Prevent keyboard in webView

Question

I want it to be impossible for the soft keyboard to pop up due to an action in the my webView. That's because I have a custom "keyboard" consisting of buttons below the webView. However, I don't want to completely disable the keyboard for my application, as I have to use it in different contexts. It just shouldn't show up when the user clicks on an input field inside the webView. I also don't want the keyboard to show and instantaneously hide again.

I currently have this in my AndroidManifest.xml:

android:windowSoftInputMode="stateAlwaysHidden"

I already tried disabling the focus of the webView, but then I can't enter text with my custom "keyboard" either, as the input field of the webView aren't focused.

I also tried this in onCreate, but it didn't work (the keyboard still showed up):

View focusedView = this.getCurrentFocus();
if (focusedView == null)
    return;
InputMethodManager manager = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
if (manager == null)
    return;
manager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(focusedView.getWindowToken(), InputMethodManager.HIDE_IMPLICIT_ONLY);

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

for me only `android:windowSoftInputMode="stateAlwaysHidden"` works. have you tried that? — Sagar, May 01 '18 at 12:03
Well, it's kind of included in `android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden|stateAlwaysHidden"`, isn't it? But I also tried it without the `stateHidden`, but the soft keyboard still shows up. — MetaColon, May 01 '18 at 12:05
Well setting both could yield undefined result. Can you try to clean and rebuild? — Sagar, May 01 '18 at 12:07
Oh. That's strange. Update this information in your question so that someone else could answer and doesn't recommend same options — Sagar, May 01 '18 at 12:09
One more thing instead of passing `0` in `manager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(focusedView.getWindowToken(), 0);` can you pass `InputMethodManager.HIDE_IMPLICIT_ONLY` — Sagar, May 01 '18 at 12:13
Does it help to define your own (empty) custom keyboard and let the system show that instead of the normal keyboard for the webView? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9577304/how-to-make-an-android-custom-keyboard — findusl, May 17 '18 at 08:49

score 8 · Answer 1 · answered May 16 '18 at 10:45

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sorry I'm late on this one.

But here is the solution:

Add this in your parent layout:

android:descendantFocusability="blocksDescendants"

Set these two properties of your WebView:

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

This works for me :)

answered May 16 '18 at 10:45

Abdul Ahad

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I could have sworn that I had already tried this. Anyway, it seems to work, thank you! However, a slight disadvantage is that the currently selected textbox isn't highlighted anymore. Hence I won't accept your answer as an answer, but if no other solution follows, you'll receive the bounty. – MetaColon May 16 '18 at 13:54
Alright, thank you for the feedback on it. Ill look for a work around in the meantime, hoping to come up with a solution – Abdul Ahad May 18 '18 at 04:33

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered May 19 '18 at 08:46

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Use this in your WebView

 android:descendantFocusability="blocksDescendants"
 android:focusable="false"
 android:focusableInTouchMode="false"

Try this

<WebView
    android:id="@+id/myWebView"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:descendantFocusability="blocksDescendants"
    android:focusable="false"
    android:focusableInTouchMode="false" />

answered May 19 '18 at 08:46

AskNilesh

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This finally seems to work, thank you! I'll give it a little bit more testing, but you'll probably receive the bounty. – MetaColon May 19 '18 at 18:12
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This also disables hardware keyboards and sending key events to webview – pmiguelpinto90 Apr 09 '21 at 15:10

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 19 '18 at 08:30

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

call this before everything

edited May 19 '18 at 08:30

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answered May 17 '18 at 10:38

Mechadroid

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered May 18 '18 at 03:45

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Paste this in your onCreate method after setContentView

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

Keyboard wont show when you run this activity.

answered May 18 '18 at 03:45

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As I've already mentioned in my question, this doesn't work. And, btw, it is exactly the same answer as Mechadroids. – MetaColon May 19 '18 at 18:07
doesnt work ? I have been using this since I learned `android` until now, OMG. – Kopi Bryant May 19 '18 at 18:11
I can't explain to you why this doesn't work, but the keyboard still pops up with your solution. – MetaColon May 19 '18 at 18:13

Prevent keyboard in webView

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