How to clear focus and remove keyboard on Android?

Question

I have a EditText control. If I tap it the softkeyboard will popup however when I press \"enter/ok/return\" then the EditText control it still has focus and the keyboard up.

Answer 1

In the layout XML file, specify an imeOption on your EditText:

android:imeOptions="actionGo"

Next, add an action listener to your EditText in the Activity's java file

    mYourEditText.setOnEditorActionListener(new TextView.OnEditorActionListener() {
        public boolean onEditorAction(TextView v, int actionId, KeyEvent event) {
            if (actionId == EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_GO) {
                // hide virtual keyboard
                InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
                imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(mYourEditText.getWindowToken(), 0);
                return true;
            }
            return false;
        }
    });

Where mYourEditText is an EditText object