How to clear focus and remove keyboard on Android?

Question

I have a EditText control. If I tap it the softkeyboard will popup however when I press "enter/ok/return" then the EditText control it still has focus and the keyboard up.
How do I close the softkeyboard and remove focus from it?

Answer 1

InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE); imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(editTextField.getWindowToken(), 0); 

Answer 2

In the layout XML file, specify an imeOption on your EditText:

android:imeOptions="actionGo" 

Next, add an action listener to your EditText in the Activity's java file

    mYourEditText.setOnEditorActionListener(new TextView.OnEditorActionListener() {         public boolean onEditorAction(TextView v, int actionId, KeyEvent event) {             if (actionId == EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_GO) {                 // hide virtual keyboard                 InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);                 imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(mYourEditText.getWindowToken(), 0);                 return true;             }             return false;         }     }); 

Where mYourEditText is an EditText object