Dismiss keyboard when click outside of EditText in android

Question

I have an EditText called myTextview. I want the soft keyboard to show when I click on the EditText but then dismiss if I click outside of

Answer 1

I found a better solution:

Override the dispatchTouchEvent method in your Activity.

@Override
public boolean dispatchTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev) {
    View v = getCurrentFocus();

    if (v != null && (ev.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP || ev.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE) &&
            v instanceof EditText &&
            !v.getClass().getName().startsWith("android.webkit.")) {
        int[] sourceCoordinates = new int[2];
        v.getLocationOnScreen(sourceCoordinates);
        float x = ev.getRawX() + v.getLeft() - sourceCoordinates[0];
        float y = ev.getRawY() + v.getTop() - sourceCoordinates[1];

        if (x < v.getLeft() || x > v.getRight() || y < v.getTop() || y > v.getBottom()) {
            hideKeyboard(this);
        }

    }
    return super.dispatchTouchEvent(ev);
}

private void hideKeyboard(Activity activity) {
    if (activity != null && activity.getWindow() != null) {
        activity.getWindow().getDecorView();
        InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) activity.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
        if (imm != null) {
            imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(activity.getWindow().getDecorView().getWindowToken(), 0);
        }
    }
}

This is applicable even if you are working with webview.

UPDATE 10th July 2020

The above method works perfectly but the EditText is still has the focus and typing cursor is still visible.

To solve the described issue. Do this

1. Add findViewById(android.R.id.content).setFocusableInTouchMode(true); in your onCreate() method

2. Add findViewById(android.R.id.content).clearFocus(); in the hideKeyboard() method

Credit to Eddwhis's comment