Close keyboard on click outside of EditText in fragment

Question

I have a fragment containing an EditText for search input and a ListView. I've got the search part working, but now I want to close the keyboard when the user clicks the on the screen outside of the EditText. I'd also like to consume the click event (because it is a ListView, if I don't consume the click event the user may accidentally click on a ListView item they didn't want to open)

I know how to do this in an activity, but it seems to be different for fragments.

What I've tried so far:

Implement View.OnClickListener in the fragment and implement onClick as such:

@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
    System.out.println("onClick true");
    if (!(v instanceof EditText)) {
        InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getActivity().getSystemService(Context.
                INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
        if (getActivity().getCurrentFocus() != null) {
            imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(getActivity().getCurrentFocus().getWindowToken(), 0);
        }
    }
}

This never seemed to post "onClick true" when I clicked.

Override onTouchEvent in the fragment's activity and implement onTouchEvent as such:

@Override
public boolean onTouchEvent(final MotionEvent event) {
    InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.
            INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
    if (getCurrentFocus() != null) {
        imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(getCurrentFocus().getWindowToken(), 0);
    }
    return true;
}

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 24 '15 at 08:41

If I get you right you can try to use a OnFocusChangeListener:

yourEditText.setOnFocusChangeListener(new View.OnFocusChangeListener() {
        @Override
        public void onFocusChange(View v, boolean hasFocus) {
            final InputMethodManager inputManager = (InputMethodManager) getAppContext().getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
            if (inputManager != null && !hasFocus) {
                inputManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(currentFocusedView.getWindowToken(), InputMethodManager.HIDE_NOT_ALWAYS);
            }
        }
    });

This is just a sample, but maybe it points into the right direction.

Close keyboard on click outside of EditText in fragment

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