How to disable keypad popup when on edittext?

Question

In my app the first view of all my screens is an EditText, so every time i go to a screen the onscreen keypad pops up. how can i disable this popingup and enable it when manually clicked on the EditText????

    eT = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.searchAutoCompleteTextView_feed);      eT.setOnFocusChangeListener(new OnFocusChangeListener() {          public void onFocusChange(View v, boolean hasFocus) {              if(hasFocus){             InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);              imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(eT.getWindowToken(), 0);             }         }     }); 

xml code:

<ImageView     android:id="@+id/feedPageLogo"     android:layout_width="45dp"     android:layout_height="45dp"     android:src="@drawable/wic_logo_small" />  <Button     android:id="@+id/goButton_feed"     android:layout_width="wrap_content"     android:layout_height="wrap_content"     android:layout_alignParentRight="true"     android:text="@string/go" />  <EditText     android:id="@+id/searchAutoCompleteTextView_feed"     android:layout_width="fill_parent"     android:layout_height="wrap_content"     android:layout_toLeftOf="@id/goButton_feed"     android:layout_toRightOf="@id/feedPageLogo"     android:hint="@string/search" />  <TextView     android:id="@+id/feedLabel"     android:layout_width="fill_parent"     android:layout_height="wrap_content"     android:layout_below="@id/feedPageLogo"     android:gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal"     android:text="@string/feed"     android:textColor="@color/white" />  <LinearLayout     xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"     android:id="@+id/ButtonsLayout_feed"     android:layout_width="fill_parent"     android:layout_height="wrap_content"     android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" >      <Button         android:id="@+id/feedButton_feed"         android:layout_width="wrap_content"         android:layout_height="30dp"         android:layout_margin="0dp"         android:layout_weight="1"         android:background="@color/white"         android:text="@string/feed"         android:textColor="@color/black" />      <Button         android:id="@+id/iWantButton_feed"         android:layout_width="wrap_content"         android:layout_height="30dp"         android:layout_margin="0dp"         android:layout_weight="1"         android:background="@color/white"         android:text="@string/iwant"         android:textColor="@color/black" />      <Button         android:id="@+id/shareButton_feed"         android:layout_width="wrap_content"         android:layout_height="30dp"         android:layout_margin="0dp"         android:layout_weight="1"         android:background="@color/white"         android:text="@string/share"         android:textColor="@color/black" />      <Button         android:id="@+id/profileButton_feed"         android:layout_width="wrap_content"         android:layout_height="30dp"         android:layout_margin="0dp"         android:layout_weight="1"         android:background="@color/white"         android:text="@string/profile"         android:textColor="@color/black" /> </LinearLayout>  <ListView     xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"     android:id="@+id/feedListView"     android:layout_width="fill_parent"     android:layout_height="wrap_content"     android:layout_above="@id/ButtonsLayout_feed"     android:layout_below="@id/feedLabel"     android:textSize="15dp" > </ListView> 

the third view (EditText) is where the focus is.

Answer 1

The best solution lies in the Project Manifest file (AndroidManifest.xml), add the following attribute in the activity construct

android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden"

---

Example:

    <activity android:name=".MainActivity"                android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden" /> 

Description:

• The state of the soft keyboard — whether it is hidden or visible — when the activity becomes the focus of user attention.
• The adjustment made to the activity's main window — whether it is resized smaller to make room for the soft keyboard or whether its contents pan to make the current focus visible when part of the window is covered by the soft keyboard.

Introduced in:

• API Level 3.

Link to the Docs

Note: Values set here (other than "stateUnspecified" and "adjustUnspecified") override values set in the theme.

Answer 2

You have to create a view, above the EditText, that takes a 'fake' focus:

Something like :

<!-- Stop auto focussing the EditText --> <LinearLayout     android:layout_width="0dp"     android:layout_height="0dp"     android:background="@android:color/transparent"     android:focusable="true"     android:focusableInTouchMode="true"> </LinearLayout>  <EditText     android:id="@+id/searchAutoCompleteTextView_feed"     android:layout_width="200dp"     android:layout_height="wrap_content"     android:inputType="text" /> 

In this case, I used a LinearLayout to request the focus. Hope this helps.

This worked perfectly...thanks to Zaggo0