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

This will an inappropriate behaviour

getWindow().setSoftInputMode(
WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_HIDDEN);       

but it will do it smoothly(do it in manifest for that activity)

 android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden"

Answer 2

Another way is by adding on LinearLayout:

android:focusable="true"

android:focusableInTouchMode="true"

Let me indicate that

getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_HIDDEN);

still does the same thing, but the cursor is still there.

Answer 3

You can use below statement also,

(EditTextName).setInputType(0)

it will permanently hides default keyboard of perticular Edittext, even on EditText Touch or Click.

Answer 4

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);

Answer 5

If you want to do it editing the AndroidManifest:

        <activity
        android:name=".Dades"
        android:label="@string/app_name" 
        android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden">

the line android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden" is the one that prevents the keyboard focus.