Preventing/catching “IllegalArgumentException: parameter must be a descendant of this view” error

Question

I have a ListView with some focusable components inside (mostly EditTexts). Yeah, I know this isn\'t exactly recommended, but in general, almost everything is w

Answer 1

In my case it was related to windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan", listView and editText on list element (header view).

In order to fix that I call hide soft keyboard method before activity is finished.

public void hideKeyboard(Activity activity) {
    InputMethodManager inputMethodManager = (InputMethodManager) activity.getSystemService(Activity.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
    View focusView = activity.getCurrentFocus();
    if (focusView != null) {
        inputMethodManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(focusView.getWindowToken(), InputMethodManager.HIDE_NOT_ALWAYS);
    }
}