How to stop EditText from gaining focus when an activity starts in Android?

Question

I have an Activity in Android, with two elements:

EditText
ListView

When my Activity starts, the EditText immediately has the input focus (flashing cursor). I don't want any control to have input focus at startup. I tried:

EditText.setSelected(false);
EditText.setFocusable(false);

No luck. How can I convince the EditText to not select itself when the Activity starts?

score 2838 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 13 '22 at 14:31

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Adding the tags android:focusableInTouchMode="true" and android:focusable="true" to the parent layout (e.g. LinearLayout or ConstraintLayout) like in the following example, will fix the problem.

<!-- Dummy item to prevent AutoCompleteTextView from receiving focus -->
<LinearLayout
    android:focusable="true" 
    android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
    android:layout_width="0px" 
    android:layout_height="0px"/>

<!-- :nextFocusUp and :nextFocusLeft have been set to the id of this component
to prevent the dummy from receiving focus again -->
<AutoCompleteTextView android:id="@+id/autotext"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:nextFocusUp="@id/autotext" 
    android:nextFocusLeft="@id/autotext"/>

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answered Nov 02 '09 at 15:49

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What about setting the *parent* layout to `android:focusableInTouchMode="true"`! – Muhammad Babar Mar 21 '14 at 05:58
@MuhammadBabar android:focusableInTouchMode="true" create a zoom view in emulator – greja May 16 '21 at 23:22
In my case adding to even a text view also works – Arjun Verma Jun 01 '21 at 11:39
if SO allow me to upvote questions multiple times then i will upvote this answer twice. Thank you brother – D_K Mar 08 '22 at 12:39

score 1739 · Answer 2 · edited May 11 '21 at 07:31

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Is the actual problem that you just don't want it to have focus at all? Or you don't want it to show the virtual keyboard as a result of focusing on the EditText? I don't really see an issue with the EditText having a focus on the start, but it's definitely a problem to have the softInput window open when the user did not explicitly request to focus on the EditText (and open the keyboard as a result).

If it's the problem of the virtual keyboard, see the AndroidManifest.xml <activity> element documentation.

android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden" - always hide it when entering the activity.

or android:windowSoftInputMode="stateUnchanged" - don't change it (e.g. don't show it if it isn't already shown, but if it was open when entering the activity, leave it open).

edited May 11 '21 at 07:31

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yet still the cursor is in the first EditText in the layout - even though the keyboard is not shown – martyglaubitz May 20 '14 at 08:17
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@Anderson: Nothing about the answer implied that it would prevent the `EditText` from obtaining focus. It actually clearly states that this is how you prevent the *software keyboard IME* from opening automatically on focus; because it is more likely that the bigger concern is the soft keyboard popping up unexpectedly, **not** the focus itself. If your issue is with the `EditText` actually having focus at all, then use someone else's answer. – Joe Jul 08 '14 at 23:38

score 1202 · Answer 3 · edited Jul 25 '22 at 11:32

A simpler solution exists. Set these attributes in your parent layout:

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/mainLayout"
    android:descendantFocusability="beforeDescendants"
    android:focusableInTouchMode="true" >

And now, when the activity starts this main layout will get focused by default.

Also, we can remove focus from child views at runtime (e.g., after finishing child editing) by giving the focus to the main layout again, like this:

findViewById(R.id.mainLayout).requestFocus();

Good comment from Guillaume Perrot:

android:descendantFocusability="beforeDescendants" seems to be the default (integer value is 0). It works just by adding android:focusableInTouchMode="true".

Really, we can see that the beforeDescendants is set as default in the ViewGroup.initViewGroup() method (Android 2.2.2). But not equal to 0. ViewGroup.FOCUS_BEFORE_DESCENDANTS = 0x20000;

Thanks to Guillaume.

score 454 · Answer 4 · edited Jul 25 '22 at 11:30

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The only solution I've found is:

Create a LinearLayout (I don't know if other kinds of Layout will work)
Set the attributes android:focusable="true" and android:focusableInTouchMode="true"

And the EditText won't get the focus after starting the activity

edited Jul 25 '22 at 11:30

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answered Oct 23 '09 at 08:12

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thanks, works on other layouts too. tested on constraint layout. – iamnaran Sep 25 '21 at 19:16
You can also set root layout as focusable – Konstantin Konopko May 05 '23 at 13:38

score 99 · Answer 5 · edited Jul 25 '22 at 11:38

The problem seems to come from a property that I can only see in the XML form of the layout.

Make sure to remove this line at the end of the declaration within the EditText XML tags:

<requestFocus />

That should give something like that :

<EditText
   android:id="@+id/emailField"
   android:layout_width="fill_parent"
   android:layout_height="wrap_content"
   android:inputType="textEmailAddress">

   //<requestFocus /> /* <-- without this line */
</EditText>

score 88 · Answer 6 · edited Apr 24 '15 at 22:21

using the information provided by other posters, I used the following solution:

in the layout XML

<!-- Dummy item to prevent AutoCompleteTextView from receiving focus -->
<LinearLayout
    android:id="@+id/linearLayout_focus"
    android:focusable="true"
    android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
    android:layout_width="0px"
    android:layout_height="0px"/>

<!-- AUTOCOMPLETE -->
<AutoCompleteTextView
    android:id="@+id/autocomplete"
    android:layout_width="200dip"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_marginTop="20dip"
    android:inputType="textNoSuggestions|textVisiblePassword"/>

in onCreate()

private AutoCompleteTextView mAutoCompleteTextView;
private LinearLayout mLinearLayout;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.mylayout);

    //get references to UI components
    mAutoCompleteTextView = (AutoCompleteTextView) findViewById(R.id.autocomplete);
    mLinearLayout = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.linearLayout_focus);
}

and finally, in onResume()

@Override
protected void onResume() {
    super.onResume();

    //do not give the editbox focus automatically when activity starts
    mAutoCompleteTextView.clearFocus();
    mLinearLayout.requestFocus();
}

This is actually the only answer that worked for me. Adding ```android:focusable="true" android:focusableInTouchMode="true"``` prevents the EditTexts from gaining focus on some devices, but on some devices it still doesn't work. I've been searching for a solution for a long time and this works perfectly. Thanks so much. — DIRTY DAVE, Dec 30 '21 at 03:17
This works better than other techniques! E.g. having `onResume()` force the text field to defocus mostly works but it breaks the second and later uses of the `adjustPan` feature (pan the window contents to fit the text field with soft keyboard), at least on API 22-23. — Jerry101, Jul 31 '22 at 06:48

score 84 · Answer 7 · edited Oct 22 '17 at 05:09

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Try clearFocus() instead of setSelected(false). Every view in Android has both focusability and selectability, and I think that you want to just clear the focus.

edited Oct 22 '17 at 05:09

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That sounds promising, but at what point in the Activity lifecycle should it be called? If I call it in onCreate(), the EditText still has focus. Should it be called in onResume() or some other location? Thanks! – Mark Oct 12 '09 at 23:36
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I combined the accepted answer with this answer. I called `myEditText.clearFocus(); myDummyLinearLayout.requestFocus();` in the `onResume` of the Activity. This ensured the EditText didn't keep the focus when the phone was rotated. – teedyay Oct 14 '10 at 21:02

score 83 · Answer 8 · edited Jul 25 '22 at 11:48

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The following will stop EditText from taking focus when created but grab it when you touch them.

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/et_bonus_custom"
    android:focusable="false" />

So you set focusable to false in the xml, but the key is in the java, which you add the following listener:

etBonus.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() {
    @Override
    public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
        v.setFocusable(true);
        v.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);
        return false;
    }
});

Because you are returning false, i.e. not consuming the event, the focusing behavior will proceed like normal.

edited Jul 25 '22 at 11:48

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answered Jun 15 '12 at 04:45

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But this will never gain focus in future, how to just stop focus only for initial(activity start) ?? – Jayesh Mar 08 '13 at 07:46
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The onTouchListener is called before other touch actions. So by enabling focusable on touch the standard focus happens on the first touch. The keyboard will come up and everything. – MinceMan Mar 09 '13 at 16:36
Nice! This one works (although it seems to take the field out of the focus handling TAB sequence). This can be done all in one place without a layout XML part: `if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT <= 27) {et.setFocusable(false); et.setOnTouchListener(...);}` – Jerry101 Mar 27 '22 at 23:32

score 75 · Answer 9 · edited Jul 25 '22 at 11:36

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I had tried several answers individually but the focus is still at the EditText. I only managed to solve it by using two of the below solution together.

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  android:id="@+id/mainLayout"
  android:descendantFocusability="beforeDescendants"
  android:focusableInTouchMode="true" >

( Reference from Silver https://stackoverflow.com/a/8639921/15695 )

and remove

<requestFocus />

at EditText

( Reference from floydaddict https://stackoverflow.com/a/9681809 )

edited Jul 25 '22 at 11:36

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answered Nov 28 '12 at 10:32

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I had to add edittext.clearFocus() in addition to the above to get it working :) – Nav Sep 09 '14 at 13:12

score 73 · Answer 10 · edited Jul 25 '22 at 11:34

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Late but simplest answer, just add this in the parent layout of the XML.

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

Upvote if it helped you! Happy Coding :)

edited Jul 25 '22 at 11:34

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answered Apr 18 '18 at 06:14

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worked perfectly for me. one more thing to note is, dont add these lines to scroll view. It wont work in scroll view. But worked perfectly with linear layout. – Karthic Srinivasan Dec 29 '18 at 14:24

score 52 · Answer 11 · edited Jul 25 '22 at 11:57

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None of these solutions worked for me. The way I fix the autofocus was:

<activity android:name=".android.InviteFriendsActivity"
 android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan">
    <intent-filter >
    </intent-filter>
</activity>

edited Jul 25 '22 at 11:57

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answered Nov 30 '11 at 16:37

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android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan" on any activity in the Android Manifest – rallat Jun 07 '12 at 08:33

score 49 · Answer 12 · edited Sep 27 '16 at 10:05

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Simple solution: In AndroidManifest in Activity tag use

android:windowSoftInputMode="stateAlwaysHidden"

edited Sep 27 '16 at 10:05

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answered Mar 17 '14 at 15:42

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Strictly speaking, this does not solve the issue. the OP said: "I don't want any control to have input focus at startup." Your solution only hides the keyboard, theres a sublte difference. – katzenhut Sep 04 '14 at 10:04
@katzenhut yep, thats my issue with this answer exactly. Focusing on my edittext opens up a PlaceAutoComplete activity, so this answer is incomplete – Zach Jan 15 '17 at 06:48
This answer would be complete if the question was: How do I always ensure my activity never shows a keyboard. Which is not. – Martin Marconcini Mar 21 '18 at 00:13

score 43 · Answer 13 · edited Jul 25 '22 at 11:53

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You can just set "focusable" and "focusable in touch mode" to value true on the first TextView of the layout. In this way when the activity starts the TextView will be focused but, due to its nature, you will see nothing focused on the screen and, of course, there will be no keyboard displayed...

edited Jul 25 '22 at 11:53

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answered Nov 06 '11 at 16:49

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score 41 · Answer 14 · edited Jul 25 '22 at 11:44

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The following worked for me in Manifest. Write,

<activity
android:name=".MyActivity"
android:windowSoftInputMode="stateAlwaysHidden"/>

edited Jul 25 '22 at 11:44

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answered Apr 08 '14 at 11:48

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This doesn't un-focus the text field: it merely hides the keyboard. You'll still get a hint that's pushed out of the field, and any color state selectors will display the "focused=true" state. – A. Rager Nov 01 '16 at 18:05

score 37 · Answer 15 · edited Jul 25 '22 at 11:56

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I needed to clearly focus on all fields programmatically. I just added the following two statements to my main layout definition.

myLayout.setDescendantFocusability(ViewGroup.FOCUS_BEFORE_DESCENDANTS);
myLayout.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);

That's it. Fixed my problem instantly. Thanks, Silver, for pointing me in the right direction.

edited Jul 25 '22 at 11:56

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answered Sep 27 '12 at 23:35

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score 32 · Answer 16 · edited Sep 27 '16 at 10:04

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Add android:windowSoftInputMode="stateAlwaysHidden" in the activity tag of the Manifest.xml file.

Source

edited Sep 27 '16 at 10:04

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answered Jun 24 '15 at 09:19

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This doesn't un-focus the text field: it merely hides the keyboard. You'll still get a hint that's pushed out of the field, and any color state selectors will display the "focused=true" state. – A. Rager Nov 01 '16 at 18:05

score 28 · Answer 17 · edited Sep 27 '13 at 18:11

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If you have another view on your activity like a ListView, you can also do:

ListView.requestFocus();

in your onResume() to grab focus from the editText.

I know this question has been answered but just providing an alternative solution that worked for me :)

edited Sep 27 '13 at 18:11

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score 27 · Answer 18 · edited Jul 25 '22 at 11:58

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Try this before your first editable field:

<TextView  
        android:id="@+id/dummyfocus" 
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
        android:text="@string/foo"
        />

findViewById(R.id.dummyfocus).setFocusableInTouchMode(true);
findViewById(R.id.dummyfocus).requestFocus();

edited Jul 25 '22 at 11:58

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answered Jun 11 '11 at 21:17

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score 23 · Answer 19 · edited Sep 27 '16 at 10:04

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Add following in onCreate method:

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

edited Sep 27 '16 at 10:04

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answered Dec 21 '15 at 15:33

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This doesn't un-focus the text field: it merely hides the keyboard. You'll still get a hint that's pushed out of the field, and any color state selectors will display the "focused=true" state. – A. Rager Nov 01 '16 at 18:05

Vishal Vaishnav · Answer 20 · 2022-08-16T12:39:10.533

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Write this line in your Parent Layout...

 android:focusableInTouchMode="true"

edited Aug 16 '22 at 12:39

answered Jul 26 '17 at 09:52

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duplicated answer – Ricardo A. Jun 04 '19 at 13:01

score 19 · Answer 21 · answered Apr 24 '13 at 13:26

Being that I don't like to pollute the XML with something that is related to functionality, I created this method that "transparently" steals the focus from the first focusable view and then makes sure to remove itself when necessary!

public static View preventInitialFocus(final Activity activity)
{
    final ViewGroup content = (ViewGroup)activity.findViewById(android.R.id.content);
    final View root = content.getChildAt(0);
    if (root == null) return null;
    final View focusDummy = new View(activity);
    final View.OnFocusChangeListener onFocusChangeListener = new View.OnFocusChangeListener()
    {
        @Override
        public void onFocusChange(View view, boolean b)
        {
            view.setOnFocusChangeListener(null);
            content.removeView(focusDummy);
        }
    };
    focusDummy.setFocusable(true);
    focusDummy.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);
    content.addView(focusDummy, 0, new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(0, 0));
    if (root instanceof ViewGroup)
    {
        final ViewGroup _root = (ViewGroup)root;
        for (int i = 1, children = _root.getChildCount(); i < children; i++)
        {
            final View child = _root.getChildAt(i);
            if (child.isFocusable() || child.isFocusableInTouchMode())
            {
                child.setOnFocusChangeListener(onFocusChangeListener);
                break;
            }
        }
    }
    else if (root.isFocusable() || root.isFocusableInTouchMode())
        root.setOnFocusChangeListener(onFocusChangeListener);

    return focusDummy;
}

score 18 · Answer 22 · edited Jul 25 '22 at 11:58

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Late, but maybe helpful. Create a dummy EditText at the top of your layout then call myDummyEditText.requestFocus() in onCreate()

<EditText android:id="@+id/dummyEditTextFocus" 
android:layout_width="0px"
android:layout_height="0px" />

That seems to behave as I expect. No need to handle configuration changes, etc. I needed this for an Activity with a lengthy TextView (instructions).

edited Jul 25 '22 at 11:58

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answered Feb 13 '11 at 01:58

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Why not just do this with the root view itself? – CJBS Dec 01 '15 at 18:56

score 16 · Answer 23 · edited Jul 25 '22 at 11:54

Yeah, I did the same thing - create a 'dummy' linear layout which gets the initial focus. Furthermore, I set the 'next' focus IDs so the user can't focus it anymore after scrolling once:

<LinearLayout 'dummy'>
<EditText et>

dummy.setNextFocusDownId(et.getId());
 
dummy.setNextFocusUpId(et.getId());
 
et.setNextFocusUpId(et.getId());

a lot of work just to get rid of focus on a view.

Thanks

score 14 · Answer 24 · answered May 14 '14 at 08:02

For me, what worked on all devices is this:

    <!-- fake first focusable view, to allow stealing the focus to itself when clearing the focus from others -->

    <View
    android:layout_width="0px"
    android:layout_height="0px"
    android:focusable="true"
    android:focusableInTouchMode="true" />

Just put this as a view before the problematic focused view, and that's it.

score 13 · Answer 25 · edited Jul 25 '22 at 11:56

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The simplest thing I did is to set focus on another view in onCreate:

myView.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);
myView.requestFocus();

This stopped the soft keyboard from coming up and there was no cursor flashing in the EditText.

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score 13 · Answer 26 · edited Jul 25 '22 at 11:41

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<TextView
    android:id="@+id/textView01"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_weight="1"
    android:singleLine="true"
    android:ellipsize="marquee"
    android:marqueeRepeatLimit="marquee_forever"
    android:focusable="true"
    android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
    style="@android:style/Widget.EditText"/>

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score 12 · Answer 27 · edited Jul 25 '22 at 11:51

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This is the perfect and easiest solution. I always use this in my app.
getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_HIDDEN);

edited Jul 25 '22 at 11:51

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answered Mar 31 '15 at 09:27

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This doesn't un-focus the text field: it merely hides the keyboard. You'll still get a hint that's pushed out of the field, and any color state selectors will display the "focused=true" state. – A. Rager Nov 01 '16 at 18:07

score 11 · Answer 28 · edited Jul 25 '22 at 11:42

Write this code inside the Manifest file in the Activity where you do not want to open the keyboard.

android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden"

Manifest file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.example.project"
    android:versionCode="1"
    android:versionName="1.0" >

    <uses-sdk
        android:minSdkVersion="8"
        android:targetSdkVersion="24" />

    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
         <activity
            android:name=".Splash"
            android:label="@string/app_name" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
        <activity
            android:name=".Login"
            **android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden"**
            android:label="@string/app_name" >
        </activity>
 
    </application>

</manifest>

This doesn't un-focus the text field: it merely hides the keyboard. You'll still get a hint that's pushed out of the field, and any color state selectors will display the "focused=true" state. — A. Rager, Nov 01 '16 at 18:06

score 9 · Answer 29 · edited Jul 25 '22 at 11:55

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At onCreate of your Activity, just add use clearFocus() on your EditText element. For example,

edittext = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.edittext);
edittext.clearFocus();

And if you want to divert the focus to another element, use requestFocus() on that. For example,

button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button);
button.requestFocus();

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score 9 · Answer 30 · edited Jul 25 '22 at 11:39

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The easiest way to hide the keyboard is using setSoftInputMode

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

or you can use InputMethodManager and hide the keyboard like this.

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

edited Jul 25 '22 at 11:39

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answered Sep 11 '17 at 10:21

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question is not about the keyboard – Ricardo A. Jun 04 '19 at 13:04

score 8 · Answer 31 · edited Jul 25 '22 at 11:45

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You can achieve this by creating a dummy EditText with layout width and height set to 0dp, and requesting focus to that view. Add the following code snippet in your xml layout:

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/editText0"
    android:layout_width="0dp"
    android:layout_height="0dp"
    android:hint="@string/dummy"
    android:ems="10" 
    >
     <requestFocus />
    </EditText>

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answered Jun 13 '15 at 21:50

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score 8 · Answer 32 · edited Jul 25 '22 at 11:46

I use the following code to stop an EditText from stealing the focus when my button is pressed.

addButton.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
    public void onClick(View v) {
        View focused = internalWrapper.getFocusedChild();
        focused.setVisibility(GONE);
        v.requestFocus();
        addPanel();
        focused.setVisibility(VISIBLE);
    }
});

Basically, hide the edit text and then show it again. This works for me as the EditText is **not** in view so it doesn't matter whether it is showing.

You could try hiding and showing it in succession to see if that helps it lose focus.

score 7 · Answer 33 · edited Jul 25 '22 at 11:42

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View current = getCurrentFocus();

if (current != null) 
    current.clearFocus();

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answered Sep 28 '16 at 08:19

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score 7 · Answer 34 · edited Jul 25 '22 at 11:43

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When your activity is opened, the keyboard gets visible automatically which causes the focusing of EditText. You can disable the keyboard by writing the following line in your activity tag in the manifest.xml file.

android:windowSoftInputMode="stateAlwaysHidden|adjustPan"

edited Jul 25 '22 at 11:43

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answered Jan 16 '17 at 04:44

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score 6 · Answer 35 · edited Sep 27 '16 at 10:06

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Make sure to remove the line "<requestFocus />" from the EditText tag in xml.

<EditText
   android:id="@+id/input"
   android:layout_width="fill_parent"
   android:layout_height="wrap_content">

   <requestFocus /> <!-- remove this line --> 
</EditText>

edited Sep 27 '16 at 10:06

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score 5 · Answer 36 · edited Jul 25 '22 at 11:37

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You have Edittext and list. In OnStart/On Create, you should set focus on listview: listview.requestfocus()

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answered Sep 09 '18 at 09:28

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I like this one because it's simple enough and clean – rgv Mar 05 '19 at 19:33

score 4 · Answer 37 · answered Jul 09 '15 at 21:08

/** 
 * set focus to top level window
 * disposes descendant focus 
 * disposes softInput 
 * */
public static void topLevelFocus(Context context){
    if(Activity.class.isAssignableFrom(context.getClass())){
        ViewGroup tlView = (ViewGroup) ((Activity) context).getWindow().getDecorView();
        if(tlView!=null){
            tlView.setFocusable(true);
            tlView.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);
            tlView.setDescendantFocusability(ViewGroup.FOCUS_BEFORE_DESCENDANTS);
        }
    }
}

score 4 · Answer 38 · edited Nov 23 '11 at 10:09

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try

edit.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_NULL);

edit.setEnabled(false);

edited Nov 23 '11 at 10:09

Hans Olsson

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answered Feb 09 '11 at 18:00

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score 4 · Answer 39 · answered Jan 02 '19 at 10:11

It can be achieved by inheriting EditText and overriding onTouchEvent.

class NonFocusableEditText: EditText {

    constructor(context: Context): super(context)
    constructor(context: Context, attrs: AttributeSet?): super(context, attrs)
    constructor(context: Context, attrs: AttributeSet?, defStyleAttr: Int): super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr)

    override fun onTouchEvent(event: MotionEvent?): Boolean {
        return if (isFocusable) super.onTouchEvent(event) else false
    }
}

Then you can use it in the layouts like normal EditText:

<com.yourpackage.NonFocusableEditText
        android:id="@+id/editText"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"    
        android:hint="@string/your_hint"
        android:imeOptions="actionDone"
        android:inputType="textNoSuggestions" />

score 4 · Answer 40 · edited Jul 25 '22 at 11:32

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Simply add android:focusableInTouchMode="true" in the parent layout of EditText and you will get rid of this awkward behavior.

edited Jul 25 '22 at 11:32

Ramesh R

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answered Nov 27 '19 at 14:29

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score 3 · Answer 41 · edited Sep 27 '13 at 18:15

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EditText within a ListView does not work properly. It's better to use TableLayout with automatically generated rows when you are using EditText.

edited Sep 27 '13 at 18:15

John

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score 3 · Answer 42 · answered Dec 05 '13 at 17:56

3

You can specify focus to some other widget by using request focus and use the keyboard hiding code as well.

answered Dec 05 '13 at 17:56

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score 3 · Answer 43 · edited Jul 25 '22 at 11:46

3

<EditText
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="100dp"
    android:id="@+id/etComments"
    android:hint="Comments.."
    android:textSize="14dp"
    android:focusable="false"
    android:textStyle="italic"/>

edited Jul 25 '22 at 11:46

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answered Apr 21 '15 at 10:13

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Amit Yadav · Answer 44 · 2014-12-30T18:23:14.240

Disable it in onCreate()

final KeyListener edtTxtMessageKeyListener = edtTxtMessage.getKeyListener();
edtTxtMessage.setCursorVisible(false);
edtTxtMessage.setKeyListener(null);

And finally enable it in onClick() of EditText

edtTxtMessage.setCursorVisible(true);
edtTxtMessage.setKeyListener(edtTxtMessageKeyListener);

But the problem is with we have to click twise to bring OnScreenKeyboard for very first time.

@Workaround

InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getActivity().getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT, 0);

Try this also in onClick() :)

score 2 · Answer 45 · answered Jun 12 '14 at 17:28

I had an issue like this and it was due to my selector. The first state was focus even thogh my view was disabled it took the focus state since it was the first one that matched and used it. you can set the first state to disabled like this:

<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">


<item android:drawable="@drawable/text_field_disabled" android:state_enabled="false"/>
<item android:drawable="@drawable/text_field_focused" android:state_focused="true"/>
<item android:drawable="@drawable/text_field_normal"/>

score 2 · Answer 46 · edited Jul 25 '22 at 11:52

2

remove<requestFocus /> from your EditText in xml file.

<EditText
       android:id="@+id/emailField"
       android:layout_width="fill_parent"
       android:layout_height="wrap_content"
       android:inputType="textEmailAddress">
    
       //`<requestFocus />` /* <-- remove this tags */
    </EditText>

edited Jul 25 '22 at 11:52

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answered Feb 04 '15 at 06:08

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I just use android:focusableInTouchMode="true" on my parent layout and works for me. – Hermandroid Feb 18 '15 at 16:49

score 2 · Answer 47 · answered Aug 24 '16 at 04:07

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The easiest way is to add android:windowSoftInputMode="stateAlwaysHidden" in the activity tag of the Manifest.xml file

answered Aug 24 '16 at 04:07

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This doesn't un-focus the text field: it merely hides the keyboard. You'll still get a hint that's pushed out of the field, and any color state selectors will display the "focused=true" state. – A. Rager Nov 01 '16 at 18:06

score 2 · Answer 48 · edited Jul 25 '22 at 11:43

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Do this and get your job done!

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

edited Jul 25 '22 at 11:43

Ramesh R

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answered Jan 02 '17 at 11:57

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duplicated answer – Ricardo A. Jun 04 '19 at 13:07

score 1 · Answer 49 · edited Jul 25 '22 at 11:34

1

If you want to hide the keyboard at the start of the activity. Then mention

android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden"

To that activity in the manifest file. Problem gets solved.

Cheers.

edited Jul 25 '22 at 11:34

Ramesh R

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answered May 10 '19 at 19:07

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score 1 · Answer 50 · edited Nov 12 '19 at 11:04

I clear all focus with submit button

XML file:

<LinearLayout
...
android:id="@+id/linear_layout"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true"> // 1. make this focusableInTouchMode...
</LinearLayout>

JAVA file:

private LinearLayout mLinearLayout; // 2. parent layout element
private Button mButton;

mLinearLayout = findViewById(R.id.linear_layout);
mButton = findViewById(R.id.button);

mButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                mLinearLayout.requestFocus(); // 3. request focus

            }
        });

I hope this helps you :)

score 1 · Answer 51 · edited Jul 25 '22 at 11:33

A simple and reliable solution, just override this method :

@Override
public boolean dispatchTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev) {
    View v = getCurrentFocus();

    if (v != null &&
            (ev.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP || ev.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE) &&
            v instanceof EditText &&
            !v.getClass().getName().startsWith("android.webkit.")) {
        int scrcoords[] = new int[2];
        v.getLocationOnScreen(scrcoords);
        float x = ev.getRawX() + v.getLeft() - scrcoords[0];
        float y = ev.getRawY() + v.getTop() - scrcoords[1];

        if (x < v.getLeft() || x > v.getRight() || y < v.getTop() || y > v.getBottom())
            hideKeyboard(this);
    }
    return super.dispatchTouchEvent(ev);
}

public static void hideKeyboard(Activity activity) {
    if (activity != null && activity.getWindow() != null && activity.getWindow().getDecorView() != null) {
        InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) activity.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
        imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(activity.getWindow().getDecorView().getWindowToken(), 0);
    }
}

score 1 · Answer 52 · edited Jul 25 '22 at 11:31

1

Lots of working answers have already been provided but I think we can do a little better by using the below simple method

//set focus to input field
private fun focusHere() {
    findViewById<TextView>(R.id.input).requestFocus()
}

in place of input in R.id.input use any other view id to set focus to that view.

edited Jul 25 '22 at 11:31

Ramesh R

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answered Dec 08 '20 at 17:11

Haris

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Question is about losing Focus. – Sayed Muhammad Idrees Jan 05 '21 at 17:30
You will lose focus from one view that you need and set it yo other view – Haris Jul 01 '21 at 03:34

score 1 · Answer 53 · edited Jul 25 '22 at 11:28

You can set your Editext to have the focus attribute disabled, now this can apply in two ways:

You can disable focusable as a general attribute
Or you can disable FocusableInTouchMode as an attribute specific to that view in touch mode (touchscreen)

The focusable attribute is true by default if that Editext is at the top of the view stack in that activity, for example, a header, it would be focusable upon activity launch.

To Disable Focusable, you can simply set its boolean value to false.

So that would be:

android:focusable="false"

To Disable it FocusableInTouchMode, you can simply set its boolean value to false. So that would be:

android:focusable="false"

You just locate the Textview you want to apply changes to and add the respective pieces of code to their xml specifications in the XML file.

Alternatively, You can click on the Textview inside the layout editor and locate the sidebar displaying all xml attributes for that Textview, then simply scroll down to where "Focusable" and "FocusableInTouchMode" are declared and check them to be either true or false.

score -5 · Answer 54 · answered Feb 22 '19 at 06:33

-5

add below line in Manifest file where you have mentioned your activity

android:windowSoftInputMode="stateAlwaysHidden"

answered Feb 22 '19 at 06:33

Akash Suresh Dandwate

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This will prevent the keyboard showing up, which isn't what was asked. – Dan Mar 29 '19 at 15:02

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