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

This way, the keyboard will only disappear when you touch a view that can gain focus. I suggest you to do the following:

Create a custom ViewGroup like this:

public class TouchLayout extends LinearLayout {

    private OnInterceptTouchEventListener mListener;

    public TouchLayout(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onInterceptTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) {
        if(mListener != null) {
            return mListener.onInterceptTouchEvent(event);
        }
        return super.onInterceptTouchEvent(event);
    }

    public void setOnInterceptTouchEventListener(OnInterceptTouchEventListener listener) {
        mListener = listener;
    }

    public interface OnInterceptTouchEventListener {
        public boolean onInterceptTouchEvent(MotionEvent event);
    }
}

Then add the custom View as a root of your xml layout:

And in your Activity you should do the following:

final TouchLayout root = (TouchLayout) findViewById(R.id.root);
final EditText text = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.text);
final InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);

root.setOnInterceptTouchEventListener(new OnInterceptTouchEventListener() {

    @Override
    public boolean onInterceptTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) {
        final View v = getCurrentFocus();
        if(v != null && v.equals(text)) {
            final int screenCords[] = new int[2];
            text.getLocationOnScreen(screenCords);
            final Rect textRect = new Rect(screenCords[0], screenCords[1], screenCords[0] + text.getWidth(), screenCords[1] + text.getHeight());
            if(!textRect.contains(event.getRawX(), event.getRawY() {
                imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(myTextview.getWindowToken(), 0);
                // Optionally you can also do the following:
                text.setCursorVisible(false);
                text.clearFocus(); 
            }
        }
        return false;
    }
};