Hiding the android keyboard for EditText

Question

Whenever I click in the EditText the Android keyboard popup window appears, but I don\'t want the keyboard to pop up.

I want to permanently hide the and

Answer 1

Try to add this in yout onCreate() method.

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

Not tested but It Should work!!

Answer 2

Works for all Android versions.

In your XML use the property android:textIsSelectable="true"

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/editText1"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    .
    .
    .
    android:textIsSelectable="true"/>

And, in your Java class:

editText1.setShowSoftInputOnFocus(false);

In Kotlin:

editText1.showSoftInputOnFocus = false

Answer 3

These two line should do what you want:

InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(myEditText.getWindowToken(), 0);

Answer 4

You may try to fake your EditText with a Button like this:

 <Button
     android:id="@+id/edit_birthday"
     style="@android:style/Widget.EditText"
     android:layout_width="fill_parent"
     android:layout_height="wrap_content"
     android:hint="@string/hint_birthday"/>