Android: how to permanently & completely NOT show default soft keyboard for an EditText?

Question

I have three EditText boxes in an activity, for two of which normal input methods (hard keys, default soft keyboard) are ok. But for one of the EditText boxes I want to send sof

Answer 1

Simple

editText.setShowSoftInputOnFocus(false);

Some people suggested that the following might work on older versions of Android, but the behaviour is unexpected.

edittextPlay.setTextIsSelectable(true);

Answer 2

((InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE))
       .hideSoftInputFromWindow(searchBox.getWindowToken(), 0);

where SearchBox is your textbox or better yet instead of SearchBox get your current displayed window.

Or try:

InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)getBaseContext()
     .getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED,InputMethodManager.HIDE_IMPLICIT_ONLY);

where context is getApplicationContext();