Prevent EditText from automatically focusing

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I have an Android activity and there is one EditText in the whole layout. For some reason, whenever the activity starts, the keyboard comes up. I have tried all of the following things:

Placing these two in OnStart:

FindViewById<EditText> (Resource.Id.searchText).ClearFocus (); FindViewById<EditText> (Resource.Id.searchText).Selected = false;

Adding a LinearLayout with these two properties:

android:focusable="true" android:focusableInTouchMode="true"

Adding the following tag inside another View on the layout:

android:focusable="true" android:focusableInTouchMode="true"

Adding this to my activity manifest:

android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden"

But still, the keyboard opens when the activity opens. What could I be doing wrong?

To whoever is viewing this and considering flagging it as a duplicate, please don't. I've read through this question and have tried everything. — James Monger
– James Monger, Commented Aug 23, 2013 at 16:20

Baris Demiray · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-12 16:30:50Z

Try these for Xamarin.Android (Cross Platform)

this.Window.SetSoftInputMode (SoftInput.StateHidden);

Or

Add this to manifest,

[Activity(Label = "SampleApp", MainLauncher = true, Icon = "@drawable/icon", WindowSoftInputMode = SoftInput.StateHidden)]

Thanks, you saved the day! No hacks, no overhead code, pure awesomeness. <3

kirankk · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-23 16:45:23Z

Try this -this.getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_HIDDEN);

Looking Forward · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-23 16:25:08Z

Add this to manifest file...

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

Jamie - Decodefy Ltd · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-10 10:35:36Z

Android by default targets the first focusable object. Whilst kirankk's answer works for standard activities, if you're using a DialogFragment with a custom view, the much easier option (which incidentally also works for standard activities) is to make the ViewGroup (ie LinearLayout/RelativeLayout) that your text view is contained in focusable and focusable in touch mode. This can be done from the AXML and prevents the TextView being the first focusable view.

Suraj Rao · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-15 08:43:37Z

I know this is super old, but find that adding this to your root view in the XML file usually helps to prevent this issue:

 android:descendantFocusability="beforeDescendants" android:focusableInTouchMode="true"

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