Hide soft input keyboard when dialog closes

Question

I'm opening a Dialog from within an Activity. When the dialog opens, I call

((InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE)).toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, InputMethodManager.HIDE_IMPLICIT_ONLY);

The problem is, when I close the dialog either by hitting a cancel button or clicking outside the dialog, the keyboard switches to a text keyboard and doesn't go away util I click the hardware back button. How can I dismiss the keyboard when the dialog is dismissed, and focus is returned to the previous window?

Answer 1

I guess that this method of the activity can be useful to you.

    @Override
    public void onWindowFocusChanged(boolean hasFocus) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        super.onWindowFocusChanged(hasFocus);
        if(hasFocus)
        {
            Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "has focus", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                        // write code to remove keyboard
        }
    }

Answer 2

in AndroidManifest.xml, set this property in your Activity that show the Dialog

android:windowSoftInputMode="stateAlwaysHidden"

Note! not stateHiddent, is stateAlwaysHidden. It will automatically hide soft keyboard on Dismiss of Dialog.

Hope that save your life.