Disable Software Keyboard in Android until EditText is chosen

Question

how can I prevent the software keyboard to disappear until a specific EditText is choosen? I have several EditTexts in my Layout when it is opened the first is automatically sel

Answer 1

final InputMethodManager mgr = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);

    txt1.setOnFocusChangeListener(new OnFocusChangeListener() {
        @Override
        public void onFocusChange(View v, boolean hasFocus) {
            if(!(hasFocus || txt2.hasFocus()))
            {   
            mgr.hideSoftInputFromWindow(txt1.getWindowToken(), 0);
            }

        }
    });

this code has good effect for focus handling and keyboard display...

Answer 2

In your activity onCreate()

getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_HIDDEN);

Answer 3

I try this to make the keyboard appear only when user clicks on edittext, all the other solutions don't work for me. It's a bit weird but from now it's the solution I found. You must put this events in all edittexts on the layout.

OnClickListener click = new OnClickListener() {
    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {
        v.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);
        v.requestFocusFromTouch();
    }
};
OnFocusChangeListener focus = new OnFocusChangeListener() {
    @Override
    public void onFocusChange(View v, boolean hasFocus) {
        if (!hasFocus) {
            v.setFocusableInTouchMode(false);
        }
    }
};

Like this:

EditText text = (EditText) getActivity().findViewById(R.id.myText);
text.setText("Some text");
text.setFocusableInTouchMode(false);
text.setOnClickListener(click); 
text.setOnFocusChangeListener(focus);

EDIT:

I just make a custom edit text to make easy to use in my project, hope it was usefull.

public class EditTextKeyboardSafe extends EditText {
    public EditTextKeyboardSafe(Context context) {
        super(context);
        initClass();
    }

    public EditTextKeyboardSafe(Context context, AttributeSet attrs,
            int defStyle) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyle);
        initClass();
    }

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

    private void initClass() {
        this.setFocusableInTouchMode(false);
        this.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                v.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);
                v.requestFocusFromTouch();
            }
        });
        this.setOnFocusChangeListener(new OnFocusChangeListener() {
            @Override
            public void onFocusChange(View v, boolean hasFocus) {
                if (!hasFocus) {
                    v.setFocusableInTouchMode(false);
                }
            }
        });
    }

}