I want to completely disable keyboard in Android for an activity

Question

The first thing I did was in the onCreate(); method of my activity.

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

The second thing I did was in the manifest file.

android:windowSoftInputMode="stateAlwaysHidden"

But both of them didn't work! Still when I click on EditText. Keyboard APPEARS.

Before clicking Locationenter image description here

After clicking enter image description here

I don't want the keyboard at the background. What should I do?

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 08 '17 at 21:51

Have you tried doing this?

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

This should remove keyboard of the view currently in focus

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 08 '17 at 21:53

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Implement OnTouchListener on your editText and set below properties

Hope this will help you

editTextEmail.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener(){
    @Override
    public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
        int inType = editTextEmail.getInputType(); // backup the input type
        editTextEmail.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_NULL); // disable soft input
        editTextEmail.onTouchEvent(event); // call native handler
        editTextEmail.setInputType(inType); // restore input type
        editTextEmail.setFocusable(true);
        editTextEmail.setCursorVisible(false);
        return true; // consume touch even
    }
});

answered Sep 08 '17 at 21:53

akhilesh0707

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@DanielNugent Thanks to marking the question duplicate – akhilesh0707 Sep 08 '17 at 22:05
Thanks it worked. – SIBIN THOMAS Sep 08 '17 at 22:09
@SIBINTHOMAS If it's worked Please accept an answer using the checkmark next to it – akhilesh0707 Sep 08 '17 at 22:10

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 08 '17 at 21:58

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Try this. It works perfectly.

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 11) {
    editText.setRawInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT);
    editText.setTextIsSelectable(true);
} else {
    editText.setRawInputType(InputType.TYPE_NULL);
    editText.setFocusable(true);
}

answered Sep 08 '17 at 21:58

Chhatrasal Singh Bundela

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I want to completely disable keyboard in Android for an activity

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