Close virtual keyboard on button press

Question

I have an Activity with an EditText, a button and a ListView. The purpose is to type a search screen in the EditText, press the button and have the search results populate this list.

This is all working perfectly, but the virtual keyboard is behaving strange.

If I click the EditText, I get the virtual keyboard. If I click the "Done" button on the virtual keyboard, it goes away. However, if I click my search button before clicking "Done" on the virtual keyboard, the virtual keyboard stays and I can't get rid of it. Clicking the "Done" button does not close the keyboard. It changes the "Done" button from "Done" to an arrow and remains visible.

Thanks for your help

Paul Maserrat · Answer 1 · 2013-06-03T19:53:01.190

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InputMethodManager inputManager = (InputMethodManager)
                                  getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE); 

inputManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(getCurrentFocus().getWindowToken(),
                                     InputMethodManager.HIDE_NOT_ALWAYS);

I put this right after the onClick(View v) event.

You need to import android.view.inputmethod.InputMethodManager;

The keyboard hides when you click the button.

edited Jun 03 '13 at 19:53

answered Nov 21 '11 at 19:34

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Note: (in case you want to use this method in instances where there might not be focus (e.g. onPause(), etc): `inputManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow((null == getCurrentFocus()) ? null : getCurrentFocus().getWindowToken(), InputMethodManager.HIDE_NOT_ALWAYS);` – Peter Ajtai Feb 16 '12 at 01:37
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You also have to import Context. – Si8 Jul 22 '13 at 18:19
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CAUTION: Throws NPE if keyboard is already hidden. Follow Peter's comment to avoid this. – Don Larynx May 21 '15 at 08:47
why is the keyboard showing up after a click on an irrelevant button ? can someone provide some explanation or a link ? – kommradHomer Jan 25 '16 at 11:22
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Works like charm ! – ARiF Sep 02 '16 at 14:44

score 60 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 12 '13 at 09:58

mMyTextView.setOnEditorActionListener(new TextView.OnEditorActionListener() {
    public boolean onEditorAction(TextView v, int actionId, KeyEvent event) {
        if (actionId == EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_SEARCH) {
            // hide virtual keyboard
            InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
            imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(m_txtSearchText.getWindowToken(), 
                                      InputMethodManager.RESULT_UNCHANGED_SHOWN);
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }
});

score 33 · Answer 3 · edited May 25 '15 at 12:38

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Use Below Code

your_button_id.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {
        try  {
            InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
            imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(getCurrentFocus().getWindowToken(), 0);
        } catch (Exception e) {

        }
    }
});

edited May 25 '15 at 12:38

Ziem

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answered Dec 01 '14 at 12:43

Prashant Maheshwari Andro

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Catching exception instead of simple null check, seriously?! – Dr Glass Nov 06 '16 at 20:52
Working for me, hides keyboard on button click – ashishdhiman2007 Mar 18 '17 at 10:12
simple solution to what I needed: hide keyboard after clicking search button. – dawoodman71 Apr 27 '17 at 20:15
worked without any issue. – MoonLight Sep 26 '21 at 11:38

score 13 · Answer 4 · edited Apr 12 '13 at 09:59

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You should implement OnEditorActionListener for your EditView

public void performClickOnDone(EditView editView, final View button){
    textView.setOnEditorActionListener(new OnEditorActionListener() {

        @Override
        public boolean onEditorAction(EditView v, int actionId, KeyEvent event) {
            hideKeyboard();
            button.requestFocus();
            button.performClick();
            return true;
        }
    });

And you hide keyboard by:

public void hideKeybord(View view) {
    inputMethodManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(view.getWindowToken(),
                                  InputMethodManager.RESULT_UNCHANGED_SHOWN);
}

You should also fire keyboard hiding in your button using onClickListener

Now clicking 'Done' on virtual keyboard and button will do the same - hide keyboard and perform click action.

edited Apr 12 '13 at 09:59

JJD

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answered Aug 03 '10 at 20:45

pixel

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Excellent, but I'm not quite following. I think the post ate some of the code (there's nothing after "public void" in your sample). I attempted to setOnEditorActionListner in my Activity's onCreate method, but it doesn't know what setOnEditorActionListener is. I get an "Anonymous inner type" notification. (I'm doing this in my Activity onCreate method) http://i37.tinypic.com/6ozkig.png – Andrew Aug 03 '10 at 22:03
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It looks like there are a couple of mistakes in this code, but it's the right idea. For one thing, the OnEditorActionListener interface is an inner class, so you need to either import it explicitly (Eclipse won't do it for you in this case) or refer to it as `TextView.OnEditorActionListener`. – Tyler Aug 04 '10 at 05:21
I'm having a bit of trouble. I've implemented onEditorActionListener (public class SearchActivity extends ListActivity implements OnClickListener, OnEditorActionListener), I've attached a listener to my EditText (mSearchText.setOnEditorActionListener(this);), but Eclipse wont allow me to override the onEditorAction handler (public boolean onEditorAction(TextView v, int actionId, KeyEvent event)). It says it must override a superclass method. Any ideas? – Andrew Aug 04 '10 at 18:58
Hi, you can inline your OnEditorActionListener by typing yourEditView.setOnEditorActionListener(new OnEditorActionListener() {.... – pixel Aug 04 '10 at 21:33

score 12 · Answer 5 · edited Jun 03 '21 at 19:03

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In your case, as you only have one EditText, the bellow solution is the best one, I believe. If you had more than one EditText component, then either you would need to focus on the EditText that you wanted to close, or call the bellow function for every EditText. For you though, this works brilliantly:

editText.onEditorAction(EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_DONE);

Basically, the EditText already has a function that is intended to deal with what to do after the keyboard has been used. We just pass that we want to close the keyboard.

edited Jun 03 '21 at 19:03

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answered Mar 09 '17 at 11:13

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Can you leave an explanation of why your solution works so others can understand and learn from it? Thanks! – Shawn Mar 15 '17 at 17:47
Sure Shawn. I just edited the top, since im new to posing if it is not clear just let me know and i will expand with the button onclick – Laert Mar 16 '17 at 22:33
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Believe me this is one of most elegant of way of doing this. Thanks @Laert – WitVault Sep 08 '17 at 16:11
This really is the better way to go! – Gaurav Mall Jun 03 '21 at 19:05

Priya Rajan · Answer 6 · 2017-11-16T07:41:58.307

For Activity,

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

For Fragments, use getActivity()

getActivity().getSystemService();

getActivity().getCurrentFocus();

InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)getActivity().getSystemService(INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(getActivity().getCurrentFocus().getWindowToken(), 0);

score 11 · Answer 7 · edited May 25 '15 at 12:38

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Add the following code inside your button click event:

InputMethodManager inputManager = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(this.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
inputManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(getCurrentFocus().getWindowToken(), InputMethodManager.HIDE_NOT_ALWAYS);

edited May 25 '15 at 12:38

Ziem

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answered Apr 09 '15 at 10:06

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Works like charm! – coderpc Jul 25 '17 at 03:40

score 7 · Answer 8 · answered Jul 20 '17 at 17:02

This solution works perfect for me:

private void showKeyboard(EditText editText) {
    editText.requestFocus();
    editText.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);
    InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
    imm.showSoftInput(editText, InputMethodManager.RESULT_UNCHANGED_SHOWN);
    editText.setSelection(editText.getText().length());
}

private void closeKeyboard() {
    InputMethodManager inputManager = (InputMethodManager) getApplicationContext().getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
    inputManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(this.getCurrentFocus().getWindowToken(), InputMethodManager.RESULT_UNCHANGED_SHOWN);
}

score 4 · Answer 9 · answered Nov 09 '16 at 09:39

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Try this...

For Showing keyboard

editText.requestFocus();
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) ctx.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, 0);

For Hide keyboard

InputMethodManager inputManager = (InputMethodManager) ctx.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE); 
inputManager.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.HIDE_IMPLICIT_ONLY, 0);

answered Nov 09 '16 at 09:39

Affa Musaffa

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"For Hide keyboard" method is a toogle (hide if is visible, show if is hidden) not a hide, – Ninja Coding Jun 22 '17 at 16:10

Farruh Habibullaev · Answer 10 · 2017-05-02T21:30:00.790

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View view = this.getCurrentFocus();
if (view != null) {
InputMethodManager imm =(InputMethodManager)this.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(view.getWindowToken(), 0);enter code here}

edited May 02 '17 at 21:30

answered Apr 02 '17 at 22:32

Farruh Habibullaev

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Hi! Though this answer might suffice the needs of *@Andrew* it would be great, if you could extend it with some explaination, to make sure that future readers may benefit to the fullest of it! – derM - not here for BOT dreams May 04 '17 at 20:12

score 1 · Answer 11 · answered Aug 10 '18 at 11:10

Kotlin example:

val inputMethodManager = context.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE) as InputMethodManager

from Fragment:

inputMethodManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(activity?.currentFocus?.windowToken, InputMethodManager.HIDE_NOT_ALWAYS)

from Activity:

inputMethodManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(currentFocus?.windowToken, InputMethodManager.HIDE_NOT_ALWAYS)

score 0 · Answer 12 · answered Oct 26 '16 at 05:49

You use this code in your button click event

// Check if no view has focus:
View view = this.getCurrentFocus();
if (view != null) {  
    InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
    imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(view.getWindowToken(), 0);
}

score 0 · Answer 13 · answered Apr 29 '17 at 23:29

Crash Null Point Exception Fix: I had a case where the keyboard might not open when the user clicks the button. You have to write an if statement to check that getCurrentFocus() isn't a null:

            InputMethodManager inputManager = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
        if(getCurrentFocus() != null) {
            inputManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(getCurrentFocus().getWindowToken(), InputMethodManager.HIDE_NOT_ALWAYS);

score -2 · Answer 14 · answered Apr 14 '16 at 09:16

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If you set android:singleLine="true", automatically the button hides the keyboard¡

answered Apr 14 '16 at 09:16

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