How to clear soft keyboard WHILE EditText is in focus?

Question

I have an external button that SHOULD clear/hide the soft keyboard when it is pressed, but the edittext IS IN FOCUS!

All these tips are not for the same use case.

I've even tried clearFocus()

Basically I want to simulate an imeDone event!

clear soft keyboard mean ?? do u mean hide ?? – Shah Aug 26 '11 at 05:01 — Shah, Aug 26 '11 at 05:01

Nikola Despotoski · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-14T03:07:31.290

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Add this for your activity in your manifest

android:windowSoftInputMode="stateAlwaysHidden"

Another approach is to move the focus to another view, e.g: transfer the focus to the layout

    mylayout.requestFocus()

edited Dec 14 '11 at 03:07

answered Aug 31 '11 at 03:06

Nikola Despotoski

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