android prevent EditText from requesting focus automatically

Question

I have a quite simple Layout with an EditText and a button. The problem is the keyboard appears immediately after the activity is started and the EditText gets the focus. I

Answer 1

From my POV a more elegant solution is:

1. In XML add these lines to the main layout:

2. And In Java in onCreate():

     LinearLayout mainLayout = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.mainLayout);
     mainLayout.requestFocus();