How to set the focus on button?

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Hi I have some EditTexts and a button at the bottom of the view. Upon starting the activity, the first EditText will gain focus and a keyboard will pop up. I want to upon starting the activity, the focus will be on the button instead of the EditText and the keyboard should not pop up. I tried running:

button.requestFocus();

The EditText still have focus and pops up the keyboard. How can I resolve this? Thanks.

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:29

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Its trickier than it seems, but certainly possible. See here:

Stop EditText from gaining focus at Activity startup

edited May 23 '17 at 10:29

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answered Jul 07 '11 at 04:39

Yony

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Thanks, been trying to figure that out for a few hours and couldn't do it. That link really save me. – AndroidBase Jul 07 '11 at 05:06

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 07 '11 at 04:14

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Put android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden" to your Activity which contains EditText

    <activity android:name=".YourActivity" 
        android:screenOrientation="portrait" 
        android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden">
    </activity>

answered Jul 07 '11 at 04:14

Anh Tuan

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It worked well for me. Can you tell me which Android version of your project – Anh Tuan Jul 07 '11 at 04:44
I am using android 2.2 Thanks really appreciate it. The issue has been resolved by the workaround provided by yonester. – AndroidBase Jul 07 '11 at 05:05

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 07 '11 at 04:09

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You can force hide the keyboard by calling this on the EditText view

    InputMethodManager mgr = (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
    mgr.hideSoftInputFromWindow(myView.getWindowToken(), 0);

Hope this helps,

-serkan

answered Jul 07 '11 at 04:09

serkanozel

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that did not work. focus is still on edittext and keyboard still pops up. – AndroidBase Jul 07 '11 at 04:31

How to set the focus on button?

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