Detect touch on EditText, but not interrupt it?

Question

I need to know when the user touches/taps/clicks the edittext in my activity.

How can I do this without interrupting the events, so the keypad still displays properly?

(And I need to know about it before the OS displays the keypad...if possible)

score 29 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 02 '10 at 16:55

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txtEdit.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener(){
    public boolean onTouch(View view, MotionEvent motionEvent) {                                                       
         // your code here....
         getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_VISIBLE);                
         return false;
    }
});

answered Aug 02 '10 at 16:55

Mathias Conradt

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Thanks, although I didn't need the line above 'return false;' as the keypad appeared automatically. – just_another_coder Aug 03 '10 at 03:37

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 29 '15 at 22:39

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View.OnTouchListener onTouchListener = new View.OnTouchListener() {
        @Override
        public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {

            if(event.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP){

...


}

answered Nov 29 '15 at 22:39

letsdev-cwack

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 02 '10 at 16:01

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You should be able to do this by attaching an OnClickListener to your EditText. If you're concerned about blocking the UI thread in your OnClickListener, you can spawn a new Thread and do your work in there - though, if you do that, there's no guarantee the work will be done before the keypad shows up.

answered Aug 02 '10 at 16:01

iandisme

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If I attached a new onFocusChangeListener, it interrupts the keypad, and it has to be pressed twice to show it. When I override, is there a way to call super or something? Maybe I'm reaching... – just_another_coder Aug 02 '10 at 16:10
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OK. Try looking at this... http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2403632/android-show-soft-keyboard-automatically-when-focus-is-on-an-edittext – iandisme Aug 02 '10 at 16:19
Actually, that was the example I was following. I also tried getting the activity window and setSoftInputMode, but it always takes 2 taps to reveal the keypad. – just_another_coder Aug 02 '10 at 16:30

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 08 '17 at 05:47

Less verbosity

The same Mathias Conradt's approach, but using kotlin:

txtEdit.setOnTouchListener({ view, motionEvent ->
    // your code here....
    false
})

This line getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_VISIBLE); is unnecessary since the keyboard shown when you tap the editText view.

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered May 01 '19 at 08:31

OnTouchListener was getting called twice for me (on Pixel 2 running Pie). So I used OnFocusChangeListener instead:

txtEdit.setOnFocusChangeListener(new View.OnFocusChangeListener() {
            @Override
            public void onFocusChange(View v, boolean hasFocus) {
                if (hasFocus) {
                    Log.d(TAG,"Focused Now!");
                }
            }
        });

Detect touch on EditText, but not interrupt it?

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