
    } 
};

Based on similar questions, the following code should dismiss the keyboard, but it doesn't work in this case:

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

I've also tried:

InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(searchView.getWindowToken(), 0);

Neither one works. I'm not sure if this is a Honeycomb specific problem or if it's related to the searchView in the ActionBar, or both. Has anyone gotten this working or know why it does not work?

score 72 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

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I was trying to do something similar. I needed to launch the SearchActivity from another Activity and have the search term appear on the opened search field when it loaded. I tried all the approaches above but finally (similar to Ridcully's answer above) I set a variable to SearchView in onCreateOptionsMenu() and then in onQueryTextSubmit() called clearFocus() on the SearchView when the user submitted a new search:

private SearchView searchView;

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.search_menu, menu);
    searchView = (SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.menu_search)
            .getActionView(); // set the reference to the searchView
    searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(this); 
    searchMenuItem = (MenuItem) menu.findItem(R.id.menu_search); 
    searchMenuItem.expandActionView(); // expand the search action item automatically
    searchView.setQuery("<put your search term here>", false); // fill in the search term by default
    searchView.clearFocus(); // close the keyboard on load
    return true;
}

@Override
public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query) {
    performNewSearch(query);
    searchView.clearFocus();
    return true;
}

edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

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answered Feb 28 '13 at 04:02

bkurzius

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where is ``query`` defined in ``onCreateOptionsMenu``? – tommy chheng Mar 13 '13 at 20:55
..that is the query string that is defined elsewhere. i'll edit it out . That line is also not needed, it is only if you want to pre-fill the query and the second argument (false) stops it from running the query. – bkurzius Mar 14 '13 at 21:46
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Thank you very much! searchView.clearFocus() is the part I missing till now – satyadeepk Dec 19 '13 at 19:38
Don't use `searchView.clearFocus() ` because some next view will be focused with animation (I don't think you want to do it) – user924 Oct 02 '19 at 20:43
you should return false – user924 Oct 02 '19 at 20:45

score 38 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 02 '14 at 10:38

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Simple, straight to the point and clean:

  @Override
  public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query) {
      // your search methods
      searchView.clearFocus();
      return true;
  }

answered Jul 02 '14 at 10:38

dazito

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This should be the correct answer as per the documentation, Returns boolean: true if the query has been handled by the listener, false to let the SearchView perform the default action. https://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/SearchView.OnQueryTextListener.html#onQueryTextSubmit(java.lang.String) – MrDEV Dec 09 '18 at 21:58
Don't use `searchView.clearFocus() ` because some next view will be focused with animation (I don't think you want to do it) – user924 Oct 02 '19 at 20:43
you should return false – user924 Oct 02 '19 at 20:45

score 28 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 21 '15 at 10:24

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just return false on onQueryTextSubmit just like below

@Override
public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String s) {
     return false;
}

answered Mar 21 '15 at 10:24

Plugie

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@lostintranslation because it's a normal UI behavior – user924 Oct 02 '19 at 20:45

score 11 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 08 '15 at 17:41

For me, none of the above was working on the first submit. It was hiding and then immediately re-showing the keyboard. I had to post the clearFocus() on the view's handler to make it happen after it was done with everything else.

mSearchView.setOnQueryTextListener(new SearchView.OnQueryTextListener() {
            @Override
            public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query) {
                if (!"".equals(query)) {
                    mSearchView.post(new Runnable() {
                        @Override
                        public void run() {
                            mSearchView.clearFocus();
                        }
                    });
                }
                return true;
            }

            @Override
            public boolean onQueryTextChange(String newText) {
                return false;
            }
        });

score 11 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 10 '12 at 09:10

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Somehow it works if you call

InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(searchView.getWindowToken(), 0);

and then

otherWidget.requestFocus();

answered Jan 10 '12 at 09:10

Randy Sugianto 'Yuku'

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score 7 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 01 '12 at 11:18

For me, the following works:

In my activity I have a member variable

private SearchView mSearchView;

In onCreateOptionsMenu() I set that variable like so:

public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
    inflater.inflate(R.menu.library, menu);
    mSearchView = (SearchView)menu.findItem(R.id.miSearch).getActionView();
    mSearchView.setOnQueryTextListener(this);
    return true;
}

In the QueryTextListener at last, I do this:

mSearchView.setQuery("", false);
mSearchView.setIconified(true);

I had a look at the source code of SearchView, and if you do not reset the query text to an empty string, the SearchView just does that, and does not remove the keyboard neither. Actually, drilling down deep enough in the source code, it comes to the same, yuku suggested, but still I like my solution better, as I do not have to mess around with those low level stuff.

Parnit · Answer 7 · 2015-01-27T17:40:23.930

Edit: I added the better solution on top, but also kept the old answer as a reference.

 @Override
        public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query) {

                  searchView.clearFocus();
            return false;
        }

Original Answer: I programmed using a setOnQueryTextListener. When the searchview is hidden the keyboard goes away and then when it is visible again the keyboard does not pop back up.

    //set query change listener
     searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(new SearchView.OnQueryTextListener(){
        @Override
        public boolean onQueryTextChange(String newText) {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub
            return false;
        }

        @Override
        public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query) {
            /**
             * hides and then unhides search tab to make sure keyboard disappears when query is submitted
             */
                  searchView.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
                  searchView.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
            return false;
        }

     });

Why are you using magic numbers, rather than the constants themselves? Also, this is just a hacky answer. — Eric Cochran, Dec 24 '14 at 08:23

score 2 · Answer 8 · answered Dec 06 '19 at 06:55

if someone is looking how to collpase searchView/keyboard, use below code

     /*
        setup close button listener
     */
    searchView.findViewById<ImageView>(R.id.search_close_btn).setOnClickListener {
        adapter.filter(null)//reset default list
        searchView.onActionViewCollapsed() //collapse SearchView/Keyboard
        true
    }

    /*
        setup text change listener
     */
    searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(object:SearchView.OnQueryTextListener{
        override fun onQueryTextSubmit(query: String?): Boolean {

            adapter.filter(if(query.isNullOrEmpty()) "" else query)

            searchView.onActionViewCollapsed() //collapse SearchView/Keyboard
            return true
        }

        override fun onQueryTextChange(newText: String?): Boolean {
            adapter.filter(if(newText.isNullOrEmpty()) "" else newText)
            return true
        }
    })

score 1 · Answer 9 · answered Jul 08 '12 at 06:07

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In a tablet app I'm working on with a dual pane activity, I've wrote only

f.getView().requestFocus(); // f is the target fragment for the search

and that was enough to dismiss the soft keyboard after a search. No need to use InputMethodManager

answered Jul 08 '12 at 06:07

Jose_GD

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score 1 · Answer 10 · answered Jun 12 '13 at 14:57

I used ActionBarSherlock 4.3 and I have a ProgressDialog. When I dismiss it in postExecute method, Searchview gain focus. To fix that:

//Handle intent and hide soft keyboard
    @Override
    protected void onNewIntent(Intent intent) {
        setIntent(intent);
        handleIntent(intent);
        searchView.setQuery("", false);
        searchView.setIconified(true);
        searchView.clearFocus();
    }

    /*When dismiss ProgressDialog, searchview gain focus again and shows the keyboard. I  call clearFocus() to avoid it.*/

    AsyncTask.onPostExecute(){
      if(pd!=null)
        pd.dismiss();
      if(searchView!=null)
        searchView.clearFocus();
    }

Hope it helps.

score 1 · Answer 11 · answered Apr 07 '19 at 21:52

You can use it.

if (isKeybordShowing(MainActivity.this, MainActivity.this.getCurrentFocus())) {
    onBackPressed();
}

public boolean isKeybordShowing(Context context, View view) {
    try {
        InputMethodManager keyboard = (InputMethodManager) context.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
        keyboard.hideSoftInputFromWindow(view.getWindowToken(), 0);
        return keyboard.isActive();
    } catch (Exception ex) {
        Log.e("keyboardHide", "cannot hide keyboard", ex);
        return false;
    }
}

score 0 · Answer 12 · answered Nov 04 '15 at 22:59

Two solutions that worked for me, the first one using the SearchView instance:

private void hideKeyboard(){
    InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
    imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(searchView.getWindowToken(), 0);
}

Second solution:

private void hideKeyboard(){
            InputMethodManager inputManager = (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE); 
            inputManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(getCurrentFocus().getWindowToken(), InputMethodManager.HIDE_NOT_ALWAYS);
 }

score 0 · Answer 13 · answered Dec 29 '16 at 10:02

Below Code is working for me to hide keyboard in Searchview

MenuItem searchItem = baseMenu.findItem(R.id.menuSearch);

edtSearch= (EditText) searchItem.getActionView().findViewById(R.id.search_src_text);

MenuItemCompat.setOnActionExpandListener(searchItem, new MenuItemCompat.OnActionExpandListener() {
                        @Override
                        public boolean onMenuItemActionExpand(MenuItem item) {
                            edtSearch.post(new Runnable() {
                                @Override
                                public void run() {
                                    InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
                                    imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(searchEditText.getWindowToken(), 0);
                                }
                            });
                            return true;
                        }

                        @Override
                        public boolean onMenuItemActionCollapse(MenuItem item) {
                            return true;
                        }
                    });

score 0 · Answer 14 · answered Jun 14 '18 at 20:08

Why dont you try this? When you touch the X button, you trigger a focus on the searchview no matter what.

ImageView closeButton = (ImageView)searchView.findViewById(R.id.search_close_btn);
        closeButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                EditText et = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.search_src_text);
                et.setText("");`enter code here`
                searchView.setQuery("", false);
                searchView.onActionViewCollapsed();
                menuSearch.collapseActionView();
            }
        });

score 0 · Answer 15 · edited Dec 05 '21 at 06:25

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fun View.hideKeyboard() {
    val imm = context.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE) as InputMethodManager
    imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(windowToken, 0)
}

edited Dec 05 '21 at 06:25

Suraj Rao

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answered Dec 05 '21 at 05:16

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score -1 · Answer 16 · answered Jun 06 '20 at 16:47

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 @Override
    public void onResume() {
        super.onResume();
        searchView.clearFocus();
    }

I tried all the answers above but none worked, clearing focus onResume worked for me

answered Jun 06 '20 at 16:47

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