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 android keyboard popup for my current application.

How can I do this?

possible duplicate of [How to close/hide the Android Soft Keyboard?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1109022/how-to-close-hide-the-android-soft-keyboard) — Octavian Helm, Jan 30 '11 at 08:07
Take a look at this [previous question](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1109022/how-to-close-hide-the-android-soft-keyboard) which provides an explanation using [InputMethodManager](http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InputMethodManager.html). — sahhhm, Jan 30 '11 at 08:05
I think my solution can help. http://stackoverflow.com/a/21480217/2127930 — cristianomad, Jan 31 '14 at 12:40

score 28 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 18 '15 at 12:35

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Setting the flag textIsSelectable to true disables the soft keyboard.

You can set it in your xml layout like this:

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/editText"
    ...
    android:textIsSelectable="true"/>

Or programmatically, like this:

EditText editText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText);
editText.setTextIsSelectable(true);

The cursor will still be present, you'll be able to select/copy/cut/paste but the soft keyboard will never show.

edited Jun 18 '15 at 12:35

Dhanuka

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answered May 12 '14 at 09:32

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Tried hundreds of solution, but this is the only one really working for me. And it's the simplest. Thanks!! – Santacrab Apr 08 '15 at 08:18
This is the perfect solution – Abhijit Chakra Nov 20 '15 at 12:52
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Yes, its not working in Android 8+, can we have any other alternative solution for this?? which can be done in xml?? – Krishna Ch Sep 11 '18 at 09:01
Doesn't work on Android 12 – Konstantin Konopko Jan 11 '22 at 15:04

score 12 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 01 '13 at 09:34

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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"/>

edited Jul 01 '13 at 09:34

Nik Reiman

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answered May 09 '11 at 14:42

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This is better than the other solutions because the keyboard doesn't show at all here. In the other cases, you can see the keyboard popping up for an instance before popping back down. – Anuj Jan 13 '13 at 11:49
it does work, but it stays pressed after single tap. how to avoid that? – Iman Akbari Jun 06 '16 at 14:32
@ImanAkbari by setting focusable="false", it doesn't stay pressed. – Noel Jan 23 '17 at 20:52

score 10 · Answer 3 · answered May 17 '12 at 14:23

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In the manifest:

  <activity
        android:name=".YourActivity"
       .
       .
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        android:windowSoftInputMode="stateAlwaysHidden" >
   </activity>

answered May 17 '12 at 14:23

SolArabehety

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This appears to only affect if the keyboard is displayed when the activity first gets focus. Per the official documentation, "The state of the soft keyboard — whether it is hidden or visible — when the activity becomes the focus of user attention". It does not suppress the keyboard when pressing the EditText. – Mike Dec 03 '12 at 10:36

score 7 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 24 '18 at 08:52

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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

answered Sep 24 '18 at 08:52

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setShowSoftInputOnFocus(false) works for me. Thx. (in Android 9) – voodoo98 Apr 14 '19 at 09:26

score 5 · Answer 5 · answered May 01 '12 at 14:27

Solution can be found here :

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

edittext = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.EditText01);

edittext.setOnEditorActionListener(new OnEditorActionListener() {
      public boolean onEditorAction(TextView v, int actionId, KeyEvent event) {
         if (event != null&& (event.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ENTER)) {
            InputMethodManager in = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
            in.hideSoftInputFromWindow(edittext.getApplicationWindowToken(),InputMethodManager.HIDE_NOT_ALWAYS);
         }
         return false;
      }
   });
}

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Dec 26 '14 at 09:10

Try This

 public void disableSoftKeyboard(final EditText v) {
            if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 11) {
                v.setRawInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT);
                v.setTextIsSelectable(true);
            } else {
                v.setRawInputType(InputType.TYPE_NULL);
                v.setFocusable(true);
            }
        }

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Jun 18 '15 at 13:01

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Try to add this in yout onCreate() method.

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

Not tested but It Should work!!

answered Jun 18 '15 at 13:01

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score 0 · Answer 8 · edited Sep 29 '17 at 11:20

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In your xml file you can use this:

android:editable="false"

edited Sep 29 '17 at 11:20

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answered Sep 29 '17 at 10:39

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score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Dec 23 '19 at 08:38

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In your xml set attribute editable to false. it won't let you edit the text and the keyboard will not be opened.

<EditText
     android:editable="false"
 />

answered Dec 23 '19 at 08:38

Marium Jawed

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score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Jul 19 '11 at 12:53

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These two line should do what you want:

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

answered Jul 19 '11 at 12:53

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Not working at all... the keyboard pops like any other time... do you do anything else? – TacB0sS Aug 18 '13 at 22:00

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