Android, how do I stop a pointer appearing below an EditText

Question

I have an activity with some EditTexts in it. When I click on an EditText to change the text in it a blue arrow appears below where the cursor appears. How can I stop this a

Answer 1

I'm pretty sure this is only happening on that specific API or device. It might work differently on other apps too. Ultimately I don't see any real way to disable something that is native to the device. Also, the devices out there is very vast so you'd have a very hard time disabling that even if you find a way.