how to block virtual keyboard while clicking on edittext in android?

Question

How to block virtual keyboard while clicking on edittext in android

Answer 1

The best way to do this is by setting the flag textIsSelectable in EditText to true. This will hide the SoftKeyboard permanently for the EditText but also will provide the added bonus of retaining the cursor and you'll be able to select/copy/cut/paste.

You can set it in your xml layout like this:

Or programmatically, like this:

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

For anyone using API 10 and below, hack is provided here : https://stackoverflow.com/a/20173020/7550472