hide keyboard when user taps anywhere else on the screen in android

Question

I need to hide the softkeypad in android when user click on anywhere other than a Edittext. There are many help for iphone but not for android. I tried this code but its not working :(

final RelativeLayout base = (RelativeLayout) findViewById(R.id.RelativeLayout1);      findViewById(R.id.base).setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {          @Override         public void onClick(View v) {             InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);             imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(base.getWindowToken(), 0);          }     }); 

Thanks in advance !

Answer 1

You can use the onTouchEvent() to hide the Softkeyboard.

@Override     public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) {         InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.                                                         INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);         imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(getCurrentFocus().getWindowToken(), 0);         return true;     } 

Though this solution works, but the best I would suggest is to use below answer as it gives best solution of closing the keyboard touching anywhere else then EditText.