How to clear focus for EditText?

Question

I have an activity with a search box (EditText) on the top, and a ListView below. Whenever the activity starts, the EditText always has focus and bring up the keybo

Answer 1

Set in your parent layout next attributes:

And now, when activity starts this layout getting default focus.

Also we can remove focus from children views in runtime (e.g. after finishing child editing):

findViewById(R.id.mainLayout).requestFocus();

or

Look in the AndroidManifest.xml element.

android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden"

It always hide key board when entering the activity.