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androidkeyboardfocusscrollview
NullPointerException
NullPointerException

Reputation: 37689

OnScreen keyboard opens automatically when Activity starts

When my Activity with a ScrollView layout and EditTexts starts, the EditTexts get focus and the Android OnScreen keyboard opens.

How I can avoid that?

When I was using LinearLayout and RelativeLayout without the ScrollView it doesn't happen.

I've tried it this way, and it works, but it's not a good way to do it:

TextView TextFocus = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.MovileLabel);
TextFocus.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);
TextFocus.requestFocus();

Next you have an example of some of my layouts with this problem, when this Activity starts, focus goes to the first EditText, Description and the Android keyboard opens automatically, this is very annoying.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ScrollView android:id="@+id/ScrollView01"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

    <LinearLayout 
        android:orientation="vertical"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent" 
        android:padding="10px">

        <RelativeLayout
            android:gravity="center_vertical"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content">
            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/UserLabel" 
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_marginTop="13px"
                android:text="@string/userlabel"/>
            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/User"
                android:layout_alignBaseline="@id/UserLabel"
                android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="test"/>
        </RelativeLayout>

        <View
            android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="1dip"
            android:background="#808080"
            android:layout_marginTop="5px"
            android:layout_marginBottom="12px"/>

        <RelativeLayout
            android:gravity="center_vertical"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content">
            <TextView
            android:id="@+id/DescriptionLabel" 
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="@string/desclabel"
            android:layout_marginTop="13px"/>
            <EditText 
            android:id="@+id/Description"
            android:layout_alignBaseline="@id/DescriptionLabel"
            android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:width="180px"/>
        </RelativeLayout>

        <RelativeLayout
            android:gravity="center_vertical"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content">
            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/EmailLabel" 
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="@string/emaillabel"
                android:layout_marginTop="13px"/>
            <EditText 
                android:id="@+id/Email"
                android:layout_alignBaseline="@+id/EmailLabel"
                android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:width="180px"/>
        </RelativeLayout>

        <RelativeLayout
            android:gravity="center_vertical"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content">
            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/MovilePhoneLabel"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="@string/movilephonelabel"
                android:layout_marginTop="13px"/>
            <EditText 
                android:id="@+id/MovilePhone"
                android:layout_alignBaseline="@+id/MovilePhoneLabel"
                android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:width="180px"/>
        </RelativeLayout>

        <View
            android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="1dip"
            android:background="#808080"
            android:layout_marginTop="5px"
            android:layout_marginBottom="10px"/>


        <RelativeLayout
            android:gravity="center_vertical"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content">
            <Button
                android:id="@+id/applybutton"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="@string/apply"
                android:width="100px"
                android:layout_marginLeft="40dip"/>
            <Button
                android:id="@+id/cancelbutton"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="@string/cancel"
                android:width="100px"
                android:layout_alignBaseline="@+id/applybutton"
                android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
                android:layout_marginRight="40dip"/>
        </RelativeLayout>
    </LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>

Upvotes: 46

Views: 37163

Answers (5)

Waqar Afzal
Waqar Afzal

Reputation: 101

This will an inappropriate behaviour

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

but it will do it smoothly(do it in manifest for that activity)

 android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden"

Upvotes: 2

Chris K.
Chris K.

Reputation: 258

Another way is by adding on LinearLayout:

android:focusable="true"

android:focusableInTouchMode="true"

Let me indicate that 

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

still does the same thing, but the cursor is still there.

Upvotes: 19

Addon_Android
Addon_Android

Reputation: 271

You can use below statement also,

(EditTextName).setInputType(0)

it will permanently hides default keyboard of perticular Edittext, even on EditText Touch or Click.

Upvotes: 0

Pere BG
Pere BG

Reputation: 618

If you want to do it editing the AndroidManifest:

        <activity
        android:name=".Dades"
        android:label="@string/app_name" 
        android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden">

the line android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden" is the one that prevents the keyboard focus.

Upvotes: 27

Juhani
Juhani

Reputation: 5108

Android opens the OnScreenKeyboard automatically if you have an EditText focussed when the Activity starts.

You can prevent that by adding following into your Activity's onCreate method.

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

Upvotes: 124

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