Why doesn't the virtual keyboard go away?
I have a pretty simple screen with a couple of EditText widgets and a button. In the emulator, when I click on the EditText widget, a virtual keyboard comes up. However, I can't seem to get rid of it. Clicking on an empty space on the screen does not make it go away. Only clicking the virtual Return key or the hardware Back button makes it disappear.
I don't have a real Android phone handy, so is this an emulator only thing or will it be like this on the actual device. If it is, what can I do to make the virtual keyboard go away, when I click elsewhere on the form?
Answer
Click the back button. They keyboard is an activity. There's not an easy way to remove the keyboard when clicking on a random area of the screen.