how to remove selected state from an edittext when an activity launches in android?

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In my application I have an activity that has an edittext in it, when the activity launches the edit text automatically is given a selected state and the keyboard appears immediately, the problem here is when this happens other parts of the activity the user sees become hidden, what I would like is that when the activity starts there is no focus on the edittext so that user can view other elements on the page and then decide if they would like to select the edittext and launch the keyboard, any help would go a long way thanks!

Please google or search in SO before asking – Ahmad Apr 29 '12 at 22:52 — Ahmad, Apr 29 '12 at 22:52
I have but I havent found anything that works – Edmund Rojas Apr 29 '12 at 22:54 — Edmund Rojas, Apr 29 '12 at 22:54
Look at the link I postet as an answer – Ahmad Apr 29 '12 at 22:55 — Ahmad, Apr 29 '12 at 22:55

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 29 '12 at 23:54

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I figured it out, you actually have to go into the manifest file and place android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden" in the activity tag for the activity you dont want the keyboard to automatically show up on, took some extensive searching but found it!

answered Apr 29 '12 at 23:54

Edmund Rojas

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 30 '12 at 05:49

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use android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden" in your manifest.xml file as

<activity android:name=".YourActivity" android:label="" android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar" android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden"/>

hope this help

answered Apr 30 '12 at 05:49

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thanks man i know about android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden" but don't know how to use this. thanks again. – Apr 30 '12 at 05:50

how to remove selected state from an edittext when an activity launches in android?

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