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

android onclick android-softkeyboard
Chrishan picture Chrishan · Jan 2, 2012 · Viewed 37.1k times · Source

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

Lalit Poptani picture Lalit Poptani · Jan 2, 2012

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.

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