OnScreen keyboard opens automatically when Activity starts

Question

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

Answer 1

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);