How to hide keyboard in jQueryMobile page in a Phonegap app?

Question

I have a problem with hiding keyboard in the iPhone simulator. My HTML code:

Answer 1

from here

It's pretty self-explanatory. The 2nd line will de-focus all input fields, and it relies on jQuery. I found that calling blur() on the single focused textfield didn't always work. Either one of these lines should work independently, but both of them together cannot be stopped!

var hideKeyboard = function() {
    document.activeElement.blur();
    $("input").blur();
};