Disable soft-keyboard from EditText but still allow copy/paste?

Question

Hi I\'m making custom dialer so I create my own input pad.

The problem is how do I disable the EditText but still allow cut/copy/paste?

Answer 1

I had the same problem but I also wanted later allow typing after doulbe tap.. after hours and hours I found working solution (at least for me). Use this in your onCreate method:

editText.setCursorVisible(false);
editText.setTextIsSelectable(true);
editText.setShowSoftInputOnFocus(false);
getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_HIDDEN);  // This just hide keyboard when activity starts

These lines should definitely do the trick.. and if you want to revert that use this:

editText.setCursorVisible(true);
editText.setShowSoftInputOnFocus(true);

To show keyboard again use:

private void showSoftKeyboard(View view) {
    InputMethodManager inputMethodManager = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
    view.requestFocus();
    inputMethodManager.showSoftInput(view, 0);
}

To allow copy/paste next time just use these three lines:

editText.setCursorVisible(false);
editText.setTextIsSelectable(true);
editText.setShowSoftInputOnFocus(false);

For further keyboard hide use:

private void hideSoftKeyboard() {
    if(getCurrentFocus() != null) {
        InputMethodManager inputMethodManager = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
        inputMethodManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(getCurrentFocus().getWindowToken(), 0);
    }
}

This code is working on API >= 21. Hope it helps to someone