EditText Keyboard disable but the touch focus has to there

Question

I am designing my own keyboard, so i dont want the default keyboard to appear.

I am able to achieve this, but the focus on selection is missing.
How can i have the focus but disable the Keyboard alone on EditText in Android?

Answer 1

add this listener for edittext:

edit_Text.setOnFocusChangeListener(new OnFocusChangeListener() {
@Override
public void onFocusChange(View v, boolean hasFocus) {
  if(hasFocus){
      hideSoftKeyboard();
  }
  }
});

and add this method to activity:

public static void hideSoftKeyboard() {
  InputMethodManager inputMethodManager = (InputMethodManager) activity.getSystemService(Activity.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
  inputMethodManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(this.getCurrentFocus().getWindowToken(), 0);
}